KOJIRO Yoshiaki
| 2003-06 | Fellowship, Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo, Glass Workshop, Ishikawa, Japan |
| 2002-03 | Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Postgraduate Study, Kanagawa, Japan |
| 1992–94 | M.Eng. in Architecture, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo |
| 1988–92 | B.Eng. in Architecture, Department of Science and Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan |
| 1968 | Born in Chiba |
Working Experience
| 1994–00 | Architect Staff, Gendaikeikaku Architectural & Planning Office, Tokyo |
Teaching Experience
| 2012-16 | Part-time Lecturer, the Department of Glass Works, Tama Art University, Tokyo |
| 2007-12 | Part-time Lecturer, Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Kanagawa |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2018 | Fragile Blue, Gallery DiEGO Tokyo, Japan(collaborative planning with Gallery O2) |
| 2017 | THE TRANSFORMATION OF STRUCTURE, Keiko Art International |
| Ginza Bricks Gallery, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2015 | Structural Bule,Gallery O2, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2014 | Gallery AN, Ibaraki, Japan |
| 2013 | KAIKOU NO KESHIKI, Gallery O2, Tokyo Ginza Brick Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2012 | Gallery Tsubaki, Chiba (’10, ’08) |
| 2011 | Ginza Bricks Gallery, Tokyo Isogaya i. space, Tokyo |
| 2009 | Galleria ACCa, Tokyo |
| 2007 | Color of Air, café & galerie NAJA, Chiba |
| 2006 | The Outside of Glass, Art Interactive Tokyo, Tokyo |
| 2005 | be, Gallery YUKOMORI, Nagano |
| 2004 | A RETURN, GALLERY ES, Tokyo |
Group Exhibitions
| 2018 |
Milano Salone, Milano Italy PAD Paris, MOUVEMENTS MODERNES booth, Paris COLLECT, ESH Gallery booth, London JAPANESE GLASS TODAY, Glasmuseum Lette, Coesfeld, Germany KOJIRO Yoshiaki and YOSHII Kokoro, Gokanritsu Galeana Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2017 |
Tomohiro Kano | Yoshiaki Kojiro, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Tokyo Kokoro – Japanisches Glas heute, Glasmuseum Frauenau, Germany lebenswelt | life-world, Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich, Germany |
| 2016 | Contemporary glass representation Exhibition vol.2, Dai-ichi Museum, Aichi |
| 2015 |
ART BEIJING, curated by LEVANT ART, Beijing, China
Art Fair Tokyo, Curated by Exhibition Space APJ, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo ('14, '13) I've Got Glass! I've got Life: Passionate Contemporary Glass Art, TOYAMA GLASS ART MUSEUM, Japan Glass '15 in Japan, Tokyo |
| 2014 | Glass 2014, Japanese contemporary glass exhibition, LEVANT ART, Shanghai, China The Method of 4 Creators, Session House, Tokyo COLLECT, Curated by Exhibition Space APJ, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK The futurology of glass molding, Gallery O2, Tokyo |
| 2013 | Duo Exhibition, KOJIRO Yoshiaki and KOSOGAWA Runa, Gallery NOW, Toyama +7 exhibition, Office339, Shanghai, China |
| 2012 | The manifestations of Method, -Keizou Tawa + Norie Hatakeyama + Hiroshi Iwama + Aki Rusu + Soyoka Takazawa + Yoshiaki Kojiro, /Curated by Masayuki Hashimoto, Ggllery Ryokurinkan, Saitama Young Generation Prize, Glass '12 in Japan, Hillside Terrace, Tokyo / Koganezaki Glass Museum, Shizuoka, Paramita Museum, Mie |
| 2011 | 10×10×10, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pennsylvania, USA Sumi-paintings by Toko Shinoda and Contemporary Glass Works, Ryokusui-tei Museum of Art, Toyama, Japan The Metamorphosis of GlassⅡ, Gallery VOICE, Gifu |
| 2010 | Masao Kozumi and Kojiro Yoshiaki, Grass Hopper GALLERY, Tokyo 16 Glass Objects Exhibition, ORIE Gallery, Tokyo FROZEN-IN TENSION, Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich, Germany |
| 2009 | Utatsuyama Craft Workshop 20th Anniversary Exhibition, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa, Ishikawa Tomoki Iida and Kojiro Yoshiaki, café & galerie NAJA, Chiba Seiji Omiya and Kojiro Yoshiaki, Isidaya, Kamazawa New Glass Review 31, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, U.S.A. The Metamorphosis of Glass, Gallery VOICE, Gifu |
| 2008 | New Glass Review 30, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA |
| 2007 | The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2007, Korinbo-Daiwa and Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa Allure of Japanese Glass /Curated by Harumi Yukutake + Tomoko Aoki, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 2006 | WORKS - Utatsuyama Craft Workshop, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Kanazawa, Ishikawa The 8th Oita Asian Sculpture Exhibition, Asakura Fumio Memorial Hall, Oita VESSELS, The Exhibition of Contemporary GLASS KOGANEZAKI 2006, Koganezaki Glass Museum, Shizuoka Japanese Craft, Kanaz Forest of Creation - The Art Core museum, Fukui Kawasaki Glass Artists' Exhibition, Institute of Industrial Promotion Kawasaki, Kanagawa |
| 2005 | New Glass Review 27, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA TOYAMURA International Sculpture Biennale 2005, The Toya General Center, Hokkaido The 2nd Contemporary Glass Triennial in TOYAMA 2005, Toyama Civic Plaza Art Gallery, Toyama |
| 2004 | The 2nd Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition 2004 in ONODA, Onoda Sun Park, Yamaguchi Kawasaki Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition, Institute of Industrial Promotion Kawasaki, Kanagawa |
| 2003 | The 3rd Neon Art Exhibition, Tokyo International Forum, Toky |
| 2002 | Risako Yahagi and Kojiro Yoshiaki, Grass Hopper GALLERY, Tokyo The 38th Kanagawa Art Exhibition, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa |
| 2017 | Special mention award, LOEWE Craft Prize 2017, Madrid, Spain |
| 2016 | Honorable Mention, The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2016 |
| 2015 | Ropex International Prize, Glass '15 in Japan |
| 2012 | Grand Prize, "OBJECT" International Glass Prize 2012, Lommel Glazen Huis Bavarian Statesprize, International Trade Fair in Munich, Special Exhibition, Messe Munchen International, Munich, Germany |
| 2008 | Honorable Mention, DAIICHI MUSEUM Contemporary Glass Competition 2008, Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka |
| 2006 | The 4th Chiba City Art and Culture New Artist Award, Chiba, Japan |
| 2004 | Grand Prize, The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2004, Korinbo-Daiwa and Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa |
| 2003–06 | Kanazawa Utatsuyama Craft Workshop, Glass Workshop, Ishikawa |
| 2015 | “COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY GLASS” by Ms. Tina Oldnow, The Corning Museum of Glass |
- LOEWE Foundation, Madrid, Spain
- Glasmuseum Lette, Coesfeld / Germany
- Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
- The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA
- Lommel City, Belgium
- Pinakothek derModerne, Munich, Germany
- The European Museum of Modern Glass, Corburg, Germany
- Eskisehir - Cagdas Cam Sanatlari Muzesi - Modern Glass Art Museum, Eskisehir, Turkey
- Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich, Germany
- Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama
- Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo, Ishikawa