NY EXHIBITION

Akira Taniguchi   
(Tokyo)  installation

I like news, and I like history. To understand news in any kind of depth, we need to know 
about history. Every political problem and every kind of incident has its own background 
and precedent. I believe we have to judge such matters from many aspects in order to gr-
asp the truth about them. Your “justice” might not be “justice” for everyone. Our in-
ability to solve the tragic situation in the Middle East is a case in point.


By studying human history, we easily realize the truth of the maxim, “history repeats it-
self.” We humans kill, cheat, and love each other again and again. Time passes, and we 
can never go back to a previous historical time, but there are always many similarities 
between those times and these times. The river of time and history flows ceaselessly, 
and while the flow may be the same, the water is not. Things like this continue to flow 
but they also change at the same time. That is what I think about in the course of creat-
ing my art. My works repeat, but the fact that my hand is painting them ensures that no 
two blocks are ever really the same. The differences may be hard to discern, but they
 are there nonetheless. The truth is hard to find, but I really need to find it.

Born in Yokohama, Japan. Entered in Tokyo University of the Arts in 2012.

To-ru Kosaka   
(Tokyo)  video installation+performance

A difference of the recognition to be born by a personal unit when we catch things,
Disagreement of the information in the interchange with others and The outline of the 
definition unsteadily in each.
I am going to associate with such a trifling matter through my art works consciously.
http://ksk-03.wixsite.com/kosaka-to-ru

Born in Tokyo, Japan
currently underway of Dept. Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tama Art University, Japan
Mar,2015　The movie which I used in work "SELF IMAGE" was chosen as a fine work in 
MEC Award 2015.
Aug,2015　“TransRation”（Group exhibition）
Oct,2015　“We put the ice in the pillow and, I sleep”（Group performance）
Aug,2016　“Freedom of the living”（Performance event）

Sonomi Kobayashim  
(NY)  printmaking

In my work, I strive to express the relationships between humanity, nature, earth and the 
universe. More personally, creating artwork for me is meditation and a reflection of mys-
elf in a moment in time. Viewers often find universality in my paintings, which depict 
shapes and symbols found in nature. 
The use of round and circular forms represent the cycle of life and their common occurre-
nce in the universe. 
My work is symbolic and abstract. I use different mediums such as oil paint, ink, waterc-
olor, and printmaking such as lithography and etching.
The varied colors, fine lines and organic shapes in my art reflect my sensibilities and 
emotions. These feelings are often uncertain and intimidated by the challenges the futu-
re may bring, but ultimately inspired and hopeful.

Sonomi Kobayashi is a New York based artist, was born and grew up in Japan.  She recei-
ved studio certificate in painting from The Art Students League of New York, and also 
studied sculpture and printmaking there.  She now works out of her studio in Bushwick 
Brooklyn, NY and exhibits frequently in the United States, Japan, and Europe.  She re-
ceived Will Barnet Grant in Printmaking in 2013, and got accepted to do a residency at 
MASS MoCA, also earned scholarships and has done residencies at Vermont Studio Center, 
VT, Vytlacil Campus, Sparkill, NY, and Cat'Art Contemporary Art Centre, Sainte Colombe, 
France.

 Izumi Sekiguchi 
(Tokyo) painting

Born in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan.
Brought up with movies and comics because my parents liked them.
I create art works from the image of my daily drawings, and analyze my depth psycholo-
gy in my drawing as the work completes
I endeavor to make those who watch my works enjoy them beyond any words or knowledge,
 like dancing or music.
My illustration is attracted by surreal view of the world, vivid colors, morphing cha-
nging of the screen.

IzumiSekiguchi, was born in 1995, and lives in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan.
2014- Bachelor of Fine arts, Concentration in Oil Painting, Joshibi University of Art
 and Design, Japan..

