Artist | AATM Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2021

[Introduction of exhibited works (26 works)]

*Some of the work photos differ from the exhibited works.
*The name of the university at the time of graduation/completion in March 2021 is specified.

*Note: Not all of the artwork pictured was exhibiting at the AATM 2021
*Note: Names of academic institutions are given as of March 2021 when the
artists completed their coursework for graduation.

*Exhibition contents and exhibition dates are subject to change without notice.

01

I'll tell those of us who can't become anything
Inform us we can't possibly become nobodies.
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Misuzu Ikeda　
Ikeda Misuzu
Tohoku University of Art and Design
Tohoku University of Art & Design

By depicting the memories of the land, people's time, and events in a single screen, he resists the disappearance of the individual and the overwriting of the land.

Resisting loss of individuality and overwrite of land by retaining memories of land and period of people in the one frame of a display.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 1F Marucube
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 1F MARUCUBE
02

Slow tide/body
Slow tide/body
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Rikako Inoue　
Rikako Inoue
Musashino Art University
Musashino Art University

I have always felt a sense of dampness within myself, and I think that creating works is a process of gazing into that feeling. Because it feels very human-like.

I think that creating artwork is the way to review the dampness inside of me. That feels very human thing to do.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 1F Marucube
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 1F MARUCUBE
03

8 bees
8 bees
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Saki Uchida　
Saki Uchida
Tokyo University of the Arts
Tokyo University of the Arts

When the bee stings, the stinger comes out along with its internal organs. But these bees happened to be fine.

When a honeybee stung with a roar, "Hear we go," the stinger went off with entrails. Yet this honeybee is still alive.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 1F Marucube
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 1F MARUCUBE
04

Big meaningful changes Big meaningless changes
meaningful Big Change meaningless big Change
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Kenichi Kato　
Kenichi Kato
Tokyo University of the Arts
Tokyo University of the Arts

Although contradictory, a meaningful state and a meaningless state may be occurring at the same time. I created such a change.

Attempt to create a shifting change that contradicting but in one situation possible to find meaning and on the other is not, maybe those two situations are co-occurring.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 1F Marucube
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 1F MARUCUBE
05

Gaiden of the Battle of the Southern East Indies of the Wa Dutch Territory
Side Story in the South : Japanese - Dutch East Indies War
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Yasushi Kato　
Koji Kato
Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School
Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School
This work compares the landscape seen by two Indonesians who lived in different eras, which have not been talked about much, from a modern perspective.

Walk down memory lane from the present. Two Indonesians lived in different periods that had never been shed light on and have talked about.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 1F Marucube
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 1F MARUCUBE
06

repeating forest
Iterated Forest
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Shinkai Hinako　
Hinako Shinkai
Kyoto University of Arts
Kyoto University of the Arts

A forest expands in my head, and I return to the invisible forest. In order to draw records into memory, we scan this daily life and rely on light to get lost.

Scan the everyday lives and follow the light to tray into the vast forest in my mind, luring memory to memory, going back to the invisible forest.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 1F Marucube
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 1F MARUCUBE
07

"wall/line"
"Wall/lines"
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Sayaka Takeda　
Sayaka Takeda
Kyoto City University of Arts Graduate School
Kyoto City University of Arts Graduate School

By repeatedly drawing lines on the walls that serve as living spaces and adding to the ``walls'' that have been removed, I am drawing the boundaries between my daily habits and myself.

Drawing a demarcation line between everyday routine and myself, draw a line on a wall of living space, then rip it off and rewrite a line on the "wall" again and again.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 1F Marucube
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 1F MARUCUBE
08

Exotic Fire Dragon “The Three Masuda Brothers”
Magical Unicorn “Hayer Sisters”
Exotic Fire Dragon : Masuda Three Brothers,
Magical Unicorn : Haiel Sisters
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Tanimura Meichin Romana　
Romana Machin Tanimur
Tohoku University of Art and Design Graduate School
Tohoku University of Art & Design Graduate School

By transforming images from soft vinyl and cartoons into paintings, I would like to create works that have some kind of impact on the context of art.

