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1. 1st. MIMOCA EYE
2. Shun Ikezoe, Waiting to hear from you, 2022
3. Yutaro Ishiwata, Water tone, 2022
4. Yukari Inoue, Asian women -Japan and Iran-, 2022
5. Kotoe Oana, A Wall and Overhanging Tree, 2022
6. Haruki Ohno, Sea Monk, 2022
7. Noriko Kamikubo, Forever slanted soup, 2022
8. Arisa Kumagai, Who, do you think? Are you?, 2022
9. Akane Saijo, Phantom Body -Nectar and Water-, 2022 [Grand prize]
10. Alina Zhdanova, Shore of Memory, 2022
11. Yoshinari Susaki, takuhatsu mode, 2022
12. Shinobu Daito, Burn the Summer Grass, 2022
13. Yuriko Tajima, For you, for me., 2022
14. Norio Taniguchi, New planet log 2, 2022
15. Yuuki Nakaya, Escort Supporter for Polar Bear, 2022 [Second prize]
16. Aiko Harada, Frankenstein’s feet (for all of the sewers), 2022
17. Kanako Fuki, Sculpture of Laundry, 2022
18. Shiho Yoshida, Niwa ni naru mono, 2022

1-18 photo by Sintaro Miyawaki

1st. MIMOCA EYE 1st. MIMOCA EYE

Date: Sun. 20 November 2022 - Sun. 26 February 2023
Closed: Mondays (except 2, 9 January 2023), 25-31 December 2022, 4, 10 January 2023
Hours: 10:00 - 18:00 (Admission until 30 minutes before closing time)

Organized by Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, The MIMOCA Foundation

Admission: Adults ¥950, Students (college, university) ¥650, Children (0 years to highschool) free
*Ticket valid for admission to the permanent collection.
*Free admission day: 23 November 2022

In 2022, Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (MIMOCA) launched a new public entry exhibition, “MIMOCA EYE,” inviting artists 35 years old and younger to submit works of contemporary art. The “1st MIMOCA EYE” received 294 entries in response, and 17 finalists have been selected in a strict judging process by the selection committee. The Museum is pleased to present the “1st MIMOCA EYE” exhibition featuring the finalists’ works. A grand-prize winner and second-prize winner will hereafter be chosen from the finalists’ works, with the grand-prize winner receiving prize money. As a supplementary prize, the grand-prize winner will also receive a solo exhibition at MIMOCA as well as backing for further advancement. Hereafter, the public entry exhibition will be held every three years.

“Art is an answer to the questions of that era, and artists have a responsibility to think about how to express their time. This is contemporary art. I would like this art museum to be a venue for artworks that emerge from the most important and most difficult undertaking—to orient oneself to the future and discover things not yet existing.” —Genichiro Inokuma

Guided by Genichiro Inokuma’s words, MIMOCA has high expectations that young artists who bear the future will pursue new expression while reflecting deeply on their time, and thereby give wings to their talent. We invite you to experience the fresh sensibilities of finalists’ works in the “1st MIMOCA EYE.”


Finalists:
Shun Ikezoe, Waiting to hear from you, 2022
Yutaro Ishiwata, Water tone, 2022
Yukari Inoue, Asian women -Japan and Iran-, 2022
Kotoe Oana, A Wall and Overhanging Tree, 2022
Haruki Ohno, Sea Monk, 2022
Noriko Kamikubo, Forever slanted soup, 2022
Arisa Kumagai, Who, do you think? Are you?, 2022
Akane Saijo, Phantom Body -Nectar and Water-, 2022 [Grand Prize]
Alina Zhdanova, Shore of Memory, 2022
Yoshinari Susaki, takuhatsu mode, 2022
Shinobu Daito, Burn the Summer Grass, 2022
Yuriko Tajima, For you, for me., 2022
Norio Taniguchi, New planet log 2, 2022
Yuuki Nakaya, Escort Supporter for Polar Bear, 2022 [Second Prize]
Aiko Harada, Frankenstein’s feet (for all of the sewers), 2022
Kanako Fuki, Sculpture of Laundry, 2022
Shiho Yoshida, Niwa ni naru mono, 2022

1. 1st. MIMOCA EYE
2. Shun Ikezoe, Waiting to hear from you, 2022
3. Yutaro Ishiwata, Water tone, 2022
4. Yukari Inoue, Asian women -Japan and Iran-, 2022
5. Kotoe Oana, A Wall and Overhanging Tree, 2022
6. Haruki Ohno, Sea Monk, 2022
7. Noriko Kamikubo, Forever slanted soup, 2022
8. Arisa Kumagai, Who, do you think? Are you?, 2022
9. Akane Saijo, Phantom Body -Nectar and Water-, 2022 [Grand prize]
10. Alina Zhdanova, Shore of Memory, 2022
11. Yoshinari Susaki, takuhatsu mode, 2022
12. Shinobu Daito, Burn the Summer Grass, 2022
13. Yuriko Tajima, For you, for me., 2022
14. Norio Taniguchi, New planet log 2, 2022
15. Yuuki Nakaya, Escort Supporter for Polar Bear, 2022 [Second prize]
16. Aiko Harada, Frankenstein’s feet (for all of the sewers), 2022
17. Kanako Fuki, Sculpture of Laundry, 2022
18. Shiho Yoshida, Niwa ni naru mono, 2022

1-18 photo by Sintaro Miyawaki

Exhibitions

Related Programs

MIMOCA Family Day
Sat 14 January 2023 - Sun 15 January 2023
* More details (in Japanese)

Let's Vote and Choose
the 1st. MIMOCA EYE Family Award

January 14, 2023 - January 15, 2023
* More details (in Japanese)

MIMOCA Family Day Event
Live Performance by Artist Akane Saijyo

January 14, 2023 16:00~
January 15,2023 10:30~
(Each performance is approximately 15 minutes)
* More details (in Japanese)

MIMOCA Family Day Event
Artist's Talk by Yuuki NAKAYA

January 14, 2023 14:00~15:00 (doors open at 13:30)
* More details (in Japanese)

Let's Vote and Choose
the 1st. MIMOCA EYE Audience Award

Voting Period : January 1, 2023- February 26, 2023
* More details (in Japanese)

Artists' Talk
Sun 20 November 2022, 10:30-16:00
* More details (in Japanese)

Opening Ceremony
Sun 20 November 2022, 9:45-10:15
* More details (in Japanese)