Takeshi Sano

Glass has many accidental elements, especially in the blowing process. People usually have an image of glass as hard and cool. But in the hot shop, glass is moving and soft. Even if I have a complete plan for my work, sometimes the glass of its own accord becomes more interesting. Apparent failures often reveal interesting aspects of glass. I stopped trying to control everything, and paid more attention to these accidental and unexpected elements.

I want to make my work through collaborating with the material, without too much controlling the material using technique. If I cooperate with the natural movement of glass, going beyond the human plan for making work, I think I can make work that has a well-proportioned form and incorporated unexpected elements. I try to put the glass in the same position as myself, and in the hot shop I try to help the glass move in the way it would like to move. If I can make work using cooperation between humans and the material, glass can escape from the restriction of technique, and can grow by itself. I can express the movement of growth with its form.

Artist Statement
Takeshi Sano

BORN
1960	Chiba, Japan
EDUCATION
1995-96	Australian National University, Canberra School of Art, Diploma of Art, Glass Workshop
1984-86	Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Kanagawa, Japan
1980-84	Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan, BA (Sociology)
EXPERIENCE
1998-present	Glass Studio SANOSANO, Toyama, Japan
1991-98	Staff, Notojima Glass Studio,Ishikawa, Japan
1986	Assistant, Steven Fellerman Glass Studio, USA
EXHIBITIONS (solo)
2003	Art work studio AN, Toyama, Japan
2002	Gallery Enomoto, Osaka, Japan Gallery Kunang Kunang, Nagoya, Japan Gallery Tanaka, Tokyo, Japan
2001	Gallery Nagashima, Toyama, Japan Gallery Misawa, Saitama, Japan Glass Gallery Karanis, Tokyo, Japan
2000	Gallery Nagashima, Toyama, Japan Glass Gallery Karanis, Tokyo, Japan
1999	Gallery Enomoto, Osaka, Japan Yuhoukan, Gifu, Japan Gallery Move, Kanagawa, Japan, Wacoal Ginza Art Space, Tokyo, Japan Gallery Misawa, Saitama, Japan
EXHIBITIONS (selected, recent)
2004	palmbeachcontemporary, FL, Chappell Gallery
2003	Chappell Gallery, New York, NY, New Gallery SOFA New York and Chicago, Chappell Gallery Kyohei Fujita Museum of Glass, Miyagi, Japan Glass Gallery Karanis, Tokyo, Japan The 42nd exhibition of Japanese traditional art crafts
2002	Glass Gallery Karanis, Tokyo, Japan Kyohei Fujita Museum of Glass, Miyagi, Japan Dialogue Stephen Procter and friends, Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney, Australia Form of Blown Glass, Shiwory Gallery, Okayama, Japan Nishi-Nishi Gallery, Kagawa, Japan Gotenyama Hills Hotel, Tokyo, Japan Maruzen, Nagoya, Sapporo, Tokyo, Okayama, Fukuoka, Kyoto Tateshina Glass Square, Nagano, Japan Contemporary Glass Triennial in Toyama 2002, Toyama, Japan Glass Art Exhibition in Hokuriku, Fukui, Japan Craft Competition in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan Toyama Daiwa, Toyama, Japan Tachikichi, Kyoto, Japan
2001	Gallery Enomoto, Osaka, Japan Himeji City Museum of Art, Hyougo, Japan Chappell Gallery, Boston USA Onoda Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition, Yamaguchi, Japan Glass Craft Triennale 2001, Hyougo, Japan Kyohei Fujita Museum of Glass, Miyagi, Japan Nishi-Nishi Gallery, Kagawa, Japan Tateshina Glass Square, Nagano, Japan Craft Competition in Takaoka, Toyama, Japan Japan 2001 at the Plumbline, Plumbline Gallery, England 41st Toyama Design Competition, Toyama, Japan Toyama Daiwa, Toyama, Japan Gallery Aldebaran, Tokyo, Japan Toyama Glass-One Exhibition, Toyama, Japan
2000	Gallery Enomoto, Osaka, Japan Fukuoka Tenjin Daimaru, Fukuoka, Japan Tokyu Shibuya Honten, Tokyo, Japan Toyama Daiwa, Toyama, Japan Gallery oneness, Saitama, Japan Gallery UN, Toyama, Japan Glass Gallery Karanis, Tokyo, Japan Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Tokyo/Osaka, Japan Kyohei Fujita Museum of Glass, Miyagi, Japan Maruzen, Tokyo/Okayama/Nagoya/Fukuoka, Japan G-Wing Gallery, Ishikawa, Japan Nishi-Nishi Gallery, Kagawa, Japan Chappell Gallery in New York at SOFA Exposition, USA Gallery Tenohira, Aichi, Japan Yuhoukan, Gifu, Japan Chappell Gallery, Boston USA Toyama Convention Center Art Salon, Toyama, Japan Glass Gallery Karanis, Tokyo, Japan The Contemporary Glass Exhibition in Satsuma, Kagoshima, Japan Chappell Gallery at SOFA Exposition, Chicago, USA Hsinchu Glass Festival, Hsinchu Municipal Cultural Center, Taiwan Earl Lu Gallery, LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore Exhibition of Sake-Vessels, Kanazu Forest of Creation, Fukui, Japan
1998	Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Tokyo/Osaka, Japan "Aperto Vetro-Esposizione Internazionale del Vetro Contemporaneo", Venezia, Italy
AWARDS
2003	19th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Art Crafts/ 7th Category, Tokyo, Japan (First Prize)
2002	Itami Contemporary Craft Competition, Hyougo, Japan (Itami Prize) 49th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Art Crafts, Tokyo, Japan (Honorable Mention)
1999	Japan Glass Art Competition, Tokyo, Japan (Special Achievement Prize)
1997	Hakukokan Design Competition ’97, Ishikawa, Japan (Honorable Mention)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1999	New Glass Review 19, The Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA
1998	New Glass Review 20, The Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA
COLLECTIONS
Australian National University - Canberra, Australia

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