Jun Kaneko
Jun Kaneko | |
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Kaneko in Charlotte, North Carolina on January 19, 2013 | |
| Born | July 1942 (age 82) |
| Alma mater | Chouinard Art Institute |
| Awards | Honorary Doctorate from the Royal College of Art in London |
| Website | www.junkaneko.com |
Jun Kaneko (金子 潤, Kaneko Jun; born 1942) is a Japanese-born American ceramic artist known for creating large scale ceramic sculpture. Based out of a studio warehouse in Omaha, Nebraska, Kaneko primarily works in clay to explore the effects of repeated abstract surface motifs by using ceramic glaze.