ARTIST INFORMATION
- 1984
- 千葉県生まれ
- 2012
- 富山ガラス造形研究所造形科卒業
- 2015
- 東京藝術大学大学院博士後期課程美術研究 科美術専攻ガラス造形修了
伝統的な金属鋳造やガラス造形技法を学び、物質が変容するきっかけや瞬間に着目して制作を
行う。火にかけた金属が溶け流れる動き、熱のやり取りの中でガラスやプラスチックが歪み固
まる過程など、素材固有の特性を活かしながら、変化のプロセスそのものを作品に取り込む。
形が生まれ、失われ、再び生成される循環を通じて、破壊と創造、自然と人工の境界を探る。
変化の中に潜む美しさと危うさ、その両方を通じて、物質と環境、人間との関係について再考
を行う。作品はこれまで、金沢21世紀美術館、サントリー美術館、富山市ガラス美術館などで
展示されてきた。 2025年より東京藝術大学美術学部ガラス造形研究室准教授を務める。
Yohei Chimura （b. 1984, Chiba, Japan） graduated from the Glass Certification Studies
Program at the Toyama City Institute of Glass Art in 2012 and received his Ph.D. majoring
in Glass from Tokyo University of Arts in 2015.
Chimura studied traditional metal casting and glass-forming techniques and currently
creates work that focuses on the beginnings and moments of material transformation.
Drawing on the inherent characteristics of his materials—such as the flow of molten
metal under heat, or the deformation and solidification of glass and plastic through thermal
exchange—he incorporates the very process of change into his work. Through
cycles in which form emerges, disappears, and regenerates, he explores the boundaries
between destruction and creation, between the natural and the artificial. By embracing
both the beauty and the fragility hidden within transformation, his practice reconsiders
the relationship between material, environment, and the human being. His work has
been exhibited at institutions including the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art,
Kanazawa; the Suntory Museum of Art; and the Toyama Glass Art Museum. From 2025,
Chimura serves as Associate Professor in the Glass Course at the Faculty of Fine Arts,
Tokyo University of the Arts.
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