Ritsue Mishima
1962 Born in Kyoto, Japan
1982 Stylist for an advertising company
1989 Moves to Venice
1996 Dedicates to glass art
2001 Won the Giorgio Armani Award, Sotheby's, London
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Ritsue Mishima

The Japanese-Italian artist Ritsue Mishima is a unique figure in the art of contemporary Venetian glass. The autodidact uses exclusively colourless glass and her work stands as a sampler of old glass-blowing and innovative decorating techniques. Mishima finds inspiration in nature, in the universe and the Venice Lagoon with its enchanting light. The gleaming scales of a fish, minuscule sea creatures seen through a microscope, ominous meteorites and starry skies – these are topics that moves her. “A Mishima object is not of this world and does not lend itself to what we tend to think of as useful functions”, the art critic Rob Smolders writes.

<em>Stella Polare</em> object, 2015. Glass, 32,5 x 28,5 cm, 18,5 kg.
Stella Polare glass object by Ritsue Mishima
Stella Polare object, 2015. Glass, 32,5 x 28,5 cm, 18,5 kg.
Object <em>Jomon Coppa</em>, 2008. Glass, 44 x 35 cm, 23,3 kg
Ritsue Mishima Jomon Coppa
Object Jomon Coppa, 2008. Glass, 44 x 35 cm, 23,3 kg
Object <em>Titano</em>, 2014. Glass, 48 x 39,5 cm, 21,8 kg. Courtesy Brutto Gusto Berlin
Ritsue Mishima Titano
Object Titano, 2014. Glass, 48 x 39,5 cm, 21,8 kg. Courtesy Brutto Gusto Berlin
Object <em>Dotaku</em>, 2009. Glass, 39 x 21 cm, 14,2 kg. Museum Alter Hof Herding Coesfeld
Ritsue Mishima Dotaku
Object Dotaku, 2009. Glass, 39 x 21 cm, 14,2 kg. Museum Alter Hof Herding Coesfeld
<em>Occhio</em> object, 2015. Glass, 48 x 45,5 cm, 29 kg
Occhio object made by Ritsue Mishima
Occhio object, 2015. Glass, 48 x 45,5 cm, 29 kg
Object <em>Tre Occhi</em>, 2008. Glass, 35 x 30,5 cm, 14,7 kg. Courtesy Brutto Gusto Berlin
Ritsue Mishima Tre Occhi
Object Tre Occhi, 2008. Glass, 35 x 30,5 cm, 14,7 kg. Courtesy Brutto Gusto Berlin
Object <em>Eolo</em>, 2009. Glass, 47 x 37,5 cm, 29,2 kg. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam
Ritsue Mishima Eolo
Object Eolo, 2009. Glass, 47 x 37,5 cm, 29,2 kg. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam
<em>Winter</em> object, 2015. Glass, 48,5 x 39 cm, 28,8 kg
Object by Ritsue Mishima
Winter object, 2015. Glass, 48,5 x 39 cm, 28,8 kg
Object <em>Cometa</em>, 2014. Glass, 34 x 38 cm, 29,5 kg. Private collection, Netherlands
Ritsue Mishima Cometa
Object Cometa, 2014. Glass, 34 x 38 cm, 29,5 kg. Private collection, Netherlands
Object <em>Polline di Rosa</em>, 2009. Glass, 31 x 36 cm, 12,7 kg. Courtesy Brutto Gusto Berlin
Ritsue Mishima Polline di Rosa
Object Polline di Rosa, 2009. Glass, 31 x 36 cm, 12,7 kg. Courtesy Brutto Gusto Berlin
Object <em>Lava</em>, 2008. Glass, 57 x 33 cm, 30,6 kg. Private collection, Netherlands
Ritsue Mishima Lava
Object Lava, 2008. Glass, 57 x 33 cm, 30,6 kg. Private collection, Netherlands
Object <em>Nervatura</em>, 2004. Glass, 45 x 34 cm, 15,8 kg. Frans Hals Museum Haarlem
Ritsue Mishima Nervatura
Object Nervatura, 2004. Glass, 45 x 34 cm, 15,8 kg. Frans Hals Museum Haarlem

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