加藤 直樹 Naoki Kato Born in 1979 in Okayama, Japan, is a ceramic artist known for his delicate porcelain works that embody fragility and transience. A graduate of Okayama University, he has received international acclaim with awards such as the Bronze Prize at the 2017 Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale and the Gold Prize at the 2020 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, and his works are housed in the collections of the Korea Ceramic Foundation and the New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taiwan.