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Koichi Watanabe (Fukushima University)

Artist Information

Koichi Watanabe is an artist and a professor of drawing and painting at Fukushima University. Watanabe has been active as an artist since 1990’s and has been the director of Fukushima biennale and the art festival of wind and soil.

Official Website: Koichi WATANABE Laboratory – Fukushima University


Takahide Mizuuchi


 

Artist Information

Takahide MIZUUCHI was born in Okayama in 1979, dropped out of Musashino Art University. Since 2001, he have been presenting his works focused on projected works and workshops.

The main activity,
2003, 2009 & 2012 “MEETS”, “Snakes of the rainbow colors” and “Tsumari-Mabiki ” at The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Toka-machi, Niigata Prefecture

2004 & 2006  ”Town planning by children” and “Water Koto project”, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
2005  “MIZUUCHI Surveying company” Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
2006  ”A Dinner ~ a rapid-fire drama ~ ” Bank Art NYK, Yokohama, Kanagawa
prefecture
2011  ”Clear Horns” and URS13 Play Ground, Taipei, Taiwan

Official Website: Takahide Mizuuchi Art Works


Hiroko Masuko

“Tsuchizawa bonsai” 2011 ink on paper,mounted on panel 270.0×210.0cm

Artist Information

Currently living in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture.
With unique interpretations such as Bonsai appearing like Chimaera or using empty Bonsai pots to embody the flora
and fauna ‘after the Bonsai has left’ , Masuko elaborates new ideas which expands the image of Bonsai.
Her works have already attracted enormous attention in the Japanese art scene.

Official Website: STATEMENT – Hiroko Masuko Official Web Site