Born in Japan, Kensuke Yamada came to the US to attend Evergreen
State College in Olympia, WA. He went on to earn his MFA at the
University of Montana, and has been a resident artist at the Archie Bray
Foundation and The Clay Studio in Philadelphia. Yamada has taught
ceramics and sculpture-making at Temple University, Centre College in
Danville, KY, and elsewhere. He is currently an instructor at the
University of Arkansas Little Rock. His bold figurative work has
appeared in dozens of group and solo exhibitions across the US.
"Clay," says Yamada, "has become another primary source of
communication for me. The vocabulary consists of gestures, patterns,
textures, colors and rhythms...these qualities bring the figure to life. I
look for sculptural conversations that evoke the beauty, the subtleties,
the sadness and the humor of our everyday life. In viewing my
sculpture I hope for people to enjoy the moment, rather than the
movement, of time. I hope my work will fill the space between two
seemingly distant things, to provide a connection and thus create the
story of you and me."