Kazuhiko Hiwa
Kyoto University of Art and Design
Kyoto University of Art and Design

Judge's comment
At the judging panel, there was a heated discussion with Atsuko Mochida as the vote was divided.
Hinoki's work was highly praised for its high quality and consideration of the work and exhibition, which goes beyond the boundaries of disabled and able-bodied people. I also liked that they reversed the black world in their graduation exhibition and challenged the white world.
(Professor, Kyoto University of Art and Design/Shigeo Goto)

Haruka Matsumoto
Kyoto City University of Arts Graduate School
Graduate School of Kyoto City University of Arts

Judge's comment
Through this work, the viewer learns that the recent war is not yet over. We must not forget that, but that is not what I want to emphasize now.
While many artists try to compete with what is known, this artist approaches unknown phenomena and attempts to turn them into works. I wanted to evaluate the potential and courage of that development.
(Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo Curator/Reiichi Noguchi)

Atsuko Mochida
Tokyo University of the Arts
Tokyo University of the Arts

Judge's comment
Mochida's works, which involve foreign objects and intentionally divide spaces, overturn the meaning and existence of those spaces and create new relationships.
It takes a huge amount of energy to create interventions that create conflict and antagonism. I sincerely commend Mochida for continuing to take on the challenge of creating works like this. And I'm looking forward to the next challenge.
(Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts/Yusaku Imamura)

Shinobu Soejima
Tokyo University of the Arts
Tokyo University of the Arts

Judge's comment
There are many Artist around the world who create works based on research these days, but I was fascinated by the dramatic power of sublimating them into fictional animation as their output. However, even with the constraints of Venue, I hope that the exhibitors will come up with even more ingenuity.
(Yokohama Museum of Art of Art Chief Curator/Eriko Kimura)

Yurina Okada
Kyoto University of Art and Design
Kyoto University of Art and Design

Judge's comment
How can we obtain the strength of expression? Although I appreciate the autonomous and internal generation of painting, I have also been exploring the strong external nature of media art. Yurina Okada's work has brilliantly succeeded in generating a strong ``outside'' of private and internal motivations. It looks wild and is a skillful photographic production and generation of thoughts. How do we make the leap from "private"? I'm looking forward.
(Professor, Kyoto University of Art and Design/Shigeo Goto)

Kenryou Gu
Kyoto University of Art and Design
Kyoto University of Art and Design

Judge's comment
The amount of information we have today, and the images that humans create by subjectively reading and reconstructing it. Artist creates images of his "private utopia" using his own digital and manual methods. It is true that it is a new method, but the works made using this method look beautiful. This is also important and interesting.
(Representative of Tomio Koyama Gallery/Tomio Koyama)

Narumi Sasaki
Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School
Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School

Judge's comment
A fusion of seemingly opposite elements, such as color and the tactile sensation of matter, cuteness and spirituality. The combination of two planes gives us a sense of his natural sense of form, and we have great expectations for the artist's future development. The intense yet gentle colors are particularly beautiful.
(Director of Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo / Akiya Takahashi)

Ryoko Ikegami
Musashino Art University Graduate School
Musashino Art University Graduate School

Judge's comment
Although it is a simple handiwork of cutting a one-piece dress into small pieces and sewing them together again, it is interesting how the seemingly unassuming method creates a charming image. I would like to praise the author's frank yet delicate sensitivity.
(Tama Art University President/Akira Tatehata)

Mayuko Ose
Tama Art University
Tama Art University

Judge's comment
Mayuko Kose's work is distinguished by strong influences from postwar Japanese photographers, gekiga collages from the 1960s and 70s, and great painters such as Tadanori Yokoo. Using techniques gained from these influences, he does not glorify them, but transposes them into a modern perspective.
(Cultural Officer, French Embassy in Japan/Sanson Sylvain)

Ryo Kawada
Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School
Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School