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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”

Installation views at “而今而後 ジコンジゴ – Time Unfolding Here”
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2025
Artworks ©︎Kenjiro Okazaki
Photos by Shu Nakagawa
Courtesy of Oraibi Paahu, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

 

 

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.

 

    Kenjiro Okazaki Wins “67th Mainichi Art Award” and “6th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize”

    Installation views at “而今而後 ジコンジゴ – Time Unfolding Here”
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2025
Artworks ©︎Kenjiro Okazaki
Photos by Shu Nakagawa
Courtesy of Oraibi Paahu, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

     

     

    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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