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Glass Works Glass Lamps Exhibition Our personal life		1949	Born in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, JAPAN
		1971	Graduated in Applied Physics from Nihon University
		1993	with Tadahisa Azuchi, Kampo Cultural Center, New York, U.S.A.
		1994	Solo exhibit at the Tokyo American club
		1997	formally invited as part of FESTIVAL OF PERTH (Gallery EAST)　　　　　　　 Perth,Australia
		1997	Solo exhibit at the Henry Miller Art Museum,Nagano, Japan
		1999	with Hiroshi Saito, Gallery EAST, Perth ,Australia
		1999	with Yuka Inomata, Japan Pavilion ,Montreal,Canada
		1999	Solo exhibit at the Henry Miller Art Museum, Nagano,Japan
		2001	with Margareta Heinbeck,Gallery FAYLA, Brussels , Belgium
		2002	Melbourne Art Fair (2004.2006.2008) Meloburne, Australia
		2002	as part of JAPAN WEEK, Prague Congress Centre ,　 Prague ,Czech Reepublic
		2003	Hand-Blown Glass by Shuro KASAI and Dyed Cloth by Hiroshi SAITO Cultural and Information Center of the Embassy of Japan Brussels,Belgium
		2004	Solo exhibit at Asahi Art Museum, Nagano,Japan
		2005	Solo exhibit at Kurashi-kan. Nagano.Japan
		2006	With Chikuzan Takahashi　Japanese shamisen　ｐlayer Matsumoto  Nagano
		2008	Solo exhibit at Miyama Kayabuki art Museum, Kyoto
		2008	With Kensaku Satou　Japanese drum player Tokyo、Nagano,Kanazawa,Niigata,Saitama
		2010	Group exhibition at SchauKasten Basel Switzerland
		2012 2014 2016	Group exhibition at Mendocino Art Center CA U.S.A.

Public cｏｌｌｅｃｔｉｏｎ 　Ａｓａｈｉ　Art Museum, Nagano JAPAN

Shuro Kasai was graduated from Nihon University with a degree in applied physics and took up glass blowing as a hobby in 1983．He is self-taught in this art and be-cause he is very concerned with the preservation of the environment and has a deep love and respect for nature，all the beautiful pieces he produces are made from broken glass and old non-recyclable bottles. But he does not stop here in his effort to preserve the earth's resources．He used old bricks to build his oven．The vases and drinking glasses he produces have a wonderfully soft and unusually warm feeling unlike most glass objects which appear cool and hard. Kasai seeks to express the feelings of wabi (quiet refinement)and sabi (antique look)as well as the spontaneous quality of shodo（Japanese calligraphy）. " I feel l am part of a big explosion in the universe．I am a creator who breathes in the soul," says Kasai as he throws all the old bottles in the red-hot flame and watches the melting glass. Because he uses old broken pieces and bottles，each vase or glass he creates is different and the color will vary according to the colors of the old bottles. When he is not satisfied with what he has made，he can reuse the same material．　Even Kasai's Gallery is built of recuperated materials from demolished homes．" I did not want to cut trees for my own pleasure，" he says．Maybe we all have a lesson to learn from this talented artist who feels we must take care of nature and respect the "soul" of the objects around us．(Tokyo AMERICAN August,1994)

Kasai has a degree in applied physics and took up glass blowing in 1983. Glass has been made in Japan for centuries, but it is not seen as a traditional art form, so is not constrained by the conventions that rule other media. His pieces are informed by the irregular shapes and natural surfaces of antique tea-ceremony ceramics. All of them are made from reclaimed glass. Some use cobalt and varioous oxides, some are feminine, seductive and tactile, some have the clarity of ice. Because of the process Kasai uses,he has only limited control over the outcome. The pieces exude freedom. EVE ARNOLD (BUSINESS REVIEW WEEKLY, March 3 1997)

To see more glass forms visit Gallery EAST 　　web site

Shuro KASAI　 3-10-32 Igawajo Matsumoto Nagano 390-0831 JAPAN mail:shurokasai@hotmail.co.jp