This contemporary art exhibition aims to discover and nurture young Artist. This year marks the 19th anniversary of the event, and 20 works that passed a rigorous screening process will be exhibited from 146 works nominated by 18 schools across the country.
Furthermore, on the first day of the event, the Grand Prix and other award winners will be selected and announced from among the 20 works.
Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy Marunouchi, where the refreshing and innovative sensibilities of the next generation of Artist come together.
- 01.What is Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi (AATM)?
- 02. Introduction of Artists and Works
- 03.Judges
- 04. After the first round of judging ~Judges' comments~
- 05. AATM2025 Satellite Exhibition
- 06. Gallery tour by AATM2025 Participating Artists
- 07. [Machi Workers Exclusive] Machi Workers Award chosen by everyone
01. What is Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi (AATM)?
This contemporary art exhibition, Venue in the Marunouchi, Yurakucho, and Otemachi Area, centered around Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery, aims to discover and nurture young Artist. The exhibition visits the graduation exhibitions of major art universities, art colleges, and graduate schools across the country, and displays carefully selected works from among the nominated works discovered there. A final review is conducted by the judges to determine the Grand Prix and Jury Prizes.
For past AATM information, please see: https://www.marunouchi.com/lp/aatm/
02. Introduction to Artists and Works *20 Artists and Works in total
01 Kugo Ezaki / Musashino Art University Graduate School
When I confront the mountains of rubble that humans have created and thrown into the world, my body moves. I think this sensation is art.
《Work name》
ONo.499 Research on the development of the structure and techniques of "all" spaces, centered on painting
Study of paintings
02 Mioka Matsuura / Tama Art University
As I create, I feel as if the work begins to take on an independent form. Rather, the work takes on a life of its own, and with my help, I guide it to completion.
《Work name》
Doll painting -Hands-
Doll painting (hand, and)
03 Zhang Jingjing / Graduate School of Kyoto University of the Arts
After discovering gaps in my family's memories through photographs of my grandmother, I began creating works that reconstruct lost traces from a third-person perspective and explore connections.
《Work name》
Lingering Shadow
Echoes of Shadows
04 Lea Embeli / Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School
The distorted female image generated by AI challenges the norms of art history and the prejudices of technology, providing an opportunity to reexamine the boundaries of perception.
《Work name》
reclining statue
Reclining Figure
05 Erika Aiba / Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts
He expresses the social and psychological aspects of modern times through painting and color. In this work, he creates works based on the theme of the conflict between fiction and reality.
《Work name》
serious and unimportant
serious and unimportant
06 Maki Shimezaki / Graduate School of Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music
I believe that by arranging each of our creations together, a kind of temperament or emotion will fill the space.
《Work name》
It's like water
Like water
07 Kosuke Umezawa / Nagoya Zokei University
I try to find ways to bring out these movements, including habits, structures, and bodies that emerge from dynamic functions and everyday elements, through contact with the artwork.
《Work name》
Podium
Podium
08 Yuriko Takahashi / Tohoku University of Art and Design Graduate School
I just draw what I see in my everyday life.
《Work name》
back
back
09 Yang Zhuo / Tama Art University Graduate School
Through a fusion of humans and AI, flowers and sculpture, the exhibition visualizes issues of life, freedom, and authenticity in the information age.
《Work name》
Black Goat Project
The Black Goat
10. Kano Nakamura / Graduate School of Kyoto City University of Arts
The lines and shapes you draw with your fingertips on the iPad transcend your body and fill the entire space. The digital space gradually distorts reality.
《Work name》
Untitled
untitled
11 Kaede Yoh (FF) / Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School
He explores the intersection of language, matter, and memory through sculpture and sound, creating works that reexamine meaning in the information age, reconstruct memory, and question the relationship between space and material.
《Work name》
Breath of Life
Bone Script of Breath
12 Hironari Natsuyama / Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts
I think there are things that can be conveyed by not saying them. To achieve this, I made it ordinary rather than dramatic. I think I thought about leaving enough space to make it incomplete.
《Work name》
Takotsubo
Takotsubo
13 Ryuta Wada / Graduate School of Tohoku University of Art and Design
This work recreates a crate image generated by AI. It is a rethinking of the art of packaging and the protection of proliferating simulacra.
《Work name》
Background 1.2.2
Background 1.2.2
14 Nozomu Kishimoto/Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School
He seeks to capture the poetry that is born when his own expression intersects with the traces of others carved into the city.
