TOSHIO IEZUMI

1954  Born, Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

EDUCATION

1985  Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Japan, Graduation

PROFESSIONAL

Current Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, Japan, Associate professor

1988  Novy Bor, Czech Republic, International Glass Symposium

1987  Hokkaido, Japan, SCF Glass Workshop

AWARDS

2000 Koganezaki Glass Museum, Shizuoka, Japan, Vessels, The International Exhibition of Glass, Honorary Prize

1993  Suntory Museum, Tokyo, Japan, The Suntory Prize ' 92, Saji Encouragement Prize

 Asahi Contemporary Crafts Exhibition ' 93, Tokyo/Osaka, Japan, 2nd Prize

 Meitetsu Marukoshi, Ishikawa, Japan, Kanazawa Arts and Crafts Competition '93, Honorary Prize

 Brighton Hotels, Kyoto/Chiba, Japan, Glass Sculpture Competition '93 Encouragement Prize

1992  The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa '92, Industrial Gallery, Ishikawa, Japan, Silver Prize

1991 Notojima Open-Air Glass Art Competition, Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa, Japan, Achievement Prize

 The 3rd Adachi Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Tokyo, Japan, Prize

1986  The International Exhibition of Glass Craft '86, Knazava, Ishikawa, Japan, Honorary Prize

 '86 Takaoka Crafts Exhibition, Toyama, Japan, Gold Prize

1986 Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA, New Glass Review 7, 1986

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected, recent)

2006 Chappell Gallery, NY "Glass and Movement"

2004 Chappell Gallery, NY “New Work”

      Another Movement (Kanazawa)

      Gallery Tamura (Hiroshima)

      Studio Uno (Tokyo)

2003 Another Movement (Kanazawa)

      Koubo Ikuko (Kurashiki)

2002 Chappell Gallery, New York, NY

2001  AD&A Gallery, Osaka, Japan

 Exhibition Space, Tokyo, Japan

2000 Gallery K, Okayama, Japan

      Chappell Gallery, Boston MA

      Gallery K (Okayama)

1999  Studio UNO, Tokyo, Japan

      Contemporary Art NIKI, Tokyo, Japan

      Inui Gallery, Tochigi, Japan

1998 Chappell Gallery, Boston MA

      Habitat Galleries, Michigan

1997 Studio UNO, Tokyo, Japan

1996  AD&A Gallery, Osaka, Japan

1995  Inui Gallery, Tochigi, Japan

      Gallery Nakama, Tokyo, Japan

1994  Tokyo Department Store Gallery, Tokyo

      Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan

1993 Gallery Genkai, Tokyo, Japan

EXHIBITIONS (selected)

1997-2007  SOFA Chicago & New York Chappell Gallery

2005-7 Palm Beach 3 - Chappell Gallery

2004  palmbeachcontemporary, FL; - Chappell Gallery

2002 Outspoken Glass. Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art

2001 Ancient Orient Museum,Tokyo, Japan Ancient Glass Challenge by Glass Artists

      Beijing Art Museum/Shanghai Art Museum (China) 2001 Contemporary Glass Exhibition

2000 Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, KY, Millennium Glass

      Seto Ceramics and Glass Art Center Gallery, Aichi, Japan Cold Glass x Hot Glass

1999  Suntory Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2000 Years of Japanese Glass: From the Yayoi Period of the Present Day

 Okayama Orient Museum, Okauama , Japan Glass Art - History and Now

      50 Maitres, Paris, France, Les arts appliques dans la Japon contemporain

1998  Nigata City Art Museum, Niigata, Japan, Glass Art in our Time　

1997  Hsinchu Cultural Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan, An International Contemporary Glass Exhibition

      The Glass Skin Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Shimonoseki City Art Museum, Gifu Museum of Fine Arts,Japan;

      Corning Museum of Glass, USA; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany; Kunstammlungen der Veste Coburg,Germany

Made in Japan-AnExhibition of Contemporary Glass from Japan – The Glasmuseum – Ebeltoft, Denmark

1996 Kajima KI building,Tokyo, Japan, 4th Exhibit of Selected Works, Sculpture Contest, Winning Works - Model Division

      Venezia Aperto Vetro, Museo Correr, Venice, Italy

1995  Ube Museum of Outdoor Sculpture, Yamaguchi, Japan, The 16th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture

      Habatat Galleries, Michigan USA, Annual International Glass Invitational ('95,'96,'97,'98)

 Fujita Vente Museum, Tokyo, Japan, World Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition

      Cumberland County College, Vineland, NJ, USA, Glass Weekend 95  International Symposium & Exhibit of Glass

      Real Fabrica de Cristales la Granja , Spain, Japanese Contemporary Glass Art

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

      Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, The 23rd Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan

      Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa, Japan, Japanese Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition

      Akita Senshu Museum of Art, Akita, Japan, Glass Art Now Exhibition

1993 Machida City Museum, Czech Republic / Tokyo, Japan, Festival Ceskeho a Japonskeho Skla

  Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan, Metal and Glass Work

      Takaoka Crafts Exhibition, Toyama, Japan

 Nanmeikan Museum, Kagoshima, Japan The 3rd Biennial Exhibition of Arts in Makurazaki

1992 Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa, Japan Exhibition of Glass Craft in Notojima

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

 Suntory Museum, Tokyo , Japan The Suntory Prize

1990 Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi, Japan Art Today Tochigi

 Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Saitama, Japan Shusankajo

      The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kanagawa, Japan Glass Art '90

      Contemporary Sculpture Esquisse Exhibition, Hyogo, Japan

      Odawara Castle Open-air Sculpture Exhibition, Kanagaw, Japan

1989 Yokohama Biennial Open-air Sculpture Exhibition, Kanagawa, Japan

1987 Heller Gallery, New York, USA The Art of Japan Studio Glass

 '87 Atelier Nouveau Competition, Tokyo, Japan

1986 Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA, New Glass Review 7

      Glass Sculpture Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan

      1st Kyoto Craft International, Kyoto, Japan

 4th Asahi Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo/Osaka, Japan

1985 3rd Asahi Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Tokyo/Osaka, Japan

1984 2nd Asahi Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Osaka, Japan

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California USA

Real Fabrica de Cristales la Granja, Spain

Suntory Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Art, Tochigi, Japan

Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa, Japan

Ashikaga Museum of Art Tochigi, Japan

Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan

National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, Japan

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Ishikawa, Japan

Koganezaki Glass Museum Shizuoka, Japan

COMMISSIONS

Numerous commissions throughout Japan including Odewara City Office (1990); Oval Court Osaka ,Tokyo (2001); Tokyu Hotel, Tokyo (2001); Chugai Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd. Tokyo (2006)