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Curation Theory, Practice and Management Endowed Chair Adjunct ProfessorMika KURAYA

【Background】: Earned Master Degree from Chiba University, and has worked at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT) since 1993. Became the Director of the Yokohama Museum of Art and General Director of the Yokohama Triennale in 2020. 2012: 24th Ringa Art Encouragement Prize for Undressing Paintings: Japanese Nudes 1880-1945 (MOMAT, 2011-2012). 2013: Special Mention for curating the Japan Pavilion at the 55th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale (Artist: Koki Tanaka).

【Publications】: Undressing Paintings: Japanese Nudes 1880-1945 exhibition catalog (single author, 2011, MOMAT); 10 Lectures on Contemporary Art’ (co-author, 2017, Musashino Art University Press); Welcome Back, Yokohama exhibition catalog (co-author, 2025, Yokohama Museum of Art)

【Message】: We will undoubtedly have to live with ever-evolving advanced technology. On the other hand, it will become increasingly important to look at the things around us, to receive physical sensations from them, and to understand the world with a high resolution through these experiences. In this respect, there is a connection between creating and curating art, and conceiving new social systems and applying them to business.

Photo: Hajime Kato

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