[Grand Art Exhibition] Over 200 Artists Come Together — "2018 KENZAN" @ Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre

“2018 KENZAN”

“KENZAN,” the grand joint art exhibition that brings together up-and-coming artists from across the country.
Held every year, the 2018 edition was another large-scale show featuring more than 200 young artists (with roughly 1,000 works).
The venue, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Ikebukuro), was filled with the heat and energy radiating from so many artists.

The venue was divided into several rooms, and a stamp rally was set up to encourage visitors to wander through them all

Beniko Choji also exhibited smaller, more affordable pieces.

Before: Kaoru Sugino, “Boku to Ore no Yosooi” / After: A miniature world inside the house

Karen Shiozawa's works sold out. Clearly a popular artist. — Karen Shiozawa’s works sold out. Clearly a popular artist.

Shizuka Ando — the relationship between the two figures pulls you in.

Chiaki Ishimatsu — my first encounter with the work, and it made a strong impression

Ayano Oki's power in depicting the male figure — Ayano Oki’s power in depicting the male figure

Yusetsu Ishikawa, a graduate of the architecture department at Tokyo University of the Arts and also a practicing ikebana ar… — Yusetsu Ishikawa, a graduate of the architecture department at Tokyo University of the Arts and also a practicing ikebana artist — an unusual career path

Mamoru Kondo's large-scale work was excellent. — Mamoru Kondo’s large-scale work was excellent.

Price lists are available at the venue, and the works are also for sale.
Because the artists are still emerging, the prices are reasonable — and there is the added pleasure of discovering artists who may go on to bigger things.

Overview

2018 KENZAN
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, 5F GALLERY1&2 B1F ATLIER EAST&WEST
Dates: 2018/ 9 / 12 wed. – 17 mon.
11:00 – 19:00 * On the final day (the 17th) 11:00-16:00 @

Leading Artist

Yuki Iinuma / Haruomi Izumi / Natsuko Imazu / Yu Uchida / Takashi Kanazawa /
Yusuke Kitajima / Takeshi Kinoshita / Takashi Kumatani / Chieko Kuroishi / Mitsuko Kuroki /
Noriyuki Kobayashi / Mamoru Kondo / Akane Sasaki / Mai Tamagawa / Beniko Choji /
Azusa Nakazawa / Daiichi Matsushita / Yuichi Miyajima / Kazuki Yamazaki / Isana Yamada /
Mariko Wada (in Japanese syllabary order)

Frontier Artist

Ai / Zen Aoki / Maya Aoki / Emi Aoyagi / Momoko Akaike /
Satomi Asakura / Yuka Abe / Hanae Amano / Akane Arai / Emiko Shinmaki /
Haruna Arisaka / Keita Ando / Sayaka Ando / Shizuka Ando / Toshiki Ando /
Natsuka Iijima / Mariko Iijima / Honoka Iida / Yusetsu Ishikawa / Megumi Ishida /
Mika Ishibashi / Chiaki Ishimatsu / Daichi Ishimura / Nana Isozaki / Natsuki Itagaki /
Miki Ito / Misono Ito / Kentaro Imura / Yumi Ukai / Nanaho Uno /
Shiori Egawa / Natsumi Enda / Rika Oshima / Kanami Ofuchi / Nanako Oyama /
Ayano Oki / Mayu Osakabe / Shohei Oyama / Kai Raku / Nozomi Kaki /
Yasuyo Kajino / Mutsumi Kanaizuka / Hiroki Kanayama / Eri Karasawa / Saori Kawakami /
Soruto Kawaguchi / Erii Kawaguchi / Fuyumi Kawaguchi / Yoshiyuki Kawahara / Shinji Kanda /
Takako Kikuchi / Saku Kitagawa / Kisako Kito / Takashi Kinoshita / Madoka Kiryu /
Azusa Kurasawa / Kota Kurosawa / Airi Kojima / Minoru Kojima / Yasuka Kojima /
Kahori Goto / Nozomi Kobayashi / Masanori Kobayashi / Momoyo Kobayashi / Natsumi Kofude /
Jurie Konno / Itsumi Saito / Rie Saito / Rina Saito / Mana Sakae /
Naoko Sakamoto / Hitoshi Sakuma / Mayu Sato / Yu Sato / Yukio Samejima /
Karen Shiozawa / Marie Shibatani / Maki Shibuya / Itsuro Shimatsugu / Macha Shimei /
Nanami Shimoju / Kozue Shoji / Chika Shoda / Marina Jin / Nao Shinbori /
Kaoru Sugino / Hana Sugiyama / Kie Suzuki / Takumi Suzuki / Chikako Suzuki /
Hiroki Suzuki / Yuka Suzuki / Yota Suzuki / Takayuki Sekine / Yu Seto /
Ryosuke Senzaki / So / Akina Takada / Yui Takatsu / Kaori Takahashi /
Kenta Takahashi / Yuji Takahashi / Yurie Tateishi / Kanane Tanaka / Yukiho Tamura /
Tomoyo Tsujiwaki / Takumi Tsuchida / Misa Tsuchiya / Ayumi Deguchi / Yo Terano /
Yukari Toyama / Ryo Toyama / Ayu Naito / Miki Nagao / Ayano Nakajima /
Ayami Nakajima / Aya Nakajima / Hiroki Nakajima / Moe Nakajima / Masumi Nagase /
Aya Nakanishi / Sayaka Nakamura / Mozuku Nakamura / Misato Nagayama / Maho Namba /
Miku Araya / Kaho Nishikawa / Shiori Nebashi / Naiki Nemoto / Miyoshi Nohara /
Hikaru Hashisaka / Kayo Hatano / Kei Hanabishi / Mona Baba / Sawako Hamada /
Chiharu Hamada / Mina Hirata / Karin Hirahara / Haruka Fujii / Mariko Fujita /
Ukiko Fujiwara / Yuri Fujiwara / Mizuki Funakoshi / Haruna Horiguchi / Takaya Honda /
Suzuka Honma / Ayu Maejima / Toshiyuki Maeda / Kimihiro Masamura / Mei Mashiko /
Ayaka Matsuo / Yu Matsumoto / Mami Matsumoto / Yukako Manabe / Takuya Mitani /
Rika Mitsui / Shinji Mitsuzuka / Marina Minami / Miyako Suda / Futa Miyoshi /
MIWAEL / Shotaro Murakami / Akane Murata / Shoko Meguro / Yasuno Morita /
Mai Morita / Chihiro Moriyama / Shunya Monna / Sara Yasuda / Miina Yamaguchi /
Chisato Yamashita / Runa Yamashita / Sachiko Yamada / Motoko Yamada / Saeka Yamanaka /
Asahi Yamane / Hiroshi Yamane / Minegi Yamamoto / Haruhi Yamamoto / Yoshika Yamamori /
Rika Yuda / Yuri Yoshida / Hikaru Yoshigaki / Mami Yoshida / Miku Yoshida /
Kwangjong Lee / Yusuke Wakata / Haruna Watanabe / (in Japanese syllabary order)

Sponsors: Kajiki Bijutsu (Kitakyushu)
Gallery Art Morimoto (Ginza)
Galerie Sowa (exhibition planning)
C-DEPOT (creator collective)
Shikisai-sha (Kyobashi)
Shinseido (Aoyama)
Chinami Nakajima (Japanese-style painter)
Hakkendo Gallery (Ikejiri)
Kaeisho (Yushima)
Miura Jiro Gallery (Nihonbashi)
Murakoshi Garo (Ginza)
roid works gallery (Yushima)
Lower Akihabara (Akihabara)