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| Junichiro Baba |
| Artist Statement As is true of many artists, my creative activities are strongly influenced by the environment in which I grew up. There, all existing space is geometrically divided by man-made structures. These creations powerfully separate nature from society which forces nature to the perimeter of our experience. Nature is denied a focal place in our contemporary lives. Nonetheless, the evidence of nature in such artificial environs prevails. The manifestation of this fragile but powerful spirit of nature that moves through my environment remains the strongest among all of my memories. With “The Memory of Shadows”, a recent series, my fascination is in the balance between man-made structures and nature, as I remembered it: I do this by utilizing light as seen through cast and stacked glass. As light passes straight through solid glass it implies the trace of the pure quality of the spirit of nature as it moves through these physically massive structures. By investigating the visual effects of such simple transitions between light and shadow found in everyday life, it’s opened up an ever-wider variety of possibilities for my future creative endeavors. Artist CV Education: 1996: Rochester Institute of Technology, (R.I.T.). Rochester, NY, MFA in Glass 1995: Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA 1992: Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Kanagawa-pref., Japan. Post Graduate Study 1987: Dokkyo University, Saitama-pref., Japan. BA in Business Activities: 2007: President, Creative International Glass Design, Tokyo, Japan 2006: Instructor, Workshop, “The Essence of Casting,” Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2005-6: Adjunct Instructor (Glass), Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 2005: Instructor, Workshop (Casting Glass), Tri-State Sculptores 2005 Conference, Appalachian State University 2003: Writer, This Side Up!, Netherlands 2002: Instructor, Meisei University of Art and Design, Tokyo, Japan 2001: Instructor, Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Kanagawa-pref, Japan 2001: Instructor, Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Kanagawa-pref, Japan 1997-00: Penland School of Crafts 3-year Residency Program 1996: Creative Glass Center of America Artist’s Fellowship, Millville, NJ Awards: 1997: 3-year Penland Residency Program from Penland School of Crafts 1996: CGCA Artist’s Fellowship from Creative Glass Center of Crafts The 1996 Purchase Prize from R.I.T. 1995: Scholarship for Pilchuck Glass School from R.I.T. 1994-5: Graduate Scholarship from R.I.T. Solo/ Two Person Exhibition: 2008: Context: Light (Junichiro Baba and Thom O’Conner), McColl Center, Charlotte, NC. Investigation for the Memory of Shadows – Drawing in Glass without right hand, space TRY, Tokyo, Japan 2006: The Memory of Shadows, Christa Faut Gallery, Cornelius, NC 2005: The Memory of Shadows, space TRY, Tokyo, Japan 2003: The Memory of Shadows, Gallery W.D.O., Charlotte, NC 2000: The Memory of Shadows, Appalatian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN The Memory of Shadows, Gallery W.D.O., Charlotte, NC Sculpture by Dina Wind and Junichiro Baba, Winfisky Gallery, Salem State College, Salem, MA 1999: The Memory of Shadows, Earville Opera House, Earville, NY The Memory of Shadows, Blue Art Design, Tampa, FL New Sculpture by Junichiro Baba and Catherine Rahn, Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA The Exhibition by Hoss Halley and Junichiro Baba, Gallery W.D.O., Charlotte, NC 1992: Glass and Textile, Chigusa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Exhibitions 2008: NC Glass, Blue Spiral 1, Ashelville, NC 2007: Vol II, Roof Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2006: Art Faculty Biennal Exhibition 2006, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC Junichiro Baba and ASU Glass Students, The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Hendersonville, NC Gathering: A Survey of Contemporary Glass, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC 2005: Western North Carolina’s Legacy of Glass, Ashville Area Arts Council, Ashville, NC The Fellows: Cast Glass, Wheaton village, Milleville, NJ Penland School of Crafts Resident Artists, Folk Art Center, Ashville, NC 2004: Mountain Sculpture/Mountain Art, Eleven Eleven Sculpture Space, Washington DC The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC 2003: Assambrage de verre, Tokyo Cooperation, Tokyo, Japan 2001 : Japanese Craftsmen working in America, Gallery W.D.O., Charlotte, NC The Sculptures, Blue Spiral 1, Ashville, NC Black and White, Blue Spiral 1, Ashville, NC Off the Beaten Path, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC 2000: Glass America 2000, Heller Gallery, NY, NY Southeastern Glass Invitation, Blue Spiral 1, Ashville, NC North Carolina Art Glass Show, Hanson Gallery, Knoxville, TN 1999: SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Artists of CGCA Invitational, Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ Made in Penland, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC 1998: Penland Resident Show, Penland Gallery R.I.T. Invitational Alumni Exhibition, Bevier Gallery, R.I.T. Rochester, NY 1997: Contemporary Warm Glass, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ East meets West – A Glass Summit, Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA 1996: Northh American Glass ’96 – Juried, GHC’s Mill Gallery A, Guilford, CT Made in New York – Invitational, CAA’s Gallery A, Coooperstown, NY 1992: Glass and Textile, Chigusa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1990: Tokyo Glass Art Exhibition – Juried, Tokyo, Japan Permanent Public Collections: 2000: First Publishing Co., NY, NY 1996: The Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ Wallace Library at R.I.T., Rochester, NY 1991: Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Kanagawa-pref, Japan Publications: 2007: “The Total Immersion” by Dan Klein, Glass (Urban Glass Quarterly), Spring 2007 2006: Agenda, This Side Up! 2/2006 2004: The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience, Lary Books, a division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., NY, NY 2003: A Note from Japan – Serial writing by Junichiro Baba. This Side Up! 4/2003 Japanese Glassmaking Today, written by Junichiro Baba. This Side Up!, Spring/2003 2001: Portfolio, American Craft, August/September 2001 2000: Gallery, American Craft, June/July 2000 Storming Talent, This Side Up, Spring/2000 1997: Calido, American Craft, Oct./Nov. 1997 |
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