Contemporary Glass Triennial in Toyama 2008
Basic Information
- Period
 -  Friday, August 22
〜 Sunday, September 21, 2008 - Place
 - Art Gallery, Toyama Shimin Plaza
 - Organizers
 - Executive Committee of Contemporary Glass Triennial in Toyama, Toyama City, Toyama City Board of Education, Citizens Arts Administration Center of Toyama
 - Co-Organizer
 - THE KITANIPPON SHIMBUN, The Toyama Chamber of Commerce and Industry
 - Supporters
 - Toyama Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture Board of Education, Toyama Prefectural Artistic and Cultural Association, NHK Toyama Station, Kitanihon Broadcasting Co., Ltd., TOYAMA TELEVISION BROADCASTING CO., LTD., TULIP-TV INC., Cable Television Toyama Inc., TOYAMA FM Broadcasting Co.,Ltd., Toyama City FM
 - Sponsor
 - The Society of Culture in Toyama
 - Prizes
 - 
                
Grand PrizeJPY 1,000,000 ( 1 Work )
Special PrizeJPY 500,000 ( 2 Works )
Merit PrizeJPY 500,000 ( 2 Works )
Honorable MentionJPY 100,000 ( 4 Works )
New Face PrizeJPY 300,000 ( 1 Work )
 
Judging Panel ( *Chief Judge )
First judging( based on digital images of the works)
              - TAKEDA Atsushi
 - Art critic, 
Visiting Professor of Tama Art University - IKUO Keitaro
 - Art critic
 - Gerd KNÄPPER
 - Ceramic Artist, Bronze and Ceramic Sculpture Artist
 - YOSHIMOTO Yumiko
 - Glass Artist, Board Member of Japan Glass Artcraft Association
 - SHIBUYA Ryoji
 - Glass Artist,
Head Professor of Toyama institute of Glass Art 
Second judging( based on actual works)
              - TAKEDA Atsushi
 - Art critic, 
Visiting Professor of Tama Art University - YOKOYAMA Naoto
 - Glass Artist, Board Member of Japan Glass Artcraft Association
 - FUJITA Jun
 - Glass Artist, Chief Director of Japan Glass Artcraft Association
 - Pavel TRNKA
 - Glass Artist
 - SHIBUYA Ryoji
 - Glass Artist, Head Professor of Toyama institute of Glass Art
 - NOIRI Jun
 - Advisor, The Planning deportment of Toyama City Person in charge of The Glass Art Village & The Museum of Contemporary Glass Art Promotion Office
 
Prize-winning Works
                  Grand Prize
                  
                    
                
                    
                      K 08 F
                      2008
                      H52×W43×D34
                    
                    
ABIRU Shogo
                  
                  Special Prize
                  
                    
              
                    
                      RINSYO
                      2008
                      H134×W183×D7
                    
                    
KISHIMOTO Kohei
                  Special Prize
                  
                    
              
                    
                      Layers of Light - MOON- #4
                      2008
                      H49×W49×D12
                    
                    
KOJIMA Yukako
                  Merit Prize
                  
                    
              
                    
                      The world in the snow
                      2007
                      H50×W300×D3
                    
                    
GOTO Yohei
                  Merit Prize
                  
                    
              
                    
                      a Vessel
                      2008
                      H22.3×W30.3×D29.6
                    
                    
SASAKAWA Kenichi
                  Honorable Mention
                  
                    
              
                    
                      Concerto for cracks
                      2007
                      H40×W35×D35
                    
                    
OKUNO Yasuo
                  Honorable Mention
                  
                    
              
                    
                      in between Memories
                      2008
                      H15×W80×D20
                    
                    
KAWANABE Masaki
                  Honorable Mention
                  
                    
              
                    
                      Ao
                      2008
                      H40×W36×D11
                    
                    
NODA Yumiko
                  Honorable Mention
                  
                    
              
                    
                      Fragments
                      2008
                      H90×W95×D95
                    
                    
HONGO Jin
                  New Face Prize
                  
                    
              
                    
                      Life
                      2008
                      H40×W70×D70
                    
                    
CHEN Sz-wen
Finalists (Please scroll to the side for full information.)
| Title | Artist | Production Year  | 
                  |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untitled (repair with moon) | Peter IVY | 2006 | |
| K 08 F | ABIRU Shogo | 2008 | |
| c.o.p. | IMOTO Maki | 2006 | |
| WHEN THE MIDNIGHT PAST | UEKI Hiroko | 2007 | |
| Jazzy time | UESHIMA Aiko | 2007 | |
| raifu | EGAWANO Tomonori | 2007 | |
| PRANA | OGITA Katsuya | 2008 | |
| Entrance | OUMURA Shunji | 2008 | |
| Concerto for cracks | OKUNO Yasuo | 2008 | |
| Light Nests | OKUNO Mica | 2007 | |
| wish | OKUMURA Yuri | 2008 | |
| senakaawasenohibi | ODAHASHI Masayo | 2008 | |
| crevice | KAJIHARA Tomoko | 2007 | |
| Sound of Voyage | KANEKO Hiroko | 2007 | |
| in between Memories | KAWANABE Masaki | 2008 | |
| RINSYO | KISHIMOTO Kohei | 2008 | |
| Layers of Light - MOON- #4 | KOJIMA Yukako | 2008 | |
| The impression - That never leaves | KOSOGAWA Runa | 2008 | |
| The world in the snow | GOTO Yohei | 2007 | |
| On the supposition that it will flow down before long | KOBAYASHI Tomoko | 2007 | |
| EARTHWORM | SAITO Akiko | 2008 | |
| space - time | SAITO Yuichi | 2007 | |
| a Vessel | SASAKAWA Kenichi | 2008 | |
| Strawberry fields | SANO Takeshi | 2008 | |
| awai | SHOJIGUCHI Rikie | 2007 | |
| Pass the time | SUMI Tadashi | 2008 | |
| fruit in fruit | SEO Chie | 2007 | |
| Fold of deep layers | TAKAHASHI Makiko | 2006 | |
| Moving patterns like a tendril | TAKEMOTO Aki | 2008 | |
| Life | CHEN Sz-wen | 2008 | |
| ground | CHIKADA Yoshiaki | 2008 | |
| a border | TEI Keishin | 2007 | |
| ーside 3ー2 | TOKORO Shiho | 2007 | |
| Yorukumo (1) | TOYOOKA Nobuyasu | 2007 | |
| TSUMUGI | NABETA Hisao | 2008 | |
| michishirube | NIIMURA Tatsuya | 2007 | |
| From the moon | NISHIKAWA Makoto | 2007 | |
| antena | NOGAMI Mao | 2006 | |
| Ao | NODA Yumiko | 2008 | |
| SOAR | FUKUNISHI Takeshi | 2008 | |
| +⇄ーⅡ | FUJINO Hiroko | 2007 | |
| The Tower | FUJIWARA Emi | 2007 | |
| Fragments | HONGO Jin | 2008 | |
| A flow of the thought | HONDA Ayami | 2007 | |
| gesso | MIZUKAMI Ryuta | 2008 | |
| Container ship | MITSUISHI Hiroshi | 2007 | |
| contentment | YAGI Yoko | 2008 | |
| association of layers ~Shitomido~ | YAMAGUCHI Kei | 2008 | |
| 08 bowl Flare | YAMADA Teruo | 2008 | |
| Memory of the sand | YAMAMOTO Tamaki | 2008 | 
* The shown information is the one as of the held date and might has been changed.