Pondering about create artworks that cause an impact on the context of the art by converting the image of PVC or cartoon in painting.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 1F Marucube
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 1F MARUCUBE
09

In the room
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Akari Tsuji　
Akari Tsuji
Tokyo University of the Arts
Tokyo University of the Arts

In Cheap, I used the ephemeral feeling of contact between the support and the body to create paintings that seem to meld various images from my memory.

Have painted a scene that consists of a mish-mash of images in memory, stimulated by contact between the body and cheap, impermanent supportive structure.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 1F Marucube
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 1F MARUCUBE
10

outline
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Yuho Matsuoka　
Yuzuho Matsuoka
Kyoto University of Arts Graduate School
Kyoto University of the Arts Graduate School

I feel anxious and doubtful about what is right in front of me. That's why I want to value the way I feel when I touch things.

Thinking that I want to cherish my feeling when touching something, because, feeling anxiety and doubt against whatever the things presented today.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 1F Marucube
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 1F MARUCUBE
11

Void (all colors)
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Mitsumasa Miura　
Koga Miura
Kyoto University of Arts Graduate School
Kyoto University of the Arts Graduate School

He primarily creates two-dimensional works with the theme of ``coincidence, randomness, the boundary between manual and machine work, and labor.''

Working on chiefly two-dimensional works, with the theme of "coincidence, randomness, handmade, machinery work and labor."

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 1F Marucube
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 1F MARUCUBE
12

Qualia trail
Trace of Qualia
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Naoki Yoshida　
Naofumi Yoshida
Aichi Prefectural University of Arts
Aichi University of the Arts

This work visualizes the relationship between ``words,'' which are an important means for us to interpret phenomena in the external world, and the structural and ambiguous ``phenomena themselves,'' and expresses the uncertainty of our understanding.

Expressing uncertainty of our consciousness by visualizing the relationship between the language of which integral method for us to comprehend the phenomenon outside, and the structural, multifaceted "phenomenon itself."

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 1F Marucube
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 1F MARUCUBE
13

all living things
all living things
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Mayuko Ichikawa　
Mayuko Ichikawa
Tama Art University
Tama Art University

I approach shapes and colors from motifs in a drawing-like manner, and compose them by drawing lines. I express this through two-dimensional and three-dimensional works.

Express through two-dimensional works and three-dimensional works. My method of Composition is to grasp forms and colors out of motif in the drawing sense and arrange lines.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 3F Corridor
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 3F Gallery
14

Sufu
SUHU
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Nanami Inoue　
Nanami Inoue
Kyoto University of Arts Graduate School
Kyoto University of the Arts Graduate School

He repeats the act of drawing lines over and over again, leaving behind traces such as misaligned lines and paint buildup.

Leave a trace of error by simply repeating the action of duplicating lines. That error such as lines and concentration of colors left by repeated action remains as bread-crumbs.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 3F Corridor
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 3F Gallery
15

Our Lady of East Asia
Maria of East Asia
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Kaoru Taguchi　
Kaoru Taguchi
Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School
Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School

He draws motifs of Christianity and the image of the Virgin Mary in East Asia. He creates paintings that travel back in time and from various perspectives.
Painting the image of virgin mary of East-Asian Christianity as a motif. Creating the picture of going up against the variety of opinions and the current of time.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 3F Corridor
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 3F Gallery
16

Close your eyes and see the light
Close your eyes and see the light
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Naka Ayano　
Ayano Naka
Tohoku University of Art and Design Graduate School
Tohoku University of Art & Design Graduate School

Even in a logical society, people create paintings by dripping paint in order to pursue the aspect of being part of nature.

Producing paintings by dropping colors to seek the characteristic of humanity that even in the rational society, we are part of nature.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 3F Corridor
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 3F Gallery
17

La Face Sauvage
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Hinako Miyabayashi　
Hinako Miyabayashi
Tama Art University
Tama Art University

Chasing the wind, I capture the time and atmosphere that surrounds things from multiple angles, and by presenting these perspectives, I aim to create paintings that shake the consciousness of the viewer.

