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at The 44th International TAKIFUJI Art Award

22 talented art students from 7 countries in the world won the prizes

The screening meeting was held on September 13th.

The screening scene of the 44th International TAKIFUJI Art AwardThe screening scene of the 44th International TAKIFUJI Art Award
The screening scene of the 44th International TAKIFUJI Art Award

The screening meeting for the 44th International TAKIFUJI Art Award was held on September 13th. As a result of the screening, from Japan, 13 winners for Prize for Excellence and 1 for Special Jury Prize were selected. From the other 6 countries (South Korea, China, Singapore, France, Germany, United States), 6 winners for Prize for Excellence and 2 for Special Jury Prize were selected. Also, for those winners with particularly outstanding works, Grand Prize and International Grand Prize were awarded.

[Tokyo2020 Paralympic Games Men’s Wheelchair Obstacle Race] KASAHARA Rikako[Tokyo2020 Paralympic Games Men’s Wheelchair Obstacle Race] KASAHARA Rikako
Prize for Excellence / Grand Prize [Tokyo2020 Paralympic Games Men’s Wheelchair Obstacle Race] KASAHARA Rikako
Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
 [Divine (Decorative Accent Lamp)] Jenny (Jiening) CHEN [Divine (Decorative Accent Lamp)] Jenny (Jiening) CHEN
Prize for Excellence / International Grand Prize  [Divine (Decorative Accent Lamp)] Jenny (Jiening) CHEN
Art Center College of Design, USA

The International TAKIFUJI Art Award also awards the Grand Prize (for domestic students) and the International Grand Prize (for overseas students) to particularly outstanding recipients among prize for excellence. The 44th Grand Prize went to KASAHARA Rikako (4th year student of Department of Inter-Media Art at Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan), and the International Grand Prize went to Jenny (Jiening) CHEN (Art Center College of Design, USA).
The winners of the other prizes will be announced on our website.

This year, due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the award ceremony in Tokyo and the workshop tour at the CREARE Atami Yugawara Studio have been cancelled, but the winners from Japan and overseas will be presented with scholarships and certificates by TAKI Hisao, the director-general of Japan Traffic Culture Association.

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