POLA MUSEUM ANNEX: Pola Museum Annex Exhibition 2023 - Independence and Integration -

NEWS RELEASE

Young Artists Group Exhibition	2023.1.12

"POLA MUSEUM ANNEX EXHIBITION 2023"

Over Two Periods from February 10 (Friday)

POLA MUSEUM ANNEX (Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) will hold its"POLA MUSEUM ANNEX 2023"over two periods between February 10 (Friday) and April 16 (Sunday), 2023.

Since 1996, the Pola Art Foundation has financially supported overseas training opportunities for young artists, with the aim of increasing specialization in the fields of Japanese art. This exhibition will present works by six artists selected from the trainees who have participated in the program over the past few years. The purpose of this annual event is to give many people the opportunity to enjoy the artistic fruits of the training program and to provide the young artists with valuable experience for their future artistic enterprises.

This 21st edition of the exhibition, again supervised by Pola Museum of Art Director Shunsuke Kijima, is entitled"Independence and Integration." It will be presented over two separate periods.

	∥ General information ∥
Title	POLA MUSEUM ANNEX EXHIBITION 2023 - Independence and Integration -
【Vol.1】
Term	February 10 (Fri) -March 12 (Sun), 2023（31days）
Artist	Hiromi Kunikawa/ Kaoru Hoshino/ Syo Yoshihama
【Vol.2】
Term	March 17 (Fri) -April 16 (Sun), 2023 (31days)
Artist	Mitsuki Akiyama/ Yukie Satoh/ Rie Nagai
Venue	POLA MUSEUM ANNEXhttps://www.po-holdings.co.jp/m-annex/
Address	POLA Ginza Building 3F, 1-7-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Organizer	POLA ART FOUNDATIONhttps://www.pola-art-foundation.jp/
Hour	11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (last entry 6:30 p.m.)
Admission	Free

*Open every day of exhibition period

Left：（Latter period）Rie Nagai 《Night (52°30'44.0"N, 13°25'32.2"E, c.2X20）》2020 Paper, pigment, h1000x w700mm Middle：（Latter period）Yukie Satoh 《Scene》 2022 Glass, brass, cork, metal component, wood h140x w450 x d50mm Right：（First period）Hiromi Kunikawa《door》2022 Limestone from Vicenza h240x w170x d120mm

∥Supervisor profile ∥

Shunsuke Kijima: Director of the Pola Museum of Art. Born in 1939 in Tottori Prefecture. Graduated from the Keio University Faculty of Letters, majoring in Aesthetics and Science of Arts. He has studied at the University of Florence, the New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science, and the New York University Institute of Fine Arts. He has served as director of The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma; director of the Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi; as professor at Kyoritsu Women's University, where he currently serves as professor emeritus, and as a "producer" at Tokyu Bunkamura, THE MUSEUM in Tokyo. His major publications include "The Beautiful Worlds of the Book of Hours " (Chuokoron-sha), "Contemporary American Artists 25" (Shueisha), "Women Who Changed Picasso" (Chuko Bunko), "Women Loved by Masterpieces: Stories of Painters and Models" (Shueisha), and "Klimt and Vienna " (Rikuyosha). He has also translated the three volumes of L'art décoratif en Europe.

∥Activities of Pola Art Foundation∥

Pola Art Foundation offers grants to young artists and art specialists in the field of fine arts. The Foundation invites applications for study theme proposals from the public, principally in the field of fine arts. Submissions are assessed by a screening committee made up of experts to select the projects that will receive financial support. Through this program, the Foundation aims to promote and develop Japanese culture. An outline of recent support activities is given below.

