Jin Hongo has studied science and technology at Tohoku University, majored in metal casting. He had a chance to access to the Japanese traditional metal crafts and sculptures during his study, and he had got a big interest in arts and crafts field. Then he found 'glass art' and he entered in Tokyo Glass Art Institute in 1987. He spend 3years there to learn the basics of arts and glass.
　In 1991 he got a teaching position at Toyama City Institute of Glass Art (TIGA), where he met many great Maestros and artists from all over the world. The days in TIGA have been giving him a big influence on his work and his life. Currently he is an associate professor at TIGA and he teaches not only there but also in many workshop all over the world.
　He makes sculptures with various kinds of materials, especially he is fascinated in the possibility of glass as an art material. He also makes video work and media art work. In any type of his work, his theme is based on 'two sides of human beings','the light and the shadow of high-tech world'. He always giving questions about our daily life to find the acutuality in life.

b. 1964, Akita Japan
currently:Associate Professor, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art

1990 Tokyo Glass Art Inst. graduate course
1989 Tokyo Glass Art Inst. undergraduate course
1987 Tohoku Univ. metal work

2015- Head Professor, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art
2010 Professor, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art
2003 Associate Professor, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art
1994 Instructor, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art
1991 Teaching Assistant, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art
1990 Staff, GLASS STUDIO [Tatosha], Shizuoka

2018 Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle
2017 lecture in Ausglass 2017, Canberra
2016 workshop at Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa
2014 lecture at Osaka Sangyo University, Osaka
　　　lecture at Alberta College of Art and Design, Canada
　　　The Glass Virus at Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Netherland
　　　workshop at Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa
2013 lecture at Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
　　　workshop at Alberta College of Art and Design, Canada
2012 workshop at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, USA
2011 lecture at Toyama University, Toyama
　　　workshop at Museum of Modern Art Toyama, Toyama
　　　workshop at Yuho High School, Toyama
2010 Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle
　　　workshop at Utatsuyama Craft Studio, Ishikawa
　　　Iwatashi Glass and Metal Craft Studio, Shizuoka
2008 workshop at Seto New Century Crafts Studio, Aichi
2007 workshop at Tokyo Univertsity of the Arts
2006 assistant for Lino Tagliapietra at Nagoya Art University
2005 workshop at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, USA
　　　workshop at Utatsuyama Craft Studio, Ishikawa
2003 workshop at Omura Glass Studio, Chiba
　　　workshop at Seto New Century Crafts Studio, Aichi
　　　workshop at Akita Art&Crafts College, Akita
2002 workshop at 'The Glass Furnace' Istanbul, Turkey
1999 workshop at Minami-ashigara Glass Studio, Kanagawa
　　　workshop at Tokushima Glass Studio, Tokushima
　　　Artist in Residense at Glass Studio Silica, Ibaragi
1996 Teaching Assistant, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle

2019 Art Biennale TOYAMA, Toyama Museum of Art and Design
2018 Moment of Light, Shape of Shadow, Yohseinomori Glass Museum, Okayama
　　　They are similar but not the same., Gallery O2, Kanazawa
　　　With, Without, Gallery Muryo, Toyama
　　　Light~resonance~Sound, Akita museum of Art, Akita
2017 Japanese Glass Today, Frauenau Glass Museum
　　　Art Biennale TOYAMA, Toyama Museum of Art and Design
　　　Geometry of sight, Rhetric of Sight
2016 feeling in glass, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama
　　　Art of Light III, Sukodo, Mie
　　　theatrical art of Kamisama,Kanazawa 21st Century Art Museum, Ishikawa
2015 Taikoyama Biennale 2015, Taikoyama Land, Toyama　　　Jinzukyo Art Exhibition, Toyama
　　　The Constellation of TIGA, Art House Oyabe, Toyama
2014 both sides of it, CAS, Osaka
　　　Art Field 2014, CrossLand Oyabe, Toyama
　　　Glass Five Visions, Nishida Museum of Art, Toyama
　　　captive gaze, Iriya Gallery, Tokyo
2013 The Responsive Eye, Caso, Osaka
　　　extension and limitation, HIRO Gallery in Izukogen, Shizuoka
　　　Taikoyama Biennale 2013, Taikoyama Land, Toyama
　　　manimani, Gallery NOW, Toyama
2012 my shame, CAS-Contemporary Art and Spirits, Osaka
　　　Glass Masters of Japan and the U.S., Bowling Green State University, USA
　　　Jinzukyo Art Exhibition, Toyama
　　　Art Garden 2012, Ooiwasan Nissekiji, Toyama
　　　Alternative Perspective, The Basement Art Gallery,Toyama
　　　Good Art Day Toyama, Toyama Shimin Plaza, Toyama
2011 Toko Shinoda & the Contemporary Glass Art, Rakusuitei Museum, Toyama
　　　Notojima Glass Art Museum Collection, Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa
　　　Contemporary Class Triennial in Toyama 2011, Toyama Shimin Plaza Art Gallery, Toyama
　　　sense of vision・sense of luminance, Tonami Art Museum, Toyama
　　　Art of Mirror, Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa
2010 Toyama Contemporary Artists, Toyama Modern Art Museum, Toyama
　　　Art Garden at Colare, Kurobe International Culture Center, Toyama
　　　captured, Seto Cuty Art Museum, Aichi
2009 Pilot Plant in New CAS, CAS, Osaka
　　　Jinzukyo Art Exhibition, Toyama
2008 Floating vision, Contemporary Art And Spirits, Osaka
　　　Contemporary Glass Art Competition, Toyama, Toyama Shimin Plaza, Toyama
2007 Inflating vision, Kitanippon Shinbun Gallery, Toyama
　　　Toyama Contemporary artists, Toyama Modern Art Museum, Toyama
2006 Artland of Lights, Kanazawa 21st Century Art Museum, Ishikawa
　　　Jinzukyo Art Exhibition, Toyama
2005 Space Walking, Nizayama Forest Art Museum, Toyama
　　　Contemporary Glass Art Competition, Toyama, Toyama Shimin Plaza, Toyama
2004 Kitanihon Art Exhibition, Toyama
　　　Stray Currents], Mau Fine Art, Toyama
2003 COLARE ART GROVE PROJECT, Kurobe International Art Center, Toyama
2002 Contemporary Glass Art Competition, Toyama, Toyama Shimin Plaza, Toyama
2001 Toyama Contemporary Artists, Toyama Modern Art Museum, Toyama
2000 Japan Contemporary Glass Exhibition, Grand Crystal Museum, Taiwan
1999 Japanese Contemporary Glass Art, Notojima Glass Art Museum, Ishikawa
1998 Contemporary Japanese Glass, Seto Ceramics Museum, Aichi
1997 private show, Art Space Kawamoto, Toyama
1996 Contemporary Glass Art in Satsuma, Satsuma Glass Museum, Kagoshima
1995 Art Gallery in Fuchu, Toyama
1994 TIGA Exhibition, Sanda Glass Museum of Craft, Hyogo
1993 TIGA Exhibition, Shinsakuramachi Gallery, Toyama
1992 International Glass Art Exhibition, Ishikawa