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Sueyoshi, Hiroshi, 1946-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1946/..

Biography

Hiroshi Sueyoshi was born in 1946 in Tokyo, Japan. He arrived in the United States in 1971 to help build Humble Mill Pottery in Asheboro, NC. After additional study in Virginia, he returned to North Carolina in 1974 to work as a production potter in Seagrove at Seagrove Pottery. Sueyoshi has taught at the Sampson Technical Institute in Sampson County, Wilson Technical Institute in Wilson County, and Cape Fear Community College in New Hanover County. He primarily works with porcelain using the Japanese techniques of neriage and nerikomi. Sueyoshi has exhibited his work and won numerous awards in exhibitions across the United States. His work is in private, corporate, and institutional collections including the Smithsonian Institution's Renwick Gallery. Sueyoshi is a graduate of Tokyo Aeronautical College and the Ochanomizu Design School in Tokyo.

Occupations

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Hiroshi Sueyoshi Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC-MS-259
Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials pertaining to local potter and artist Hiroshi Sueyoshi, documenting his career and major exhibitions of his work. Included are exhibition catalogues, advertisements, invitations, correspondence, and newspaper articles.

Dates: 1975-2015

Sueyoshi, Hiroshi

 File
Scope and Contents

Fall 2006 newsletter by Francis Marion Unviersity's Department of Fine Arts with a section on potter Hiroshi Sueyoshi's work on display at the university.

Dates: Various

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