REVIEWERS

ART & GALLERY

  • TAKANORI YOSHIDA
    BYTHREE inc. / creative director

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    After working for several production companies, he established the creative studio BYTHREE in 2013. The studio's work includes branding, advertising and promotional tool production, editorial design, website production and packaging design. Specialises in concept-building 'planning' and appropriate and varied 'graphic design', regardless of medium or method of expression. Representative recent works include visuals for the first anniversary exhibition of the Nakanoshima Art Museum, Osaka, the Food Culture Museum (website) of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and the official website for the Osaka/Kansai Expo. He has received numerous national and international design awards. (Official website of Expo '70 Osaka/Kansai, etc. Numerous domestic and international design awards.


  • Yasuhiro Hara
    atelier sangatsu /

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    Atelier Mitsuki opened in Nakazaki-cho, Osaka in 2015. It is run by painter Yasuhiro Hara. It discovers new values that can be new art, born from diverse backgrounds such as manga, anime, subcultures, and the Internet.


  • Daichi Yokoyama
    ZEAMI Entertainment / CEO

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    Producer of art and music. Making badges,stickers "ZEAMI Art",Art brand "FACTO","FACTO GALLERY", art event "LIMITS"


  • Mitsuru Shimazu
    728artclub /

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  • Daisuke Nagamori
    UNICUM / producer / curator

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  • YUKIHIRO TSUJITA
    KYOTO SEIKA UNIVERSITY / professor

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    teaching illustration, animation and game design at Kyoto Seika University.


  • hara takaharu
    caruta inc. / Art Director, Artist

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    MATSUO CORPORATION CI, WORLD HERITAGE EXHIBIT BUILT WITH LEGO BRICK


  • Katsumi Fuku
    CA-RIN WORKS / NON-BORDER / President / Producer / Director

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    In addition to being involved in branding and design of companies, stores, products, and planning and production work, in 2021 we launched "NON-BORDER" with the slogan "Let's stop mottainai" and started upcycling business.


  • KENICHI FUKUZUMI
    KEN FINE ART / Director

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  • Hirokazu Hashimoto
    gallery solaris / Director

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    Opened Gallery Solaris (Shinsaibashi, Osaka) as a gallery specializing photography in 2015. Organizes exhibitions and events related to photography, Management of the gallery, Coordination of framing, Teaching darkroom classes.


  • Kimitsugu Ueno
    OFFICE U-BOAT / Representative Member

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    I coordinate art and traditional Japanese crafts. I held an event to view hanging scrolls by Japanese candlelight at Ito Jakuchu's temple, Hozoji. I recreated the space of the Edo period. I also had six traditional craftsmen give classes at Tachibana Junior High School in Kyoto.


  • Tomohiro Mizuno
    / 7gallery Director / FUJII DAIMARU 7th Floor MD

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    Born in 1976. Hobbies include futsal and running. In 2020, I opened 7gallery on the 7th floor of Fujii Daimaru and serve as its director. I also work as the MD (merchandiser) of the 7th floor, which is based on the concept of "uniqueness and pioneering spirit," and the MD of the Fujii Daimaru Online Shop. I write articles for the "Art Gallery Director’s Blog." 


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  • YOSHITAKA W
    oto gallery / president

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    ● Immature,Esprit&Surrealism ● It's immature, one sun of thing with "HIRIRI" and a factor of spicy spirit is introduced.


  • Haruki SENDA
    hikosen style shop & gallery / designer

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    Engaged in product, interior, graphic, and branding design. Since 2013, we have been holding workshops to make "faces" out of scraps and rags from the manufacturing process. I also propose a lifestyle with art.


  • Hiroyuki Kimura
    3331 commandA,LLC. / Manager

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    3331 is an initiative that operates as an activity body conducting diverse art projects and art businesses under the principle of "Art x Industry x Community". It aims to nurture the creativity of people and communities, protect local areas, and build cultural capital.


  • Yoh Ikeda
    yoh art gallery / director

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    Established in 1979 as a gallery dealing with contemporary art in Osaka. Since 1980, he has introduced American Contemporary Art, especially artists from the West Coast. His works are exhibited in museums and public facilities in Japan. They also have a track record of doing business with galleries in Europe and the United States, and in recent years have been introducing works by a wide range of clients, primarily young Japanese artists.


