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Toyama City

Notification of exhibition ”Toyama International Glass Exhibition 2018”

2018.09.20

Period: Saturday, September 15 – Sunday, November 25, 2018
Venue: Exhibition Room 1-3, Toyama Glass Art Museum 2-3F

Overview

This exhibition of glass art by the general public, which has been held by Toyama City four times in the past, expands its applicants to overseas to be an international exhibition. Creative and expressive glass works from all over the world including Japan show us diverse charms of contemporary glass. This exhibition presents 54 works selected from 1,110 entries from 46 nations and regions, and introduces the latest result of contemporary glass art worldwide.

 

Period
Saturday, September 15 – Sunday, November 25, 2018

 

Venue
Exhibition Room 1-3, Toyama Glass Art Museum 2-3F

 

Number of exhibits
54 works

 

Hours
9:30 – 18:00
(until 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays/Last admission is 30 minutes before closing time)

 

Closed
October 3 and 17, November 7, 2018

 

Admission
Adult: 1,000 yen (800 yen)/College student: 800 yen (600 yen)
*Elem/JH/HS: free *Price in brackets for groups of 20 or more.
*The ticket also allows admission to the Permanent Exhibition.

 

Organizers
Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama City, The Executive Committee of The Toyama International Glass Exhibition

 

Contact
Secretariat Office of The Executive Committee of The Toyama International Glass Exhibition
C/O Toyama Glass Art Museum
5-1 Nishicho, Toyama City, Toyama 930-0062, Japan
E-mail: toyama-glass@city.toyama.lg.jp
http://www.toyama-glass.jp/en/

 


 

Images (top row, from the left)

 

●Poster of  ”Toyama International Glass Exhibition 2018”

 

●Grand Prize
Björk Æsa
Shield II
Sound: Thorsteinsdóttir Tinna
Technical assistance: Kopel Josh and Einarsdóttir Nanna
2018
H175×W75×D100 cm
Photo: Okamura Kichiro

 

●Gold Prize
Fujikake Sachi
Vestige
2018
H40×W55×D56 cm
Photo: Okamura Kichiro

 

 

(middle row, from the left)

 

●Silver Prize
Hirogaki Ayako
Imaginary friend Setsugetsuka
2018
H90×W60×D60 cm


●Silver Prize
Kojima Yukako
Layers of Light -Sun-
2017
H27×W101×D6 cm
Photo: Okamura Kichiro


●Silver Prize
Krzemińska Baluch Marzena
Landscape
2016
H48×W150×D5 cm
Photo: Kielan Alicja



(bottom row, from the left)


●Silver Prize
Tsumori Hidenori
Oscillation’17-4
2017
H31×W78×D32 cm


●Silver Prize
Prokop Tomáš
Parting (second version)
2017
H55×W65×D120 cm

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