KAZUMI IKEMOTO

1954  Born, Kyoto, Japan

EDUCATION and CAREER

current  Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan , Funabashi, Setagayaku, Professor

1991  South Australian College, Adelaide, Australia, Talk and Demonstrations as Visiting Artist

     Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne, Australia, Talks and Demonstrations, Universities

1990  Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan, Part-time Lecturer

1979  Kyoto City University of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Graduate - Department of Plastic Arts


EXHIBITIONS and AWARDS (selected)

2007  Chappell Gallery, NY “Layers on Glass” (solo)

2006 Contemporary Glass of Japan, Plateaux Gallery, London, England

     6 Man Exhibition, Roof Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2005  Chappell Gallery, NY Illusions in Glass (solo)

The 20th Anniversary Commemoration Exhibition, Nagano, Japan

2004  Yabuki Gallery, Okayama, Japan

2002 HokkaidoMuseum of Modern Art, Outspoken Glass

2001  Biidoroya Gallery, Nagoya, Japan

1999 -2000 Suntory Museum of Art, Japan, 100 Years of Japanese Glass

1998  Seto , Japan, Contemporary Japanese Glass

1997  The Glasmuseum Ebeltoft, Denmark, Made in Japan

1996  The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland, Winds from the East and the North

1995  Signature Gallery, Boston, MA, Bare Essentials

     Meat Market Craft Center, Melbourne, Australia, Glass in Australia

     Composition Gallery, San Francisco, CA, (Solo)

1994  Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan, World Glass Now ’94

     Solo Show, Sapporo Galerie L - Hamburg, Germany

     Habitat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI, Contemporary Glass from Japan

Habitat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI, 22nd Annual International Glass lnvitation

1993  Habitat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI, 21st Annual International Glass Invitation

     Kunst Museum, Dusseldorf, Germany. Neues Glass in Japan

     Gallery A, Kyoto, Japan, (Solo)

     Festival Ceskeho a Japonskeho Skia, Machida City Museum

1992  Daimaro, Tokyo, Japan, (Solo)

     Manes, Prague, and Germany, Festival Ceskeho a Japonskeho Skia

     Gallery Nakama, Tokyo, Japan, Glass and Drawing

1991  Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan, World Glass Now ’91

     Seibu Sibuya, Tokyo, Japan, (Solo)

     Grohe Glass Gallery, Boston, MA, Glass Art from Japan

1990  Tontoedou Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Glass Art ’90

     Hankyu, Tokyo, Japan, Award for fine work, Tokyo Glass Art ’90

     Growrich Gallery, Seoul, Korea, Contemporary Studio Glass Exhibition

1989  Azabu Museum of Arts & Crafts, Tokyo Japan One Aspect of Japanese Cont'pry Art & Crafts

     Habitat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL, 8th Annual International Glass

1988  Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan, World Glass Now ’88

     Seibu Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan (Solo)

1987  D. Erlien Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, Contemporary Glass from Japan

     Glass ’87, Japan, Achievement Award

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan

South Australian College, Adelaide, Australia

Garasu no Sato, Hiroshima, Japan

Corning Museum of Glass