Kiriko Shirobayashi 
(NY)  installation
Rumination in the room
I made an installation in a little closet underneath a staircase. This area has a sense of se-
crecy. It is a hidden spot in the house, but is still in earshot of the domestic sounds of the
 house. The installation contained one typewriter, a desk, a shredder, some typing paper and 
an instruction. Viewers were alone in the space and given a quiet moment to think and 
write anything that came to their minds, which they then shred before leaving. 
This is a mental digestion practice, where one forgets or gets over something they never 
faced.
When people have problems and need to talk to someone their problems, it is not 
necessary to let the other person understand or give advice to them. People eventually 
decide by themselves, but they need to sort their problems out and understand 
themselves from a 3rd person’s point of view. 
When I was a little girl, I wrote and drew on paper about anything I couldn’t get over, 
or I was confused about. I didn’t want people to read or see these pieces of paper; 
I just needed to write or draw them and get them out of my brain. I knew I was going to 
discard the piece of paper in the end, so I could express myself freely.
I created this installation to give viewers a little moment for themselves. They don’t 
need to think about their problems only, but also recall their happy moments.
My works contain complex meanings not only by their direct transmissions but also their 
reminiscences. The corners of our minds, which conceal what we carry underneath our 
consciousness and unconsciousness, are of supreme interest to me. My work is not 
necessarily intended to direct anyone in any direction, but more to illuminate aspects 
of our existence and encourage the viewer to develop their own concept. It is by this 
method, I believe, that art cultivates understanding and exhibits its own inherent value.
After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, I moved to the United States and went 
on to graduate from the School of Visual Arts with a MFA in Photography and Related
 Media. I have been showing my video works at centers around the US, including: 
Chashama Theater Times Square, Paula Cooper Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center, Delaware 
Center for the Contemporary Arts and Allentown Art Museum
I have received awards from 4th NAP Biennial Video Festival and Aurora Short Film and 
Video Festival and have completed residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Headlands Center 
for the Arts, and Santa Fe Art Institute.

Yushi Dangami 
(Tokyo)   painting, installation

1.Create art between the beautiful and the ugly.
2.Be a painting.
3.Let impartiality be the concept.
   Have the concept of impartiality in my mind,as well as on the surface the painting.
   (internal inevitalitiy)
  Let the meaning be behind the parallel relationships created.
4.Words replace the painting.
   Restrict upon any area that cannot be explained through such methods.
   Synthesize my works with the influence of poetry.

born 1995  in Japan
Musashino art university oil painting department 3 
Exhibition
solo 
TRANS ARTS TOKYO 2015
Gallery cafe 3 『epave』
group
tanaka isson memorial museum of art  （kagoshima pref.）
chino city museum of art （nagano pref.）
international art fair tokyo 2016 （tokyo）
young creators award 2016 MI gallery（osaka）
hillside terrace gallery （tokyo）
warehouse megro gallery （tokyo）
[JART7th] WAHcenter brooklyn（New York）

Kugo Eguchi 
(Tokyo)  textile work

[Sequence]
Tapestry like the block woven.
I made a rule by using a three diminutional woven structure to the color scheme which 
can't unify an impression of this Tapestry.
Thereby, depict the possibility of dialogue with "a closed book".

Textile Artist
1990 Born in Tokyo, Japan.
2014 Graduated Tama Art University.
Research Associate of Yokohama College of Art and Design, Craft Design Lab

Akira Taniguchi   
(Tokyo)  installation

I like news, and I like history. To understand news in any kind of depth, we need to know 
about history. Every political problem and every kind of incident has its own background 
and precedent. I believe we have to judge such matters from many aspects in order to 
grasp the truth about them. Your “justice” might not be “justice” for everyone. 
Our inability to solve the tragic situation in the Middle East is a case in point.

By studying human history, we easily realize the truth of the maxim, “history repeats 
itself.” We humans kill, cheat, and love each other again and again. Time passes, and we
 can never go back to a previous historical time, but there are always many similarities
 between those times and these times. The river of time and history flows ceaselessly, 
and while the flow may be the same, the water is not. Things like this continue to flow
 but they also change at the same time. That is what I think about in the course of 
creating my art. My works repeat, but the fact that my hand is painting them ensures 
that no two blocks are ever really the same. The differences may be hard to discern,
 but they are there nonetheless. The truth is hard to find, but I really need to find it.

