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