1984年福島生まれ。2008年に多摩美術大学工芸科ガラス専攻を卒業した後スウェーデンに渡り、Konstfack ( College of Arts, crafts and Design)にてMFA取得。その後Royal University College of Fine Artでの1年のプロジェクトを経て独立し、フリーランスのアーティストとして活動を開始。近年はストックホルムに拠点を置きながら、スウェーデン国内だけでなく、パリ、ロンドン、プラハ、アメリカ各地などで精力的に展示、アーティストインレジデンスへの参加をしている。スウェーデン国立美術館、諏訪ガラスの里美術館、アメリカのMuseum of American Glass に作品が所蔵されている。(portrait by P©K)
Bio.
Mafune Gonjo was born 1984 in Japan. She moved to Sweden 2008 and took a Master Degree at
Konstfack (College of Arts, Crafts and Design) in Stockholm. After one year of project program at the Royal University of Fine Art 2010-2011, she started working as a freelance artist.
Mafune is based in Stockholm, exhibits and works in different cities all over the world; Stockholm, Paris, London and main cities in Japan and USA. She has a collection in the National Museum of Stockholm, Suwagarasunosato museum and the Museum of American Glass in New Jersey, USA.(portrait by P©K)
Exhibitions and residencies in recent years.
2016 February JART6th at Williamsburg Art& Historical Center, Brooklyn USA
2016 January Two person show at Galleri Charlotte lund, Stockholm Sweden
2015 October East-West Art Award Competition at La Galleria, London UK
2015 September Kobe Art Marche, Kobe Japan
2015 August International Glass Art Exhibition – Zwieseler Kölbl , Zwieseler Germany
2015 July Sanyoonoda Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition at Onoda Sun Park, Yamaguchi Japan
2014 October Taos Art Glass Invitational at CopperMoon Gallery, New Mexico USA
2014 October East-West Art Award Competition at La Galleria, London UK
2014 September Slow Art at Länsmuseet Gävleborg, Sweden
2014 May Slow Art at Svenska Institutet i Paris, France
2016 Artist in Residency at Fiskars Village, Finland
2016 Artist in Residency at SIM Residency Reykjavik, iceland
2016 Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant for 4 weeks residency, USA
2015 IASPIS/Swedish Arts Grants Committee – 6 months Studio Residency in Stockholm
2014 IASPIS/Swedish Arts Grants Committee – International cultural exchange grant (March)
2014 Creative Glass Center of America Fellowship, USA