Born in Yokohama, Japan. Entered in Tokyo University of the Arts in 2012.

Aiko Kitano 
(Tokyo) ceramic work, installation

Feeling is so ambiguous.
But "the ambiguous" is a margin.
The expression is obstructive ,when we want to give expression to our feeling that we 
don't know how to explain.
"The anbiguous" is a space to feel, discover, and understand.

1988 Born in Nara.
2012 Graduated from Osaka University of Arts, ceramic course.

Yoko Haraoka 
(NY) photograph

“Blending In"
Yoko Haraoka has been mainly working on various series of self-portraits exploring 
identity, humor, and stereotypes. Her lifelong interest in observing people and trends 
shows through in her work. She uses self-portrait photography to convey a comedic and 
self-depreciating part of herself.
In this project she has challenged herself and brought her characters into the public 
to blend in with the surroundings.

Yoko Haraoka was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She moved to the U.S. in 2005 and 
attended New England School of Photography in Boston to pursue a career in photography.
After experiencing a variety of photography fields, she has been mostly concentrating 
on self-portrait projects with an emphasis on humor. Exploring this direction has led 
to numerous exciting and dynamic series that showcase her playful and artistic outlook 
on life.
She has won an award at the Asian Creative Awards in 2015 and her works have been 
shown in such places as New York, Philadelphia, Vermont, and Budapest.  She currently 
lives and works in New York City.

Yuki Ideguchi 
(NY) painting

My subjects are primarily nature. Japan is blessed with distinct four seasons, and each 
season has its own natural beauty. Not only that, I also glean themes from Chinese and 
Japanese mythologies and folklore, and cultural connection with other countries.
One of the most important themes of my work is “Life and Death”.My paintings are often
 mural-sized, reflecting the classical Japanese wall painting and graffiti art simultan-
eously. My techniques are a blend of Nihonga, which means “Japanese-style painting” 
and graffiti art.

Yuki Ideguchi was born in 1986. He moved to New York shortly after finishing his MA in 
Japanese-style paintings at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2013. One of the most impo-
rtant themes of his work is “Life and Death”. His paintings are often mural-sized, 
reflecting the classical Japanese wall painting and graffiti art simultaneously.
He had held some solo exhibitions; Vortex (RezoBox, NY, 2016), WAVE - LIFE AND DEATH
(CAAC, NY, 2015), Somewhere hasn’t been here will be here(Minnano Gallery, Tokyo, 2015). 
And, he had participated more than 50 group shows in Japan, Korea, French, Poland and 
USA since 2008. Also, He curated some exhibitions.

Chihiro Oto 
(Tokyo)  embroidery work

I expressed in the textile the "emotional luxury" by stitching and embroidery techniques.
After I graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts, and go on fashion design major at 
Kanazawa College of art. And I did a proposal and construction of contemporary jewelry 
brand made with original textiles as a research theme.

Now I design patterns of the lace for the lingerie.

Yoshiaki Otsuka 
(NY) painting

Yoshiaki’s works focus on exploring the narrowing gap and the tension that exists 
between artificial, virtual spaces, such as those found in online video games, and 
the physical realm in which we live. He is inspired by landscapes of virtual worlds 
he has encountered in games. He believes that experiences in virtual spaces surpass 
the boundary between fantasy and reality in the human mind, allowing them to feel 
very real. These experiences resemble the sensation of being immersed in an artist’
s world, unbounded by canvas borders. 
Yoshiaki’s works show human thoughts that are aggregations of both subconscious
 and conscious mental processes, dreams, and desires that appear in both virtual 
realms and the physical world.

