ARTIST Category: FEATURED ARTISTS
Yuka Numata
PROFILE
1992 | Born in Chiba Prefecture |
2014-18 | Department of Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts, Oil Painting |
2019-20 | Prof. Ishiyama Profile and Statement, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna |
2018-22 | Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Painting |
EXHIBITIONS
2022 | Solo Exhibition “Reinstallation to Reality” / r o i d w o r k s g a l l e r y / Tokyo, Japan Solo exhibition “SUPER 〈Fiction〉MARKE” / LONGY GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan |
2021 | Solo exhibition “Rendezvous with Ambiguity” Courtyard H I R O O / Tokyo, Japan Solo Exhibition “sampling the world”, M o n t b l a n c Ginza / Tokyo, Japan Solo exhibition “Manncannotlievebyralea lone . .”/ KITTE Marunouchi R E A L b y A r t S t i c k e r / Tokyo, Japan |
AWARDS AND PROJECTS
2022 | Ushiku Re-Design Project -Artist In Residence- (first term student) |
2019 | A – T O M A R T A W A R D Grand Prix |
Valentin Dommanget
PROFILE
1988 | Born in Champagne, France |
2009-11 | BA Fashion Design at ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres, Paris, FR |
2012-14 | MA Fine Art at UAL Central Saint Martins School, London, UK |
2016-17 | co-manager at art-space STATE OF THE ART, Berlin, DE |
EXHIBITIONS
2022 | Fashion Capsule Spring/Summer — Muze Gallery, Tokyo, JP ADIDAS — curated by Nori / Calm&Punk gallery, Adidas Original store Harajuku Tokyo, JP |
2021 | B1(Ultra)Safe — Anagra Gallery, Tokyo, JP Valentin Dommanget Exhibition — Muze Gallery, Tokyo, JP P.O.N.D. — Parco / Gallery X, Shibuya Tokyo, JP |
2020 | Collection David Brolliet — Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint-Louis, FR |
2019 | À (re)voir sans modération — at Triangle Bleu, Stavelot, BE Artist Residency — La Palmeraie, Bouskoura, MA Low Res — Rue de Tanger, Casablanca, MA |
2018 | Bienvenue.Art — with Lily Robert at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR |
MIKI ISHIYAMA
PROFILE
1998 | Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido |
2018 | Tama Art University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Painting, Oil Painting |
2022 | Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Graduate School of Fine Arts and Music, Master’s Program in Oil Painting |
EXHIBITIONS
2022 | Tama Art University Graduation Works Exhibition and Graduate School Graduation Works Exhibition 2022 / Tama Art University, Hachioji Campus The 45th Graduation Works Exhibition of the Union of Five Art Universities in Tokyo, The National Art Center, Tokyo, 2021 Solo Exhibition “Symbolic Dream” / Room_412, Shibuya, Tokyo |
2021 | Tama Art University PBL subject exhibition “Ai-Tai Exhibition” / Tama Art University, Hachioji Campus, Art Theque, Tokyo Two-person exhibition “Get,Mild,Friend,Dance” / Tama Art University, Hachioji Campus, 402 Painting East Wing |
2020 | Solo exhibition “My punch” / Room_412 (Shibuya) |
AWARDS
2020 | Selected for FACE Exhibition 2020 |
2019 | Shell Art Award 2019 Naoko Kado Jury Prize |
Yuto Nemoto
PROFILE
1992 | Born in chiba/Artist based in Tokyo |
2015 | Nihon University College of Art sculpture course,BFA |
2017 | Tokyo University of the Arts,MFA |
2020 | Athens School of Fine Arts Exchange |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 | “Nothing At All” TokenArtCenter, Tokyo |
2020 | “PERFECT OFFICE” AOYAMA STUDIO164, Tokyo |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 | “Yanase Villa and Sculpture” Tokyo National Museum Yanase Villa, “The Gunma Biennale for Young Artists” THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART,GUNMA, Gunma “Polyphonic process + pressure” Hasikko, Tokyo “THEヨエロ寸ー尋ー”VOU, Kyoto “Infinite Jest” CadanYurakuchou, Tokyo |
2020 | Shibuya Parco Pottery Section, Oil by bijyututechou |
2019 | “COMITE COLBERT AWARD” The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo “TONG POO” Musashino Art University FAL/Tokyo Zokei University CS gallery, Tokyo “Un kneaded clay mind”Ueno Royal Museum gallery, Tokyo |
