神代良明 YOSHIAKI KOJIRO
1968 Born in Chiba / Japan >> Place in Takayama, Gifu / Japan
EDUCATION
2002-03 Post Graduate Study, Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Kanagawa / Japan
1992-94 M.Eng. in Architecture, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba / Japan
1988-92 B.Eng. in Architecture, Department of Science and Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba / Japan
EXPERIENCE
2020- Part-time Lecturer, Nagoya University of the Arts, Aichi / Japan
2018 Member of the Experts Panel to select the Finalists for the LOEWE Craft Prize 2018
2012-17 Part-time Lecturer, Tama Art University, Tokyo / Japan
1994-00 Architect Staff, Gendaikeikaku Architectural & Planning Office, Tokyo / Japan
AWARDS and FELLOWSHIPS
2021 Gold Medal of The Toyama International Glass Exhibition 2021, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama / Japan
2019 Gold Medal of Bavarian State Prize, MEISTER DER MODERNE, curated by Galerie Handwerk, IHM, Munich / Germany
2017 Special Mention, LOEWE Craft Prize 2017, COAM, Madrid / Spain, Chamber Gallery NY / USA, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo / Japan
2016 Honorable Mention, The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2016, Ishikawa / Japan
2015 Ropex International Prize, Glass '15 in Japan, Hillside Terrace, Tokyo / Japan
2012 Prize winner of Young Generation Prize, Glass '12 in Japan, Hillside Terrace, Tokyo / Japan
Prize winner, OBJECT, International Glass Prize 2012, Glazen Huis, Lommel / Belgium
Gold Medal of Bavarian State Prize, MEISTER DER MODERNE, curated by Galerie Handwerk, IHM, Munich / Germany
2008 Honorable Mention, Dai-ichi Museum Contemporary Glass Competition 2008, Aichi / Japan
2006 The 4th Chiba City Art and Culture New Artist Award, Chiba / Japan
2004 Grand Prize, The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2004, Ishikawa / Japan
2003-06 Fellowship, Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo, Glass Workshop, Ishikawa / Japan
SOLO and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 Two person exhibition with Yasuhiro Sumii, Art Salon KOGEN, Aichi / Japan
2019 Two person exhibition with Yasuhiro Sumii, Seto Ceramics and Glass Art Center, Aichi / Japan
2018 Solo exhibition, Fragile Blue, Gallery DiEGO Omotesando, Tokyo / Japan
Two person exhibition with Kokoro Yoshii, Kagurazaka-Pollyanna Tokyo / Japan
2017 Two person exhibition, Formes en blank with Bae Sejin, MOUVEMENTS MODERNES, Paris / France
Two person exhibition with Tomohiro Kano, Tokyo Gallery+BTAP, Tokyo / Japan
2015 Solo exhibition, Gallery O2, Tokyo / Japan
2014 Solo exhibition, Gallery AN, Ibaraki / Japan
2013 Two person exhibition with Runa Kosogawa, Gallery NOW, Toyama / Japan
Solo exhibition, Gallery O2, Tokyo / Japan
2011 Solo exhibition, Ginza Bricks Gallery, Tokyo / Japan (2013, 2017)
Solo exhibition, Isogaya i. space, Tokyo / Japan
2010 Two person exhibition with Masao Kozumi, Grass Hopper GALLERY, Tokyo / Japan
2009 Solo exhibition, Galleria ACCa, Tokyo / Japan
2008 Solo exhibition, Gallery Tsubaki, Chiba / Japan (2010, 2012)
2007 Solo exhibition, café & galerie NAJA, Chiba / Japan (2009)
2006 Solo exhibition, curated by Motohiko Fujii, Art Interactive Tokyo, Tokyo / Japan
2005 Solo exhibition, Gallery Yukomori, Nagano / Japan
2004 Solo exhibition, Gallery ES, Tokyo / Japan
2002 Two person exhibition with Risako Yahagi, Grass Hopper GALLERY, Tokyo / Japan
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS and CONTESTS
2021 EXPRESS AND EXPLORE : Contemporary Japanese Glass, ESH Gallery, Milan / Italy
GO FOR KOGEI 2021, curated by Yuji Akimoto, Natadera temple, Ishikawa / Japan
Collection Exhibition Towards the Toyama International Glass Exhibition, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama / Japan
Destination material of beauty of crafts, expression, decoration, curated by Yuji Akimoto, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi contemporary gallery, Tokyo / Japan
2020 Transfiguration of the Glass Art IV, Gallery VOICE, Gifu / Japan
2018 THE CUTTING EDGE with Tanaka Nobuyuki (lacquer), Hashimoto Masayuki (copper), Gallery O2, Ishikawa / Japan
JAPANESE GLASS TODAY, Glasmuseum Lette, Coesfeld / Germany
2017 2017 Hangzhou International Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition, Crafts Museum of CAA, Hangzhou / China
Kokoro -Japanisches Glas heute, Glasmuseum Frauenau / Germany
lebenswelt | life-world, Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich / Germany
2016 Contemporary glass representation Exhibition vol.2, Dai-ichi Museum, Aichi / Japan
2015 Opening Exhibition, “I’ve Got Glass! I’ve Got Life!” , Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama / Japan
Tama Art University Glass Works, Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo / Japan
2014 iGlass 2014, Japanese contemporary glass exhibition, LEVANT ART, Shanghai / China
The futurology of glass molding, Gallery O2, Tokyo / Japan
2012 The manifestations of Method, Curated by Masayuki Hashimoto, Gallery Ryokurinkan, Saitama / Japan
2011 Sumi-paintings by Toko Shinoda and Contemporary Glass Works, Rakusui-tei Museum of Art, Toyama / Japan
2010 16 Glass Objects Exhibition, ORIE Gallery, Tokyo / Japan
FROZEN-IN TENSION, Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich / Germany
2009 The Metamorphosis of Glass, Gallery VOICE, Gifu / Japan (2011)
61in3 + 1/8, Gallery Ten, Ishikawa / Japan
ART SELECTION NOW vol.3, Gallery NOW, Toyama / Japan
