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	Hiroshi Fuji Born in 1960 in Kagoshima, Japan. While grappling to find his "artistic expression," he joined the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers in 1986 and lived in Papua New Guinea for two years, teaching a... more >>

	Etsuko Fukaya Etsuko Fukaya has chosen etching to express the details as it allows her to draw extremely delicate lines. She exclusively works with naked eyes because even the loupe sets in between her eyes and the... more >>

	Takashi Homma Born in 1962. Resided in London from 1991-1992. Worked at “i-D”, a periodical founded in 1980 that is geared towards young artists. Worked in many genres upon returning to Japan, including magazines a... more >>

	Akira Ikezoe Born in 1979, Kohchi prefecture, Japan. He currently lives and works in Tokyo. He holds a BA from Tama Art University. He received the Tomio Koyama Gallery Award and Gallery Naruyama Award at GEISAI ... more >>

	Hiro Kurata Hiro Kurata was born in Osaka Japan, and grew up in Tokyo and Chicago. His main focus is in creating surrealistic moment through his paintings,using motif of sports and chairs. Destruction and strengt... more >>

	Tomokazu Matsuyama B. 1976, Tokyo, Japan. Currently lives and works in New York City. Working in acrylic on canvas or paper, Tomokazu Matsuyama makes paintings that possess great charm and vivacity, a result of the ar... more >>

	Yasumasa Morimura Born in 1951, Osaka, Japan. Graduated from Fine Arts of Kyoto City University of Arts. In 1985, Morimura exhibited an large color portrait of Van Gogh inserting his own face and body into it. Since th... more >>

	Daido Moriyama Born in 1938, Osaka, Japan. After working as an assistant under photographers Takeji Iwamiya and Eikoh Hosoe, Moriyama struck out on his own in 1964. His photographs were continuously featured in phot... more >>

	Kyoko Nagashima Born in 1970, Tokyo. Kyoko Nagashima started to take photographs for the preparation of her painting works but gradually got addicted to this medium. Since she wanted to capture a time range instead o... more >>

	Yoko Ono Born in Tokyo in 1933. An avant-garde visual artist, musician, and a peace activist. Married John Lennon of The Beatles, and later became known for their collaborative peace activism efforts. In 1953... more >>

	Paramodel Paramodel is an “art unit” formed in 2001 by Yasuhiko Hayashi (2001 Fine Art graduate from the Kyoto City University of Arts) and Yusuke Nakano (a Nihonga [Japanese-style painting] graduate from the s... more >>

	Katsuhiro Saiki Born in Tokyo, Japan, 1969. Lives and works in New York. Katsuhiro Saiki's work continues the dialogue of portraying landscape conceptually, as begun by the contemporary American photographer Lewis Ba... more >>

	Naoko Sekine Sekine sees her work as a three-dimensional object whose sides you cannot see from any one perspective, but one that requires you to move around to view. Even though her work is on a two-dimensional c... more >>

	Toshio Shibata Born in 1949, Tokyo. Toshio Shibata studied photography at Royal Academy in Belgium and moved back to Japan. He started to take photos of concrete-made constructions such as dams and roads build up in... more >>

	Tetsuya Tamanoi After working for an agricultural cooperative association and buddhist altar article shop and owning a dance club, Tamanoi started his career as a designer in 2000. In 2009, Tamanoi had his first solo... more >>

	Keiichi Tanaami Keiichi Tanaami was born in 1936 in Tokyo and graduated from Musashino University of Art. Since 1960’s, he has been the one and only artist, who worked actively as graphic designer, illustrator, and a... more >>

	Kazuhito Tanaka Tanaka is a Kyoto-based artist born in 1973, who uses photograph as a medium. Graduated from School of Visual Arts in New York, Tanaka has been exploring a new expression in photography. Influenced by... more >>

	Kosuke Tsumura Kosuke Tsumura was awarded “So-en” prize in 1982, and he is well known as fashion designer, who started his own fashion brand “FINAL HOME” from the Miyake Design Company. His creativity, based on the ... more >>

	Yutaka Watanabe Born in 1981, Tokyo. Watanabe is a painter who plays with shapes and human being's perception. Many colorful shapes are floating in his painting. How you recognize those shapes depends on your own per... more >>

	Ai Yamaguchi Ai Yamaguchi is an artist who utilises a unique combination of delicately drawn lines and celluloid picture-like expression to vividly portray the lives of young female prostitutes. Her works conjure ... more >>

	Soji Yamakawa Born in Fukushima, in 1908.At age 23 in 1931, he established a production company of “a picture-story show (which has a series of colored pictures depicting the content of the tales)” and published th... more >>

	Kenji Yanobe Born in 1965 in Osaka, Kenji Yanobe attended Kyoto City University of Arts and received a Master of Arts degree in 1991. Since the early 1990s, Yanobe has been incorporating the theme of survival in p... more >>

	Yuichi Yokoyama Yuichi Yokoyama was born in 1967 in Miyazaki prefecture. After studying oil painting at an art university, he began to draw manga as a medium that best suited his form of expression. To date, he has p... more >>

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Playing with shapes and perceptions: Interview with Yutaka Watanabe: May. 20, 2013; [Interview]; Watanabe is a young painter plays with that human being's perception. Many colorful shapes are floating in his painting. One shape looks like a bird when another looks like an umbrella. He told us that what you will find depends on your own experience.
Kohei Nawa talked about his studio managent: Apr. 21, 2013; [Interview]; Artist talk titled "Artist studios today" by Kohei Nawa, Yusuke Komuta and Naoki Tomita was held at G-Tokyo. As we may imagine as a typical artist who works lonely in a studio, their styles are not like that. Nawa's studio works as a team to solve problems and respect each abilities to overcome any difficulties. Other two young painters have opened a new space last year and looking for their new way as a creation space.
Ultimate paper expression :Interview with Yuko Someya: Apr. 20, 2013; [Interview]; At a first glance, it is hard to tell how Yuko Someya's work was created. It may look like a painting but actually a collage of papers cut out or torn. Her work stands out not only for its dynamic structure, but for its details such as hand written patterns and textures of paper. She talked about connections or relations which have been changed since internet came to our life.
Bringing the power of nature into ceramic: Interview with Takuro Kuwata: Apr. 07, 2013; [Interview]; Takuro Kuwata is a young artist who works in ceramics. He has developed his own style originally starting from traditional techniques. During the interview, he shared his ideas behind joyful colors, forms and materials which distinguish him from traditional ceramic art. His works are powerful and happy. He respects and enjoys the power of nature by bringing its characters directly into his work.
A place to notice your hidden character : Interview with Kyoko Nagashima at exhibition “THERE”: Mar. 21, 2013; [Interview]; While interviewing Nagashima, one question repeatedly came up in my mind. "Do I really understand my own character?" She told me about her interest toward the subconscious part of human beings. Her work provides a place for viewers to think about who they are.
Interview with Tomoko Fukushi, “Boarding” at Yamamoto Gendai: Mar. 19, 2013; [Interview]; Tomoko Fukushi's works are drawn on a white board with a black parmanent marker. "Why drawing on a white board?" may be one of the questions the viewers ask themselves. This question is a good point to start a journey through the life of an artist who tried to find her own expression.; >>more..

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