Shoji Mochida

Mochida Shoji/Ceramic artist.

Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1993. Using ceramics, a material that lies between practicality and art, he creates works that relativize value standards such as purpose and perfection. Since his university days, he has come into contact with both "tableware for use" and "tableware for viewing" through working with chefs and at a pottery dealer, and has physically learned about the history and practical aspects of ceramics.

In the "#figure" series, he likens what would normally be considered defects, such as kiln changes, peeling glaze, and pinholes, to "rare pop," a term used to refer to monsters with a low appearance rate in games, and presents them as being full of coincidence. By deliberately turning parts that would be discarded if they appeared in a vessel into figures, he shifts the boundary between failure and success in ceramics, and questions the very perspective of ceramic appreciation.

Exhibition

2025 Two-person exhibition "IN-ON-OUT Shuhari" at Oh Studio Hiroshima, Hiroshima

2023 "Shoji Mochida Solo Exhibition" at Kuroda Touen, Ginza

Art Fair

2023 Fukuoka・ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA2023