Selection Committee&Mentor

Current position since 2022 after working at the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, the Yokohama Museum of Art since 1987, and Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino since 2015.

Involved in the planning of numerous exhibitions in Japan and abroad. Recent exhibition projects include “Mao Ishikawa- What Can I Do? (2023)”.

A part-time lecturer at Showa Women’s University and others. A member of International Association of Art Critics Japanese Section.

Since the modern era, art has been secularized as a commodity to be bought and sold in the market. Today, the art market is booming, and it is an urgent matter how artists should respond to the recipients such as buyers.

In this situation, I would like to reexamine with you how to guarantee the expression and the choice of materials.

Specializes in Art Studies (Art Theories).

Recent texts include “Loving the Symptoms (Bijutsu Techo, Oct 2022)”. Member of the editorial board of “Yusuke Nakahara Art Critics Selection Collection (12 volumes, Published by Gendai Kikakushitsu + BankART Publishing, 2021-)”.

Also a member of the Oral History Archives of Japanese Art. Associate professor at Joshibi University of Art and Design.

Contemporary art has the power to question social conventions and norms and change people’s consciousness.

Art and the economy are no exception to this principle.

Let’s think together about the possibilities of “not staying” in the art market.

Graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London. Ebata organizes an independent project space “House of Ebata” in Kunitachi City, providing artists and curators a space and time for open and unconstrained experiments.

In her works, she turns her gaze from herself to her family, to society and history, but ultimately expresses herself with humor from an individual’s physical perspective in a way that anyone can try.

Every day we are heartbroken by the news of war, but war and violence have been going on for a long time, and whether we are aware of it or not, we are all involved in some ways. In this context, I think that cultural activities are very important for preserving human dignity.

So I hope that every artist will find the presentation method that suits them best and create even better works. This will lead to more people getting involved in the arts and improve the quality of culture itself.

In the gallery business, which mainly deals with young contemporary artists, he is involved in various activities including exhibitions in Japan and abroad, art related projects with companies, consulting, management of young artists, as well as an art collector and art writer.

I would like to work with artists who are not limited to domestic activities only, but have a global perspective, and I am striving to be a part of their growth opportunities.

I would be pleased to support you in bringing out the best of your passion and talent.

As an editor specialized in fine art, she has worked on numerous art books including “Why Is This Art? (A. Arenas)”.

Received the 2008 Western Art Foundation Prize for co-publishing with museums and promotion of interactive viewings.

Current position since 2010. Publishing art books such as “Mark Rothko: A Biography”, and “Treasures of the Tokyo National Museum”, as well as environmental magazine “BIOCITY”. Also a board member of a NPO that connects artists’ activities with society and people, and promotes their diverse roles.

These days, communication via smartphones has become the mainstream, and the use of short, casual sentences is on the rise. In presentations, the use of words can affect the evaluation of your work.

Let’s polish not your communication skills but your “writing skills”.