NAOKO TAKENOUCHI

EDUCATION

2014   Terminal City Glass Co-op. Vancouver, B.C. Workshop with Scott Benefield.

1999, 2004   Atlin Art Center. Atlin, B.C.

1998   Pilchuck Glass School. Stanwood, WA.

1997   Vancouver Contemporary Artworks. Vancouver, B.C. (Heinrich Nicolaus & Claudia Cuesta.)

1993   Pilchuck Glass School. Stanwood, WA.

1984   New York Experimental Glass Workshop. New York, N.Y.

1983-1987   Tama Art University. Tokyo. (4-year degree in design and glassblowing)

AWARDS/GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS

2004   Honourable Mention. BCGAA Biennial Exhibition. SFU Gallery. Burnaby, B.C.

1999   Canada Council “Mid-career” Grant.

1999   Award of Merit “Glass Art XI” Vancouver, B.C.

1998   Award of Merit. BCGAA Biennial Exhibition. SFU Gallery. Burnaby, B.C.

1998   Pilchuck Full Scholarship. Pilchuck Glass School. Stanwood, WA.

1995   Special Mention. “Glass Art VII”. Vancouver, B.C.

1993   First and Second Place Award. “Glass Art VI”. Vancouver, B.C.

1993   Pilchuck Scholarship. B.C. Glass Art Association.

1992   Special Mention. “B.C. Glass Art Exhibition”. Burnaby, B.C.

1991   Unanimous Juror’s Choice. “West Coast Glass Art”. Fort Langley, B.C.

1990   “Finalist in Goblet Category”. Tableware competition for His Honour Lieutenant Governor. David C. Lam. Vancouver, B.C.

COLLECTIONS

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Montreal, Quebec.

Simon Fraser University. Burnaby, B.C.

Claridge/Bronfman Collection. Montreal, Quebec.

Private collections in Canada, U.S.A., Japan, UK, and Netherlands.

COMMISSIONS

2022 - 2003   Governor General’s Performing Art’s Awards. Ottawa, ON.

2017   Crown Plaza Da Yuan Tainan Hotel. Tainan City, Taiwan.

1998   Starbucks Coffee President’s Award. Seattle, WA.

1996   CBC Sports Award. Vancouver, B.C.

1993   CBC Sports Award. Vancouver, B.C.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024   " V6 Revisited" Terminal City Glass Co-op. Vancouver, B.C.

2024   "Seattle Art Fair" Maria Elena Kravetz Gallery. Seattle, WA.

2024   "Breathe" Childs + Clark Gallery. Great Barrington, MA.

2023   “Master from the North; The Canadian Art Glass Show” Duncan McClellan Gallery. St. Petersburg, FL. 

2021   "The Colour of Light" Circle Craft Gallery. Vancouver, B.C.

2019   "Northwest Light & Colour" Port Moody Arts Centre. Port Moody, B.C.

2018   "Precious Moments" Circle Craft Gallery. Vancouver, B.C.

2018   “Canadian Glass Show” Duncan McClellan Gallery. St. Petersburg, FL.

2018   “Spirit Messenger” Visual Space Gallery. Vancouver, B.C.

2017, 2010, 2007, 2006   “SOFA Chicago” Option Art. Chicago, ILL.

2017   “Ebb/Flow: Stories of Transition” Visual Space Gallery. Vancouver, B.C.

2016   “WA: Aesthetics of Migrant Souls” Sasaki Art Gallery. Vancouver, B.C.

2015   “Earth, Sea & Air” Duncan McClellan Gallery. St. Petersburg, FL.

2013   “Invested” Craft Council of BC 40th Anniversary Exhibition. Pendulum Gallery. Vancouver, B.C.

2013   “Blowing Forty – The Art of Glass at Circle Craft” Circle Craft Gallery. Vancouver, B.C.

2012   “Glass Master of Japan and North American Studio Glass” Fine Arts Centre. Bowling Green, OH.

