Kota Arinaga (b. 1978) is an innovative glass sculptural artist who draws on the cross-cultural history of the material. Arinaga’s latest series is an interpretation of the Venetian reticello technique, colorful canes woven into patterns within the glass. Glass has a temporal aspect, requiring careful temperature control and sculpting. Arinaga's glass artworks vary in size in shape, pushing the boundaries of technique and physics.
Public Collection:
Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo
The Ritz Carlton Tokyo
Portom International, Hokkaido
"I work with blown glass in my home studio in Notojima. In the last few years, my interest has turned towards the lines that emerge from the repetition of daily work. If I enter the studio at the same time every day to prepare, and repeat the process of expanding and shaping the glass repeatedly, the medium becomes an extension of myself; I feel like I can make it forever. That is how I want to nurture my work."
— Kota Arinaga
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Extreme Surfaces: Cutting Edge Kogei
Ippodo Gallery's Premiere at Design Miami 2022 + New Year Exhibition 30 Nov 2022 - 16 Feb 2023Ippodo Galleryis a pioneering kogei-focused gallery based in Tokyo and New York. Our mission is to honor the living tradition of Japanese fine art in the contemporary world by cultivating...Read more -
On the Axis
Works by Kota Arinaga and Kiyoko Morioka 21 Jul - 25 Aug 2022Kota Arinaga is fascinated by archaeology and expresses the magnificent time axis of textiles through glass. As a Japanese person born at the tip of the Orient, how can he...Read more
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Design Miami 2022
Extreme Surfaces: Cutting Edge Kogei 30 Nov - 4 Dec 2022Design Miami 2022Read more -
Artist Talk
On the Axis artist: Kota Arinaga and Kiyoko Morioka 17 Aug 2022We invite you to join us on Wednesday, August 17, at 5PM (EST) for a conversation panel with Ippodo Gallery New York Director Shoko Aono,...Read more -
Opening Reception - July 21 5-8 PM
On the Axis Exhibition: Works by Kora Arinaga and Kiyoko Morioka 21 Jul 2022With great pleasure, we invite you to the opening reception of our upcoming exhibition On the Axis on Thursday, July 21, 5 PM- 8 PM....Read more
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Year in Review
Reflecting on the Exhibitions of 2022 January 4, 2023Yukiya Izumita, “Stream of Time” 2022 began with Yukiya Izumita’s “Layers of Time,” an impressive showing of the artist’s newest works. The ceramicist began...Read more -
The Glass Weaver
On the Axis: Kota Arinaga July 26, 2022Kota Arinaga decided on the titles gāze and netz in part thanks to the spiraling tendrils created by his use of the traditionally Venetian technique...Read more