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
Awards
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
Collections/ Public Art
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
Press
2015 “COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY GLASS” by Ms. Tina Oldnow, The Corning Museum of Glass
