Yohei Chimura
OVERVIEW
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 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.
HISTORY
2019
‘≠The World’, Chiba City Culture Center, Chiba, Japan
‘Inside My Glass Doors’, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2025
‘Chiba International Art Festival’, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan
‘Material Fever’, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
2024
‘ ’24 Japanese Glass Exhibition’, Hillside Terrace Building F, Daikanyama, Tokyo, Japan
‘Intersecting Plateaus’, Gallery∞Towa, Tokyo, Japan
2023
‘Blown Glass: Enchanting Forms, Miraculous Skills’, Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
‘atre YOTSUYA ART WEEK 2023’, Atre Yotsuya, Tokyo, Japan
2022
‘The Transparent objects’, Usaginonedoko Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
‘Ai mi Tagai London/Tokyo 2022’, White Conduit Projects, London, UK
‘The Identity of the Glass’（Special International Year of Glass 2022 Exhibition）, AGC Inc., Kanagawa, Japan
2021
‘NORTHERN ALPS ART FESTIVAL 2020–2021’, Omachi City, Nagano, Japan
RESONANCE MATERIALS Project 2021 ‘Invisibility – Attempt to Exist’, DESIGNART TOKYO 2021, Ars gallery / Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan
‘Beginning and Intersections: Monuments of Craft’, Denchu Hirakushi House and Atelier, Tokyo, Japan
‘Thirty Years of Toyama Institute of Glass: Art Forms for the Future’, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama, Japan
‘Ai mi Tagai 2021’, Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
2020
‘MITSUKOSHI × GEIDAI Summer Art Festival 2020’, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo, Japan
‘Ai mi Tagai 2020 Tokyo / London’, Online Exhibition
2019
‘Ai mi Tagai Tokyo 2019’, Denchu Hirakushi House and Atelier, Tokyo University of the Arts, Yuga Gallery, University hall, Tokyo, Japan
‘NEW GLASS IDEAS Exhibition #2’, A・corns Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
WORKS
NEWS
Yohei Chimura 'They stand, once more, before the next name'
KOTARO NUKAGA Roppongi is pleased to present Yohei Chimura’s solo exhibition ‘They stand, once more, before the next name,’ on view from June 6 through July 18, 2026. Alongside the sculptural series “The Experiment on the Origin,” in which tin is sealed within the body of glass, the exhibition presents an installation that envelops the
KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in 'Art Basel Hong Kong 2026'
KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce its participation in Art Basel Hong Kong 2026, taking place from March 27 to 29. Over the past several editions of Art Basel Hong Kong, KOTARO NUKAGA has sought to build a discursive framework that connects modern Japanese art, postwar practices, and contemporary art. At this year’s fair, we will present
KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in 'KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2025'
KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce our participation in ‘KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2025’, Japan’s only art fair dedicated to crafts held in Hyatt Centric Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan from November 28 to 30. KOTARO NUKAGA will present works by four artists: Mariko Kobayashi, Nanami Inoue, Yohei Chimura and Teppei Miyake. Mariko Kobayashi employs textile-based methodologies,
Yohei Chimura will participate ‘Chiba City Arts Triennale 2025’ at Chiba Shrine
Yohei Chimura will exhibit his work Rolling Landscape 2025_Chiba City in ‘Chiba City ARts Triennale 2025’ at Chiba Shrine from September 19 – November 25, 2025. Rolling Landscape 2025_Chiba City is an art project that aims to make visible, share, and preserve the invisible memories that accumulate in the city every day. The setting is
KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in 'Tokyo Gendai 2025'
KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce our participation in ‘Tokyo Gendai 2025’, an international art fair held in PACIFICO Yokohama, Japan from September 12 to 14. KOTARO NUKAGA will showcase works by twelve internationally diverse artists, including Tomokazu Matsuyama and Rember Yahuarcani. Featuring a dynamic range of practices across painting and glass art. And also