Makoto Kageyama

Pottery is my passion and my life. I listen to the voices of clay, glaze, kiln and fire to create what is destined to be created. Every piece of my creation has a story; an incomplete story that waits to be completed in the hands of perceivers.

1993 BA in Psychology, Chaminade Univ. of Honolulu, USA

1995 -1997 Apprenticeship at Suganotanigama, Karatsu, Japan

1998 -2000 Apprenticeship under Ban Kajitani, MFA

2000 -2003 Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer, Sri Lanka

2003 -2007 Sousougama Ceramic Studio, proprietor

2008 -2010 Fairtrade NGO, Dhukuthi, product designer, Kathmandu, Nepal

2011 -2013 University of Visual and Performing Arts

Colombo, Sri Lanka, visiting lecturor

2014 - Chaang Ocarina & Ceramics, proprietor