Yoshiaki Otsuka was born in Japan in 1984 and currently lives in New York. 
He received his BFA and MFA from The Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and 
Music in 2007 and 2009, respectively. In the fall of 2009, Yoshiaki moved to New 
York City, where he worked as an artist assistant for two years. In 2014, he 
graduated the MFA program at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, 
and moved back to New York.

Yusuke Ochiai 
(NY)  painting

When I was child, I became entranced with the deep blue color of the toilet cleaner that 
my family used at home. The deep blue color was so beautiful, so pure that I wanted to 
become one with it – I was infatuated, and so I dipped my head into it.
This experience was so satisfying that I started to develop a fascination with other 
colors and the process of absorbing them. I touched the warm orange glow of the car 
cigarette lighter and painted myself with the cool blue in grade school, yet my 
destructive motives toward color gradually transformed into more abstract forms, 
which deeply influenced the style of my current art.
Growing up in Tokyo exposed me to a vibrant color palette but my experience in New 
York City has constantly changed and challenged my understanding of color. 
Unlike the sterile and clean walls of my youth, the lusty and devastated wallpapers 
on old buildings in the city create a beauty that is often overlooked – like memory, 
they retain bits of surface of each re-painting over the decades.
All of my paintings represent my emotions and experiences at that particular moment
 of my life – whether stemming from reality or my own imagined dreamscapes. 
My current path/character/interest/infatuation/ is Poi. Poi is Path Of Imagination. 
That’s exactly how I found him, through my own imagination – but now Poi manifests 
himself in countless forms, on paper, in concrete, and with paint immersing himself 
in the colors I absorb. Poi gives me the happiness that I hope to bring to the world.
Poi is me.

Yusuke Ochiai is a Tokyo born, self-taught artist and graphic designer. His career 
in architectural renderings and 3D computer graphics deeply impact his concept and 
style of art, while encouraging him to question the use of technology in contemporary 
art. During his early 20’s travels in Europe and Asia, he was inspired by nature and 
his experiences--including a near death experience at a snow mountain--to expand his 
critical perspectives. The practice of painting and sculpting, likewise, help to improve 
his understanding of design and continues to drive his passion for color and abstraction. 
He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. 

Akiha Yamakami 
(NY) soft sculpture

‘Human body' is the main subject and inspiration of my work. Using it as a visual motif, 
I express the perpetual 'Cycle' of life and death. In my recent work, I explore the energy 
that arises from 'Separation', such as the cell division which is the very first event of 
human existence, as well as the departure of human soul from the body. 
Although such energy is not visible just as our emotions are not, it certainly exists. 
Similarly we cannot see the cells which compose our body. 
The Tohoku earthquake in March ’11 and its consequences had changed our consciousness 
towards something invisible. And I am trying to express the 
existence of such invisibles through my significant material: the cloths. Because that is 
our second skin.

Akiha Yamakami was born in Nagano Prefecture, Japan in 1984. She studied at 2009 MA 
in Printmaking, Lithography major at the graduate school of Tama Art University,Tokyo. 
She lives and works in New York City from 2012. She creates soft sculpture works with 
print and cloths upon the theme of human body. She actively presents her work both in 
Japan and in overseas. Started to collaborate with dance projects a few years ago. 
She makes costumes for dancers as well.

Ruuna Iwasaki 
(Tokyo)   clay+metal work

Metal and clay make my works.   
I try to be a happy circumstances creator with them.
I hope you will enjoy ! 

Born in Tokyo, Japan.
2010 Graduated from Tama Art University, Ceramic, Glass, and Metal Works Major 
2010 PROJECT EXHIBITION “Naive Art XVII” GROUP EXHIBITION (Pepper’s Gallery Ginza)
2010 EXTENSION PROGRAM “LOVE THE MATERIAL in NY”
2011 PROJECT EXHIBITION “LOVE THE MATERIAL XII” TWO PERSON’S EXHIBITION
2012 EMERGING JAPANESE ARTISTS’EXHIBITION in NY
2012 ART CROSS PROJECT “About Ginza Hint-Forest” at FRED&PERRY 
2016 “LOVE THE MATERIAL in AOYAMA ” at ITOCHU AOYAMA ARTSQUARE

Ayaka Andy Yamamoto 
(Tokyo)  mixtmedia

Born in Yokohama, and raised in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.
Conveying the beauty of life by visualizing the connection of human emotions and 
actions.
Currently living with a grandfather.

Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Information Design Interaction
 Design Course
Exhibits 
2014 "Hints of the Future in a Shifting World" (as an artists group "aomo") Tokyo, 
Roppongi, 21_21 design site 
2016 Tama Art University Department of Information Design Interaction Design Course 
Graduation Works Exhibition "Bubun to Zantai" Tokyo, Gotanda, Galleria Hall

Jun Ando 
(NY)  mixt media

Art is to relieve the pain of life.
The final concept of my art work is to help relieve the pain of life from the root and 
entertain people to supply human’s imperative want same as the fundamental function 
of art. 
All of the distress comes from the fear of death. And that fear is rooted within 
the ambiguous definition of our existence. Thus humans wanted objects which observe 
us and made us believe that we are absolute. Therefore, People want fundamentally the 
image of nature, heaven, hypothetical idol, and dogmas. Ando's art work is to show his 
thought about the existence by his own interpretation in multilateral way.

Jun Ando is a NY based visual/auditory interactive artist, who works on painting, 
music composing, Japanese zither playing and interactive programming. As a multimedia 
performer, Ando uses Japanese zither called Koto with effect processor and Max/msp for
 the interactive sound/3D graphic visual projection. To express all the aspect of his 
creativity, Ando has formed multimedia dance company, ARis//Absolute Reality of the 
Indefinite Sense in 2011. 

Youhei Maki 
(Tokyo) 3D print, installation

Visual perception in modern society explores themes.
The impossibility of mutual understanding with others will be exhibited
 as an installation.

Born in 1993
Lives in Tokyo
Studied graphic design at the University

Yuta Toshima 
(Tokyo) animation

[void]  3 minutes 30 second

A closed society, and idols created as numerical expressions of their own existence. 
Endless replications of the original data results in the loss of individuality, 
but emotional impulses begin to emerge.

Born in Kanagawa,1993.School of Film and New Media Tokyo University of the Arts,
Department of Animation.

Sayaka Hara 
(Tokyo)  animation

[…and the keeper] 3minutes 30 second

An animation about a zookeeper and animals. 
I came up with the idea of making the animation of a typical day at a zoo when I sud-
denly remembered that I had a dream of being a zookeeper and wanted to take care 
of animals as the closest person when I was a child. It was exciting to have an oppor-
tunity to visit the background of a zoo and to have an interview with a zookeeper for 
this animation, but I have learned how hard it is to take care of animals through this 
experience.

I am an illustrator and animator from Nagano, Japan, currently studying in the UK. 
I love drawing animals, my cats, people on the street and characters from films. 
I also thoroughly enjoy making stop motion or 2D animations. 
I spend most of my time drawing, watching movies, eating mixed nuts or doing nothi-
ng. I studied information design at Tama Art University until 2016 in Tokyo.

ESORA 
(Tokyo) animation

[henge] 4 minutes 45 second
Every girls used magic.

[hypnotism] 3minutes 35second
It's transparent cold love like a weekday aquarium.

1986 Born in Hokkaido, Japan
2015 Kyoto University of Art and Design (MA Art and Design), Japan
Currently lives and works in TOKYO

Ayaka Kihata 
(Tokyo)  animation

[I can't bleath]  6 minutes 13 second

The psychology of the main character appears as hallucinations of water.When the water 
seems to be pulling him away from hisfriends and making his float, it plunges him deep 
beneath the surface. Becoming tiny drops, he overflows, splashes, pools, and falls as rain
. Water projects and externalizes what is happening in his mind.

