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Groundbreaking female ceramic artists in Japan currently stand in the spotlight on the world stage, and their innovative work is recognized by collectors and museums internationally. Presented at the Park Avenue Armory for The Winter Show this January, Joan B Mirviss LTD will explore the vital role of Japanese women clay artists in the prominent global position of Japanese ceramics, from the postwar generation to the present. Coinciding with the upcoming exhibition Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan, which opened December 16, 2023 at the Art Institute of Chicago, Joan B Mirviss LTD will feature the work of twenty-five pioneering female artists spanning three generations who overcame numerous social and cultural barriers to express both eloquence and strength through clay. These artists are at the vanguard of the development of Japanese ceramics in what is certainly one of the richest and most diverse creative periods in its long history.

Japanese women were historically stifled by restrictive views on their societal role and the lack of freedom regarding their career choices, especially in the arena of ceramics. Emerging from centuries of obscurity and isolation, these female masters are challenging the supremacy of their male contemporaries as luminaries and independent creative talents.