Aiming at producing paintings that work on the consciousness of viewers by present the perspective of which, going after the wind, comprehend atmosphere and the time around things from multiple angles.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Bldg. 3F Corridor
VENUE : Marunouchi Bldg. 3F Gallery
18

connection
CONNECT
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John Chafa　
Jeong Chahwa
Musashino Art University
Musashino Art University

We are moving toward various forms of ``connection'' while learning a new language of disconnection born from the coronavirus era.

We are moving toward variant forms of "connection" through studying a new language of discontinuity that was born out of the COVID-19 era.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Oazo 1F ○○ Square
VENUE : Marunouchi Oazo 1F ○○Square
19

JOMONJOMON
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Ryunosuke Okazaki　
Ryunosuke Okazaki
Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School
Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School

These clothes are inspired by the decorations of Jomon pottery and the shapes of Shintoism, and are filled with wishes for life.

This clothing contains a wish for life, inspired by the decoration of Jomon ware and the Shinto style of molding.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Oazo 1F ○○ Square
VENUE : Marunouchi Oazo 1F ○○Square
20

low table and rocking chair
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Yamato Kawakaku　
Yamato Kawasumi
Aichi University of Arts Graduate School
Aichi University of the Arts Graduate School

Various concepts float around in our daily lives, making things limited. I am trying to get over the fence by taking floating concepts and giving them shape.

I am trying to cross over the boundary by holding floating notions in hand to molding the shape. There is a diverse range of concepts that confine things in everyday life.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Oazo 1F ○○ Square
VENUE : Marunouchi Oazo 1F ○○Square
21

Feikureiyaadocoode_5 #ribaashiburu #dorooingu
#kanpuremento #tiaofu #meruto #rimein #endomateriaru
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Tomomi Taoka　
Tomomi Taoka
Musashino Art University Graduate School
Musashino Art University Graduate School

I buy reversible clothes because I feel like they're a good deal. Cute, cool, fashionable and fun clothes.

Always go for reversible clothes because they seem to be a good value for money. Clothing of Kawaii, cool, fashionable, and playful.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Oazo 1F ○○ Square
VENUE : Marunouchi Oazo 1F ○○Square
22

Ho
Ho
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Mayo Narushima　
Mayo Narushima
Musashino Art University
Musashino Art University

I tried my best to break the tree, but it was in vain. However, the body moves. It will not be easy to leave a mark on the sandy beach.

Felt empty for destroying a tree with might and main. Yet, still able to move. It will not be easy leaving a trace on the sands.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Oazo 1F ○○ Square
VENUE : Marunouchi Oazo 1F ○○Square
23

For example, if I were there
If I was here
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Yudai Murata　
Yuta Murata
Kanazawa College of Art Graduate School
Kanazawa College of Art Graduate School

I create works in order to feel my existence and place in a world that is changing day by day.

Work to realize my existence and place where I stand in the world which shifting and changing every day.

Exhibition Venue: Marunouchi Oazo 1F ○○ Square
VENUE : Marunouchi Oazo 1F ○○Square
24

Extend the stairs of Mt. Hiyori to a new viewpoint
Extend the Stair of Mt. Hiyoriyama to New Point of View
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Shuji Inoue　
Shuji Inoue
Tokyo University of the Arts
Tokyo University of the Arts

I create works about society and the environment, and the relationship between the two.

Producing works on the society and environment or relationship of those two.

Exhibition Venue: TOKYO TORCH Park
25

we head into the sunset
We are heading to the sunset
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Hisanori Namiki　
Hisanori Namiki
Aichi University of Arts Graduate School
Aichi University of the Arts Graduate School

By tracing the long history of humans and nature, we can look ahead to where we are and where we are heading.

Look ahead of our way of life and where we should be with tracing the long history of humankind and nature.

Exhibition Venue: TOKYO TORCH Park
26

person who is not recognized
The Unforgiven
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Hana Sato　
Hana Sato
Musashino Art University
Musashino Art University

My own distortions melt my mind and body, the muddy waters of others break me down, and I cease to be myself. As the days pass by, I can't recognize myself.

I can not recognize myself anymore, in the floating days. I am losing myself, a deluge of people collapsing me, distortion within me melts soul and body.

Exhibition Venue: TOKYO TORCH Park