Born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1992.
Graduated the Graphic Design program at Tama Art University.
Created the sand-animation work I CANʼT BREATHE as her graduation work.

Goru Monma 
(Tokyo) animation

[Evolution] 2 minutes 47 second

I selected this word which match the idea in my head.
I selected the word "evolution" because I have the idea of moving slimy and changing 
like the real creature in it.

Goru Monma（1993.10.29）
Dept. graphic design
Tama art university

Momo Hiramatsu 
(Tokyo) animation

[the Violinist] 3 minutes  41 second
"Snake Wants to Play the Violin" 
Created using stop-motion animation.

[Thunder Bomber Vermilion] 3 minutes 6 second
"How to feel less lonely"
Created using stop-motion animation.

Born in Yokohama in 1995.
From Tokyo Zokei University.
Majoring in Animation.
Creating a stop-motion animation.

Kotaro Takahashi 
(Tokyo) animation

[Balack] 2 minutes 
This animation is a short story about the black rose.

Fragmentation]  2 minutes 
This animation is comprised of various colors.

Born in Niigata, Japan in 1980.
Studied movies in many schools, and now he works as an animator.
YouTube channel → 65ailes

kirika Shirobayashi 
(NY) animation

[Castle] 3 minutes
I took the title from the unfinished novel “The Castle.” I made a video piece to express 
some of the impatient feelings caused by bureaucracy in this novel. I think everyone has 
felt similar feelings, not only due to bureaucracy, but also for everyday life. Kafka won’t 
choose my ending, but I wanted to release the ant to give us a little hope. The ant wanders 
around the maze but eventually it will be free.

[Ant in Love] 1minutes
An ant is going back and forth, in and out of a heart shape. Love is sometimes simple, 
and sometimes not. This ant’s behavior looks sentimental as well as cynical. The ant 
searches and browses carefully in the limited space of the heart. Does the ant know it 
can leave the heart? Does it need to leave the heart? There are many loves, and there are
 many ways to understand love. I want people look at this in their own way.

After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, I moved to the United States going on to 
graduate from the School of Visual Arts with a MFA in Photography and Related Media. 
I have been exhibiting my work including Allentown Art Museum, the Center for 
Photography at Woodstock, the Houston Center for Photography, Delaware Center for 
the Contemporary Arts, Onoma Center, Finland, the 5th Pingyao International Festival and 
the National Museum of Belarus.

I have received awards from GEN ART, LMCC and Photography 21 and have completed 
residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Headlands Center for the Arts, and Santa Fe Art 
Institute.

Komitsu  
(Tokyo) animation

[so near yet so far] 3minutes 30 second,
The theme of this work is depth. It approaches to us imperceptibly and goes far off 
suddenly. I expressed such an image of sound.
The color and the shape make us remember the sense which can't be grasped easily 
even if we try to grasp it. With each other sound of the flute and piano and wood
 base, I finished up this into a pleasant pictures.

born in 1993. I graduated from Tama Art University at 2016. Now I'm a master class
 student in Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, 
Department of Animation.

Yuki Ideguchi  
(NY) experiment video

[The Great Ruler]　5 minutes 24 second

The “Great Ruler” (the great sea, the tornado extending to the heavenly world, the 
universe, the denouement)is a video art work created by Yuki Ideguchi, to which 
composer Masatora Goya wrote music and videographer Suguru Ikeda made animation.

Divided into four sections, the “Great Ruler” conveys the essence of Buddhism 
teaching: everything in this world is temporary and transitory. This work is also 
inspired by the Tale of the Heike, a Japanese tragic epic about the rise and fall of 
the Heike clan, which opens the story with a famous quote from the aforementioned 
Buddhism teaching. 

