| BORN |
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1950 |
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Dalian, Manchuria (China) |
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| EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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Present |
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Japan Glass Artcraft Society, Member |
| | 1982 - Present |
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Ito/Kuramoto Glass Studio - Yamanishi, Japan |
| | 1975 - Present |
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Tama University of Art, Tokyo, Lecturer and Chairman of Glass Course |
| | 1994 |
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GAS Conference, Oakland, Lecturer |
| | 1992 |
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Pilchuck School of Glass, Stanwood, Washington, Lecturer |
| | 1989 |
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Guest Lecturer, Interntional Glass Conference Toronto, Ontario
Guest Lecturer, Canberraa School of Arts, Australia |
| | 1984 |
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Lecturer, Miasa Glass Workshop, Nagano Prefecture |
| | 1983 |
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Lecture/Demonstration. NZSAG Conference, New Zealand |
| | 1982 |
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Lecture/Demonstration. Synposium Internalional du Verry en France - Sars-Poteries, France |
| | 1978 |
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8th World Craft Conference - Kyoto, Japan |
| | 1975 |
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Founded Glass Curriculum at Tama University of Art
Frauenau Glass Symposium - Germany |
| | 1967 |
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Founded Studio Glass movement in Japan: Built 1st melting furnace in Japan with Shizuho Funaki |
| | 1965-1971 |
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Kagami Crystal Works - Tokyo, Japan |
| | 1964 |
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Graduated from Tama Art University - Tokyo, Japan |
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| ONE PERSON AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED LISTING) |
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1999 |
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2000 Years of Japanese Glass, Suntory Museum, Japan
Glass ’99 in Japan, Odakyu Museum, Shinjuku, Tokyo - Japan |
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1998 |
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East Meets West, A Glass Summit, Chappell Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts |
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1997 |
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Fuji-Seoul, It’s Horizontal and Vertical, Ilmin Museum of Art - Korea |
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1996 |
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Winds from the East and North, The Nordic House - Reykajavik, Iceland
Solo: Green Gallery - Tokyo, Japan |
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1995 |
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Le Printemps Japonais du Verre (Ito and Kuramoto), Musee du Verry de Sares-Poteries - France |
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1994 |
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Solo: Tachikichi Studio COM - Kyoto, Japan
Glass Japan, Heller Gallery - New York, New York |
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1993 |
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Neues Glass im Japan Kunstmuseum - Dusseldorf, Germany
Glass 93 in Japan - Okakyu, Tokyo, Japan |
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1992 |
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Solo: Gallery Nakama - Tokyo, Japan |
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1991 |
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World Glass Now ‘91 Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art - Sapporo, Japan
Glass as a Medium of Art Otaru International Glass Art Festival - Hokkaido, Japan |
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1990 |
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Glass Now ‘90 Hakone Open-Air Museum
Glass ‘90 in Japan - Odakyu (Tokyo), Japan
Contemporary Studio Glass Growrich Gallery - Seoul, Korea |
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1989 |
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Arte em Vidro Japao, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo - Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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1988 |
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International Exhibition of Craft ‘88 Kanazawa, Ishikawa Industrial Exhibition Hall
Solo: Seibu Gallery - Tokyo, Japan |
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1987 |
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Solo:Gallery Maronie - Kyoto, Japan |
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1986 |
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Solo: Green Gallery - Tokyo, Japan
Glass Objects, Gallery Nakama - Tokyo, Japan |
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1985 |
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Glass from Japan, Badesches Landes Museum - Karlsruhe, Germany
Solo: Gallery Maronie - Kyoto, Japan |
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1984 |
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Glass 84 in Japan - Odakyu (Tokyo), Japan
Solo: Green Gallery - Tokyo, Japan |
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1983 |
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International Directions in Glass Art - Australia
Pacific Glass - New Zealand |
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1982 |
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World Glass Now, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art - Japan
Modern Japanese Glass, The National Museum of Modern Art - Tokyo, Japan |
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1981 |
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Contemporary Glass: Australia, Canada, America, Japan, Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art
Solo: Takashimaya - Kyoto, Japan
Glas Kunst 81 - Kassel, Germany |
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1980 |
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Contemporary Glass - Europe and Japan, Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art - Japan |
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1978 |
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Glass 78 in Japan - Odakyu (Tokyo), Japan |
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1976 |
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Kunsthandwerk Modernes Glas - Frankfurt, Germany |
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1973 |
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Craft Exhibition, Matsuya Department Store - Tokyo, Japan |
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1967 |
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Nitten Exhibition, Tokyo City Museum - Tokyo, Japan |
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| WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
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Louvre Musee des Arts Decoratifs - France
Corning Museum - USA
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art - Japan
Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf - Germany
Musee du Verre - France
Cobourg Museum - Germany
Shimonoseki Museum - Shimonoseki, Japan
Yokohama Museum - Kanagawa, Japan |
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