MARIANNA DOBKOWSKA

2015.11.18　 Text: Noriko Yamakoshi

Artist-in-residence programs, which are sometimes referred to as residence programs, originally aimed to provide professionals in certain fields to leave their ordinary work environments for a designated period of tim...

BRIDGET DAVIES

2015.10.5　 Text: Waiming Wee

“I love to paint elegant women, in beautiful clothes, in glamorous settings. I’m not really inspired by fashion per se, as more by the feel of the fashion from the past; the Forties and Fifties in particular have a cl...

JUN IGARASHI

2015.9.29　 Text: Hanae Kawai

Jun Igarashi, influenced by his grandfather's work, went on to become not only a mere architectural planner but a highly sought-after designer and lecturer in Japan and overseas, especially in Scandinavia and continen...

HIROAKI SUETSUGU

2015.9.17　 Text: Aya Shomura

Hiroaki Suetsugu is an artist based in Hokkaido, vigorously showing his conceptual works in Tokyo and Sapporo. His carefully thought out and tranquil works are created after numerous experimental steps and they range ...

ADRIEN M / CLAIRE B

2015.9.4　 Text: Aya Shomura

Do you know The Adrien M / Claire B Company, which has been acting in the fields of the digital arts and performing arts? Their shows are completely different from projection mapping only projected to walls of buildin...

DAISUKE TAKATOMI

2015.8.14　 Text: Hanae Kawai

Despite that he was born in Chiba Prefecture, Daisuke Takatomi is now a glass artist who represents Hokkaido. He has a glass studio and a cafe in Tsukiura, Toyako, Hokkaido. His works, mainly art pieces, including liv...

SAKI CHIKARAISHI

2015.8.13　 Text: Aya Shomura

Hyper Knit Creator Saki Chikaraishi who create works from small works which fit in your hand to large and powerful works like which conquer a city with a really charming smile. Her knit works more “create something ne...

JKD COLLECTIVE

2015.7.24　 Text: Aya Shomura

On July 10th 2015, creative studio "JKD Collective" celebrated its 3rd anniversary by organizing a party titled "MULTIVERSE" in Tokyo. The collective of Tokyo’s audio visual artists has been pushing the boundaries of ...

STEPHEN CHEETHAM

2015.7.10　 Text: Yoshiko Kurata

Stephen Cheetham, a Bologna-based illustrator born in UK. Adorable characters drawn in pop colors well are appeared on his illustration. Those have jump over his personal works and been in a number of companies' ad su...

KEN KAGAMI

2015.7.6　 Text: Yoshiko Kurata

Ken Kagami is a Tokyo-based contemporary multi-media artist, who creates mostly drawings and sculptures. His work doesn't shy away from controversial motifs, and his approach has already caused ripples in the art worl...

MIWONDERFUL

2015.7.1　 Text: Aya Shomura

There is a woman who has a title “Make Smile Artist”. With her strong thoughts “Make the whole world smile with makeup” and “Makeup provides entertainment”, she jumps over the pre-existed field of makeup-artist and ex...

TAKUYA YONEZAWA

2015.5.12　 Text: Aya Shomura

Takuya Yonezawa, an artist who paints with oil and acrylic paint, tends to capture a motif realistically while he also expresses the sadness and funniness of the personification of motifs with no voice in a pop way. D...