2018 | “CAF Award” Daikanyama Hillside Forum, Tokyo “Venus Bound” The Art complex Center of Tokyo(ACT), Tokyo |
2017 | “Approach to the front” COCONANI左←→右, Tokyo “Fragile Perspectives” COEXIST-TOKYO, Tokyo “Raw symbols us – the current form of the portrait –“ Koganei Art spot Chateau 2F, Tokyo “Graduation works exhibition Tokyo University of the Arts” Ueno school building, Tokyo |
2015 | “Toumi Sakura Residence” Miyazaki Prefecture Nobeoka City River Pal, Miyazaki “Kitano Foundation Sculpture Scholarship Exhibition” Nihon University College of Art, Tokyo |
ACCOLADES
2021 | The Gunma Biennale for Young Artists |
2018 | CAF 2018 Grand Prize |
2015 | Nihon University College of Art Prize |
Elliott Jun Wright
PROFILE
1984 | Born in Highland Springs Virginia |
2007 | Graduated from Frostburg State University , B.F.A. |
2012 | Graduated from NYU Steinhardt , M.F.A. |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 | “ART021 SHANGHAI” EMPTY GALLERY PRESENTS ELLIOTT JUN WRIGHT , SHANGHAI ROC |
2011 | “ASSEMBLY” ROSENBERG GALLERY, NEW YORK NY |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 | “GHOST IN THE GHOST / CURATED BY DANIELLE WU” TIGER STRIKES ASTEROIDS, BROOKLYN NY |
2017 | “CCLB ANTHOLOGY III” THE LOON, TORONTO CA |
2016 | “TASTE SPA” MANILA INSTITUTE, NEW YORK NY (ORGANIZER) |
2015 | “SARA TWO” HESTER, NEW YORK NY “LUCKY DRAW” SCULPTURE CENTER, QUEENS NY |
2014 | “PREMIUM BUNDLE / CURATED BY CLAUDIA MATE” BRONX ART SPACE , BRONX NY “MARKETPLACE” 321 GALLERY, BROOKLYN NY “HALF-BAKED ANTITHESIS / CURATED BY TARO MASUSHIO” +81 GALLERY , BROOKLYN NY “I WANNA KISS YOU LIKE I KISSED YOU BEFORE” PRESENTATION BY PREETEEN GALLERY / MATERIAL ART FAIR, MEXICO CITY MX |
2013 | “UPTOWN DOWNTOWN / CURATED BY KAREN ARCHEY“ ABRONS ART CENTER, NEW YORK NY “I DON’T KNOW IT’S AN ILLUSION I DON’T CARE” ORGANIZED BY PREETEEN GALLERY / VAMIALI’S / ATHENS GR |
2012 | “EVERYTHING WAS MICHAEL BOLTON AND NOTHING HURT” PRETEEN GALLERY / MEXICO CITY MX “HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT / CURATED BY DAVID ANDREW FREY” CINDY RUCKER GALLERY, NEW YORK NY “LICHT MEHR LICHT” DEUTSCHES HAUS, NEW YORK NY NYU/MFA THESIS EXHIBITION / 80WSE / NEW YORK NY “A LA FORTUNE DU POT”RACEBROOK LODGE, BERKSHIRE MA CAN’T TOUCH THIS / IN COLLABORATION WITH MICHELLE CEJA / CURATED BY KAREN ARCHEY /ARTMICROPATRONAGE.ORG |
2011 | “YIN YANG MUSIC / CURATED BY AMY GRANAT” NON OBJECTIVE SUD , TULETTE FR “REVOLUTION OF EVERYDAY LIFE” THE SORBONNE, PARIS FR “1ST YEAR MFA GROUP EXHIBITION”THE COMMONS GALLERY, NEW YORK NY |
Michelle Ceja
PROFILE
1988 | Born in Los Angeles, California |
2006 – 2010 | Bachelor of Fine Arts – Individualized Major, California College of the Arts – San Francisco |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 | “M O M E N T U M”Important Projects, Oakland, California |
2010 | “Too Real”California College of the Arts, San Francisco |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 | “UGO Festival 2020”ShinOkubo UGO, Tokyo, Japan |
2016 | “TASTE SPA”Manila Institute, New York |
2012 | “A La Fortune Du Pot”Racebrook lodge, Massachusetts “After_Duccio”Ventenna244, New York |
2011 | “Is This Thing On?”Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati “WET CODE”Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York “A 21ST CENTURY IDEA OF UNHAPPINESS”Preteen Gallery, Mexico City “Origins”Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago “Stone Sky Over Thingworld”Bitforms Gallery, New York |
2010 | “B.Y.O.B”Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York “A Diamond Is Forever”Extra Extra, Philadelphia “Refresh”Axiom Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts “Area/ Zone”Bruce High Quality Foundation University, New York “R E M E M E B E R 2 0 1 0 ?”online Exhibition “CHILLERS IN PARADISE”Jstchillin.org, online exhibition “Avatar 4D”Noma Gallery, San Francisco, California “Sculpture Storage”LaMaMa Gallery, New York “Ride Together”California College of the Arts, San Francisco |
