Born 1990, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Lives and works in Tajimi, Gifu, Japan.
Kodai Ujiie is a contemporary ceramic artist whose work lives between vessel and sculpture, materializing fragile, biomorphic presences via porcelain, glaze, lacquer, and purposeful cracks (kannyū). He navigates a tension between tradition and experimentation, often treating glaze fissures and lacquer inlays as scars or veins that speak of rupture,repair, and the vitality embedded in imperfection.
His recent solo and duo shows have been held at Bernheim, London (2026); The Stratford Gallery, Broadway (2025), Bernheim, Zürich (2025); Tosei Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto (2023); Ippodo Gallery, Tokyo (2022); Nihonbashi Takashimaya S.C., Tokyo (2021); and Shiogama Sugimura Jun Museum of Art, Shiogama (2018). He received a MFA from Tohoku University of Art and Design, Yamagata, Japan (2015) and a BFA from Tohoku University of Art and Design,Yamagata, Japan (2013).