* Registration will begin at 15:00.
* You may line up in front of KUROCHIKU TENSHOKAN from 14:45, but please refrain from doing so before that time as it will disturb the surrounding area. Thank you for your corporation and understanding.
Kazuko Koike was born in Tokyo. She is the creative director, as well as being an honorary professor of Musashino Art University. Koike contributed to the founding of MUJI in 1980 and has served on its advisory board ever since. In 1983, she founded and presided over the gallery Sagacho Exhibit Space, introducing many artists to Japan and abroad until its closure in 2000. She started her Sagacho Archives activity in 2011. In 2022, she presented her first solo exhibition, “Alternative! Kazuko Koike Exhibition: Soft-Power Movement of Art & Design” at 3331 Arts Chiyoda. Among her numerous publications, she is the author of Bijutsu/Chūkanshi Koike Kazuko no Genba [Art/Meson Kazuko Koike at the Frontline of Creation] (2020, Heibonsha), and translator of Eileen Gray: Architect/Designer (2017, Misuzu Shobō). In 2022 Koike was named a Person of Cultural Merit.
日時
2023.5.1315:30–17:00
会場
Kurochiku Tenshokan 2F
Address
380 Mukadeya-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, 604-8214
Access
7 minute walk from Karasuma Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line, 7 minute walk from Shijo Station on the Subway Karasuma Line