2009 | “The Mashup Show”Noma Gallery, San Francisco “My Biennial Is Better Than Yours (mybiennialisbetterthanyours.com)”10th Lyon Biennale, France “No Hay Banda”Reference Gallery, Richmond, Virginia “The Pleasure Is Mine”Spacekraft Pompadour, Paris, France “Shelfless”The San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California |
2008 | “Banal Strangeness”Kunst Haus Gallery, San Francisco, California |
SHINNOSUKE TOJO
PROFILE
1978 | Born in Nagano, Japan |
2004 | Tokyo University of Art and Design art department comparison forming graduation |
2005 | Completion of research student of Tokyo zoukei University |
Currently, based in Kanagawa, Japan |
SOLO EXHIBITION
2021 | “10.93827160493827” Fomo, Taipei |
2020 | “Sparrow-colored Supper” TUTAYA Bookstore Ginza6, Tokyo “Back of The meat pie” Faro, Tokyo “↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← →BA!” NEWoMan Shinjuku, Tokyo “IN THROUGH THE MOUTH REACHING” Koumimachi Kougen Museum of Art , Nagano |
2018 | “Square×Square” cohju contemporary art, Kyoto “Cover up the koko” Spiral Aoyama, Tokyo |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 | “The Vision of Shade” AURA +, Shanghai |
2020 | “Joureny of Painting vol.5” MA2Gallery, Tokyo “Japanesque!” Dai-ichi Life Group, Tokyo |
2019/2017/2015/2013/2011/2009/2007 Biennial Nakanozyou, Gunma “VOCA” Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo “Convective Scenery 2018” 53museum, Chaina | |
2018 | “Shell Art Award” National Art Center, Tokyo “SICF18 Winner Exhibition” /Spiral Aoyama, Tokyo |
2016 | “Sharing the Future” Chiang Mai, Thailand |
2014 | “Mount Fuji Biennial” Fuji, Shizuoka |
2013 | “Arafudo Art Annual” Fukushima “Matsushiro Alternative” IkedaMasuoArtMusiam, Nagano |
2008 | “THE EAST and THE EAST” The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo “Busan International Environmental Art Festival 2008” Busan |
ACCOLADES
2019 | Grand Prix VOCA, The Ueno Royal Museum |
2017 | Grand Prix SICF18 Spiral |
2005 | Yamamoto Kanae Print Awards |
ART FAIRS
2018 | “Seattle Art Fair” USA “Volta 14” Basel, Switzerland |
2017 | “Sydney Art Fair” Australia |
2016 | “UNTITLD” Maiami, USA “Art Stage Jakarta” Indonesia “ArtFair London 2016” London “Art Stage Singapore” Singapore |
2015 | “Daegu art fair” Daegu, Korea |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Koumi-machi Kougen Museum of Art Dai-ichi Life Group Ascott Hotel Hotel Okura The ParkHouse Hiroohazawa |
GENSHO SUGAHARA
PROFILE
1993 | Born in Tokyo, Japan |
2016 | Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University |
2018 | Graduated the masters program at the Tokyo Zokei University of fine arts |
Currently, based in Chiba, Japan |
SOLO EXHIBITION
2021 | “Superficial Sensation” Gallery FOMO, Taipei |
2020 | “anonym” EUKARYOTE, Tokyo |
2017 | “People of Tokyo” Hideharu Fukasaku Gallery Roppongi, Tokyo |
2016 | “invisible” TAV GALLERY, Tokyo |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 | “When the Distant Stars Shine” TX Huaihai, Shanghai “An Empty Vessel” MA2 GALLERY, Tokyo |
2020 | “KIRINJI” Gallery UG, Tokyo “appropriate distance” GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS ART WALL GALLERY, Tokyo “input /output” GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS ATRIUM, Tokyo |
2019 | “Collectors’ Collective vol.1” MEDEL GALLERY SHU, Tokyo “SHIBUYA STYLE vol.13” Seibu Shibuya Art Gallery, Tokyo “The Hidden God” Kiyoshi Art Space, Tokyo “MID CORE” TAV GALLERY, Tokyo “Busan Annual Market of Art 2019” BEXCO, Busan “The Metamorphosis” EUKARYOTE, Tokyo “CVJ Workplace Art Project” Yahoo Japan Corporation, Tokyo |
2018 | “Day to Touch Voices in Beauty” GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS ATRIUM, Tokyo “NAKAMA de ART” Imperial Hotel Plaza, Tokyo “Busan Annual Market of Art 2018” BEXCO, Busan “YOUNG ARTIST EXHIBITION 2018” EUKARYOTE, Tokyo “Future Artist Tokyo-Switch Room-” Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo |
2017 | “Gunma Youth Biennale 2017” Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Gunma |
RESIDENCE WORK
2018 | “CVJ Workplace Art Project” Yahoo Japan Corporation, Tokyo |
ACCOLADE
2017 | An encouragement prize of the Gunma Youth Biennale 2017 |
YUAN FANGZHOU
PROFILE
1995 | Born in Liaoning, China |
2018 | Graduated from Tsinghua University, B. A. in Academy of Arts & Design, Beijing, China |
2018- | Young member, Japan Glass Artcrafts Associstion(JGAA), Tokyo, Japan |
2020- | 4th, The Creator Scholarship of Kuma Foundation, Japan |
2021 | Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, M.F.A in Glass Course in a Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan Enrolled in Tokyo University of the Arts, Ph.D. in Glass Course in a Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan |
Currently, based in Ibaraki |
SOLO EXHIBITION
2021 | “The nonentity within the entity” DECAMERON, Tokyo |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 | “69th Tokyo University of the Arts Graduation Works Exhibitions” Faculty of Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts Master’s Program, Tokyo “GEIDAI ART PLAZA 15th AWARDS” Tokyo “The 24th Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art” Kanagawa “KUMA EXHIBITION 2021” Tokyo “The 1st MIYAWAKA INTERNATIONAL TRIENNALE TRAIART” Fukuoka “A world after pandemic-positive utopia” Tokyo “Glass ’21 in Japan” Tokyo |
2020 | “GEIDAI ART PLAZA 14th AWARDS” Tokyo “Glass Course Exhibition” Glass Wonderland, Tokyo “2020 ASYAAF” Seoul, Korea “8th Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition in Sanyo Onoda” Yamaguchi “Creator Sculpture Series Vol. 7: Foreign Students and Young Artists” The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo, Tokyo |
2019 | “International Cultural Inheritance and Innovation Exhibition of Arts and Crafts” Tokyo |
2018 | “Glass Art Exhibition for Chinese Higher Ed. Institutes” Guangzhou “Blue Coast 2018 Yantai Contemporary Art Exhibition” Yantai “International Exchange Exhibition 2018 A3 Project” Taiwan “Undergraduate Work Exhibition Of Academy of Arts & Design” Tsinghua University, Beijing “The 14th Oita Asian Sculpture Contest” Japan “Fusion & Crossover The Contemporary Glass Art Triennial” China “The Start of A Long Journey Outstanding Works By Graduates of 2018 From Key Art Academies In China” Beijing “The 4rd New Crafts International Artists Group Exhibition And Academic Seminar” People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Bangladesh |
2017 | “International Contest of Glass Schools” Junior Glass Ways, CZE “The 3rd New Crafts International Emerging Artists Group Exhibition & Symposium” Shanghai “Hangzhou International Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition” Hangzhou |
2016 | “Tianyuan IGAF 2016 Glass & Ice” Hebei, China |
ACCOLADES
2021 | Accepted at “GEIDAI ART PLAZA 15th AWARDS” Accepted at “The 24th Exhibition of Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art” The Harada Prize Scholarship Fund from Tokyo University of the Arts Accepted at “The 1st MIYAWAKA TRIENNALE TRAiART” |
2020 | Accepted at “GEIDAI ART PLAZA 14th AWARDS” Accepted at 8th Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition in Sanyo Onoda” |
2018 | Excellent Graduate Works of Art Design Specialized Subject of Tsinghua University Excellent Graduation Thesis of Tsinghua University Excellence Prize, The 14th Oita Asian Sculpture Contest, Japan |
2017 | “China National Scholarship” China “Newcomer Prize, The 3rd New Crafts International Emerging Artists Group Exhibition & Symposium” China |
OTHERS
Almanac of Chinese Sculpture (2019), Chinese Sculpture Magazine |
COLLECTIONS
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The People’s Republic of China, China Asakura Fumio Museum, Japan |