2007 The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2007, Korinbo-Daiwa and Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa / Japan (2010)
Allure of Japanese Glass, Curated by Harumi Yukutake and Tomoko Aoki, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pennsylvania / USA
2006 The 8th Oita Asian Sculpture Exhibition, Asakura Fumio Memorial Hall, Oita / Japan
VESSELS, The Exhibition of Contemporary GLASS KOGANEZAKI 2006, Koganezaki Glass Museum, Shizuoka / Japan
2005 TOYAMURA International Sculpture Biennale 2005, The Toya General Center, Hokkaido / Japan
The 2nd Contemporary Glass Triennial in TOYAMA 2005, Toyama Civic Plaza Art Gallery, Toyama / Japan
New Glass Review 27, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York / USA (30/2008, 31/2009)
2004 Paperweight Collection, Glass Gallery KARANIS, Tokyo / Japan
The 2nd Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition 2004 in ONODA, Onoda Sun Park, Yamaguchi / Japan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 TOTTE : Form with Grip, Gallery VOICE, Gifu / Japan
2019 SHITSURAI Offerings V 〜Original Memory〜, The Terminal KYOTO, Kyoto / Japan
2017 Sincerity 2017, Korea Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition 2017, Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangeung / Republic of Korea
2016 Sincerity 14+14, Korea Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition 2016, Korean Cultural Center, Tokyo / Japan
2015 Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo 25th, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa, Ishikawa / Japan
2014 The Method of 4 Creators with Katsuhiko Azuma, Shougo Abiru, Shunji Omura, Session House, Tokyo / Japan
2013 +7 exhibition, Office339, Shanghai / China
2009 Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo 20th Anniversary Exhibition, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa, Ishikawa / Japan
2007 AACA +7 exhibition, Architectural Institute of Japan bldg., Tokyo / Japan (2008, 2009, 2010)
FAIRS
2018 SOFA Chicago 2018, curated by TAI modern, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL / USA
PAD London, curated by MOUVEMENTS MODERNES, Berkeley Square, London / UK
Salone del Mobile.Milano, exhibited by HIDA Sangyo, Milano / Italy
PAD Paris, curated by MOUVEMENTS MODERNES, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris / France
COLLECT, curated by ESH Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London / UK
2017 Art Miami, curated by TAI modern, One Miami Herald Plaza, FL / USA
PAD London, curated by MOUVEMENTS MODERNES, Berkeley Square, London / UK
TRESOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT, curated by ESH GALLERY, Messe Basel, Basel / Switzerland
2015 ART BEIJING, curated by LEVANT ART, Beijing / China
2014 COLLECT, curated by Exhibition Space APJ, Saatchi Gallery, London / UK (2015)
2013 Art Fair Tokyo, curated by Exhibition Space APJ, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo / Japan (2014, 2015)
ARTIST LECTURES and WORKSHOPS
2021 Online Slide Lecture, Tokyo University of the Arts / Japan
2020 Workshop, Tokushima Glass Studio, Tokushima, / Japan
Workshop, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art, Toyama / Japan
2018 Slide Lecture and demonstration, Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo, Ishikawa / Japan
Slide Lecture and demonstration, Nagoya University of the Arts, Aichi / Japan
Slide Lecture and demonstretion, Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Tokyo / Japan
2017 Symposium, 2017 Hangzhou International Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou / China
Slide Lecture and demonstration, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art, Toyama / Japan
2015 Slide Lecture, Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo, Ishikawa / Japan
Slide Lecture, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama / Japan
2013 Slide Lecture, Musashino Art University, Tokyo / Japan (2017)
2012 Slide Lecture, Garasukikakusya, Tokyo / Japan
Slide Lecture, Association for Glass Art Studies, Japan, Tokyo University of the Arts / Japan
2010 Slide Lecture and workshop, CAMGERAN 2010 Applied Glass Symposium with International Participation, Anadolu University, Eskisehir / Turkey
2008 Slide Lecture and Foaming Glass Casting Demonstretion, Omura Glass Studio Summer Workshop, Chiba / Japan
Slide Lecture and Foaming Glass Casting Demonstretion, Kurashiki University of Science and the arts, Okayama / Japan
PUBLICATIONS
2018 Casa Brutus, LOEWE meets world craft, Magazine House, Ltd., vol.214
2017 Pen, LOEWE founded a new craft award, CCC Media House Co., Ltd., No. 431
2015 COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY GLASS -by Tina Oldnow, The Corning Museum of Glass
Glass, The persistence of white -by Jhon Drury, issue 139, Urban Glass
2004 GLASHAUS, Studioglas in Japan 7-by Mica Okuno, 4/2004
COLLECTIONS
LOEWE Foundation, Madrid / Spain
V&A Museum, London / UK
Glasmuseum Lette, Coesfeld/ Germany
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich / Germany
Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich / Germany
GlazenHuis, Lommel / Belgium
The Corning Museum of Glass, New York / USA
Contemporary Glass Arts Museum, Eskisehir / Turkey
Koganezaki Crystal Park Glass Museum, Shizuoka / Japan
Dai-ichi Museum, Aichi / Japan
Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama / Japan
Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo, Ishikawa / Japan