Yoshihiko Takahashi

Brief Personal History

Yoshihiko Takahashi was born in Tokyo in 1958.
After graduating from Tama Art University’s Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Product Design, Craft Design in 1980, he served as an assistanmt at Tama Art University’s Department of Three-Dimensional Design from 1980 to 1982.
From 1982 to 1984, he was an assistant at the Glass House Am Wasserturm Studio.
In 1985 he opened his studio in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
In 1995, he began working as a part-time Lecturer at Various institutions including Tama Art University, International Academy of Glass (-’09), Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo, and at Aichi Prefectural University of Arts (-’98).
He is currentry a professor at Tama Art University.

Selected Exhibitions
2021 Solo Exhibition “TAKAHASHI YOSHIHIKO playtime,” Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama
2011 Solo Exhibition “GOES TO THE EARTH:★Yoshihiko Takahashi,” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo
　　　　 Solo Exhibition “Yoshihiko Takahashi Glass Exhibition,” Gallery NOW, Toyama
2010 “Shining Technique and Beauty- Modern- Day Japanese Crafts”, The Kagawa Museum, The Museum of Art, Ehime, Japan
2007 “The Power of Craft: Outlook for the 21st Century”, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Crafts Gallery, Tokyo
2005 Solo Exhibition “Yoshihiko Takahashi Glass Exhibition”, Gallery NOW, Toyama
　　　　“Essence of the glass art in the 20th century”, Kushiro City Museum of Art, Hokkaido
2004 “Cool & Light: New Spirit in Craft Making”, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo
2003 “Outspoken Glass”, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido; The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama
2002 “Contemporary Japanese Crafts: Materials and Formative Thinking”, Petronas Gallery/Malaysia, National Gallery/Indonesia
2001 “Five Words”, Gallery NOW, Toyama
2000 “Thoughts on Contemporary Vessels”, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Crafts Gallery, Tokyo
1999 “Toshio Iezumi X Yoshihiko Takahashi”, Seto Ceramics and Glass Art Center Gallery, Aichi
　　　　“2000 Years of Japanese Glass”, SUNTORY MUSEUM of Art, Tokyo
　　　　“THE SUNTORY PRIZE”, SUNTORY MUSEUM of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1998 “Cross Section of Contemporary Glass in Japan”, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi
1997 “THE GLASS SKIN”, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido
　　　　THE GLASS SKIN, Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf, Germany
　　　　THE GLASS SKIN,” Corning Museum of Glass, New York
1994 “World Glass Now 94” Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido
1993 “Glass in Japan” Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf, Germany
1992 “DESIGN VISIONS”, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australia
1991 “World Glass Now 91”, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido
1990 “Glass Art 90’ “, Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kanagawa
1990 “Glass Art 90’ “, Grow Rich Gallery, Seoul
　　　 “Tokyo Exhibition”, Yurakucho Seibu Art Forum, Tokyo
1989 “THE SUNTORY PRIZE”, SUNTORY MUSEUM of Art, Tokyo
1988 “Art for Touching”, Yurakucho Seibu Art Forum, Tokyo
　　　　Arte de Vidro, The Sao Paulo Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil
　　　　“World Glass Now 88”, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan
1987 “Glass ’78 in Japan”, Odakyu Grand Gallery, Tokyo
1986 “300 Years of Japanese Glass”, SUNTORY MUSEUM of Art, Tokyo
1985 “New Glass in Japan”, Baden State Museum, Germany

Major Public Collections
Toyama Glass Art Museum (Toyama)
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art (Hokkaido)
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Tokyo)
Koganezaki Crystal Park (Shizuoka)
Yokohama Museum of Art (Kanagawa)
Shimonoseki City Art Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.
Powerhouse Museum, Australia
Museum Kunstpalast (Dusseldorf, Germany)
Glasmuseum (Ebeltoft, Denmark)
Museum of Decorative Arts (Losanne, Switzerland)
Glasmuseum Rheinbach (Rheinbach, Germany)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Museum of Scotland, England
Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA