biography

YOKO KITTA


Studio bakusaurus
66 Shiokusa-chou Seto-shi Aichi, 489-0895 JAPAN

When I create, I do not have the intention of making something beautiful in form. Instead, I experience the emergence of shapes by directly engaging with the material. Soft glass flows under the influence of gravity, changing its form as it cools. Even when I try to manipulate it, it moves unexpectedly and continues to transform. I want to express the airiness and warmth that the transparent glass possesses while feeling its weight.

1963Born in Tsukechi, Gifu Prefecture
1990Selected for the Tokai Glass Art Exhibition ’90, “Human Fossil”
1992Selected for the 7th Ishikawa ’92 Glass Art Exhibition
Received the Encouragement Award at the Seto City Civic Exhibition, Aichi Prefecture
1993Established Studio Bakuzaurus
1994Selected for the Chubu Glass Art Exhibition ’94
Selected for the Gifu City Light Object Exhibition ’94
Received the Niijima Glass Center Scholarship
1994-1998 Gallery Emon (Nagoya)
1995Received the Niijima Glass Center Scholarship
Attended Pilchuck Glass School
1997Nagoya Contemporary Art Fair 1997 “Same Space,” Nagoya
2001“Water Time Melancholia” at Petit Musée 二、二、セ、フィニ (Fukuoka)
2002“Shapes and Forms” at Seto New Century Craft Center (Aichi Prefecture)
2005Salon 2005 Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (Louvre Museum, Paris)
Okakura Tenshin Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Group Show “Sand Time” (Ibaraki)
ARTSingapore2005 (Singapore)
2006-2015Space YUI (Tokyo)
2008Paradise Contemporary Art Asia (Beijing, China)
2009“Glass and Silver” (Busan, South Korea)
Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair ’09 (Seoul, South Korea)
“Glass and Silver” (Daejeon, South Korea)
2010Asia Art Biennale (Haslla Art World Museum, South Korea)
2011-2014Artist-in-Residence (Nami Island, South Korea)
2014Ise Contemporary Art Museum (Mie)
2015Daiichi Museum (Nagoya)
2019Contemporary Art Gallery KONMASA, Arimatsu, Aichi Prefecture

YOKO KITTA / Studio bakusaurus


66 Shiokusa-chou Seto-shi Aichi, 489-0895 JAPAN