Collaborating Artists

Born in 1905. A female painter representing Japan. Expressed Japanese images boldly with brilliant colors with her strong individuality. Became the third female recipient of the Order of Culture in 1989. Professor Emeritus of Aichi University of the Arts. Passed away in 2008.

He is a representative western-style painter in Japan as well as the leading authority of contemporary fresco painting. Brilliant colors rush, and enthusiasm and living delights develop dynamically in his painting world created from rich and free imaginations, extreme spiritual concentration and sustainability. His works consisting of bold and free-fashioned forms evoke deep empathy and interest in the viewers. Is working on three-dimensional works by styroform and mixed media, and also on stone carvings and paintings with natural mineral pigments on silk.
Member of the Japan Art Academy, Member of the Dokuritsu Exhibition, and Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University of the Arts. Passed away in 2025.

Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. She is currently based in Tokyo.
She first gained public attention in the 1990s as a magazine model. In the early 2000s, while studying fashion at Bunka Fashion College, she began her artistic practice, exploring the possibilities of fashion and self-expression. Since then, she has held numerous exhibitions in Japan and abroad, attracting widespread critical and public attention.
Kiyokawa's work examines the differences and contradictions that arise between the inner and outer aspects of personal identity in a society constantly inundated with vast amounts of information through social media, magazines, and other forms of mass media. Through her practice, she seeks to make these often invisible tensions visible.
She is best known for her distinctive technique of embroidering directly onto photographs, magazines, books, and fabric. Her major series include Bijo Saishu (Beautiful Harvest), Complex, and TOKYO MONSTER. In addition to presenting solo exhibitions and participating in group exhibitions and art fairs around the world, she has expanded her creative practice to include advertising, film, spatial design, and product design. She is also active in the creation of picture books and regional revitalization projects.

Born in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, in 1968.
She began drawing manga while in junior high school. She entered the Faculty of Science at Hiroshima University, where she joined the Illustration and Manga Club. Determined to pursue a professional career as a manga artist, she left university and moved to Tokyo. After working as an assistant to manga artists Katsuyuki Toda and Fumiko Tanikawa, she made her professional debut in 1995 with Machikado Hanadayori (Flower News from the Street Corner).
In 2004, her Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (Yūnagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni) received the Grand Prize in the Manga Division of the 8th Japan Media Arts Festival and the New Artist Prize at the 9th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize. Set in Hiroshima in the aftermath of the atomic bombing, the work poignantly portrays the realities of war and nuclear devastation through the lives of ordinary people. It was adapted into a live-action film starring Rena Tanaka and released in July 2007.
In 2009, her In This Corner of the World (Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni) received the Excellence Award in the Manga Division of the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival. The work was adapted into television dramas by Nippon TV in 2011 and TBS in 2018, and into acclaimed animated feature films directed by Sunao Katabuchi, released in 2016 and 2019.

Born in Yokohama in 1954. Completed the graduate school of architecture, the University of Tokyo. After working as a visiting researcher at Columbia University, he established and has presided over Kengo Kuma and Associates. Currently, Professor at the graduate school, the University of Tokyo (architecture).
Proposes constructions that open up new relationships between nature, technology and human beings. With every material including Japanese paper, stone, bamboo, soil, plastic and shape memory alloy, he is developing original works that can not fit in the frame of common sense.

Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1944. Completed the graduate school of fine art at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1971. Participated in replication of the mural paintings at Takamatsuzuka Tumulus in 1974. Won the 9th Adachi Museum of Art Award for "Jo" in 1974. Was recommended to be a member at Nihon Bijutsuin, the next year. Meanwhile, became a professor at Hiroshima City University and made efforts to train juniors also. Goes abroad such as China and India to collect materials and livelyly depicts people who live with nature.