Outline

Purpose

The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa was first established in 1984. It then expanded to be the world’s only international glass exhibition with an open call in 1988, and this year we enjoy its 15th event. In each of the past events, the Exhibition received a lot of excellent works from many nations and retions, and it has built a high reputation as “the world showcase of the contemporary glass art.”

Kanazawa city is renowned as one of the most traditional cities in Japan. Blessed with the natural abundance of the four distinct seasons, the city has nurtured various kinds of traditional arts and crafts, which are naturally blending in the daily lives of the local people. This Exhibition has been repeated for the purpose of fostering in Kanazawa a new culture of life and industries utilizing “glass,” expecting that they would stimulate the creativity of other fields of traditional arts and crafts and that of the local industries.

We hope that this Exhibition will help to explore the potential of glass. As ever, we look forward to receiving a wide variety of excellent glass works from home and abroad, from daily utensils to new artistic expressions.

Organizer

The Executive Committee of the International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa

[Composed of:]
Ishikawa Prefecture, Kanazawa City, Kanazawa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Design Center Ishikawa

Application

Period : from the beginning of August, 2021 until March 1st, 2022
Application Deadline: March 1, 2022 (tue)

Prizes

	Prize Money
Grand Prize	¥1,000,000	awarded to 1 work
Gold Prize	¥500,000	awarded to 1 work
Silver Prize	¥200,000	awarded to 4 works
Honorable Mention	¥50,000	awarded to 6 works
Jurors’ Special Prize	¥30,000	awarded to 6 works

 

Jurors

Preliminary Assessment (based on digital images)

Atsushi TAKEDA (Japan)

Visiting Professor at Tama Art University, Art Critic

Etsuko NISHI(Japan)

Glass artist

Makoto TOMANA(Japan)

Curatorial deputy director of Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art

Satoshi HARA(Japan)

Metalwork artist, professor at Kanazawa College of Art

Masahito SHIHO (Japan)

Project Director of Design Center Ishikawa

Final Assessment (based on actual works)

Atsushi TAKEDA (Japan)

Visiting Professor at Tama Art University, Art Critic

Yan ZORITCHAK (France)

Glass Artist

Jay MUSLER (United States of America)

Glass Artist

Mette BIELEFELDT BRUUN (Denmark)

Head of Design/Craft, Holmegaard Works

Jun FUJITA (Japan)

Glass Artist, Meritorious Member of Japan Glass Artcrafts Association

Masahito SHIHO (Japan)

Project Director of Design Center Ishikawa

Exhibition

All the works submitted to the final assessment will be exhibited in The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2022:

The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2022

• Period : October 13 th (thu) to 25 th (tue), 2022 – (for 13 days, tentative)
• Venue : Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Ishikawa Prefecture (tentative)

The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2022 in Notojima

• Period : For 2 months from mid-November 2022 (tentative)
• Venue : Notojima Glass Art Museum

Exhibition Catalog

1. An exhibition catalog will be published, containing the pictures of all the works submitted to the final assessment.
2. Each applicant (individual or group) who participated in the final assessment will receive a free copy of the catalog.