The art market has been expanding rapidly over the past few years.
Among these, it is the prestigious artists and galleries, mainly in Europe and the United States, that command the highest prices.
However, there are young Japanese artists who are developing their activities on a world-class scale.
In this issue, we would like to introduce five outstanding Japanese artists who are already active in the world, or who are sure to be active in the future.
Miu Komatsu
Born in 1984 in Nagano Prefecture.
Graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College. Currently, she is a specially invited professor at Joshibi University of Art and Design and a part-time lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts.
While a student at Joshibi Junior College of Art and Design, his copper print work "49 Days" was highly praised and paved the way for him to become a professional.
Starting with copperplate prints, in recent years he has expanded his production area to include acrylic paintings and Arita porcelain.
Komatsu's production style is characterized by a strong expressive power with excellent performative qualities.
While actively engaged in live painting, he has been presenting works based on the theme of divine beasts.
At a live painting in July 2022, he dared to create a painting for several tens of minutes in a chaotic situation that could be described as a trance-like state.
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Kotao Tomozawa
Kotao Tomozawa, a student of the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts, is known for his self-portraits covered with a slime-like substance and realistic oil paintings of dolls.
He has won the Keiichiro Kume Prize and the Ueno Geiyu Prize since he was an undergraduate student, and is hotly sought after by collectors.
He is said to be the most popular young artist whose works are the most difficult to purchase. His future trends are not to be missed.
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KYNE
Artist based in Fukuoka.
She studied Japanese-style painting during her college years and has been presenting her work since she was a student.
Around 2010, she established her current style of depicting women with cool expressions. She has been attracting attention both in Japan and abroad.
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Rikako Kawauchi
Known for her drawing works, Rikako Kawauchi won the shiseido art egg award in 2015 while still in art school, filling the space of the Shiseido Gallery with only her drawings, becoming the youngest artist to win the award.
Her precocious talent has attracted attention from the beginning; in 2014, she won the first CAF Award Kenjiro Hosaka Prize.
In addition to paintings, he also incorporates various mediums such as wire, rubber tubing, neon tubes, and resin in his work.
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AZUSA IIDA
AZUSA IIDA is active in a wide variety of media as an illustrator with fashionable pop images and strong composition and color schemes.
In her solo exhibition in 2022, she will also present three-dimensional works using plaster.
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