Niimi Hiroki was born in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture in 1976. He resides in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture.
Niimi creates the beauty of sand’s transformation into a light-containing material when heated to high temperatures, sculpting vessels that receive light pouring down from the external world.
2015 “Vessel” Commission Work, Outdoor Sculpture, Otemon·JX Building / Otemachi, Tokyo
2016 “Feeling Glass – Forms That Sense” Toyama Glass Art Museum / Toyama
2017 “Hiroki Niimi Exhibition – Named Light” Cassina ixc. DELL’ARTE Art Gallery / Aoyama, Tokyo
2018 “7th Contemporary Glass Exhibition in Sanyo-Onoda” Yoshio Tsuchiya Jury Prize, Hagi Uragami Museum / Yamaguchi
2019 “Vessel” Commission Work, Outdoor Sculpture, PARK FRONT Kashiiteriha / Higashi Ward, Fukuoka
2020 “Vessel” Commission Work, Indoor Sculpture, HOTEL OREIN Shizuoka / Aoi Ward, Shizuoka
2023 “Pokémon × Crafts: Great Discoveries in Beauty and Technique” National Museum of Modern Art, Crafts Gallery / Kanazawa, Ishikawa