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Jiro Yonezawa
Born: 1956, Oita, Japan


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Jiro Yonezawa
68jy HARVEST 1 #0528, 582
bamboo, steel,
urushi lacquer
23” x 21”, 2005
$4,500

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jiro yonezawa large bamboo sculptural basket 63jy UNTITLED
bamboo, urushi lacquer
55Ó x 19Ó x 19Ó, 2005
$18,000


jiro yonezawa bamboo sculpture

61jy MU
bamboo
17.5" x 21.5" x 21.5", 2003
$8,500

jiro yonezawa large bamboo sculptural basket 66jy BRIDGE SERIES, SHIN (#78),
bamboo, cedar root, cane, urushi lacquer
10.5Ó x 37Ó, 2007
$5,000

jiro yonezawa large bamboo sculptural basket 24jy ARMOR (#9914)
bamboo, cane, ash,
cedar root, wood, steel,
urushi lacquer
19Ó x 22Ó x 10Ó, 1999,
$5,600

Selected exhibition venues:
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin (Ceramic and Fiber: A New Generation); American Craft Museum, New York, New York (Basketmakers selected by John McQueen); Long House Reserve, East Hampton, New York (Small Works in Fiber curated by Jack Lenor Larsen and Mildred Constantine); Crafts Council, London, England (Contemporary International Basketmaking, traveling exhibit) California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, California; Bellevue Art Museum, Washington; LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York; Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri; Corvallis Art Center, Oregon; Springfield Museum, Oregon; The Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Prizes: Cotsen Bamboo Prize 2006
jiro yonezawa large bamboo sculptural basket 44jy SHRINE (#0116), bamboo, cane, cedar root, wood, urushi lacquer, 12.5Ó x 30Ó x 13Ó, 2001, $5,500

Statement:
Bamboo basketry for me is an expression of detailed precision. In each basket there is the contrast of disciplined formality in technique and natural freedom in form. There is an element of intrigue and an element of complexity for what lies beyond form. These baskets represent a search for the beauty and precision in nature and a way to balance the chaos evident in these times.
                                Jiro Yonezawa
 jiro yonezawa 64jy ASCENSION (#0610),
bamboo, cedar root, cane, urushi lacquer
22Ó x 7Ó x 7Ó, 2006
$4,000

cat 17 cover catalog 25 Japan Under the Influence
Catalog #17
10TH WAVE PART 1:
New Baskets and
Freestanding Sculpture
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 Catalog #25
25 for the 25th:
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JAPAN UNDER THEINFLUENCE:
Innovative basketmakers deconstruct Japanese tradition
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International Basketmaking The Art of Basketry Bamboo in Japan
Book #04
Contemporary International Basketmaking
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 Book #07
The Art of Basketry
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Bamboo in Japan    
Book #32
NEW BAMBOO: Contemporary Japanese Masters
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