Artist Yuki Ideguchi ： http://ideguchiyuki.com/
Composer Masatora Goya ：http://www.masatoragoya.com/
Videographer Suguru ：https://vimeo.com/user17076625

Maki Onaya 
(Tokyo) image video

[DISCOMFORT]   3 minutes

During living every day, the one I'm spending together most is I myself.
Beautifulness, I make a mess, the case that I have decided.
It's my part in the mouth and always also conscious of saliva in the mouth neither hair
nor skin. 
I'm not conscious that hair always also grows. It's dirty talk, but I'm not always
 conscious that there are urine and excrement in the interior of the body.
 But as soon as those are away from their form, there is not, and "hate sense" forms. 
For example the hair which fell in a floor of the room. Cut nail. 
I don't want also to hang saliva to a glass with water a little and drink that again. 
I don't want to serve chewed food in a different dish and eat again.
 The collection large of these hate sense is questioned closely, and it's extraordinary, 
I notice that it's difficult to accept and anyway am making a gesture to accept.

August 30,1993 It was born in Gunma.
March,2016 Tokyo ZOKEI University Animation graduated.

Keita Oyamada 
(Tokyo) experimental movies

[I met him in prison.~Toward others with guilt consciousness~]　4 minutes 55 second
This movie is etude and nonfiction.
I met friend.He was high school student. 
He committed murder.

From Saitama. Tokyo Zokei University Cinema Students.
Rapper from 「KAMAKIRI&KUMA(Mantises&Bear)」
16/07/30~08/13 Artists in Residence in UK
http://www.cnp8tan.oyasoft.com/

Yushi Dangami 
(Tokyo)   painting, installation

1.Create art between the beautiful and the ugly.
2.Be a painting.
3.Let impartiality be the concept.
   Have the concept of impartiality in my mind,as well as on the surface the painting.
　（internal inevitalitiy）
  Let the meaning be behind the parallel relationships created.
4.Words replace the painting.
   Restrict upon any area that cannot be explained through such methods.
   Synthesize my works with the influence of poetry.

born 1995  in Japan
Musashino art university oil painting department 3 
Exhibition
solo 
TRANS ARTS TOKYO 2015
Gallery cafe 3 『epave』
group
tanaka isson memorial museum of art  （kagoshima pref.）
chino city museum of art （nagano pref.）
international art fair tokyo 2016 （tokyo）
young creators award 2016 MI gallery（osaka）
hillside terrace gallery （tokyo）
warehouse megro gallery （tokyo）
[JART7th] WAHcenter brooklyn（New York）

Mami Kosemura 
(NY) experiment video

Mami Kosemura is a contemporary artist whose early photographs and animations refer-
ence traditional subjects taken from classical European motifs and Japanese painting 
by exploring the confluence between painting and filmmaking. Her current work pursu-
es a new approach that incorporates various elements of painting, composition, and 
perspective through her painting-like photographs that have a strong sense of physi-
cal presence. By broadening her production method, the new work subverts viewers’ 
expectations of static imagery by introducing physical movement and illustrating the
 passing of time.
Mami Kosemura is based in Tokyo. She is a winner of The 26nd Gotoh Cultural Award, 
and she has been working in New York for a year receiving a grant from the foundati-
on. Her newest video work “Pendulum” will premiere on March 24th at 7:30 at Zankel
 Hall, which is for Carnegie's 150th anniversary with the american composers orches-
tra as a collaboration with Paola Pristini, Composer/ Creative and Executive Direct-
or at National Sawdust.

Education: 2005 PhD. in Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts
Exhibition & Screening : 
2016 Solo Exhibition “Pendulum”, Dillon + Lee, New York, US
2016  “Drop Off”, Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, US   
2016 “In and Out of Context: Asia Society Celebrates the Collections at 60.”, 
Asia Society and Museum, New York, US  
2015 ”Still", Ai Kowada Gallery, Hanare, Tokyo, JAPAN   
2015 “The Screening for China-Japan-South Korea Summit", National Museum of 
Modern and Contemporary Art Korea, KOREA  
2014 “Kuandu Biennale 2014”, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, TAIWAN   

