Noe Kuremoto's ceramics connect Japanese myth with modern craft
Noe Kuremoto makes ceramics that draw on Japanese ancestral traditions and mythology. Raised in Japan by artist parents, she moved to London to study at Central Saint Martins. Her 'Jōmon' vessels are being presented at PAD London 2026.
Noe Kuremoto grew up in Japan with artist parents; her father painted and worked at a university, where she met creative people. She later moved to London for Central Saint Martins, drawn to its freer art scene. There she pursued ceramics outside Japan’s apprentice-based training.
Her totemic, symmetrical vessels often blend bulbous and humanlike forms. Based in east London, she is also creating a forest studio in Lithuania, her husband’s homeland. Her Jōmon pieces will appear at PAD London 2026.
Kuremoto’s visibility at PAD London 2026 may encourage audiences to see contemporary ceramics as a bridge between migration, family memory, and inherited myth. Craft collectors, diaspora artists, and design students could find new models for working across cultures without abandoning roots. Her story may also prompt galleries and buyers to value small-scale, hand-built practices and non-Western narratives within global design conversations.