Gaze and RhythmArtwork by Toyama Institute of Glass Art Educators

The city of Toyama has, for more than thirty years, made glass one of the themes of its urban development efforts. The Toyama Institute of Glass Art, which trains artists, the Toyama Glass Studio, which promotes glass as a cultural industry, and the Toyama Glass Art Museum, a place to appreciate that art, are three institutions that are the bases on which Toyama has become one the world’s leaders in promoting a City of Glass.

The Toyama Institute of Glass Art (TIGA) opened in 1991 as the first public educational institution in Japan specializing in glass. Since then, with its comprehensive facilities and curriculum, it has produced many graduates who are active in Japan and abroad. This exhibition, the third Toyama, City of Glass Art, Collaborative Exhibition, presents the work of ten artists and educators who, while instructing at TIGA, are also engaged in their own creative work.

The theme is “gaze and rhythm.” Works whose theme is seeing itself, and works that incorporate the viewer’s gaze in them pose questions of what the act of seeing means and how we can interpret the world through another’s perspective. Moreover, when we look at the world around us, we perceive rhythms (regularity and periodicity) in a broad range of phenomena—sound, speech, color, form, celestial bodies, the seasons, and the behaviors of living beings. Those can be understood through many senses, not just vision. The works in this exhibition give a sense of rhythm. Considering the style presented by the artists in this exhibition in terms of rhythm and gaze, we seek clues for ways to broaden our senses and grasp the world around us. We also wish to introduce TIGA as a place where, with artists of many different backgrounds, new means of glass-inspired expression are born.

Artist

AMAGASA Natsumi, HASHIMOTO Asa, HIROSE Emi, HONGO Jin, KIMURA Juri, MATSUFUJI Koichi, NAKAGAMI Makiko, Dylan PALMER, Jiří SUCHÝ, YOSHIZUMI Ayano

(arranged in alphabetical order of the artist’s family name)

Organized by Toyama City, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama Institute of Glass Art, Toyama Glass Studio

Supported by THE KITANIPPON SHIMBUN, THE TOYAMA SHIMBUN, Japan Broadcasting Corporation Toyama Station, Kitanihon Broadcasting Co., Ltd., TOYAMA TELEVISION BROADCASTING CO., LTD., TULIP-TV INC.

Contact

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

Concurrent Exhibition

Toyama Institute of Glass Art: Graduation Exhibition 2025

2025.2.8 Sat – 2.16 Sun.

Venue: Floors 3 Exhibition room 3, Floors 5 Gallery 1 & 2

Opening Hours: 9:30 – 18:00 (Admission ends 30 minis. before closing time)

No Closing Day, Free of charge

Organized by Toyama Institute of Glass Art

Contact: Toyama Institute of Glass Art   TEL: 076-436-2973 　https://toyamaglass.ac.jp

* There is no dedicated parking space. *Please refrain from bringing flowers.