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CV
Maki Imoto
Glass Artist
Lives and works in Kanagawa, Japan.
Education
2007-2011 PhD, Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, Okayama, Japan. Art graduate course Art work expression speciality. Practice and Art work theory.
2005-2007 MA, Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, Okayama, Japan. Art graduate course Glass Arts.
2001-2005 BA, Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, Okayama, Japan. College of Arts Major Glass
Exhibitions
Solo
2023 "atéreo" Yudinist/arisuanze, Shanghai, China
"Exhaling" pragmata gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Events of the intervening" Gallery SOU, Hokkaido, Japan
2020 "Where the knots are." TRI GALLERY-Ocyanomizu, Tokyo, Japan
"Fused Quartz" pragmata gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019 "Where fingertips cross" Galerie houkivoshi, Tokyo, Japan
"Haptical horizon" Biyong Point, Akita, Japan
2010 "Event of White -event of the glass-" KAKE Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan
2009 "Maki Imoto Glass Exhibition" Art Life MITSUHASHI, Kyoto, Japan
Two Person
2021 "ark of light" Gallery SATORU, Tokyo, Japan
Group(Selected)
2024 Art Fair "ONE ART Taipei" Hotel Metropolitan Premier Taipei, Taipei, China
2023 "Capturing the Lights -Ⅰ" TERRADA ART COMPLEXⅡ BONDED GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
"Capturing the Lights -Ⅱ" JAPAN MASTERY COLLECTION, HANEDA Airport Departure Area-T3, Tokyo, Japan
"LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2023" The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, NY, USA
2022 "International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa" Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Ishikawa Prefecture, Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa, Japan
"Casting the lyrical : International Glass Art Invitational Exhibition" Haitian sky Art Centre, Qingdao, China
2021 "While listening to music" TRI GALLERY-Ocyanomizu, Tokyo, Japan
"iglass2021 Current Realities" LEVANT ART, Shanghai, China
"Contemporary Glass Exhibition in Sanyo Onoda, special exhibition" The Ueno Royal Museum Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Monochrome - white and black pottery" IDÉE GALLERY@ IDÉE TOKYO , Tokyo, Japan
2020 "1000 VASES" Le Marais, Maison & Objet/Paris Design Week, Paris, France
2019 "4th Triennale of KOGEI in Kanazawa" 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa People's Gallery, Ishikawa, Japan
2018 "Glass like poetry" Gallery SAN, Akita, Japan
"Toyama International Glass Exhibition" Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
2017 "Lingering and premonition" Akita Araya Glass Studio Gallery, Akita, Japan
2016 "International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa" Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Ishikawa Prefecture, Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa, Japan
2014-2019 "YUSUICHITEN" Akita and Tokyo, Japan/Every year
2014 "RAM-Random Access Memories-" WATANABE Koshiro House, Akita, Japan
2013 "The 10th INUJIMAJIKAN" Inujima Island, Okayama, Japan
2012-2013 "made in kurashiki in KURASHIKI" Okayama, Japan/Every year
2012 "Sanyo Onoda Contemporary Glass Exhibition" Onoda SUN PARK, Yamaguchi, Japan
"VESSELS" Koganezaki Crystal Park Glass Museum, Shizuoka, Japan
2010-2013 "Christmas of the glass in YUNOGO Art Project" Okayama, Japan/Every year
2008 "Glass in Japan,Y.G.Prize Exhibition" Tokyo and Shizuoka, Japan
"Toyama International Glass Exhibition" Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
Nominations / Awards
2023 Finalist, "LOEWE Craft Prize 2023" LOEWE FOUNDATION, Spain
2022 "New Glass Review 42" The Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA
Nominee, "International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa2022" Ishikawa, Japan
2020 Sponsorship prize , "Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition in Sanyo Onoda" Yamaguchi , Japan
2019 Nominee , "The international Exhibition of Triennale of KOGEI in Kanazawa" Kanazawa , Japan
2018 Nominee, "Toyama international Glass Exhibition2018" Toyama, Japan
2016 Nominee, "The international Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa2016" Kanazawa, Japan
"New Glass Review 37" The Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA
2012 Nominee, "5th Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition in Sanyo Onoda" Yamaguchi, Japan5th
Nominee, "5th VESSELS Contemporary Glass Exhibition" Shizuoka, Japan
"New Glass Review 33" The Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA
2009 Honorable Mention, "Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award 2009" Dusseldorf, Germany
2008 "New Glass Review 29" The Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA
Nominee, "Toyama International Glass Exhibition2008" Toyama, Japan
Press
2024 "Prize winner Maki Imoto catches light with glassn" by Mari Hashimoto , Sustainable Japan Magazine by The Japan Times Vol. 33
https://sustainable.japantimes.com/magazine/vol33/33-02
2023 "Beautiful Japanese Art - Artist Maki Imoto" NipponArtKogei, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6If4KZ7lLUM
"Beautiful Japanese Art - Artist Maki Imoto , Work process" NipponArtKogei, https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=fvyyiCcqlZs
2022 "New Glass Review 42" The Corning Museum of Glass, p.31. https://info.cmog.org/sites/info.cmog.org/files/pdf/NGR_42_0.pdf
2021 "100 Glass Craftsmen - The elite of contemporary Japan" Abe Publishing LTD. p.21.
2016 "New Glass Review 37" The Corning Museum of Glass, p.33. https://www.cmog.org/sites/default/files/file-attachments/New_Glass_Review_37.pdf
2012 "New Glass Review 33" The Corning Museum of Glass, p.25. https://www.cmog.org/sites/default/files/file-attachments/New_Glass_Review_33.pdf
2009 "Neues Glas 3/09" Verlagsanstalt Handwerk GmbH, p.80, p.83.
2008 "New Glass Review 29" The Corning Museum of Glass, p.25. https://www.cmog.org/sites/default/files/file-attachments/New_Glass_Review_29.pdf
Professional Experience
2019-2022 Mukogawa Women's University Institute of Esthetics in Everyday-Life, Hyogo, Japan, Teacher's Assistant
2014-2019 Akita University of Art, Glass Area, Akita, Japan, Research / Teaching Assistant