As a student of Yutaka Nakamura, Kollwitz learnt how to work and fire traditional vessels in the pottery town of Echizen.
His works show the unmistakable ash glazes that are only created in wood firing and are typical of the traditional Japanese single-chamber kilns (anagama).
Jan Kollwitz is a great-grandson of the sculptor Käthe Kollwitz and one of the few ceramic artists in Germany to build a transcultural bridge between European ceramic art and that of the Far East using authentic firing techniques. (Source: d:Art/Cultural Office)
Exhibition duration: 22 May to 17 August 2025