  • Rocket Jack
    RJ Graphics/RJ Toys / Creator

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    Event planning and management, graphic design production, SOFUBI releases


  • Akio Takimoto
    PLANT/ART Lab OMM, ART TOKKU / Art Director, Videographer, Creator

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  • YOKO YAMADA
    Akar Media / CEO

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    Inbound and outbound PR for the Japanese market in the Asian market, international art and cultural exchange events, and manage for the owned media "Akar Media". Creative director at Recruit Co., Ltd., a member of the cross-border creator agency "Ubies" consortium, and a full member of the Japan Graphic Design Association (JAGDA).


  • AI TAGUCHI
    JILL D´ART GALLERY / director

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    JILL D’ART GALLERY is a contemporary art gallery, introducing emerging talents on visual arts and crafts in Japan. Since its first establishment in Nagoya in 2008, the gallery has realized numerous exhibitions, commission projects and works, participated in art fairs and events nationally and internationally, whilst retaining its ethos: art for our everyday lives.


  • AKITAKA KAWABE
    BEAK 585 GALLERY / directer

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    Regardless of age, gender, or nationality I would like to introduce to the world artists whom I think are good.


  • Baron Ueda
    FR/LAME MONGER / Artist / Illustrator / AI BEAR Creator

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  • Junji Kawabata
    Art Collector / Curator /

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    I organized 4 group art exhibitions at Gallery echo-ann in Tokyo. https://echo-ann.jp/exhibition.html?id=369


  • Takashi Cobayashi
    KASIKA inc. / co-ceo

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    Jewelry direction, Event direction, Metal product production, Kintsugi repair, etc.


  • kenzo ishiyama
    / shacho

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  • Mugi Nakajima
    nakajima mugi works / Artist

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    I am working mainly on abstract paintings, while incorporating events that extend from the abstract paintings. Through these activities, I hope to be free from anything and to be a medium that connects everything. In recent years, I have been exploring the basic elements of painting: movement, depth, and light.


  • Dai Nomoto
    KOBE 819 GALLERY / Director

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    Focusing on gallery management in Kobe I am engaged in exhibition planning, sales, and management. I also direct advertisements and plan events.


  • Masari Eno
    gekilin. / President Director

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    ”gekilin.” is a contemporary art gallery operated by Art Director Eno Masari. I will pursue contemporary Japanese culture and art scene. And with the young artists we will head to the world and the future.


  • takahiro morishige
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  • aja chatani
    aja! design studio / &CODE /

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  • Masato Sugimae
    smilin' in the sunshine / Art gallery owner, wholesaler

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    Art gallery、Shop, atelier、wholesales,and more,,, Please come and see us any time. Keep on smilin’,,,


  • Seiji Yoshikawa
    TOOP design works inc. / CEO

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    2005年 大阪市港区にかつてのフェリーターミナルであった加藤汽船ビルを拠点とし、金属加工と設計を行うユニットTOOP design worksを設立。 アパレルやサロンなどの空間設計や製作を行う傍ら、アート作品も発表している。


  • MAKOTO IKEDA
    FREELANCE CURATOR / FREELANCE CURATOR

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    After working as a writer, stylist, and editor for fashion and culture magazines, she became a freelance curator. He is active as a hub connecting fashion and fashionable contents and art both in Japan and abroad. He also organizes the multi-art show “YOU WANT SOME.


  • Chiemi Yoshitake
    ART HOUSE /

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  • Yo HAYASHI
    Souq Company Inc. / Director

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    Art, Fashion, Crafts, I am looking forward to seeing you with passion!


  • Naoko Tawara
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  • HIROKO KUBOYAMA
    BLOOM GALLERY / Director

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  • Yasuyuki Shimada
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  • Yumiko Hirosato
    K.K. Shimec /

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    Import/export (printing materials, coffee beans, etc.) / Translation support (English and Mandarin) / University seminar support / Organising and managing of event gallery space ‘Amatsukaze’/ Planning and operating events to experience Japanese culture


  • Sae Cardonnel
    MUZ ART PRODUCE /

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    Art producer