Kensuke Yamada (b. Kamakura, Japan) came to the US to attend Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, where he received his BA. He continued his ceramics education at the University of Montana, receiving his MFA in 2009. Since then, he has been both a summer and long-term resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation, MT, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, a Guest Artist/adjunct instructor at the Tylor School of Art, Temple University Philadelphia, A visiting Artist/Ceramics Studio Technician/ instructor at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, also visiting Assistant Professor at Centre College, Danville, KY. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Chico State University, Chico, CA. Yamada creates layered narratives within his figurative works.