Kenjiro Okazaki Wins “67th Mainichi Art Award” and “6th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize”
We are delighted to share that Kenjiro Okazaki has been awarded the “67th Mainichi Art Award” and “6th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize”.
The awards recognize his solo exhibition “Jikonjigo – Time Unfolding Here” held last year at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, which brought together recent and earlier works centered on painting and sculpture, reflecting his wide-ranging practice and engagement with form, thought, and regeneration.
Regarding the Art Encouragement Prize, Okazaki previously received the 69th Prize in the Criticism Division in 2018 for his book The Power of Abstraction: An Analysis of Modern Art. This time, he has been honored in the Fine Arts Division, recognizing his recent activities as both a visual artist and a critic.
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Ryoichi Kurokawa Wins Louvre Abu Dhabi “Art Here 2025” Award
We are pleased to announce that Ryoichi Kurokawa has been selected as the winner of the 5th edition of the Richard Mille Art Prize, organized by Louvre Abu Dhabi and Richard Mille. His awarded work, “skadw-”, is currently on view at Art Here 2025, an exhibition at Louvre Abu Dhabi responding to the theme “Shadow”, as part of the prize’s official program.
Website： https://www.louvreabudhabi.ae/en/exhibitions/art-here-2025 About “skadw-”： https://www.louvreabudhabi.ae/en/exhibitions/art-here-2025-ryoichi-kurokawa
Cited from Louvre Abu Dhabi’s press release on Ryoichi’s work “skadw-”: Ryoichi’s winning work skadw- transforms shadows into an immersive form. The atmospheric installation uses light, sound, and drifting fog to shape a shifting landscape of shadow. A narrow beam moves through layers of mist, generating patterns that appear and dissolve, giving shadow a physical presence. This year’s theme of Shadows inspired Ryoichi to approach shadow not as a by-product of light, but as a substance that shapes how we sense space. Ryoichi drew from the Japanese notion of Ma, the appreciation of intervals, emptiness, and the spaces between things. Through this concept, Ryoichi created a contemplative environment where viewers are encouraged to experience absence as something vivid and almost tangible. _____________ Images: image 1: ©︎ Richard Mille 2025
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Tokyo Gendai 2025
Takuro Someya Contemporary Art is excited to announce its participation in Tokyo Gendai 2025.
Tokyo Gendai 2025
Artists: Kenjiro Okazaki, Rafaël Rozendaal, Goro Murayama, Harm van den Dorpel
Dates ： Thursday, September 11
Friday, September, 12
Saturday, September 13
Sunday, September 14
※Last admission is 30 minutes before closing. |
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Frieze Seoul 2025
Takuro Someya Contemporary Art is excited to announce its participation in Frieze Seoul 2025. |
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Kenjiro Okazaki Viewing program "Block House Sunagawa"
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Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 Booth: 3D25
Takuro Someya Contemporary Art is excited to announce its participation in Art Basel Hong Kong 2025.
From left: On Ohrid Lake’s rocky shore, an ancient sage meditated, his bird-like face carved by time and fasting. Swallows skimmed waters. The novice’s azure beads glinted. “Master,” he murmured, “your strength wanes like autumn light.” Behind them stood a monastery, half-hidden among olive trees, its burned walls whispering tales of sacrilege.
“At night, Master, I see them: Hellenic maidens weaving flower crowns with blue wildflowers, their hair flowing with their hearts’ rhythm.” The youth’s voice trembled. Through azure darkness, mysterious figures like shadows – Macedonian shepherds driving boars through olive groves, Dryads herding pearl-white goats, laughter echoing across deep blue Aegean waters.
Lilies and roses, planted by long-departed Orthodox monks, wove through the garden where ferns advanced like silent armies. “The ancient Thracian gods still walk here,” the old man murmured, eyes gleaming. Beyond the flower-strewn ruins, cypress groves stretched toward horizon, harboring secrets of Cyclopes and Thessalian nymphs dancing in moonlight.