[Reference: Details of grants awarded in FY2022]

		No. of grants awarded	Total value of awarded grants
(1)	Grants for overseas training for young artists	13	41.95 million yen
(2) Grants for research and study by museum staff	12	18.24 million yen
(3)	Grants for international exchanges in the field of fine art	8	16.00 million yen

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∥ Artist Profile ∥

【Vol.1】

Hiromi Kunikawa

https://www.hiromikunikawa.com/
1988	Born in Tokyo, Japan
2013	B.F.A. in sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts (TUA)
2015	M.F.A. in sculpture, Tokyo University of the Arts (TUA)
2019	Pola Art Foundation fellowship (Italy)
2021	Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation fellowship (Italy)
［Selected Exhibitions］
2023	"Hiromi Kunikawa Exhibition -paradiso-"	Hiromi KUNIKAWA《special day》
	Nihombashi Takashimaya Art Gallery X
	2018 Sand stone ｈ680×w800×d700mm
2021	"RISING TRIANGLE" Takashimaya Shinjuku
2019	"Animal Park 2019" Mitsukoshi Nihombashi
2018	"Hiromi Kunikawa Exhibition ~Modest Forest~" Nihombashi Takashimaya Art Gallery X
2017	"'21C//Now in shape vol.5 ' Shape of a creature//Shape of material" Takashimaya Shinjuku
2016	"Summer Arts Festival 2016" Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi
	"Stone Road in Taipei" Red Gold Fine Art (Taipei)
2015	"SPRING BOARD 2015" UENO ART GALLERY（Tokyo）
2013	"SOTTEN 3" Hillside Terrace（Tokyo）
	"The 8th Atelier's descendant or Future" Denchu Hirakushi House and Atelier ～'15（Tokyo）
	"Animal Art Collaboration Exhibition 2013" Kanazawa Zoo ～'15, '17 (Kanagawa)

[Awards]

2015 "63st Tokyo University of the Arts the Graduation Works Exhibitions" University purchased artwork "Tokyo Metropolitan Governor Prize"

"The Mayor of Toride" Toride-shi purchased artwork

2013 "Tokyo Metropolitan Governor Prize"

2011 "Kume Keiichiro Award"

Kaoru Hoshino

https://www.kaoruhoshino.com/
1990	Born in Saitama, Japan
2012	BA, Tama Art University
2015	MA, Tama Art University
2018	Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg enrolled
2021	Pola Art Foundation Fellowship（Germany）
2022	Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation Fellowship（Germany）
［Selected Exhibitions］
2020	"Der River" Baumwollspinnerei（Leipzig, Germany）
2019	"Chronicle" Kunstraum Bethanien（Berlin, Germany）	Kaoru Hoshino《Yesterday Once More》
2015	Higashi-Omiya Art Festival, Tea Shop Higashino (Saitama)
2021 Expanded polystyrene foam, Finishing
2014	"S P V I" Turner Gallery (Tokyo)
filler, Lacquer, Size Variable
2012	"My Protective Gods" ROCKET Gallery (Tokyo)

Syo Yoshihama

https://syo-yoshihama.tumblr.com/

1985 Born in Okinawa, Japan

2010 Graduated Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts department of Painting Major

2012 Tokyo Wonder Site Tokyo-Barcelona Exchange Residency Program 2012

2017 Pola Art Foundation fellowship（UK）

［Selected Exhibitions］

2018 "Yambaru Art Festival 2018 - 2019" Ogimi Village Former Shioya Elementary School (Okinawa） "Local Prospects 4 -Distances"ART GALLERY ARTIUM (Fukuoka)

2014 "Fictive Communities Asia ‒Koganecho Bazaar 2014"Koganecho Area Management Center, (Kanagawa) 2013 "TOKYO EXPERIMENTAL FESTIVAL vol.8"Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo (Tokyo)

2012 "VOCA 2012 The Vision of Contemporary Art" The Ueno Royal Museum (Tokyo)

