Ceramic artist Yukiya Izumida was born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in 1966 and is based in Noda Village, Iwate. After training at the Kokujiyaki kiln, he began firing in an anagama kiln in 1998. He has won the Grand Prix at the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition twice, and his works are held in the collections of prominent institutions including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Pursuing thinness, lightness, and fragility, he develops a distinctive sculptural language that draws on the qualities of both paper and clay.