“I seek the moment when immortal spirits sing,” the sage revealed, clutching his cypress staff. “When the sun passes between Ram and Lion, their song trembles through creation. Tomorrow at dawn, I shall hear it.” His eyes blazed with ancient wisdom, reflecting centuries of searching through Byzantine and Delphic lore.
The youth gathered roses bright as rubies and lilies white as pearls, weaving them through rushes as the last grains of sand fell. “You’ll find me young again,” the master had promised. When dawn painted the walls with clear light, he sat motionless, embracing the dewy flowers, his quest ended.
Kenjiro Okazaki | 岡﨑乾二郎 2025, Acrylic on canvas, (H)160 x (W)130 x (D) 7cm each Set of five ©︎ Kenjiro Okazaki Courtesy of Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
Nobuo Yamanaka
Nobuo Yamanaka
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Kenjiro Okazaki Wins “67th Mainichi Art Award” and “6th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize”
We are delighted to share that Kenjiro Okazaki has been awarded the “67th Mainichi Art Award” and “6th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize”.
The awards recognize his solo exhibition “Jikonjigo – Time Unfolding Here” held last year at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, which brought together recent and earlier works centered on painting and sculpture, reflecting his wide-ranging practice and engagement with form, thought, and regeneration.
Regarding the Art Encouragement Prize, Okazaki previously received the 69th Prize in the Criticism Division in 2018 for his book The Power of Abstraction: An Analysis of Modern Art. This time, he has been honored in the Fine Arts Division, recognizing his recent activities as both a visual artist and a critic.
Artist
Ryoichi Kurokawa Wins Louvre Abu Dhabi “Art Here 2025” Award
We are pleased to announce that Ryoichi Kurokawa has been selected as the winner of the 5th edition of the Richard Mille Art Prize, organized by Louvre Abu Dhabi and Richard Mille.
His awarded work, “skadw-”, is currently on view at Art Here 2025, an exhibition at Louvre Abu Dhabi responding to the theme “Shadow”, as part of the prize’s official program.
Website：
https://www.louvreabudhabi.ae/en/exhibitions/art-here-2025
About “skadw-”：
https://www.louvreabudhabi.ae/en/exhibitions/art-here-2025-ryoichi-kurokawa
Cited from Louvre Abu Dhabi’s press release on Ryoichi’s work “skadw-”:
Ryoichi’s winning work skadw- transforms shadows into an immersive form. The atmospheric installation uses light, sound, and drifting fog to shape a shifting landscape of shadow. A narrow beam moves through layers of mist, generating patterns that appear and dissolve, giving shadow a physical presence.
This year’s theme of Shadows inspired Ryoichi to approach shadow not as a by-product of light, but as a substance that shapes how we sense space. Ryoichi drew from the Japanese notion of Ma, the appreciation of intervals, emptiness, and the spaces between things. Through this concept, Ryoichi created a contemplative environment where viewers are encouraged to experience absence as something vivid and almost tangible.
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Images:
image 1: ©︎ Richard Mille 2025
image 2, 3: Installation view of “Art Here 2025”, Louvre Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2025
Artwork: Ryoichi Kurokawa, “skadw-”
©︎ Richard Mille 2025
Art Fair
Tokyo Gendai 2025
Takuro Someya Contemporary Art is excited to announce its participation in Tokyo Gendai 2025.
Tokyo Gendai 2025
Galleries: B12
Artists: Kenjiro Okazaki, Rafaël Rozendaal, Goro Murayama, Harm van den Dorpel
Dates ：
Thursday, September 11
2:00 PM ー 5:00PM (VIP preview)
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Vernissage)
Friday, September, 12
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Public Access)
Saturday, September 13
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Public Access)
Sunday, September 14
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Public Access)
※Last admission is 30 minutes before closing.
Venue：
Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall C/D
1-1-1 Minatomirai, Nishi Ward,
Yokohama, Kanagawa
220-0012
Art Fair
Frieze Seoul 2025
Takuro Someya Contemporary Art is excited to announce its participation in Frieze Seoul 2025.
