Jun Kaneko

Jun Kaneko (金子 潤, Kaneko Jun; born 1942) is a Japanese-born American ceramic artist known for creating large scale ceramic sculpture. Based out of a studio warehouse in Omaha, Nebraska, Kaneko primarily works in clay to explore the effects of repeated abstract surface motifs by using ceramic glaze.

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
A shekarar 1942 an haife shi a Nagoya, Japan, inda ya yi karatun zane a makarantar sakandare. Ya zo Amurka a shekarar 1963 don ci gaba da waɗannan karatun a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Chouinard da ke Los Angeles lokacin da aka mai da hankali kan zane-zanen sassaka ta hanyar gabatar da shi ga Fred Marer. Ya yi karatu tare da Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner, da Jerry Rothman a California a lokacin da yanzu aka ayyana shi a matsayin motsi na yumbu na zamani.

 Sana'a 
A cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa, Kaneko ya koyar a makarantun fasaha daban-daban na Amurka, ciki har da Kwalejin Scripps, Kwalejin Fasaha ta Cranbrook da Makarantar Zane ta Rhode Island .

Kaneko ya kafa studio na uku a Omaha, Nebraska, a shekarar 1990 inda yake aiki a mafi yawan lokuta. Ya kuma ƙirƙiri ayyuka a ɗakunan gwaji da dama ciki har da Cibiyar Aikin Ceramic ta Turai, Kamfanin Ceramic na Otsuka Omi, Aikin Fabric, Bullseye Glass Co., da ASAP. Ya ƙirƙiri jerin manyan sassaka daga 1982-1983 a Aikinsa na Omaha, daga 1992-1994 a Aikinsa na Fremont da ke California kuma a halin yanzu yana aiki a Aikinsa na Mission Clay a Kansas. Ya samar da babban jerin kayan yumbu na Dango kamar tukwane ba tare da buɗewa ba. (Dango yana nufin "dumpling" ko "rufe siffa" a cikin Jafananci.) Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Honolulu yana da guda huɗu daga cikin waɗannan dango da aka sanya su a cikin farfajiya. Jerin ayyukansa masu yawa na ayyuka daban-daban suna bayyana a cikin nunin nunin kai da rukuni na duniya da yawa kowace shekara.

Tsarin Kaneko ya ƙunshi amfani da tef ɗin rufe fuska da zare masu launi, wanda yake amfani da shi don rufe siffofin yumbu masu tsaye da kuma sassan da aka rataye a bango tare da zane-zane da alamomi. Sau da yawa yana fifita babban farantin oval a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin tsarin sassakansa, wanda ke aiki a matsayin zane don shirya layuka madaidaiciya, lanƙwasa, da juyawa, yana ƙirƙirar haɗin hotuna marasa ma'ana akan saman mai girma uku. "Jun Kaneko". 

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