《Work name》
Setting a ladder, a circle is forming
Setting a ladder, a circle is forming
15 Hazuki Tachibana / Kyoto City University of Arts Graduate School
It's about creating images. Can you accurately capture and share things? Can you imagine the perspective of others and be strong and kind?
《Work name》
When I grow up, I'll be able to hug everyone someday
If I Grow Big Enough, I Can Save Everyone
16 Momo Nakagawa / Kyoto University of Arts Graduate School
In order to maintain his own survival, he practices the generation and propagation of clonal images as an ecological researcher of images or as a connector of images.
《Work name》
inside my pantropy
inside my pantropy
17 Kim Dahye / Tama Art University Graduate School
He explores the relationship between inner and outer space through unconscious lines. He uses lines to embody emotions and memories, aiming to create a new spatial experience through three-dimensional forms.
《Work name》
Expression
Manifestation
18 Takakage Yoshida / Kyoto City University of Arts
By transforming and changing the laws of imagery and painting, the artist exposes the traps inherent in the rigidity of form, encouraging a reconsideration of the nature of beauty and painting.
《Work name》
Observation/Sit in the vantage point
Observe/Go to viewpoint
19 Sayo Ota / Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School
This work raises questions about our view of maps and future social change through the material culture of glass beads.
《Work name》
WREST
WREST
20 Saki Nishida / Nagoya Zokei University
In the act of painting, I repeatedly place, layer, and look at the paint, and through the qualitative overlapping of the paint that results, I hope to evoke the space within the painting surface.
《Work name》
Scenery that comes and goes
Shifting scenery
03. Judges
Yusaku Imamura
Professor, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Vice President (International Cooperation)
Eriko Kimura
Director of Hirosaki Brick Warehouse Museum
Shigeo Goto
Editor, Creative Director, Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University of the Arts
Tomio Koyama
Representative of Tomio Koyama Gallery, Vice Representative Director of the Japan Contemporary Art Dealers Association
Akira Tatehata
Professor Emeritus, Tama Art University
Tomoko Yabumae
Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Kaoru Usukubo
Contemporary Artist (Guest Judge)
Yuko Ikeda
Director of Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo
Reiichi Noguchi
Curator, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo
04. After the first round of judging: Judges' comments
Coming soon...
05. AATM2025 Satellite Exhibition
We will be holding a special exhibition showcasing the work of two Artist who participated in the inaugural AATM in 2007 and are still active today.
■Date and time: September 8, 2025 Mon to September 23, 2025 (Tuesday/holiday) 10:00-18:00
Open throughout Period, admission free
■ Venue: Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo Espace 1894
■Exhibiting Artist: Kaoru Usukubo, Masato Taniguchi (AATM2007 Participating Artists)
Kaori Usukubo
He is currently an associate professor in the Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2010, he completed his doctoral studies in oil painting at the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts. His major exhibitions include "Wandering season" (TARONASU, Tokyo, 2007), "crystal moments" (LOOCK Galerie, Berlin, 2011), "Yokohama Triennale 2011" (Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, 2011), "Kaoru Usukubo, Hannes Beckmann" (LOOCK Galerie, Berlin, 2017), "Kaoru Usukubo and Daisuke Ohba" (LOOCK Galerie, Berlin, 2020), and "SF -Seamless Fantasy-" (MA2 gallery, Tokyo, 2021).
Masato Taniguchi
He graduated from the Department of Design and Informatics, Faculty of Art and Design, Musashino Art University in 2005, and completed his Master's degree in Intermedia Art at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2007. His major solo exhibitions include "Looking for the Place Where She Is" (AKIINOUE, Tokyo, 2025), "Where Are You♡?" (NANZUKA, Tokyo, 2022), and "We-presence" (Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, 2020), and his major group exhibitions include "Saitama International Art Festival 2023" (Former Omiya Civic Hall, Saitama, 2023), "TOKYO POP UNDERGROUND" (Jeffrey Deitch, New York and Los Angeles, 2019), and "Condo New York: Nanzuka at Petzel" (Petzel, New York, 2018).
06. Gallery tour by AATM2025 Participating Artists
Participating Artists AATM2025 will give explanations about their works at Venue.
■Date and time: Sat, September 13, 2025, Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 15:00-16:30
■Meeting place: Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery (above Escalator on the Tokyo Station side)
*No prior application required
07. [Machi Workers Exclusive] Machi Workers Award chosen by everyone
Why not scan the QR code at Venue and vote for your favorite art?
Your vote will decide the winner of the Machi Workers Award.
Among those who vote, 30 lucky winners will have the chance to win 2,000 points!
