Yumiko Katsuya

Born in Japan, Yumiko Katsuya became a Canadian resident in 1971.  She started pottery in 1983 when she joined the Hill Potters Guild in Richmond Hill, Ontario where many of her works continue to be displayed in their permanent collection today.  A past member of the Toronto Potters from 2005 to 2015, she moved to Ottawa joining the Ottawa Guild of Potters in 2016 where she is presently based.

Yumiko has several awards including the Juror’s Choice Awards at the Hill Potters Guild Show in Richmond Hill, People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Potters Show and the Karen Latorre Award at the Toronto Potters Biennial Exhibition at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto.

Her work is at the Gardiner Museum Gift Shop, the Dish Gallery in the Distillery District, Toronto, and The Ottawa Guild of Potters show in Ottawa.

Yumiko covers a variety of styles. Her fans have described them all as having a peaceful quality.  Seen through the exquisite beauty of her signature crystalline pieces and the inviting cheerfulness of her sweet “Wildflower” collection. She has a passion for creating functional art, utilizing special techniques and glazes such as Fretwork, Neriage (swirled colored clay), and Crystalline glaze, to materialize her ideas.  Captivated by its ethereal quality, Yumiko has been focusing on further developing her use of crystalline glazes in recent years.