Kayo O’Young (China/Canada b. 1965)
porcelain pottery Bowl
4 5/8″ high x 10″ wide
SUMMARY: A delicate, fine, and controlled pottery bowl by listed Contemporary artist Kayo O’Young (b. 1950), circa 1980’s. Covered in a mottled blue glaze with cream, yellow, and blue abstract designs inside and out, the foot is left raw.
BIOGRAPHY: Kayo O’Young is an Ontario artist having emigrated from China in 1965. He was taught to pot as a 5 year old child by his Potter parents and grandparents. He is known as “a potter’s potter” and he serves as both teacher and inspiration to numerous potters. Kayo’s work is the focus of numerous exhibits in prestigious museums, galleries, private and public collections worldwide. His work has also been the subject to two films: The Hand and the Spirit (TV Ontario, 1992) and Playing with the Fire (CBC Arts and Entertainment, 1993). As well he is published in Ceramic Spectrum, Robin Hopper Contemporary Studio Ceramics, Winnipeg Art Gallery, A Fine Line, Gail Crawford Works of Craft, from the Massey Collection. His works are sought after for the perfection of form as well as diverse glazes. He is an artist who applies glazes to his pots as a painter uses paint on a canvas. His art is innovative and always evolving.” (via Carnegie Gallery)
