Hiroshi Yamano
Hiroshi Yamano
Hiroshi Yamano is recognized as one the most inventive and creative glass artists in the world today. Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1956, Yamano's refined style incorporates a wide spectrum of materials, such as stone and metal, in a combination of demanding techniques that includes blown and hot sculpted glass, with silver-leaf engraving and copper electroplating. A frequent visual motif in Yamano's work is that of the fish as his enigmatic alter ego—a reference to his personal journey traveling between the US and Japan—an island country whose identity is closely related to the sea.
Hiroshi Yamano attended the California College of Arts and Crafts, the Tokyo Art Institute, and Penland School of Crafts before receiving his MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY in 1989. He has taught and lectured throughout the world, including at Pilchuck Glass School and the Tokyo Glass Art Institute as well as serving as guest artist in Waterford Crystal in Ireland in 1998. His works are in major collections in Japan, the US, and abroad.
