Artist:  Satoshi Murakami   -   Japan

Born in Tokyo in 1988. He is based in Tokyo. 2011: Graduated Musashino Art University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Architecture.
In 2014, he started the "live in migration" project to live in a polystyrene foam house he had built himself. They're looking for ways to turn introspection into social action. His books include 'rush around the house' (2019) by Fukuinkan Shoten Co., Ltd., and 'I hurried around the house.' (2017) by Yugashobo Co., Ltd. In 2017, he stayed at Orepro (Sweden) under the overseas dispatch system of new artists by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.

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Artist:  Kodue Hibino   -   Japan

Born in Shizuoka Prefecture, she graduated from the Design Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts.
As a costume artist, her work has been presented in a wide variety of projects including advertising, theater, dance, ballet, film and television.
She is the director of costuming and set design for NHK Educational TV’s "Nihongo de Asobo".
She has also created costumes for many theatrical productions, including "Togitatsu no Utare, Noda Edition” Kabuki, “The Character”, "Footprint Princess" and “Faux In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom”, all written and directed by Hideki Noda. She also designed costumes for the dance performances "Circus” at the New National Theater, and "Alice in Wonderland". "LIVE BONE", "WONDER WATER", "Humanoid LADY", "FLY, FLY, FLY", "Rinne", and "Piece to Peace" performances are currently under development.
She participated in the Okunoto International Art Festival 2017, the Earth Art Festival 2018 and the Setouchi International Art Festival 2019. “60 rokuju" exhibition at Ichihara Lakeside Museum in 2018 "Dance the Ifuku in Dazaifu” costume exhibition at Tenmangu Shrine and dance performance at Kyushu National Museum in 2019. Her "Small Creatures Institute" workshops are held every month at Shibuya LOFT.

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Artist:  Masahiro Hasunuma   -   Japan

Born in Tokyo in 1981. He was a painter and a documentary photographer. He completed his doctorate in the Department of Art Anatomy, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. Currently, he is based in Aichi Prefecture.
With an interest in the autonomy of images and the wonders of dreams, he produces photographs and paintings with an emphasis on animation based on "Kinola". Major exhibitions in recent years include "The 8th New Artist Exhibition is about us." (Kawaguchi City Art Gallery Atria, Saitama, 2019), "21 th DOMANI Tomorrow Exhibition" (National Art Center, Tokyo, 2019), "something acquired by counting" (gallery N, Aichi, 2019),
"Setouchi International Art Festival" (Kagawa, Okayama, 2019/2016), and "Earth Arts Festival" (Niigata, 2015).

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Artist:  Kayako Nakashima   -   Japan

Born in Kyoto in 1990.
In 2013, she completed the course of Western Art of Kyoto Seika University. She completed the master's course of the Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts in 2015. Using water and light as main materials, she created his works based on the relationship with the place. By actively incorporating changes into the work, it creates a tense atmosphere where space and work come together. Major exhibitions include 2019 "Fremantle Biennale" (Perth, Australia), 2019 "Fault line art festival" 2019 (Hualien, Taiwan), 2018 "Compilation of Acts and Residence 2018 Presentation Exhibition" Tokyo Arts and Space (Tokyo), 2016 "Setouchi International Art Festival" Takamijima (Kagawa), 2015 "Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale Earth Arts Festival" Karekimata Shuraku (Niigata), etc.

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Artist:  RIKIGOSAN   -   Japan

RIKIGOSAN was established in 2007.
The unit is made up of Riki Kato, Godai Watanabe, and Shinichi Yamazaki. Their main purpose is to enable art to co-exist with and be of service to people.
Each exhibit locale has its own unique environment and human activities. By adopting a broad perspective in assimilating their different aspects, they intertwine various means of expression to weave a story about these intricate places. They are developing works that connect people through the power of art. 2009, ’12, ’15, ’18 “Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale”; “Setouchi Triennale” 2013; “Oku-Noto Triennale” 2017; Fujisawa Konjaku・Machinaka Art Tour 2019.

