Radical Clay exhibition installation

30 January 2026

The Ackland Art Museum: 'Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan'

Radical Clay is a traveling museum exhibition with ceramic works by 36 different female artist from Japan.

The works in this exhibition are inventive and expressive, at times mysterious or even shocking. The artists who created them are among the most technically accomplished contemporary ceramists.

Radical Clay exhibition installation

Radical Clay exhibition installation

Radical Clay exhibition installation

Photo courtesy of the Ackland Art Museum

Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan is organized by the Art Institute of Chicago.