Syo Yoshihama 《Voice of Ocean》

2012 Video Sound Installation, multifaceted display, size: variable ©Tokyo Wonder Site Photographed by Masahiro Nagata

【Vol.2】 Mitsuki Akiyama

1992	Born in Rome, Italy
2016	Bachelor in Art Education, University of the Ryukyus
2018	Master in Fine Arts (Sculpture), Hiroshima City University
2019	Enrolled in Accademia di Belle Arti of Rome
	MAECI Scholarship
2021	Pola Art Foundation Fellowship（Italy）
［Selected Exhibitions］
2016	Graduation Exhibition, Urasoe Museum (Okinawa)	Mitsuki Akiyama《What makes us Nature》
2017	"Ichihanari 2017" Art space in Miyajima (Okinawa)
2022 Wood, colofonium, epoxy resin, gravel
2019	"Sculpture Network 2019" Gallery Edieuropa (Rome, Italy)
Installation
	"On Feeling" Marble Museum (Tinos, Greece)
2021	"Hanami" Museum of Botanical Garden of Rome (Rome, Italy)
	"Seminarte" Royal Villa of Monza (Monza, Italy)
	"Japanese October" Faenza Municipal Gallery (Faenza, Italy)
	"EU4Art Short term workshop exhibition" Hugarian University of Fine Arts (Hungary)
2022	"Metamorfosi della Natura" Civiche Raccolte D'Arte Palazzo Marliani Cicogna (Busto Arsizio, Italy)
	"Transitioning" HfBK Dresden (Oktagon, Germany)

Yukie Satoh《Fragments》2020

Glass, Jomon pottery, stainless-steel,

wood, metal components

h190x w80x d60mm

Yukie Satoh

https://www.yukiesatoh.com/

1986 Born in Fukushima, Japan

2009 BFA Tsukuba University

2011 Toyama Institute of Glass, Undergraduate Course

2012 Artist in Residence, Art Glass Solutions (Singapore)

2018 Pola Art Foundation fellowship (Portugal)

［Selected Exhibitions］

2022 Solo exhibition 'relics' Galeria punto (Kobe, Hyogo) Cans space (Taipei, Taiwan)

BIOME (Kobe, Hyogo)

2021 3331 ART FAIR（Tokyo）

Solo exhibition"COMPLEXION"

Jiemo Art & Craft Gallary (Shanghai, China)

2020 Gallery Yukomori (Matsumoto, Nagano) Art Connect Yokohama（Kanagawa）

2019 "NEW GLASS IDEAS #2"A-corns Gallery（Tokyo）

2018 "NEW GLASS IDEAS #1"Toyama Glass Art Museum (Toyama)

2016 Solo exhibition "Semi transparent signs " Gallary Mizu-to-ki(Nerima-ku, Tokyo)

2014 Selected, "Daikoku-ya Modern art Competition" (Nasushiobara, Tochigi) Solo exhibition "Ancient Girls"Antique Shop Sundries (Omotesando, Tokyo)

2013 Solo exhibition "signs"Gallery Fukka (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

Rie Nagai

http://rie-n.com/

1990 Born in Gunma, Japan

2012 BFA Tohoku University of Art and Design

2014 MFA Tohoku University of Art and Design

2019 Pola Art Foundation fellowship (Germany)

Rie Nagai 《Night（52°30'39.9"N, 13°26'34.5"E c.2X20》

2020, Paper, pigment, h2650 x w6650mm

［Selected Exhibitions & Awards］

2022 Idemitsu Art Award Artist Selection 2022, The National Art Center (Tokyo) Solo Exhibition "Before Dawn" Galerie Suiran (Gunma)

"4 + 3 = 1"SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin, Germany)

2021 Solo Exhibition "Nacht" Galerie Suiran (Gunma)

2020 Solo Exhibition "Night" Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin, Germany)

2017 The rising generation "What can be seen in the Box" The Museum of Shibukawa City (Gunma) Solo Exhibition "Area" Galerie Suiran (Gunma)

2016 Shell Art Award 2016, the National Art Center (Tokyo)

2015 "The rising generation13 Rie NAGAI Yuki YANAGISAWA" The Museum of Shibukawa City (Gunma) "Nakanojo Biennale 2015" (Gunma)