2011   “SOFA New York” Option Art. New York, N.Y.

2010   “400 Years of Glass” Galerie Elena Lee. Montreal, Quebec.

2010-1992   “BC Glass Arts Association Annual Member’s Exhibition” Vancouver, B.C.

2009   “Celestial Navigation 2” Craft Council of BC Gallery. Vancouver, B.C.

2009-1992   “BC Glass Arts Association Biennial Exhibition” SFUGallery. Burnaby & Vancouver, B.C.

2008, 1999, 1998   “SOFA Chicago”. Galerie Elena Lee. Chicago, ILL.

2008   “MERGE/Frozen-Melt” Numen Gallery. Vancouver, B.C.

2008   “SOFA Palm Beach” Galerie Elena Lee. Palm Beach, FL.

2007   “Cycles & Transitions” Galerie Elena Lee. Montreal, Quebec.

2007   “Lucent: A Survey of Contemporary Canadian Glass” Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB.

2007   “Naoko Takenouchi” Harbinger Gallery. Waterloo, ON.

2006   “Bird on a Wing: Migratory Journeys” Starfish Glassworks. Victoria, B.C.

2006   “Le Verre Hot” Materia. Quebec, Quebec.

2004   “SOFA Chicago” William Zimmer Gallery. Chicago, ILL.

2003   “Canadian Craft Exhibition” Canadian Embassy. Tokyo, Japan.

2003   “Vernissage”. Galerie Elena Lee. Montreal, Quebec.

2003   “Best of Canadian Glass 2003” Sandra Ainsley Gallery. Toronto, ON.

2002   “Under the Wing” Portfolio Gallery. Vancouver, B.C.

2001   “Hot Canadians: A Glass Debut”. Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass. Dallas, Texas.

2001   “Dialogue”. Canadian Craft Museum. Vancouver, B.C.

2001, 1999   “SOFA New York”. Galerie Elena Lee. New York, N.Y.

2000   “Nest”. Circle Craft Gallery. Vancouver, B.C.

1998   “V6”. Material Matters. Toronto, Ontario.

1999   “Contemporary Glass”. Del Mano Gallery. Pasadena, CA.

1999   “Etched Vessels”. Nantucket Glassworks. Nantucket, MA.

1998, 1993   “Made By Hand”. Canadian Craft Museum. Vancouver, B.C.

1998   “Canadian Glass Show”. Real Mother Goose Gallery. Portland, OR.

1998   “Lumiere en Trios Actes”. Galerie Elena Lee. Montreal, Quebec.

1997   “7th Canadian Glass Show”. Rowels & Co. Ltd. Edmonton, AB.

1997   “Northern Lights”. Emerald Fox Gallery. Leavenworth, WA.

1997   “Hot Stuff II”. Gallery at Salishan. Gleneden Beach, OR.

1997   “North of the Border: Contemporary Canadian Glass”. Tucson, AZ.

1996-1994   “A Gather of Glass”. Sable V Gallery. Wimberly, Texas.

1996   “Sculpture et Verre”. Quebec Contemporary Art Center. Montreal, Quebec.

1996   “Beyond the Rock Garden”. Wing Luke Asian Museum. Seattle, WA.

1996   “V6”. PISMO Gallery. Denver, CO.

1996   “V6 Glass”. Ontario Craft Council Gallery. Toronto, ON.

1995   “Ancient Birds”. Del Mano Gallery. Los Angeles, CA.

1995   “The International Exhibition of Glass ‘95”. Kanazawa, Japan.

1995   “Twig Vases”. Craft house. Vancouver, B.C.

1995   “Too Hot To Handle”. Canadian Craft Museum. Vancouver, B.C.

1994   “Reflections/Directions” Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery. Waterloo, ON.

1993   “Dream Window” Craft house. Vancouver, B.C.

SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE AND PUBLICATINOS

2018   VANCOUVER LIVING Magazine. October/November 2018. Vancouver, B.C.

2018   The Vancouver Sun, Insider. February 9. Vancouver, B.C.

2018   Nikkei Voice. February. Vol. 32, No. 5. Toronto, Ontario.

2016   Vancouver Shinpo. June 30. Vancouver, B.C.

2009   ESSENTIAL. Where Vancouver. 2009/10. Vancouver, B.C.

2009   North by Northwest. CBC Redio1. July 26. Vancouver, B.C.

2008   FJOEZZZ. Vereniging van Vrienden van Modern Glas. #4 2008. Ijmuiden, Netherland.

2007   French CBC-TV. September 11. Montreal, Quebec.

2006   The Time Colonist Newspaper. June 8. Victoria, B.C.

2006   500 Glass Objects. Lark Books. Asheville, NC

2005   The Contemporary Glass Art of the World. Hebei Fine Arts publishing House. Heibei, China.

2004   The Vancouver Sun. October 9, Vancouver, B.C.

2003   Glass Gazette. Vol. 4. No. 54. Toronto, Ontario.

2003   Vancouver Shinpo. July 31, Vancouver, B.C.

2002   Glass Gazette. Vol. 3. No. 49. Toronto, Ontario.

2002   North by Northwest. CBC Radio1. August 25. Vancouver, B.C.

2001   Contemporary Glass: Color, Light & Form. Guild Publishing. Madison, WI.

2001   NOUVEL OBJET VI. Design House Publishers. Seoul, Korea.

2001   North by Northwest. CBC Radio1. July 8. Vancouver, B.C.

2001   Artichoke. Vol.13. No.1. Spring. Canmore, Alberta.

2000   Art Spots. CBC-TV. Vancouver, B.C.

2000   Courier. August 2. Vancouver, B.C.

1999   The Asian Art Newspaper. February. London, UK.

1998   AICAS Multicultural TV. April 23. Vancouver, B.C.

1996   Great Work: An Overview of Contemporary B.C. Artists. Vancouver, B.C.

1996   Western Living. Vancouver, B.C. Summer issue.

1995   New Glass Review 16. Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.

1995   Ontario Craft. Ontario Craft Council. Vol.20, No.2. Summer.

1995   “Local Arts”. Multi-Cultural TV. Vancouver, B.C.

1995   “Creator”. WTN-TV. February. Vancouver, B.C.

1994   Glass Gazette. Spring. Toronto, Ontario.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2018   Visiting Artist. Duncan McClellan Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL.

2018-2012   Sandblasting Instructor. Terminal City Glass Co-op. Vancouver, BC.

2014-2015   Chair of the Studio Committee. Terminal City Glass Co-op. Vancouver, BC.

2013   Jury member for the Glass Art Association of Canada; Project Grant 2013. Toronto, ON.

2012   Jury member for the Canada Council Grant; Contemporary Fine Craft. Ottawa, ON.

2006   Visiting Artist. Kootenay School of Arts. Nelson, B.C.

2003   Teaching Assistance for Lou Lynn. Pilchuck Glass School. Stanwood, WA.

2003   Guest Lecturer. Canadian Glass Conference. Harbourfront. Toronto, ON.

2002   Jury member for the Saidye Bronfman Award. Ottawa, Ontario.

2000   Visiting Artist. Espace Verre. Montreal, Quebec.

2000   Visiting Artist. Alberta College of Art & Design. Calgary, Alberta.

2000-1999   Vice-president. British Columbia Glass Art Association. Vancouver, B.C.

1998-1989   New-Small & Sterling Glass Studio. Vancouver, B.C.

1995   Guest Lecturer. Harbourfront. Toronto, Ontario.

1989-1988   Swedish Center Glass Workshop. Hokkaido, Japan.

ORGANIZATION

Terminal City Glass Co-op. Vancouver, BC.