MS259
Hiroshi Sueyoshi


Hiroshi Sueyoshi a native of Tokyo 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 Renwick Gallery. Sueyoshi is a graduate of Tokyo Aeronautical College and the Ochanomizu Design School in Tokyo.

This collection has been designated Accession Number 259 of the Manuscripts Collection, Special Collections Department, William Madison Randall Library, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403-327.

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Inventory
Manuscript/Box/File

259/1/1

Hiroshi Sueyoshi newspaper reviews

259/1/2
Hiroshi Sueyoshi newspaper reviews

259/1/3
Hiroshi Sueyoshi newspaper article, reviews, news photos of pottery

259/1/4
Hiroshi Sueyoshi newspaper reviews, news photos

259/1/5
Cape Fear Tidewater, July 1985
Gallery of Art and Design, N.C. State University, 1999
Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Spring 1992

259/1/6
The Arts Courier, April 1999
Various pottery brochures featuring Hiroshi Sueyoshi's work

259/1/7
Various pottery brochures/announcements featuring Hiroshi Sueyoshi's work

259/1/8
Various pottery brochures/announcements featuring Hiroshi Sueyoshi's work

259/1/9
Various pottery & sculpture brochures/exhibits featuring Hiroshi Sueyoshi's work

259/1/10
Various pottery & sculpture brochures/exhibits featuring Hiroshi Sueyoshi's work

259/1/11
American Porcelain:  New Expressions in an Ancient Art catalogue

259/1/12
Juried Exhibition of North Carolina Crafts, 1983
A Different Turn:  An Exhibition Exploring the Creative Expression of North Carolina Potters Working in Media other than Clay, North Carolina Center

259/1/13
East Carolina University Crafts Show

259/1/14
Crafts of The Carolinas correspondence

259/1/15
Renwick Gallery of The Smithsonian correspondence, 1980's
Madcap Teapot Party, Renwick Gallery, 1996 

259/2/1
Loan agreement with National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C. Sept. 30, 1983
Description of 2 cones fired 1998/99, handwritten by Hiroshi
Thank you letter from Charles F. Chamberlain, ECU School of Art, Feb. 26, 1999

259/2/2
Randall Library poster and invitation announcing exhibit of Hiroshi ceramics, March 7 - April 14, 2000
Photo of Hiroshi in Randall Library with several ceramics

259/2/3
Thank you letter to Hiroshi from Green Hill Center for NC Art, 4/24/98
Exhibit inventory form from Hiroshi

Friends of the Gallery Collect, NC State University exhibit list April-June, 1999
St. John's Museum of Art Newsletter, 1999
The Intracoastal Newsletter, summer 1999 - Meet The Artist

259/2/4
Various exhibits featuring several art mediums

259/2/5
Arts Council of Wilson, The Courier, April 1999, small poster

259/2/6
North Carolina Clay, 1992.  Visual arts program NC State University

259/2/7
Wilmington Star - News, 1984 - 1988.  News and Observer, 1984

259/2/8
The Arts Journal, Sept., 1983
This Week, July 9, 1987

259/2/9
Media Releases from North Carolina Museum of Art announcing selected artists for Statewide Exhibition
Email from Wenzhi of Zen Expressions, Ltd
Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, 23rd annual exhibit program, 2003
Correspondence with Rocky Mount Arts Center, The Mint Museums, Fayetteville Museum of Art 

259/2/10
Ceramic Monthly,
November, 2002 

259/2/11
Wilmington,
Winter 2004/2005 

259/2/12
Newspapers- Encore, Feb. 25 to March 2, 2004
Star News,
Today section, July 7, 2003
Star News,
Currents Sept. 2, 2004
Star News,
Today, March 3, 2004
Star News,
Today March 30, 2004

259/3/1
Rendition of "Harmony'' sculpture for The Forum

259/3/2
Star News articles, Hiroshi and sculpture "Harmony" 2000

259/3/3
Letters to Hiroshi from Swain and Associates discussing "Harmony" sculpture
Information packet on The Forum

259/3/4
21st Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists, 1993

259/3/5
Loblolly, August 1984

259/3/6
UNCW Magazine, Winter 2007
announcement of Hiroshi Sueyoshi as NC Living Treasure, page 3

259/3/7
Cameron Art Museum Presents The Clay Studio with Master Artist-in-Residence Hiroshi Sueyoshi, 2006
Cameron Art Museum Member Bulletin, Spring 2006
Invitation to the Opening of the Pancoe Art Education Center, February 1, 2006

259/3/8
Brochure for 8 Artists 6 Houses, October 13-15, 2006

259/3/9
Star News article, Hiroshi Sueyoshi as NC Living Treasure, September 29, 2006

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