Frieze Seoul 2025
Booth：C20（Galleries)
Artists: Kenjiro Okazaki, Yuumi Domoto, Mayumi Hosokura, Chinoko Sakamoto, Rafaël Rozendaal
Dates :
Wednesday, September 3
11:00 AM – 7:00PM (Invitation only)
Thursday, September 4
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM (Invitation and preview ticket holders only)
3:00 PM – 7:00PM (General Admission)
Friday, September 5
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 6
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
※Last admission is 30 minutes before closing.
Venue：COEX
513 Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06164, Republic of Korea
https://www.frieze.com/fairs/frieze-seoul/visitor-information
Art Fair
Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 Booth: 3D25
Takuro Someya Contemporary Art is excited to announce its participation in Art Basel Hong Kong 2025.
Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
Booth：3D25
Kenjiro Okazaki, Nobuo Yamanaka
Date ：Wednesday, March 26 – Sunday, March 30
First Choice
Wednesday, March 26, 12:00 PM ー 8:00PM
First Choice and Preview
Wednesday, March 26, 3:00PM ー 8:00PM
Thursday, March 27, 12:00PM ー 4:00PM
Friday, March 28, 12:00 ー 2:00PM
Saturday, March 29, 12:00PM ー 2:00PM
Sunday, March 30, 11:00AM ー 12:00PM
Vernissage
Thursday, March 27, 4:00PM ー 8:00PM
Public Days
Friday, March 28, 2:00PM ー 8:00PM
Saturday, March 29, 2:00PM ー 8:00PM
Sunday, March 30, 12:00PM ー 6:00PM
Venue：
Convention & Exhibition Centre
1 Harbour Road
Wan Chai
Hong Kong, China
https://www.artbasel.com/hong-kong
From left:
On Ohrid Lake’s rocky shore, an ancient sage meditated, his bird-like face carved by time and fasting. Swallows skimmed waters. The novice’s azure beads glinted. “Master,” he murmured, “your strength wanes like autumn light.” Behind them stood a monastery, half-hidden among olive trees, its burned walls whispering tales of sacrilege.
“At night, Master, I see them: Hellenic maidens weaving flower crowns with blue wildflowers, their hair flowing with their hearts’ rhythm.” The youth’s voice trembled. Through azure darkness, mysterious figures like shadows – Macedonian shepherds driving boars through olive groves, Dryads herding pearl-white goats, laughter echoing across deep blue Aegean waters.
Lilies and roses, planted by long-departed Orthodox monks, wove through the garden where ferns advanced like silent armies. “The ancient Thracian gods still walk here,” the old man murmured, eyes gleaming. Beyond the flower-strewn ruins, cypress groves stretched toward horizon, harboring secrets of Cyclopes and Thessalian nymphs dancing in moonlight.
“I seek the moment when immortal spirits sing,” the sage revealed, clutching his cypress staff. “When the sun passes between Ram and Lion, their song trembles through creation. Tomorrow at dawn, I shall hear it.” His eyes blazed with ancient wisdom, reflecting centuries of searching through Byzantine and Delphic lore.
The youth gathered roses bright as rubies and lilies white as pearls, weaving them through rushes as the last grains of sand fell. “You’ll find me young again,” the master had promised. When dawn painted the walls with clear light, he sat motionless, embracing the dewy flowers, his quest ended.
Kenjiro Okazaki | 岡﨑乾二郎
2025, Acrylic on canvas, (H)160 x (W)130 x (D) 7cm each
Set of five
©︎ Kenjiro Okazaki
Courtesy of Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
Nobuo Yamanaka
Untitled (Manhattan in Pinhole (40)C)
1980, C-Type Print, (H)12.5 x (W)20.2 cm
©︎ Nobuo Yamanaka
Courtesy of Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
Nobuo Yamanaka
Dazzling Sun in Pinhole (7)
1973, C-Type Print, (H)25 x (W)30 cm
©︎ Nobuo Yamanaka
Courtesy of Takuro Someya Contemporary Art