Ritsue MISHIMA

Wonderment Noe Aoki / Ritsue Mishima, 2024, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Wonderment Noe Aoki / Ritsue Mishima, 2024, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Wonderment Noe Aoki / Ritsue Mishima, 2024, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Forms of Light, 2023, ShugoArts

Photo by Shigeo Muto

VITA

2023, glass, 12x22x12cm, [17023]

RITSUE MISHIMA — GLASS WORKS, 2022, Gallerie dellʼAccademia, Venice

Photo by Andrea Martiradonna

RITSUE MISHIMA — GLASS WORKS, 2022, Gallerie dellʼAccademia, Venice

Photo by Andrea Martiradonna

RITSUE MISHIMA — GLASS WORKS, 2022, Gallerie dellʼAccademia, Venice

Photo by Andrea Martiradonna

HALL OF LIGHT, 2019-2020, ShugoArts

Photo by Shigeo Muto

HALL OF LIGHT, 2019-2020, ShugoArts

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Cosmic Drops & Trace of Light, 2019, COREDO Muromachi Terrace, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Trace of Light, 2019, COREDO Muromachi Terrace, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Trace of Light, 2019, COREDO Muromachi Terrace, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Cosmic Drops, 2019, COREDO Muromachi Terrace, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Cosmic Drops, 2019, COREDO Muromachi Terrace, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Cosmic Ring, 2019, Xiaomi office, Wuhan

CONTACT, 2019, Kiyomizudera, Kyoto

Photo by OMOTE Nobutada

Asia Corridor Contemporary Art Exhibition, 2017, Nijo Castle, Kyoto

Photo by Yasushi Ichikawa

STARS, 2016, ShugoArts, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

STARS, 2016, ShugoArts, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

STARS, 2016, ShugoArts, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

AllʼOmbra della Luce, 2015, Installation for Perrier-Jouet, Tokyo

KIYOSUMI, 2013, ShugoArts, Tokyo

KIYOSUMI, 2013, ShugoArts, Tokyo

In Grimani. Ritsue Mishima Glass Works, 2013, Museum of Palazzo Grimani, Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale, Venice

In Grimani. Ritsue Mishima Glass Works, 2013, Museum of Palazzo Grimani, Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale, Venice

In Grimani. Ritsue Mishima Glass Works, 2013, Museum of Palazzo Grimani, Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale, Venice

As it should be, 2011, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo

As it should be, 2011, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo

Frozen garden/ Fruits of fire, 2010, Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam

Ristorante Primavera, 2009, Clematis no Oka, Shizuoka

Particelle silenziose, 2007, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka

Particelle silenziose, 2007, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka

Stream of Light on En-gawa, 2004, ShugoArts

Imagining Prometheus, 2003, Palazzo della Ragione, Milan

Risonanze, 2001, San Sisto Chapel, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Milan

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Wonderment Noe Aoki / Ritsue Mishima, 2024, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Wonderment Noe Aoki / Ritsue Mishima, 2024, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Wonderment Noe Aoki / Ritsue Mishima, 2024, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Forms of Light, 2023, ShugoArts

Photo by Shigeo Muto

VITA

2023, glass, 12x22x12cm, [17023]

RITSUE MISHIMA — GLASS WORKS, 2022, Gallerie dellʼAccademia, Venice

Photo by Andrea Martiradonna

RITSUE MISHIMA — GLASS WORKS, 2022, Gallerie dellʼAccademia, Venice

Photo by Andrea Martiradonna

RITSUE MISHIMA — GLASS WORKS, 2022, Gallerie dellʼAccademia, Venice

Photo by Andrea Martiradonna

HALL OF LIGHT, 2019-2020, ShugoArts

Photo by Shigeo Muto

HALL OF LIGHT, 2019-2020, ShugoArts

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Cosmic Drops & Trace of Light, 2019, COREDO Muromachi Terrace, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Trace of Light, 2019, COREDO Muromachi Terrace, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Trace of Light, 2019, COREDO Muromachi Terrace, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Cosmic Drops, 2019, COREDO Muromachi Terrace, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Cosmic Drops, 2019, COREDO Muromachi Terrace, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

Cosmic Ring, 2019, Xiaomi office, Wuhan

CONTACT, 2019, Kiyomizudera, Kyoto

Photo by OMOTE Nobutada

Asia Corridor Contemporary Art Exhibition, 2017, Nijo Castle, Kyoto

Photo by Yasushi Ichikawa

STARS, 2016, ShugoArts, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

STARS, 2016, ShugoArts, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

STARS, 2016, ShugoArts, Tokyo

Photo by Shigeo Muto

AllʼOmbra della Luce, 2015, Installation for Perrier-Jouet, Tokyo

KIYOSUMI, 2013, ShugoArts, Tokyo

KIYOSUMI, 2013, ShugoArts, Tokyo

In Grimani. Ritsue Mishima Glass Works, 2013, Museum of Palazzo Grimani, Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale, Venice

In Grimani. Ritsue Mishima Glass Works, 2013, Museum of Palazzo Grimani, Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale, Venice

In Grimani. Ritsue Mishima Glass Works, 2013, Museum of Palazzo Grimani, Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale, Venice

As it should be, 2011, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo

As it should be, 2011, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo

Frozen garden/ Fruits of fire, 2010, Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam

Ristorante Primavera, 2009, Clematis no Oka, Shizuoka

Particelle silenziose, 2007, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka

Particelle silenziose, 2007, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka

Stream of Light on En-gawa, 2004, ShugoArts

Imagining Prometheus, 2003, Palazzo della Ragione, Milan

Risonanze, 2001, San Sisto Chapel, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Milan

Biography

Born in Kyoto, Japan in 1962. Mishima moved to Venice in 1989. Having established a residence in Kyoto in 2011, she lives and works between the two cities. Collaborating with glassmiths on Murano Island, Italy, the artist takes advantage of the translucency and viscosity of Venetian glass in order to create clear glass sculptures, which bear the contours of light while becoming parts of the environments. Since Mishima’s sculptures visualize the energy of the exhibited spaces by absorbing the surrounding air and light, they have received high praise as public artworks as well. Currently the artist is expanding her practice beyond fine art through collaborating with different creative industries such as architecture, fashion and design. Solo exhibition “RITSUE MISHIMA – GLASS WORKS” at the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice in 2022, awarded the Fondazione di Venezia award for the best project in the Venice section of The Italian Glass Weeks. The artist also received BVLGARI AVRORA AWARDS 2022.

 

Selected solo exhibitions: Forms of Light, ShugoArts, Tokyo, 2023; RITSUE MISHIMA ‒ GLASS WORKS, Gallerie dellʼAccademia, Venice, 2022; HALL OF LIGHT, ShugoArts, Tokyo, 2019-2020; In Grimani. Ritsue Mishima Glass Works, Museum of Palazzo Grimani, Venice, 2013; As it should be, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, 2011; Frozen garden / Fruits of fire, Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam, 2010.
Selected group exhibtions: Wonderment Noe Aoki / Ritsue Mishima, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo, 2024; Asia Corridor Contemporary Art Exhibition, Culture City of East Asia 2017 Kyoto, Nijo Castle, Kyoto, 2017; Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, 2014; the 53rd International Art Exhibition: Venice Biennale, Venice Pavilion, Venice, 2009