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
2020-23 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, The Toyama International Glass Exhibition 2021 | Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
2019 Gold Medal, 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, Young Generation Prize, Glass '12 in Japan | Hillside Terrace, Tokyo, Japan
Prize winner, OBJECT, International Glass Prize 2012 | Glazen Huis, Lommel, Belgium
Gold Medal, 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
2024 Two person exhibition with Runa Kosogawa | TOYAMA GLASS STUDIO, Toyama, Japan
2022 Solo exhibition | Gallery O2, Ishikawa, Japan
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
2024 My Favourite Things | Gallery O2, Ishikawa, Japan
Collection Exhibition | Mingling Materials | Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
JAPAN LIKES PINK | Gallery O2, Ishikawa, Japan
2022 Collection Exhibition | Onomatopoeia in Glass Art | Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Japan
2021 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
EXPRESS AND EXPLORE : Contemporary Japanese Glass | ESH Gallery, Milan, Italy
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, NY, 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
2024 e:to:ten, Contemporary Japanese Glass Art | Otaru City Museum of Art, Hokkaido, Japan
2021 TOTTE : Form with Grip | Gallery VOICE, Gifu, Japan
2019 SHITSURAI Offerings V -Original Memory- | The Terminal KYOTO, Kyoto, Japan
2018 e:to:ten in Kagurazaka | Tokyo University of Science Morito Memorial Hall, Tokyo, 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
2022 ASIA WEEK New York, curated by TAI modern | NY, USA
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 TALK, ARTIST LECTURES and WORKSHOPS
2023 Workshop and slide Lecture as part-time Lecturer | Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Okinawa, Japan
Slide Lecture | Joshibi University of Art and Design | Tokyo, Japan (2022)
Slide Lecture | Seto Ceramics and Glass Art Center | Aichi, Japan
2022 Artist talk with Ruriko Tsuchida (Director of Toyama Glass Art Museum | Gallery O2, Ishikawa, Japan
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 demonstration | 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 demonstration | Omura Glass Studio Summer Workshop, Chiba, Japan
Slide Lecture and demonstration | Kurashiki University of Science and the arts, Okayama, Japan
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Contemporary Glass in Postwar Japan | by Atsushi Takeda | Seikatsu no Tomosha Co., Ltd.
2023 Atlas mondial de l’artisanat d’art | by Isabelle Dupuy Chavanat |Flammarion Editions
2022 Savoir & faire : Le verre | by Hugues JACQUET | Actes Sud
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
COMMISSION WORK|COLLABORATION
ENGRAVED BLUE LAMP | collaborate with R. ALAGAN
Hatate | Hotel & Museum ROYAL CLASSIC OSAKA, Osaka | curated by Junji Ito
Wall piaces | PROUD Obata, Aichi | directed by Noboru Ushigome Architecture Office
Entrance hall piace | PROUD Ryogoku, Tokyo | directed by Noboru Ushigome Architecture Office
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