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Artist:  Alexander Ponomarev   -   Russia

Born in Dnipropetrovsk (former Soviet Union, now Ukraine) in 1957.
After graduating from the Oryol School of Art in 1973, he graduated from the Ocean Engineering School in Odessa in 1979.
While working in the Russian Navy Fleet, he produces works at sea, in the Arctic, Greenland, and Antarctica. Member of the Russian Academy of Arts and a French medal of art and culture.

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Artist:  Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro   -   Australia

Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro are Australian artists who reclaim and transform the fallout of consumer society in their practice. Combining a playful sense of humour and an engagement with art historical precedents, their work is characterised by the deconstruction and reinvention of prefabricated structures and the assemblage of accumulated objects into extraordinary sculptures and installations.
Healy and Cordeiro’s practice reflects a preoccupation with the dynamics of global mobility-the networks, standards and financial systems that enable and restrict the movement of people and goods in the modern era. Healy and Cordeiro have spent much of their artistic careers traveling. These shifting locations, and the experience of constantly moving and uprooting their lives plays a central role in their work.

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Artist:  Carsten Nicolai   -   Germany

Carsten Nicolai (b. 1965) lives and works in Berlin.
Inspired by scientific reference systems, Nicolai explores mathematical patterns such as grids and codes, error and random structures, as well as the phenomenon of self-organization. In doing so, he continually breaks down the boundaries between various artistic genres.

After his participation in documenta X (1997) and the 49th and 50th Venice Biennales (2001 and 2003), his works have been presented in national and international exhibitions in renowned museums and galleries. Comprehensive solo exhibitions have taken place at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt am Main (anti reflex, 2005), Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin (syn chron, 2005), CAC Vilnius, Lithuania (pioneer, 2011), Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz (unitape, 2015), Berlinische Galerie (tele, 2018) and now upcoming at K21 Düsseldorf (parallax symmetry, 2019). Carsten Nicolai’s works are included in important private and public collections.

Nicolai has received numerous awards and grants, among them: Giga Hertz Prize (2012, with Ryoji Ikeda); Villa Massimo, Rome (2007); Zurich Art Prize (2007); Villa Aurora, Los Angeles (2003); Prix Ars Electronica (2000 and 2001, with Marko Peljhan); Grand Prize Japan Media Arts Festival (2014). His oeuvre echoes in his work as a musician: For his musical outputs he uses the pseudonym Alva Noto. Diverse musical projects include remarkable collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ryoji Ikeda, and Blixa Bargeld among many others. Nicolai toured extensively through Europe, Asia, South America and the US. Among others, he performed at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the San Francisco Museum ofModern Art, Centre Pompidou in Paris and Tate Modern in London. Nicolai scored the music for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 'The Revenant’. The score was nominated for a Golden Globe, BAFTA, Grammy and Critics Choice Award. As well he has created the sound design for Iñárritu’s groundbreaking VR project “Carne y Arena”.

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Artist:  Chen Si   -   China

Born in 1983, Chen Si is an independent illustrator and artist based in Beijing. By delivering “The Power of Adorableness” throughout his works, he tries to find a cure of tension and anxiety in the modern society.
He published the picture book The Unmovable World together with writer Dongdong Qiang and afterwards, held two solo exhibitions in Beijing. He draw illustration for the movie actor Chen Kun‘s book Gui Shui Ping Lu. Then, published a collection of personal illustration named We Are Bigger Than the Universe. In the year 2019, he founded an art gallery named " Big Art Museum" in Beijing, which devoted to provide exhibition space for young avant-garde artists to showcase their talents. At the same time, in commercial field, he continues to cooperated with famous brands in recent years.

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Artist:  Keita Mori   -   Japan

Born in Hokkaido in 1981. After graduating from Tama University of Art, he went to France. He enrolled at ENSBA-Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Artes and received a Fellowship of Overseas Study Program for Artists by the Japanese Government Agency of Cultural Affairs. He later completed his MA Fine Arts (new media) at the University of Paris VIII and is based in Paris.
In 2017, his solo exhibition “Strings” (curated by Gael Charbau) was the opening event for Drawing Lab Paris, the first French art center to specialize in contemporary drawings.

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