Midori Uchida

Born in 1983 in Kobe and trained in Osaka and then in Tajimi—the ceramic capital of Japan—Midori Uchida has developed a deeply personal approach. Her gesture is patient, stripped down, entirely hand-built, without a wheel, giving each piece a slight undulation, an inner vibration. Nothing is rigid: everything breathes, everything seeks its own balance.

Uchida’s work is both calming and mysterious. It speaks of impermanence, transformation, and the simplicity of a repeated, almost meditative gesture. At a time when so many objects clamor for attention, hers invite silence.

What makes her work truly unique is the way she brings together several demanding techniques—handbuilding, saggar firing, carbonization, the addition of metals—into a combination of exceptional rarity. Few artists master even one of these approaches individually; Uchida allows them to converse with a coherence and subtlety that are distinctly her own.

In Japan, her reputation is already well established. She is regarded as one of the significant voices in contemporary ceramics—regularly exhibited, closely followed, recognized for the singularity of her aesthetic and the precision of her craft.