Kensuke Takeoka (b. 1996) is a glass artist that bridges glass with woven textile patterns. Casting delicate shadow patterns, each vessel is a hand-spun work that pushes the boundaries of glass material; the patterns must be woven while the glass remains in its molten form, requiring a quick pace that realizes free and flowing expressions.
Selected Biography & Awards:
2019 Graduated from Tama Art University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Crafts, Glass Program
International Glass Exhibition, Kanazawa
Silver Award 2019 T.A.G. AWARD2019 U-22 Award
Etchu Art Festa 2019 3D Category Encouragement Award
2021 Completed the Graduate Toyama Institute of Glass Art, Toyama City
43rd Japan New Crafts Exhibition 4th Student Selection Exhibition New Color Photo Printing Award
Glass Art Society Virtual 2021 Student Exhibition 1st PLACE
Toyama Glass Art Museum 30th Anniversary Exhibition: Shape to the Future KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2021 (Hyatt Centric Kanazawa Kanazawa)
2022 Museum of Glass Visiting Artist Residency (Tacoma, America)
Genre-less Crafts Exhibition (National Crafts Museum, Kanazawa)
2023 Exhibition, Another World: Mysterious and Real (Toyama City Museum of Glass, Toyama)
Exhibition, Blown Glass: Mysterious Forms, Mysterious Techniques (Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo)
2024 The 9th “Flying Birds” Exhibition (Ginza Ippodo, Tokyo)
Toyama Craft Challenge Project (Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art, Toyama)
Living with Glass: Toyama Glass Studio and Artists (Toyama City Museum of Glass, Toyama)
