Funo, Masatada

Item

Maker Name

Funo, Masatada

Marks

Funo, Mas

Biography

American born Masatada Funo , in Seattle, Washington, attended the University of Chicago graduating from Psychology studies sometime in the 1960s. At some point in the 1970s he immigrated to Vancouver and started his self-taught practice. Mas became a widely collected and much-loved Raku artist. In the 1980s he was one of the few ceramicists exhibited outside of a craft gallery, at the Bau-Xi Gallery in Vancouver. His work was contemplative - starting with an egg shape, he pinched out a sensitive organic lidded form, and used subtle surface incising and glaze. He exhibited at many galleries across Canada, and in Vancouver at the House of Ceramics, the Gallery of BC Ceramics, and the Bau-Xi.

First name

Mas

Last name

Funo

Date of Birth

1936

Place of Birth

Seattle, WA

Studio location

North Vancouver

Formal Education

1060s Clinical Studies, Psychology, University of Chicago

Collections

Charles Bronfman, Claridge Collection

Art Gallery of Burlington, Ontario

Affiliated organizations

Potters Guild of BC

Tag

Missing info

Links to Further Resources

Charles Bronfman's Claridge Collection Auction: Part III | Jun. 18, 2014

https://www.rubylane.com/item/986572-19-608/American-Canadian-Potter-Mas-Funo-Studio

https://japanesecanadianartists.com/artist/mas-funo/

Focus One: Contemporary Studio Ceramics
Kathleen Campbell
Published by Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg (1997)
ISBN 10: 0889151806 ISBN 13: 9780889151802

Source

Debra E. Sloan

Item sets

Old BCCMR import (needs images)

BC Ceramic Makers

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