Kazuo Kadonaga
Kanazawa, Japan

Wood No. 11CA
cedar
18.7 x 10.5 x 31.2 cm
2005

____Selected exhibitions

  • Wood Bamboo Paper Glass, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, 2005
  • Modern Masters Collection, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2004
  • Pure Form: An Installation by Kazuo Kadonaga, Suyama Space, Seattle, 2003
  • Kazuo Kadonaga: Glass Sculpture, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, 2003
  • New Glass Review 24, Jurors’ Choice Award, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2003
  • The 1st Contemporary Glass Triennial, award, Toyama, Japan, 2002
  • Wood Bamboo Paper Glass, Southern Oregon University, Ashland; Salt Lake Art Center; Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles, 2001-2002

Born in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, 1946, Kazuo Kadonaga’s work has been exhibited throughout the U.S., Japan, The Netherlands, Germany, Taiwan, Guam, Canada, Slovenia, New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, Sweden, and Denmark. He was an artist-in-residence at the Museum of Glass, Tacoma, and Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, 2004, and at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1983.

I am more interested in exploring the inherent qualities of raw materials found in everyday life and developing systems that transform these materials into new forms naturally, rather than self-consciously creating beautiful "art" objects.