ガラス造形作家。
言語に基づくアイデンティティや感情の刹那、言葉にし難い日常の体験を掬い上げることをテーマに、素材としてのガラスを用いるだけでなく、思考の道具やその「うつわ」として活用し、多角的な制作を行う。成人期初めの米国滞在で日常的に言語を切り替えるなか、「正しい言葉」を選ぼうとする意識から自己の輪郭に微かな乱れを覚えた経験が、目に見えないものを見ようとする原点となった。かたちを保ちながらも光を通すガラスの性質を生かし、繊細な変化や無意識の気配をすくい上げ、他者との対話を導く媒介として制作を続けている。

Rinoi Imada is an interdisciplinary artist whose ideas are inspired by glass, using it not only as a material but also as a tool for thought and a vessel for holding moments. Her practice engages with sculptural relationships with glass and glass-related processes to explore languages and experiences that are easily dismissed, ignored, or unseen in everyday life.

An early adulthood stay in the United States—where daily shifts between languages heightened her awareness of choosing the “right” words—left a subtle disruption in her sense of self and became the foundation for her pursuit of making the unseen visible. She sees glass, with its ability to retain form while transmitting light, as an ideal medium for capturing and conveying fragile, shifting sensations. Through its physical and symbolic qualities, she gathers delicate changes and unconscious presences, creating works that quietly facilitate dialogue between self and others.