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Maiko KITAGAWA

author: You GOSHIKI 

updated: Nov 4,2016

Born in 1983 in Saitama-prefecture
Her love of fables from the western world such as My Father's Dragon
her special favorite
is the origin of the themes of her art works. She also got accustomed to drawing the imaginary world inspired by reading
which opened up her way to becoming an artist.

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Makoto AZUMA

author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

updated: Oct 11,2016

Born on July 24
1976 in Fukuma
Fukuoka. Flower shop owner.He came to Tokyo in 1997 to make his debut in a rock band with four members. While engaged in the band activities
he started to work as a trader in Ota Market
one of the biggest markets of flowers and ornamental plants in Japan.

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Masakazu TAKATORI

updated: Oct 6,2016

Born in Okayama in 1980
graduated from the Education dept.
Okayama University in 2002
and currently lives in Kyoto. Since the student
he has experienced exhibiting a work many times such as by solo exhibitions
group exhibitions
art projects
and award competitions including VOCA 2001. Takatori is known by the overwhelming works which swallow the viewer's body and mind with the space by using variegated media and the image.

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Makoto OHFUNE

updated: Oct 29,2015

Born in Osaka in 1977
graduated from Kyoto University of Education
Art Education Course in 2000
majoured Japanese-style painting
and then in 2001
completes the Master's Course. The peculiar space beauty Ohfune creates receives high acclaim
by the power to occupy the the whole exhibition space and to shake the viewer's body sensation.

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Miwa YANAGI

updated: Oct 29,2015

Born in 1967 Kobe City
Japan. She completed her postgraduate course work at the Kyoto City University of Arts (majored craft art). Senior professor of the Kyoto City University of Arts since 2006
and the representative artist for Venezia Biennale in 2009.

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Masashi ASADA

updated: Oct 27,2015

Born in Tsu
Mie in 1979
finished JAPAN INSTITUTE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM in 2000. After working for Studio FOBOS from 2004
Asada became a freelance photographer in 2007. He received one of the most honorable phorography prizes in Japan
The Kimura Ihei Award by his

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Takeshi TAKANO

updated: Oct 19,2015

Born in 1980 in Kanagawa and obtained an MA in oil painting in 2005 from Aichi Prefectural University of Arts Graduate School. Using the original technique called ""Monotype"",Takano visually achieves a medium of vivid hues
which also have a ‘moist’ quality to them. The feelings of quality
colour
and the emotionalism in his themes are the features of Takano’s art.

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Satoshi UCHIUMI

updated: Aug 3,2015

Born in 1977 in Ibaragi
completed the master course of Tama University of Arts graduate school
art research course. The outstanding and carefully constructed spatial representation receives high acclaim. He is an indispensable artist in the abstraction painting field today.

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Keita SAGAKI

author: You GOSHIKI 

updated: Aug 3,2015

Born in 1984
Ishikawa prefecture. Currently living in Tokyo. He majored in art education
however
he started to create artworks while he was a university student.

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Natsunosuke MISE

author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

updated: Aug 3,2015

Born in  1973 in Nara prefecture. The participation in a group exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of Tokyo
""MOT Annual 2006 -No Border-"" in January 2006
his name and artworks became widely known in the Kanto district as well as the Kansai district.

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Junji YAMADA

author: You GOSHIKI 

updated: Aug 3,2015

Born in 1974 in Iida-city
Nagano-prefecture. He graduated from Graduate School of Art
Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music
majoring in oil painting
in 1999. Exploring new expression to melt painting
printing and photo using his original technique called ""Intaglio on Photo"".

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Ai CHUDA

author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

updated: Aug 3,2015

Born on January 6
1981
Osaka. Entered Department of Aesthetics and Art Theory
Faculty of Letters
Doshisha University in April 1999. She aspired to be a painter
inspired by a painting by the oil painter
Yasuo Kagawa (1911 - 1974) which she saw while at university.

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Chinatsu AITA

author: You GOSHIKI 

updated: Aug 3,2015

Born in 1980
Sapporo-city
Hokkaido. Graduated from Oil Painting Specialist Course
Department of Fine Arts and Design
Junior College of Sapporo Otani University
in 2003. Finished Art Science Course
Master's Degree Course
the Graduate School of Tama Art University
in 2005.

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Tetsuya CHIDA

updated: Oct 20,2010

Born in 1982
graduated from Tama University of Arts
majored oil painting. Chida describes deep psychology of vagueness between the real world and the virtual world shown in the net world
and present people who live there by an original portrait style. He also attempts to seek for a new expression way
called

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Kumi MACHIDA

updated: Oct 20,2010

Born in Takasaki
Gunma in 1970
graduated from Tama University of Arts
majored in Japanese style painting.

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Tadasu TAKAMINE

updated: Oct 20,2010

Born in Kagoshima in 1968
currently lives in Shiga
and graduated from the Kyoto City University of Arts in 1991. An internationally renowned artist
he is continuously invited to hold exhibitions abroad with the reformative expression of art.

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Chiharu SHIOTA

updated: Oct 20,2010

Born in Osaka in 1972
currently based in Berlin
Germany. She is widely known by a large-scale installation to exhibit such as put the string on the space
a lot of panes and beds
and the old shoes. This time
she exhibits the recent installation that uses dress and red string. In Japan
her works attracted wide-attention by the solo exhibition at Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery in 2007 and at The National Museum of Art
Osaka in 2008.


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