GALLERY crossing

KUMAGAI Shun

KUMAGAI Shun,"Melting pot" installation view, 2022

KUMAGAI Shun,2022,Glass and soil

KUMAGAI Shun,2022,Glass and soil

KUMAGAI Shun,2022,Glass and soil

KUMAGAI Shun,"Melting pot" installation view, 2022

Born in Akita, Japan, in 1983. After completion of his degree in glass in Akita, he worked with glass in Toyama for 5 years. Hemoved his base to Akita in 2017 and currently works in his own glass studio. His work is created by first making a prototype with wax, then using that to make a mold out of gypsum, and finally pouring cast glass onto the mold. The convection current and changes to the glass inside the kiln cannot be controlled and forms the element of surprise. The thick layer of glass poured onto the mold stores the light and mix with the clay glazed on the surface and the metal poured into it to form a complex scenery. While it is reminiscent of ancient glass and ruins, it is also full of new light and hope.

GALLERY EXHIBITION

NEWS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2023
    "Color Attraction", Pragmata gallery, Tokyo
    "rinne Ⅱ", tonoto, Kyoto
    "Shun Kumagai Exhibition", sumica, Kanagawa
    "Prayer", FOOD FOR THOUGHT, Tokyo
  • 2022
    "Shun Kumagai Exhibition", Ibitsu, Miyagi
    "Melting pot", GALLERY crossing, Gifu
    "Shun Kumagai Exhibition", wad+, Osaka
  • 2021
    "Happiness", pragmata gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    "akita no iro", Contemporary Crafts Centre, Hong Kong
    "rinne", tonoto, Kyoto, Japan
    "Shun Kumagai Exhibition", sumica, Kanagawa, Japan
  • 2020
    "Vessels Brimming with Light", GALLERY crossing, Gifu, Japan
    "Shun Kumagai Exhibition", wad+, Osaka, Japan
    "electric dreams", pragmata gallery Tokyo, Japan

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2023
    "Shun Kumagai, Akisakaida Duo exhibition", Utsushiki, Fukuoka
    "What’s it like to be a loon", Stroll Garden, L.A, USA
    "Seijaku", Maud&Mabel, London, England
  • 2022
    "Modern Japan Craft 22'", Public Record, Auckland, NewZealand
  • 2021
    "Cloister",Shun Kumagai+meguru Duo exhibition,Fetishism, Shanghai, China
    "The VIEWING ROOM", GALLERY crossing, Gifu, Japan
    "zanzonkyomei," RITMUS, Saga, Japan
  • 2020
    "Saudade, Duo exhibition", suikinchikamokudotenmeikai, Tokyo, Japan
    "Modern Japan Craft 20'", Public Record, Auckland, New Zealand
    "1000VASES", GALERIE JOSEPH PARIS, France
    "ike", Ibitsu, Miyazaki, Japan
    "tokeau isozai", Chiniashitukeru, Kyoto, Japan
    "Kogei-Seika Fair", pragmata, Tokyo, Japan