Biography

Exhibitions
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2010
3rd Glass Education Network (GEN) Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan
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2011
Tokyo Midtown Award, Japan (’12)
4th Contemporary Glass Triennial in Toyama, Japan
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2012
Roppongi Art Night, Tokyo, Japan
5th Contemporary Glass Exhibition in Sanyo Onoda, Yamaguchi, Japan
11th Oita Asian Sculpture Exhibition, Japan
Rakusui-tei Museum of Art Exhibition “Decor of Summer”, Rakusui-tei Museum of Art, Toyama, Japan
Toyama City New Glasswork Acquisition Exhibition, Japan
50th Japan Craft Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
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2013
SOFA Chicago, USA (’14)
Cheongju International Craft Biennale, South Korea
Collect, London (’14, ’15)
International Glass Ehibition, Kanazawa, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa / Notojima Art Museum, Ishikawa
7th Snow Design Competition, Nakaya Ukichiro Museum of Snow and Ice, Japan
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2014
Art Miami, USA (’15, ’16, ’17, ’18, ’19)
Art Palm Beach, USA
American International Fine Art Fair, USA
Asia Week New York, USA
TEFAF Maastricht, The Netherlands (’15, ’16, ’17, ’18, ’19, ’20, ’22, ’23)
Clark Art Institute Grand Opening Exhibition, USA
The Beauty of Materials – Yufuku Gallery Group Exhibition, Galerie Marianne Heller, Germany
Art Stage Singapore, Singapore (’15, ’16, ’17)
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2015
Art Fair Tokyo, Japan (’21)
Keisho Ha II : A new Materialism, Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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2016
TOYAMA GLASS -No limit No border-, Toyama Glass Art Museum
Yufuku Gallery London Pop-up Exhibition, UK
Spring Masters New York, USA
EAF Monaco, Monaco
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2017
TEFAF New York Spring, USA
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2018
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, USA
Yufuku Pop-Up Exhibition New York, USA
Seattle Art Fair, USA (’19)
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2019
Silhouettes of Tomorrow, Yufuku Pop-Up Exhibition (Gallery Elena Shchukina, London)
Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong
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2020
Opening Ceremony, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
West Bund Art and Design, Shanghai, China (’21, ’23)
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2021
The Secret Show, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
RE:OPENING CEREMONY, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
The Armory Show, New York, USA
The Elemental– Music of the Spheres –, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
Thirty Years of Toyama Institute of Glass Art Forms for the Future, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Japan
ART 021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, China
Untitled Art Miami Beach, USA
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2022
A Lighthouse called Kanata New York Pop-Up, USA
Masterpiece London, UK
The Future Eternal – a special exhibition for DESIGNART TOKYO, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
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2023
Visions of the Sea, Kanata at MIKIMOTO New York, USA
Beyond the Abstract World: From Yufuku to Kanata, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
The Treasure House Fair, London, UK
Tokyo Gendai, Japan
Awards
2010 Dean’s Award, Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts
2011 Award of Excellence, Tokyo Midtown Award
Special Award (Second Prize), 4th Contemporary Glass Triennial in Toyama
Head of Board Award, Toyama Chamber of Commerce
Ecchu Art Grand Prize, Ecchu Art Festival
President Award, The Kitanippon Shimbun Exhibition
2012 Created the Winners’ Trophy for Tokyo Midtown Award 2012 Design & Art Competition
Award of Excellence (Second Prize), 5th Contemporary Glass Exhibition in Sanyo Onoda
Award of Excellence, Ecchu Art Festival
2013 Selected, Cheongju International Craft Biennale
Gold Prize, 7th Snow Design Competition
2014 Grand Prize, Art Fair Toyama Art Award (’16)
2015 Izak Prize, Art Fair Toyama Art Award
2016 Grand Prize, Art Fair Toyama
Public Collections
Public Collections
Toyama Glass Art Museum, Japan
Tokyo Midtown, Japan
Nakaya Ukichiro Museum of Snow and Ice, Japan
米元優曜
Masaaki
Yonemoto
Masaaki
Yonemoto

Yonemoto
- 1987 Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture
- 2010 Completed course in Glass Sculpture, Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts
- Graduated head of class “Headmaster Award”, Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts
- 2012 Completed graduate course, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art
- Established as an individual artist, currently lives and works in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
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About
the ArtistAbout
the Artist

of Glass Art, Yonemoto has received more than 10 major awards in glass in the three years since leaving university, and his works embody the great aesthetic potential of glass as a major sculptural material.

WorksWorks
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Kukai I (2023)
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Seascape (2015)
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Skyscraper 51 (2023)
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Skyscraper 50 (2023)
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Skyscraper XLIX (2022)
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Arch II(2022)
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Skyscraper XLVIII (2022)
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Skyscraper XLVII (2021)
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Skyscraper XLVI (2021)
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Skyscraper XLV (2021)
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Skyscraper XLIV(2021)
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HAUS (2020)
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Skyscraper XLII (2020)
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Monolith I (2020)
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Monolith II (2020)
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Skyscraper XVIII (2015)
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Skyscraper XXVII(2015)
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Skyscraper VII (2013)