Kota Arinaga is a glass artist who creates his works in Notojima.

Arinaga's works remind the viewer of the fact that glass is a liquid. The forms he creates are organic, gentle, and utterly natural, giving one the feeling of inevitability born from the flow of circular motion. Rather than forcibly shaping them, it's as if the glass settled into its form on its own, as if the glass itself rejoices – this feeling can be perceived in all of his works. Arinaga is a master at breathing life into glass.

His signature "gaze" series is an outstanding collection that astonishes with its creation method and elicits sighs at its beauty. He is an artist to watch, whose reputation will undoubtedly continue to grow.

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Kota Arinaga Brief Biography
1978 Born in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture
1998 Short-term study abroad at Frauenau Summer Academy (Germany)
2001 Graduated from Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts, Faculty of Art, Department of Craft, Glass Craft Course
2001-2003 Staff at Shiki no Sato Glass Studio (Fukushima Prefecture)
2004-2009 Staff at Niijima Glass Art Center (Tokyo)
2009-2011 Worked as a freelance artist based in Notojima
2011-2016 Specialist at Kanazawa Utatsuyama Craft Workshop, Glass Studio
2017 Established private studio, kotaglass, in Notojima