Profile
Kie Terasawa

Born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan in 1997
Graduated from the Department of Crafts at Tama Art University in 2020
Graduated from the Toyama City Institute of Glass Art in 2022

 

Solo Exhibitions

2026

• Seisei – Incarnation –
  Gallery Sanshitsu, Tokyo

2025

• Clad in Red, Living On
  Galerie numero9
• solo: TERASAWA Kie
  Kanazawa Suiginkutsu, Kanazawa

2024

• Seisei
  Gallery O2, Kanazawa

Group Exhibitions

2026

• grid5
  biscuit gallery, Tokyo

2025

• ARTISTS’ FAIR KYOTO 2025
  Kyoto Shimbun Building, Kyoto
• Kanazawa Utatsuyama Kogei Kobo Trainee Exhibition
  21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
• GO FOR KOGEI: Sensorium
  Sennyu-ji Temple

2024

• Seisei
  Gallery O2, Kanazawa

2022

• Chotei Gallery Exhibition
  Chotei GALLERY, Tokyo
• KUMA EXHIBITION 2022
  ANB Tokyo, Tokyo
• SICF22 Winners Exhibition
  Spiral Garden, Tokyo

2021

• SICF22 Exhibition Division
  Spiral Garden, Tokyo

Concept

Life is often spoken of as something abundant and beautiful on the surface. Yet in reality, the gestures and actions required to continue living, and the costs that accompany them, can at times appear ugly or grotesque.

My view of life is rooted not only in its beautiful aspects, but also in sensing “life” within things that seem to stand in opposition to it, such as decay and death.

The swirling movements of blown glass and the clustered forms I incorporate as motifs may sometimes appear unsettling. However, through the inherent brilliance of glass, they simultaneously acquire a simple kind of beauty.

I believe that even my own negative perception of life is transformed through the filter of glass into something different, eventually returning to the feeling that life itself is rich and abundant.