136 Woodburn Drive
Asheville, NC 28778
828-686-9320

Media: Clay

Akira Satake was born in Osaka, Japan, and graduated from the Osaka School of Visual Arts in 1979. He has been living in the U.S. since 1983 and has won numerous awards for both visual design and music. In New York City he exhibited at The Jane Hartsook Gallery and The Nippon Club. In 2003 he relocated from Brooklyn, NY to Swannanoa, NC, where he built a Japanese Kyushu-style oil and wood-fired kiln.

"For me, the beauty of functional pottery — whether a dish, cup, or a vase — lies in its simplicity, and how eloquently it complements what it contains."