Award & Residencies
2016 “Residency Unlimited, sponsored by The Gotoh Memorial Foundation, JAPAN
2015 "The 26nd Gotoh Cultural Award" by The Gotoh Memorial Foundation, JAPAN
2013  “Combaz 7 - Artist in Residency in Switzerland -", Crans-Montana, Switzerland,
 sponsored by C-mart, SWITZERLAND

Jun Ando 
(NY) experiment video

Art is to relieve the pain of life.
The final concept of my art work is to help relieve the pain of life from the root by 
supplying human’s imperative want as the fundamental function of art. All of the distress
 comes from the fear of death. And that fear is rooted within the ambiguous definition of 
our existence. Thus humans wanted objects which observe us and made us believe that 
we are absolute.
 Therefore, People want fundamentally the image of nature, heaven, hypothetical idol, 
and dogmas. Ando's art work is to be an operator symbol that leads to our freewill by 
showing his thought about the existence by his own interpretation in multilateral way.

Jun Ando is a NY based visual/auditory interactive artist, who works on painting, music
 composing, Japanese zither playing, filming and interactive programming. 
As a multimedia performer, Ando uses Japanese zither called Koto with effect processor 
and Max/msp for the interactive sound/3D graphic visual projection. To express all the 
aspect of his creativity, Ando has formed multimedia dance company, ARis//Absolute 
Reality of the Indefinite Sense in 2011. 

ON megumi Akiyoshi 
(NY) experiment video

Pouring water into a cup, bubbles appear and disappear.
Their rhythm remind me of a life cycle. 
The moment a bubble pops up is like a flower blooming in a flash. 
In a life of fleeting moments, I wish for all bubbles to blossom fully.

1997 BFA Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2002 MFA School of VISUAL Arts, New York
2005 Manhattan Community Arts Fund by LMCC and NYC dept. of Cultural Affairs
2015 Jean-Michel Alberola Jury Award by Art Olympia International Competition
Currently lives/works in New York.
She has exhibited/performed/given artist talks in museums and international exhibitons 
at: Brooklyn Museum (NY), Incheon Biennale (Korea), Japan Society (NY), Atlanta Art 
Center (US), Singapore Museum (Singapore), MOCA Shanghai (China), Burgos Art Center 
(Spain), Tokyo University of the Arts Museum Chinretsu-kan (Tokyo), MOCA Taipei 
(Taiwan), Kunsthaus Dresden (Germany), Sakima Museum (Okinawa), and Beit Ha’ir 
Museum (Israel), etc.
Her works are reviewed/introduced in: New York Times (NY), ABC (Spain), Schaffhauser 
(Switzerland), Taipei Times (Taiwan) , El Mundo (Spain), Art Asia Pacific (NY), 
Sports & street (Italy), Korea Times (Korea), Brooklyn Independnt TV (NY), 
and text/art history books published by New York University and Yale University.

TOKYO SCREENING

Yuta Toshima [void]  3 minutes 30 second / animation
Sayaka Hara […and the keeper] 3minutes 30 second / animation
ESORA [henge] 4m45s, [hypnotism] 3minutes 35second  / animation
Ayaka Kihata [I can't bleath]  6 minutes 13 second / animation
Goru Monma [Evolution] 2 minutes 47 second / animation
Momo Hiramatsu [the Violinist] 3 minutes  41 second, [Thunder Bomber Vermilion] 3 
minutes 6 second / animation
Kotaro Takahashi [Balack] 2minutes, [Fragmentation]  2 minutes / animation
kirika Shirobayashi [Castle] 3 minutes, [Ant in Love] 1minutes / animation
Komitsu [so near yet so far] 3minutes 30 second / animation
Yuki Ideguchi [The Great Ruler]　5 minutes 24 second / experiment video
Maki Onaya [DISCOMFORT]   3 minutes / image video
Keita Oyamada [I met him in prison.~Toward others with guilt consciousness~] 4 minutes
 55  second/  experimental movies