JP / EN
Bio
Education
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Awards
Public Collections
Maya WAKABAYASHI
1983 Born in Tokyo
Lives and works in Saitama
Bio
With a father who was a glass artist, Maya Wakabayashi was exposed from an early age to the vivid colors and transparency, the delicacy and strength, the very dichotomies of the medium of glass; a beauty which she felt was not present in other expressive media. She was also attracted by the hammer wielding forging techniques of metalwork and honed her craftsmanship at the Tokyo University of the Arts through graduate school. During her studies, she became singularly obsessed with the “presence which cannot be seen” such as “spirit” or “mind”, creating works that represent the image of how people have come to embrace nature.
Education
2013 M.F.A Metal Hammering, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
2011 B.F.A Metal Hammering, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
2015
SOLO Exhibition “Out of Control” / JIRO MIURA GALLERY
2013
SKY × Human Mind 空模様・心模様 / JIRO MIURA GALLERY
2012
Maya WAKABAYASHI -Metal & Glass Works- / GALLERY SAKAMAKI
2016
From area 5 / Shibuya Hikarie /8
2015
BANK ART FAIR Singapore 2015
ART NAGOYA / WESTIN NAGOYA CASTLE
ART OSAKA / HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA
Young Art Taipei 2015
Exhibition by the winners at GEIDAI ART PLAZA ART AWARD 2015 / GEIDAI ART PLAZA
いまのちてん since 2007 ver. 2015 / 天王洲セントラルタワー
NEO COUNTER SHAPE vol.Ⅲ PREMINATION ! / Shibiya Hikarie /8
2014
ART NAGOYA / WESTIN NAGOYA CASTLE
ART OSAKA / HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA
Exhibition by the winners at GEIDAI ART PLAZA ART AWARD 2014 / GEIDAI ART PLAZA
FACES and HEADS / JIRO MIURA GALLERY
Bright Future / the 130th anniversary of SHOEI Girls’ Jr.& Sr. High School
2013
獺祭・クリスマス展 / 銀座かわうそ画廊
Daegu Art Fair 2013 / JIRO MIURA GALLERY
真夏の美女図鑑 / 銀座かわうそ画廊
あなたと一体☆立体展 / 銀座かわうそ画廊
山本冬彦のまなざし / 銀座かわうそ画廊
Exhibition by the winners at GEIDAI ART PLAZA ART AWARD 2013 / GEIDAI ART PLAZA
The 61th Graduation Works Exhibitions / Tokyo University of the Arts
2012
The 7th Geidai Art Plaza Art Award / Geidai Art Plaza
郷土の美術作家展 / 画廊「万両」
Exhibition by female artists selected by Mr. Fuyuhiko YAMAMOTO/ 8th floor Gallery, Ginza Mitsukoshi
法務省主唱：匠に学ぶワークショップin東京藝術大学vol.10
2011
GTS アート環境プロジェクト 2011 “Reflect scape” / 墨田区立大横川親水公園
取手市ストリートアートステージ 2011 / 取手駅
法務省主唱：匠に学ぶワークショップin東京藝術大学vol.9
The 10th Selected Metal Sculptors – PRANA- / Metal Art Museum Hikarinotani
東京藝術大学 鍛金研究室 鍛金展 / 天王洲セントラルタワー・アートホール
The 59th Graduation Works Exhibitions / Tokyo University of the Arts
2010
第5回アートプラザ大賞展 / 東京藝術大学藝大アートプラザ
公募展 Glass Craft Triennale 2010 / 伊丹市立工芸センター
法務省主催 匠に学ぶワークショップin東京藝術大学vol.8
鍛金展 / 東京藝術大学藝大アートプラザ
2009
法務省主催 匠に学ぶワークショップin東京藝術大学vol.7
金工展 - The many face of metal – / 天王洲セントラルタワー・アートホール
東京藝術大学の学生がおわせヒノキでつくる・こども椅子とハンガー展 / 紀北町立海山公民館（三重県）
2008
「うるしむし展」 / 東京藝術大学漆藝研究室ギャラリースペース
「いまのちてん」 / 東京藝術大学学生会館
2007
東京藝術大学藝術祭 工芸科１年生制作御輿展示 / 丸の内ビルディング マルキューブ
2013
Toride Mayor’s Prize
2012
2nd prize, The 7th Geidai Art Plaza Art Award, Tokyo University of the Arts
2010
Selected, Glass Craft Triennale 2010
1st prize , The 31th International Takifuji art award
2009
Fujino Prize, Tokyo University of the Arts
1998
The Asahi Shimbun Prize, The 26th Photo & Art Exhibition held by Junior and Senior High Schools of Tokyo Association
2013
Guardian / Toride City, Ibaraki, Japan
2011
Matoi /Toride City, Ibaraki, Japan
Monument
2014
Bright Future / the 130th anniversary of SHOEI Girls’ Jr.& Sr. High School
