Jun Kaneko

Jun Kaneko is a Japanese-born American sculptor currently working and living in Omaha, NE. While he works in many different mediums, including glass, painting, illustration, and operatic set design, Kaneko is best know for his massive ceramic sculpture, which can range in size from 5 to 13 feet in height.

Over the past several year, Kaneko's work has become a major influence on my own artwork, which can be seen in the ceramic forms I enjoy creating (although I lack the facilities to create works on the scale that he is capable of).

Kaneko's work is extremely minimal, focusing on simple forms called "dangos" (the japanese word for "dumpling") and colorful surface decorations. He essentially turns these massive forms into dramatic 3D canvases.