Toshio Iezumi

Art Brokerage: Toshio Iezumi Japanese Glass Artist: After graduating he got job at a camera company, where he acquired a skill of polishing lenses. In 1983 he began to learn glass art at Tokyo Glass Art Institute where he started to make sculptures out of sheet glass, developing his unique technique for glass sculptures: laminating sheets of glass into a bloc and carving and polishing it with stone carving tools. His works are appreciated and exhibited in Japan, in U.S.A., in Europe, in Australia and so on. He is a professor at the Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts. He was impacted by the works of Donald Judd and is interested in the illusion in sculpture. Through his technique of direct curving, dealing with reflection and refraction of light, he seeks illusory volume or depth in the glass body. That illusion depends on the form of piece, the circumstance, and the positional relation to viewers. His works are opened to constantly varying appearances. Listings wanted.