En Iwamura was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1988, where he continues to live and work today. 

 

He earned his BFA and first MFA from the Kanazawa College of Art and Craft in Kanazawa, Japan in 2011 and 2013, respectively, and earned a second MFA from Clemson University in 2016. Iwamura has completed residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation in Montana (2016-2018), and the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute in China (2018), among others. Most notably he has been exhibited in the American Museum of Ceramic Art, in Pomona, CA (2019) as well as being the subject of solo presentations at Ross + Kramer Gallery in East Hampton and at UNTITLED, Art Fair in Miami in 2018, 2019 and 2022.