2020

Awagami Artist In Residence Program 2020

Artists

Yougetsu Harada (Japan)

Modern Calligraphy Artist
Born in Tokushima

【Major Exhibitions】

2020	Seibu Sogo Tokushima New Year Performance Calligraphy with Wadaiko
	Honorary Member of the Royal Society of British Artists Exhibition at Mall Galleries in England
2019	Warsaw National Art Museum’s Poster Museum in Wilanow 100th Anniversary of Poland-Japan Diplomatic Relations “GEI-TEN”
	Calligraphy design for “Nishi Awa Fireworks” the largest in West Japan
	Lecture and performance at Joto Elementary school lecture series
2018	Nord Villepinte Convention Center, Paris-Nord, France “Japan Expo” WABI SABI Exhibition
2016	Solo Exhibition “Hikari to Shi” Anabuki
2015	Otowayama, Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto “Kiyomizu Temple Calligraphy and Ink Exhibition”

KAORUKO (Japan)

Website https://corridorcontemporary.com/collection/kaoruko/

Contemporary Arts/Painting & Printmaking
Lives in New York

【Major Exhibitions】

2020	ANIMISM Solo Show Lions Wier Gallery, NY Chelsea
2018	Grand Front 5th Anniversary Art Scramble event, Osaka Japan
2018	A Colossal World:Japanese Artists and NewYork White Box, NY
2017	Shanlin Ye & KAORUKO Show: On The Verge, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
	The Numbers Museum Produced by Lux Tokyo, Osaka, Japan
2014	MANA Monumental, Mana Wynwood convention Center, Miami, FL
2013	Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation New Acquisitions and Printsm 2013 Solo Show ENN, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2011	Dream in a Contemporary Secret Garden :Mixed Media Works from 12 Asian Artists, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
	KAORUKO Solo Show Aromako, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2007	TOKYO, Solo Show Ethan Cohan Fine Arcs Gallery, New York, NY

Yasu Suzuka (Japan) (73)

Website https://jp.yasusuzuka.com

Modern Artist/Photographer/Paper Sculptor/Potter/Printmaker
1947 Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa
1966-1968 Studied Oil Painting at Tama Art University
1975 Went to San Francisco Art Institute, USA on a Fulbright Scholarship to study photography and film

【Major Exhibitions】

2020	Solo Exhibition “Wind Mandala” Tamagawa Museum of Modern Art, Imabari, Ehime
2018	Kyoto Arts and Culture Award
2016	Solo Exhibition “Sea Silk Road Exhibition” China, Xafa Museum at Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts
2015	Solo Exhibition “Nirvana Shirt” at Shimada Museum of Arts in Kumamoto
2005	Solo Exhibition “Yoshiyasu Suzuka-Gassho Mandala” at Gallery SOWAKA, Kyoto
2004	The Arles Discovery Award
2002	Annual Award, The Japan Society for Arts and History of Photography
1999	Gold Medal, Exhibition of Japan Contemporary Japanese Paper Art Works
1997	Japan Paper Academy’s Prize, Imadate Exhibition of Contemporary Paper Art Works
1994	Grand Prize, Kyoto Art Exhibition (Printmaking Category)
1970	Tokyo International Print Biennial Exhibition (National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)

Sebastien Siraudeau (France) (54)

Website https://sebastien-siraudeau.fr

photographer
1966 Born in France
1988 Graduated from ESC Rouen / Neoma Business School
1995 Master of Art in Interactive Multimedia -ENSCI / London Royal College of Art

【Major Exhibitions】

2020	Chercher Vincent – L’impression d’un paysage / lnstu – L’Isle Adam, Vallee de l’Oise
	Watermark – collective exhibition – Brittany
	Chercher Vincent / lnstu – Little Big Galerie – Paris
2019	Le Square – Square Edouard VII – Paris
	Le Passage + Les Meduses – Ville de Pleneuf-Val-Andre – Brittany
	La Grande Motte, cite solaire – Galerie Tema.archi – Paris
2018	Archivages – La Grande Motte – Expobeton – Galerie Le Cube Rouge – Paris
	La Pattie de Scrabble – collective – Galerie VU – Paris
2017	Archivages + Grand Standing – Paris Design Fair Elements – Parmain -(Val d’Oise)

Qian Jin (China) (60)

Website http://www.qianjinphoto.com

photographer
1960 Born in Zhejiang, China
Studied art and design
Currently active as a designer, magazine editor, and commercial photographer

【Major Exhibitions】

2020	International Society of Experimental Artists 28th Annual Juried Exhibition, Michigan, USA
	Members’Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, California, USA
	7th Annual Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, USA
	35th annual international exhibition, University of Texas at Tyler, USA
2019	Bifa winner’s exhibitions 2019, Budapest, Hungary
	Baohe International Photography week Academic Exhibition, Hefei, China
	Nineteenth Pingyao International Photography Exhibition, Pingyao, China
	Viridian Artists Presents The 30th Annual International Juried Exhibition, New York, USA
	International Society of Experimental Artists 28th Annual Juried Exhibition, Michigan, USA
	Alexandria Museum of Art 32nd September Competition Juried Exhibition, Louisiana, USA