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Michiko Sakano


GLASS FABRICATOR / DESIGNER /  FINE ARTIST


232 3rd Street, Studio E001, Brooklyn, NY, 11215
michikosakanostudio@gmail.com


Established in 2010, Michiko Sakano Studio, LLC specializes in comprehensive glass fabrication, including cold work, hot work, casting, and slumping. The studio collaborates with artists, supports designer productions, and offers expert consultation services.


FABRICATION CLIENTSLindsey Adelman Studio
Jorge Pardo
Katja Loher
David Week Studio
Roll & Hill
Yuko Nichikawa
Joseph Montgomery
Robert Gober
Kiki Smith

SOLO EXHIBITIONS2024 | Droplets, Heller Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2023 | Michiko Sakano, Martha’s Vineyard Glassworks Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
2022 | Michiko Sakano, Martha’s Vineyard Glassworks Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
2021 | Feathers, Clear Sky Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 | Goose Egg, Urban Glass Window Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2000 | Chaos / Order, The Sculpture Center, The Spaces, Cleveland, OH

GROUP EXHIBITIONS2023 | Contemporary Sculptural Glass Exhibition, New Bedford Art Museum, MA
2022 | Wear Art: Wearable Sculpture Group Exhibition, Vetri Gallery , Seattle, WA
2022 | Domestic Detritus, Brea Gallery , Brea, CA 
2021 | Re-Formation, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
2010 | Craftsmanship Revisited LVMH Take Over, Governors Island, NY

CURATOR2015 | PINK Show, Lorimoto Gallery, Ridgewood, NY
AWARDS , RESIDENCIES,  HONORS2017 | Urban Glass Artist-in-Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2013 | University of Hartford , New Heaven, CT
2012 | Tacoma Glass Museum, Tacoma, WA
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 
Tayler School of Art , Philladelphia, PA

VISITING ARTISTOhio State University Columbus, OH
Tyler School of Art Philadelphia, PA
University of Wisconsin , Steven Point WI
Akita University of Education , Akita, Japan

COLLECTIONThe Corning Glass Museum, Corning NY
Tacoma Museum of Glass , Tacoma, WA  

MEDIA COVERAGENew York Times, New York post, New York Daily news, Lucky magazine, Food and Wine, House and Garden, In stele, In style Home, Daily Candy, Elle Decor.
EDUCATIONMassachusetts College of Art,Boston MA , MFA
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, BFA
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2000-2009One Sixty Glass, LLC, Owner / Founder, Brooklyn, NY
One Sixty Glass was an open to the public hot glass studio in Williamsburg Brooklyn NY, offering rentals, classes, fabrication and retail space. 



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