En Iwamura
En Iwamura was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1988. Under the influence of both parents who are painters, he grew up in an artistic environment. After graduating with a BFA in craft at the Kanazawa college of Art and Craft, he began to be interested in the international Art world. He considers that the ceramic has the potential of being one of the international languages, which can cross different cultures, people and countries.
Artist Socials
Faces of Tanuki's Village
The upcoming Mint Pass release from En Iwamura is a hybrid physical and digital project that will consist of 3 different colorways and a minimum edition size of 300. These will be backed by NFT certificates of authenticity prints hand drawn by En. En Iwamura hand made over 20 different options for this project.
Each prototype En modeled was 3D scanned by There You Have it 3D in Los Angeles. From these En picked his favorites.
En's past collectible drops, like the pictured 'PINECONE BOY SUNSET 2001' from DDT, have seen huge demand.
En wants to pay homage to Shigaraki Japan where his studio is located. Shigaraki was once a major center for ceramic art in Japan. The area was known for its ceramic Tanuki's symbolizing luck, health, and virility. Due to declining population the area isn't as active as it used to be. En wants to bring attention to the area and hopes to help develop his community into a vibrant artists community.