Profile
- Yoko Doi
- 22 Feb. 1976
- Kanagawa (Japan)
Artist Statement
I am creating glass art works which reflect the structure of natural objects, and shape of plants, minerals and insects. I try to express the things that I’m feeling “good” purely with every effort as possible.
“What is a thing thinking that myself is really good?”
This is to think most important when I create the art works.
I’m thinking that I want to reflect the element and structure that I’m feeling “good”, to my art works.
The art works become to different thing to me from the moment I create it. And it sometimes will go far away from me.
If it is lucky, it will live much longer than my life. Perhaps, even if human race disappears, there may be some pieces left…
Even if it is left on the roadside or being buried in the ground, there is a shape that I felt “good”.
I hope so and have been creating my art works.
Biography
Oct. 2004
Started to learn the technic of lampwork for borosilicate glass at the glass studio in Tokyo.Jan. 2007
Started creating own glass works at home.Sep. 2008
44th Kanagawa Art Exhibition Crafts category – selectedNov. 2009
2nd Volvo Art & Design Competition 2009 – Excellence Prize
*Prized work’s photo is printed on Volvo Cars Japan’s 2010 calendar (January)Feb. 2012
Next Art Exhibition – SelectedAug. 2020
First solo exhibition(Gallery Tanaka /Ginza, Tokyo)
Solo Exhibition
Mar. 2024
Yoko Doi – Lamwork exhibition –
[place] Gallery Tanaka(Ginza – Tokyo. Japan)Apr. 2022
Yoko Doi – Lamwork exhibition –
[place] Gallery Tanaka(Ginza – Tokyo. Japan)Aug. 2020
Yoko Doi – Lamwork exhibition –
[place] Gallery Tanaka(Ginza – Tokyo. Japan)
Group Exhibition
Oct.2024.-Jan. 2024
A world of glass where flowers bloom and birds sing
[place] Kobe lampwork glass museum (Hyogo, Japan)Jul.-Aug. 2022
Transparent objecs
[place] Usagi no Nedoko Kyoto (Gallery / Kyoto, Japan)Oct.2021.-Feb. 2022
Sceneries in Four Seasons -Plants and Creatures in the Gallery-
[place] Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art (Aichi, Japan)Jul.-Oct. 2021
Observation of glass insects
[place] Kobe lampwork glass museum (Hyogo, Japan)Dec.2020-Mar. 2021
Transparent objecs
[place] Usagi no Nedoko Kyoto (Tokyo, Japan)Jan.-Mar. 2020
Transparent objecs
[place] Usagi no Nedoko Kyoto (Shop / Kyoto, Japan)Feb.2019
Glass sparkle 2019
[place]Noritake Garden Gallery(Nagoya – Aichi, Japan)Jan.2019
GLASS WORKS 2019
[place]Gallery Tanaka(Ginza – Tokyo. Japan)Aug. 2018
Lampwork Exhibition 2018 in Nara
[place] Gallery Azemame(Nara Craft Museum / Nara, Japan)May. 2018
IAG AWARDS 2018
[place] Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre(Tokyo, Japan) – 5th Floor Gallery1 and 2Apl.-May. 2018
MAUVE CRYSTALS IN THE CABINET
[place] KIRI to RIBBON (Shop / Tokyo, Japan)Jun.-Aug. 2017
The beautiful world of microorganisms
[place] Usagi no Nedoko Kyoto (Shop / Kyoto, Japan)Jun. 2013
MONSTER Exhibition 2013
[place] hpgrp GALLERY NEW YORK ANNEX ART SPACE (USA)Feb. 2013
MONSTER Exhibition 2013
[place] Shibuya Hikarie (Tokyo, Japan) 8/ COURTMar. 2012
Next Art Exhibition
[place] Matsuya Ginza(Tokyo, Japan) 8th Floor VenueFeb. 2012
Next Art Exhibition
[place] Asahi Shimbun Tokyo Headquarters(Tokyo, Japan) Main Building 2nd Floor ConcourseOct. 2010
Shikinensengu Art Competition 2nd
[place] Heian Jingu Shrine(Kyoto, Japan) “Gaku-den”Dec. 2009
Gallery at the Hyatt II Christmas Exhibition
[place] Hyatt Regency Osaka(Osaka, Japan) gallery on the basement floorFeb. 2010
2nd Volvo Art & Design Competition Photographic Exhibition
[place] Swedish embassy(Tokyo, Japan)Sep. 2008
44th Kanagawa Art Exhibition
[place] Kanagawa Kenmin Hall(Kanagawa, Japan)