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

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

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS and CONTESTS

2023          JAPAN LIKES PINK | Gallery O2, Ishikawa, Japan

2022          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

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)

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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)

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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

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

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