[Pola Museum Annex] Group exhibition by young artists “Pola Museum Annex 2022” will be held from February 11, 2022 (Friday / holiday)

Sou Kanno "Laser ice dyad" 2020 Laser, sensor, motor, control board, battery, faux fur, plastic size variable photography Masashi Kurobane

Introducing 6 artists in the previous and next periods Participating artists: Issei Matsuda, Natsumi Sugiyama, Naoto Hieda, So Kanno, Tomoko Hojo, Takayoshi Terashima

Pola Museum Annex (Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) will hold the "Pola Museum Annex Exhibition 2022" from February 11th (Friday / holiday) to April 17th (Sunday), 2022.

In this exhibition, the works of artists selected in the past as a grant for overseas training of young artists at the Pola Art Foundation will be exhibited. With the announcement at the POLA Museum Annex, we started with the intention that we would like you to utilize it in your future activities. Continuing from last year, under the supervision of Shunsuke Kijima, the director of the Pola Museum of Art, we will introduce a total of six artists under the title "Beyond themes and materials".

The subsidy for overseas training of young artists is one of the activities carried out every year by the Pola Art Foundation, which supports overseas training for artists under the age of 35 and specializes in the Japanese art field. It is an attempt to enhance the sex.

Exhibition overview
[Phase]
Date: February 11, 2022 (Friday / holiday) – March 13 (Sunday) [31 days] * Open all year round Participating artists: Isao Matsuda, Natsumi Sugiyama, Naoto Hieda

[Late]
Date: March 18th (Fri) – April 17th (Sun), 2022 [31 days] * Open all year round Participating artists: So Kanno, Tomoko Hojo, Takayoshi Terashima

[Common to the previous and next periods]
Venue: Pola Museum Annex (3rd floor, POLA Ginza Building, 1-7-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, 104-0061)
Organizer: Pola Art Foundation Opening Hours: 11:00 – 19:00 (Admission is until 18:30)
Admission: Free

Supervisor profile
Shunsuke Kijima: Director of the Pola Museum of Art. Born in Tottori prefecture in 1939. Graduated from Keio University Faculty of Letters, majoring in aesthetics and art history. Studied at the University of Florence, New York University Graduate School, and Institute of Art History. He has served as the director of the Gunma Museum of Modern Art, the director of the Gunma Museum of Modern Art, and a professor at Kyoritsu Women's University.
His major books are "The World of Beautiful Times" (Chuokoron-sha), "25 American Contemporary Art" (Shueisha), "Picasso Changed by Women" (Chuko Bunko), and "Women Loved by Masterpieces". "Painter and Model Story" (Shueisha), "Klimt and Vienna" (Rokuyosha), translations such as "European Decorative Arts All 3 Volumes" (Chuokoron-Shinsha).

∥ Overview of activities of the Pola Art Foundation
The Pola Art Foundation, a public interest foundation, provides subsidies to young artists in the art field and professional art staff. The following activities are carried out with the aim of contributing to the improvement and development of Japanese culture by soliciting research activity themes mainly in the art field from the general public and adopting and subsidizing them by a selection committee composed of experts.

[Reference material: Details of the adoption of the Reiwa 3rd year grant]
(1) Number of grants adopted for overseas training of young artists: 15 Number of grants: 47.53 million yen
(2) Number of grants adopted for research by museum staff: 12 Number of grants: 18.11 million yen
(3) Number of grants for international exchange related to art: 11 Number of grants: 17.95 million yen

∥ Writer profile ∥
■ Early writer Naoto Hieda
Naoto Hieda
Born in Ibaraki prefecture in 1990
2012 Graduated from Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2015 Completed Master's Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University
2017 Pola Art Foundation Overseas Trainee (Canada)
2019 Admission to Cologne Media Arts University Diploma II
2020 Yoshino Gypsum Art Promotion Foundation Overseas Trainee (Germany)
[Major exhibitions]
2021 "KHM Open" Cologne Media Arts University (Cologne / Germany)
2020 "NODE 20" NODE Forum for Digital Arts (Frankfurt / Germany)
2019 “ V & A Friday Late'' Victoria & Albert Museum (London / UK)
2018 “ Open Studio'' Seoul Art Space Kumcheon (Seoul / Korea)
2017 "MAPP_MTL" Never Apart (Montreal / Canada)
2016 "CHI Art" Works / San José (San Jose / USA)
2014 "IVRC" National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Tokyo)
https://naotohieda.com

Natsumi Sugiyama
Natsumi SUGIYAMA
Born in Tokyo in 1985
2017 Pola Art Foundation Overseas Trainee (Germany)
https://www.natsumi-sugiyama.com/

Isao Matsuda
Masanori Matsuda
Born in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture in 1982
1995 The Great Hanshin Earthquake completely destroyed my home
2007 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Advanced Art Expression
2009 Completed the Department of Advanced Art Expression, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2017-2018 Pola Art Foundation Overseas Trainee (Ireland)
2019-2021 Agency for Cultural Affairs Emerging Artist Overseas Dispatch Program Trainee (Poland)
[Major exhibitions]
2019 “ Celebration-Japan Polish Contemporary Art Exhibition'' Kyoto Art Center (Kyoto)
"CELEBRATION -Poznan art week" Ratchinski Library (Poznan / Poland)
"CELEBRATION-MONO NO AWARE" Trafo Center for Contemporary Art (Sichetin / Poland)
"OSTRALE Biennnale 2019" (Dresden / Germany)
2018 “ Collecting time 18'' Espace27-Usine Kugler (Geneva / Switzerland)
"Incomplete Nature" Interface (Connemara / Ireland)
"Incomplete Nature" Detroit Stockholm (Stockholm / Sweden)
"Tao & Empress Chen" Points Contemporary Art Center (Jinxizhen / China)
2017 "Ready for Baltane" 2001-artspace (Kobe)
2016 "House of Day, House of Night" KCUA (Kyoto)
"Poetry humming" Yamamoto Confectionery (Nishinari / Osaka)
"Behind the Snow" Ishi-art space (Shinano Omachi / Nagano)
http://masanorimatsuda.net/

