Final screening for the 44th International TAKIFUJI Art Award winners was held on September 13th. The results were, 13 Prizes for Excellence and 1 Special Jury Prizes to artists from Japan; and for 6 countries including South Korea, China, Singapore, France, Germany and the USA, there were 6 Prizes for Excellence and 2 Special Jury Prize. In addition, the winners of the Grand Prize (Ms. KASAHARA Rikako, Tokyo University of the Arts) and the International Grand Prize (Ms. Jenny (Jiening) CHEN, Art Center College of Design) were selected from the Prize for Excellence recipients.

The award ceremony was held in Meiji Kinenkan. This year, we have invited award-winning students and supervisors from Japan, as well as some students and supervisors from overseas universities for the first time in four years since 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic. The director general of JPTCA, TAKI Hisao, handed the award certificates and scholarships to each winner on stage. The winners received a big round of applause from their teachers and guests. The juries Mr. MIYATA Ryohei and Mr. HIBINO Katsuhiko, gave words of encouragement to the winners. The social gathering began with a greeting from jurie Ms. YUZAWA Sachiko, and during the chat, the previous day’s visit to the Public Art Studio was shown on the screen. In addition, the award winners spoke about their production concepts and future prospects in front of the videos of their winning works. The ceremony concluded with a speech by Mr. OTSU Eibin, a member of the jury.