浅井竜介｜Ryusuke ASAI
個展「地球を織す｜Igniting the Earth」
May 8 – 26, 2026
12:00pm-7:00pm
Closed: Wednesday & Thursday
Exhibition Final closes at 5:00PM
MEDEL GALLERY SHU HIBIYAでは、2026年5月8 日（金）より26日（火）まで、陶芸家浅井竜介の個展「地球を織す｜Igniting the Earth」を開催いたします。
本展は陶芸家として長く活動を続けてきた浅井が、オブジェなどの立体作品を中軸に現代美術アーティストとして作品を発表する初の機会となります。
本展は、現代アートの新作に加え、これまで同様、器の作品もご紹介して、従来のファンの皆様にもお楽しみいただける構成となっています。
地球を熾す
Igniting the Earth
時間を堆積し、生成と変成を繰り返してきた地球。
地球を熾す行為は、
内在していた力を露わにし、
土の内側に眠るエネルギーを呼び覚ます。
焼成という行為もまた、
変成し続ける地球を形づくる営みである。
熾された地球は、
彫刻であり、器であり、
時間と熱によって刻まれた痕跡として現れる。
本展は、現代アーティスト浅井竜介のデビュー展である。
長年陶芸の世界で培われてきた浅井の実践が、
自由な創造の場において立ち現れる。
華道家の菜雅（SAIGA）をフューチャーして浅井の花器とのコラボレーションも見所の一つです。
浅井竜介の新しい挑戦に是非ご注目願います。
MEDEL GALLERY SHU HIBIYA presents a solo exhibition by Ryusuke Asai, titled “Igniting the Earth | 地球を織す,” on view from May 8 to May 26, 2026.
Based in Tokyo, Ryusuke Asai has established a distinguished career as a ceramic artist. This exhibition marks a significant milestone, presenting his work in a contemporary art context and highlighting a new phase in his practice. Centered on newly developed three-dimensional sculptures and objects, the exhibition reflects a bold expansion of his artistic language.
Alongside these recent works, the exhibition will also feature Asai’s signature functional vessels, offering insight into the foundation of his craftsmanship and the evolution of his approach to form and material.
A key highlight of the exhibition is a special collaboration with the ikebana artist SAIGA. Featuring floral arrangements composed specifically for Asai’s vessels, the presentation creates a dynamic dialogue between ceramic form and the ephemeral nature of living plants.
Igniting the Earth
The earth has accumulated time,
undergoing continuous processes of formation and transformation.
To ignite the earth is to reveal its latent forces,
to awaken the energy that lies dormant within the soil.
The act of firing, too, is a practice that gives form to an earth in perpetual transformation.
Thus ignited, the earth emerges
as sculpture, as vessel,
as traces inscribed by time and heat.
This exhibition marks the debut of contemporary artist Ryusuke Asai.
Having long cultivated his practice within the field of ceramics,
Asai’s work now comes into presence
within a space of free and open creation.
Through this exhibition, viewers are invited to experience the intersection of tradition and contemporary expression, as well as the evolving relationship between material, form, and time.
浅井竜介｜Ryusuke ASAI
浅井竜介は、陶芸、書、音楽、文筆を横断するアーティストである。
1966年名古屋生まれ。早稲田大学で近代工芸史を学び、ロンドン大学ゴールドスミス・カレッジ大学院にて陶芸の理論と技術を修得。帰国後、陶芸家・鯉江良二、インテリアデザイナー・内田繁らの影響を受け、独自の造形表現を確立した。
茶陶の分野で評価を得る一方、土と焼成を軸に書や空間へと活動を広げてきた。2026年には彫刻を含む現代美術へと展開し、茶室を基点とするインスタレーションに取り組んでいる。
祖父は陶芸家・矢野陶々、父は写真家・浅井愼平。
Ryusuke Asai is a multidisciplinary artist working across ceramics, calligraphy, music, and writing. Born in Nagoya in 1966, he studied the history of modern crafts at Waseda University and later trained in ceramic theory and practice at Goldsmiths, University of London. After returning to Japan, he developed his distinctive artistic language under the influence of ceramic artist Ryoji Koie and interior designer Shigeru Uchida.
While recognized for his tea ceramics, he has expanded his practice beyond this field, working with clay and firing as central elements and extending into calligraphy and spatial expression. In 2026, he further developed his work into contemporary art, including sculpture, and is currently engaged in installations based on the concept of the tearoom.
He is the grandson of ceramic artist Toto Yano and the son of photographer Shinpei Asai.
