NEHMA | Collection - Ban Kajitani

Ban Kajitani

Ceramicist
Japanese, b. 1941

Born in 1941 in Japan, Ban Kajitani apprenticed in a Japanese pottery studio after graduating from art school in Tokyo. He relocated to the United States in 1974 to study under Larry Elsner at Utah State University, where he received an MFA degree in 1976. Kajitani worked as a professor of ceramics at Columbus College of Art and Design before retiring and returning to Japan.