Collection Exhibition　Towards the Toyama International Glass Exhibition

In the three decades since 1980, the city of Toyama has made glass a theme in its community development. In 1991, the Toyama Institute of Glass Art opened to train talented glass artists. In 1994, the Toyama Glass Studio opened to promote industry. Between 2002 and 2011, we held the Contemporary Glass Triennial in Toyama, a public-entry exhibition accepting submissions from within Japan, four times. The Toyama Glass Art Museum, which opened in 2015, actively holds exhibitions of contemporary glass and acquires works for the collection to promote and encourage glass art. In 2018, the Toyama International Glass Exhibition, an international public-entry triennial, was launched. This series of efforts has earned Toyama global recognition as a center for contemporary glass art.

This exhibition from the collection introduces mainly prize-winning works from both series of Toyama public-entry exhibitions, plus related new additions to the collection. This group of superb works presents artists’ efforts to explore new potential in glass and expresses these artists’ perceptions of their times.

The collection exhibition is being held concurrently with the Toyama International Glass Exhibition 2021 (10 July 2021―3 October 2021) and Thirty Years of Toyama Institute of Glass Art―Forms for the Future (23 October 2021―23 January 2022). We hope you enjoy them all.

Artists

ABIRU Shougo, ICHIKAWA Atsushi, INOUE Tsuyoshi, OMURA Shunji, ODAHASHI Masayo, KOJIRO Yoshiaki, KOJIMA Yukako, GOTO Yohei, GONJO Mafune, FUKUNISHI Takeshi, FUJIKAKE Sachi, Æsa BJÖRK, Palo MACHO, MOTEGI Satoe（Total 14 artists, alphabetical order in Japanese）

Click here to download the List of works.

*Reproduction of photos are prohibited.

Curator’s Talk
The exhibition curator gives a talk to introduce the show. (Language: Japanese)
Date & time: 14:00- 17, 25 July, 8, 21 August, 4, 18 September, 31 October, 3, 23 November and 4 December 2021
Venue: Toyama Glass Art Museum 2F Conference Room 1&2
No. of seats: approx. 17 persons per talk

*Free admission / No reservation / Exhibition ticket requires
*These take evevnts are all in Japanese.

Evening Talk
The exhibition curator gives a talk in the evening to introduce the show. (Language: Japanese)
Date & time: 18:00- 1 October
Venue: Toyama Glass Art Museum 2F Conference Room 1&2
No. of seats: approx. 17 persons

*Free admission / No reservation / Exhibition ticket requires
*These take evevnts are all in Japanese.

Contact

Toyama Glass Art Museum
bijutsukan-01@city.toyama.lg.jp