■ Late writer Takayoshi Terashima
TERAJIMA Takayoshi
Born in Omigawa-cho, Katori-gun, Chiba Prefecture in 1986 (currently Katori City)
2007-11 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Crafts
2012-14 Studied under Prof. Otto Künzli, Department of Jewelery, Munich Academy of Fine Arts
2011-15 Completed Master's Program in Crafts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2015-18 Studied under Prof. Karen Pontoppidan, Department of Jewelery, Munich Academy of Fine Arts
2017-18 Pola Art Foundation Overseas Trainee (Germany)
2018 Munich Academy of Fine Arts Jewelery Department Diploma Completed / Meister Schuler Issue [Major Exhibitions / Awards]
2021 Special Exhibition "Boîte avec couvercle" Hectare Sabine Herman Galerie (Brussels / Belgium)
Special exhibition "VADE RETRO exhibition" Galeria Tereza Seabra (Lisbon / Portugal)
Collection of works "OMAMORI, TATAMI" Die Neue Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne Munich (Munich / Germany)
2020 Art Fair "PAN AMSTERDAM IN PERSPECTIEF" Galerie Rob Koudijs (Amsterdam / Netherlands)
Special exhibition "The Palace of Shattered Vessels II: Light Catchers" FROOTS & NOGART (Shanghai / China)
Art Fair "ZONA MACO" TRECE SIN 3 (Mexico City / Mexico)
2019 Winners Exhibition "MONUMENTALITY / FRAGILITY" National Design & Craft Gallery (Kilkenny / Ireland)
Collection of works "OMAMORI" Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim (Pforzheim / Germany)
Art Fair "KUNST RAI" Galerie Rob Koudijs (Amsterdam / Netherlands)
2018 Open Call Exhibition "EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR APPLIED ARTS" New Face Award World Crafts Council Europe (Mons / Belgium)
Invited artist "25th International Symposium of Contemporary Jewelry" Muzeum České ho ráje Turnov (Turnov / Czech Republic)
Solo exhibition "Brett spiel" Akademie Galerie (Munich / Germany)
https://takayoshiterajima.myportfolio.com

Tomoko Hojo
Tomoko Hojo
Born in Aichi prefecture in 1988
2015 Completed the Department of Music and Culture, Graduate School of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts
2016 University of the Arts London London College of Communication
Completed MA Sound Arts
2017 Pola Art Foundation Overseas Researcher (London)
[Major exhibitions]
2021 Solo Exhibition "Unearthed Tremor | Unearthed Tremor" Aomori Contemporary Art Center (Aomori)
Solo exhibition "fall a sleep" Electromuseum (Moscow / Russia)
Composer Solo Exhibition Music From Japan Festival 2021,
Scandinavian House (New York / USA)
2020 solo exhibition "Unfinished Unfinished" soco1010 (Tokyo)
Exhibited "whiff" at Saitama International Arts Festival, former Omiya Library (Saitama)
2019 Solo Exhibition "Hiding Your Voice" Tokyo Arts and Space (Tokyo)
2018 Solo Exhibition "Lost and Found" KAIR (Kosice / Slovakia)
Solo exhibition "Unfinished Descriptions" Hundred Years Gallery (London / UK)
https://tomokohojo.net/

Sou Kanno
KANNO So
Born in Aomori prefecture in 1984 and raised in Chiba prefecture
2007 Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Information Design
2009 Completed Graduate School of Media Arts and Sciences, Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences
2013 Agency for Cultural Affairs Emerging Artist Overseas Dispatch Program Trainee (Germany)
2015 Yoshino Gypsum Art Promotion Foundation Grant for young artists' overseas training (UK)
2017 Pola Art Foundation Overseas Trainee (Germany)
[Major exhibitions / awards]
2021 "Humans / Machines" Le Pavillon (Namur / Belgium)
2020 "NEAR + FUTURES + QUASI + WORLDS", STATE Studio (Berlin / Germany)
2019 Nemo Biennale, 104 & Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris / France)
"Festival Ars Electronica", Postcity (Linz / Austria)
22nd Japan Media Arts Festival Art Division Excellence Award
2018 "Artistes & Robots", Grand Palais (Paris / France)
21st Japan Media Arts Festival Art Division Excellence Award
2017 "Vanishing Mesh", YCAM (Yamaguchi)
2016 "Aichi Triennale", Aichi Museum of Art (Nagoya)
2015 "ICC Open Space 2015", ICC (Tokyo)
2014 "Sapporo International Art Festival", Chi Ka Ho (Sapporo)
2012 "Media City Seoul", Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul / Korea)
2011 "ROBOTINITY – THE NEW ROBOLAB", Ars Electronica Center (Linz / Austria)
The 15th Japan Media Arts Festival Art Division New Face Award
URL: https://kanno.so/

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