Showcasing Participants from the Agency for Cultural Affairs Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists

Date	January 23 (Wed.)- March 3 (Sun.), 2019
Closed	Tuesdays
Opening hours	10:00-18:00 *10:00-20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays *Last admission 30 minutes before closing
Venue	The National Art Center, Tokyo (Kokuritsu-Shin-Bijutsukan), Special Exhibition Gallery 2E
Organized by	Agency for Cultural Affairs, The National Art Center, Tokyo
In cooperation of	JAPAN AIRLINES, Audio Visual Communications Ltd.
Production	Art Venture Office SHOU
Admission (tax included)	General　1,000yen(Adults), 500yen(College students) Advance/Group　800 yen(Adults), 300 yen(College students) ※Free admission on February 24 (Sun.), 2019 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Emperor's enthronement. ※Visitors who are under 18, including high school students will be admitted for free. ※Disabled persons (along with the one assistant) will be admitted for free upon presenting Disabled Person's Booklet or an equivalent form of government-issued ID. ※Group tickets (for groups of a minimum of 20 people) can only be purchased at the National Art Center, Tokyo. ※Tickets both Advance and General are available through Lawson Ticket (L-code:33819),eplus,e-tix. Service charges may apply. Advance tickets on sale from December 1st(Sat.), 2018 until January 22th(Tue.), 2019 (These services are only available in Japanese) ※Visitors who present a ticket or ticket stub from another exhibition currently underway at the National Art Center, Tokyo, the Suntory Museum or the Mori Art Museum (the three facilities that make up the Roppongi Art Triangle) will be eligible for the group discount.
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• Tsubasa KATO

  2015 Researcher for two years・America〈Seattle〉
  Contemporary Art
  1984 Born in Saitama, Japan
  M.F.A., Department of Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts
  Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

  

  《Pass Between Magnetic Tea Party》2015
  Courtesy of Toyota Municipal Museum of Art and MUJIN-TO Production

• Yoi KAWAKUBO

  2016 Researcher・England〈London〉
  Photograph・Contemporary Art
  1979 Born in Toledo, Spain
  BA, Disability Sciences, Universtity of Tsukuba, Japan
  Lives and works in London, England

  

  《If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the skyⅠ》2013
  ※Reference work

• Noriyuki KIMURA

  2016 Researcher・Germany〈Cologne〉
  Media art
  1977 Born in Gunma, Japan
  MA, media art, Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences
  (IAMAS), Gifu, Japan
  Lives and works in Ishikawa, Japan

  

  《POLINKI》2017

• Nobuhiro SHIMURA

  2015 Researcher for two years・France〈Paris〉
  Contemporary Art
  1982 Born in Tokyo, Japan
  M.A., Imaging Arts and Sciences,Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
  Lives and works in Chiba, Japan

  

  《Nostalgia, Amnesia》2019
  Courtesy of Yuka Tsuruno Gallery

• Asako SHIROKI

  2015 Researcher・Germany〈Berlin〉
  Contemporary Art
  1979 Born in Tokyo, Japan
  Ph.D., Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
  Lives and works in Germany, Berlin and Tokyo, Japan

  

  《Liquid path - Buoyancy and dynamic》2017
  Photo : Hong Cheolki

• Masahiro HASUNUMA

  2016 Researcher・Germany〈Frankfurt〉
  Contemporary Art
  1981 Born in Tokyo, Japan
  Ph.D., Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
  Lives and works in Aichi, Japan

  

  《Toyoshima》2018
  Photo：Shiigi Shizune
  ※Reference work

• Megumi MATSUBARA

  2013 Researcher・Morocco〈Rabat〉
  Installation・Architecture
  1977 Born in Tokyo, Japan
  Master of Architecture, The Bartlett School of Architecture,
  University College London, United Kingdom
  Lives and works in Fes, Morocco and Tokyo, Japan

  

  《Fossil of Contact》2016
  Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum Collection
  ※Reference work

• Goro MURAYAMA

  2015 Researcher for two years・Austria〈Vienna〉
  Painting
  1983 Born in Tokyo, Japan
  Ph.D.,Oil Painting,Tokyo University of the Arts
  Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

  

  《Self-organized painting[multiple of tree structure]》2017

• Akira WADA

  2007 Researcher(Special)・France〈Paris〉
  Ceramics
  1978 Born in Chiba, Japan
  BA, Ceramics, Arts Department, Bunka Gakuin, Tokyo, Japan
  Lives and works in Chiba, Japan

  

  《White porcelain,Cow》2015
  Private Collection

• [Guest Artist] Natsunosuke MISE

  Painting
  1973 Born in Nara, Japan
  MFA, Kyoto City University of Art, Kyoto, Japan
  Lives and works in Yamagata, Japan

  

  《Painting of Japan》2006
  Agency for Cultural Affairs , Japan

For more than half a century since 1967, the Agency for Cultural Affairs Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists (formerly the Overseas Study Program for Artists) has been helping young artists attend training at organizations abroad in order to foster the talent that will support the future of the arts in Japan. Marking its 21st edition this year, the “Domani: The Art of Tomorrow” exhibition started in 1998 as a way to publicly showcase the work of participants from the visual arts field of the program. The large-scale group show, held in the unique exhibition spaces with high ceilings inside the National Art Center, Tokyo aims to present artists the program sent abroad to the Japanese art scene.
Subtitled “End of the Heisei Period,” the 21st “Domani” exhibition showcases examples of exciting talent who have completed the study program in recent years and whose artworks are suitable for the Center’s spacious exhibition spaces. As the last “Domani” exhibition of the Heisei period due to the planned abdication of the current emperor in 2019, it features nine artists who were born in the Showa 50s (1970s) and started their careers in the Heisei period (from 1989). Their work exhibited together here is the result of a transnational process of shuttling back and forth, both physically and culturally, between Japan and the outside world. In addition, the exhibition includes examples of the work of Natsunosuke Mise, who stayed in Florence, Italy, as a previous participant in the program, selected from the contemporary art collection of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.

This is a program under which the Agency for Cultural Affairs sends young artists overseas to support their training in their specialties. Since the 1967 fiscal year, About 3,500 artists have participated so far(Including art department is about 1,200). There are six types ‒ one-year, two-year, three-year, special (80 days), short-stay (20 to 40 days) and high school student (350 days) courses ‒ in the fields of media art, including fine art, music, dance, theater, film and stage design. The trainees have practical training with overseas universities, art organizations and artists.
See the details of this system on the website of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
http://www.bunka.go.jp/english/policy/arts_culture/upcoming_artists/