[Event] START Box Sasahata Hatsu | Open Atelier

Start Box We will open the atelier of a young artist working at Sasahata Hatsu.
This is a rare opportunity to interact with artists who create paintings, prints and designs.
Admission is free, and advance reservations are not required, so please feel free to drop by.

admission fee

Free
* No reservation required

Participating Artists

Sasazuka

Ayame FUJIWARA

Born in Miyagi Prefecture in 2001. In 2026, he graduated from the Oil Painting Course, Graduate School of Art and Design, Master's Program, Musashino Art University. His major awards include the Kenjiro Hosaka Jury Award at the CAF Award 2022, the Musashino Art University Graduate Work Award (2024), and the Musashino Art University Graduate Work Award (2026). Major exhibits include (Shimokitazawa Arts, Shimokitazawa, 2024), (GALLERYSCENA., Harajuku, 2025), and (HENKYO, Shibuya, 2026). Works collected by G foundation.

Yuuri KITSUYA

Born in 2001 in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture. The subject is how to build a relationship with the self with otherness that exists in such memories, based on the premise of the present contradictory situation in which one is haunted by the past that one remembers as a fact but does not realize and the cry from the past that comes suddenly. It uses multiple representations, including photographs, images, and installations, with reference to multiple layers of memory from interviews with family and friends, local culture, and research into memorable places. His main activities include "Shining is always there" (Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo, 2025) and "One room memory" (eusogallery, Tokyo, 2025).

Ruichi MINEMURA (Rui MINEMURA)

Born in 2000 in Nagano, currently lives in Saitama. Graduated from Tama Art University with a major in product design. He mainly creates works that use the variable structure of "swirls" to create "swirling situations" that create exploration, trial, and hesitation. It provides opportunities for people to rediscover their senses and relationships with the world around them. His major awards and exhibitions include the JIDAWARD 2025 NEXTAGE Division Encouragement Prize, winning entry in the Craft City Takaoka 2025 Craft Competition, winning entry in the SICF26 and GOOD DESIGN NEW HOPE AWARD 2024.

Hatagaya

Fukamieri

He was born in Osaka Prefecture. In 2026, he graduated from the sixth oil painting laboratory of the graduate school of Tokyo University of the Arts. His major awards include Tokyo Wonder Wall (2016), Art Olympia 2019 semi-honorable mention (2019), FACE2021, Shell Art Award 2021 (2021), WATOWA ART AWARD Shigeru Aoi (2021), Chotei GALLERY Exhibition 2021 Encouragement Prize (2021), Chotei GALLERY Exhibition 2022 Popularity Prize (2022), anonymous collection Grand Prize (2023), Toride Mayor's Award (2024), and CAF Award 2024 (2024). It was also added to the collection of 'Arts Maebashi Museum' in 2024.

Sachie KIKO

Born in Kagawa Prefecture and raised in Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from the printmaking course of the art department of the art faculty of Osaka University of Arts and completed the printmaking field of the art major of the doctoral course of the art graduate school of Kyoto Seika University. He produces flat works mainly using two techniques, painting and woodblock printing. His solo exhibitions include (GALERIE SOL, Tokyo, 2025), (Otsu Gallery, Osaka, 2021), and (DEP GALLERY FUKUZUMI, Osaka, 2019). He was selected for the "8th YAMAMOTO Tei Print Grand Prize Exhibition" (2021) and won the "5th Asago Art Competition" (2016).

Azusa KOBAYASHI

He was born in Yokohama City. In 2021, he completed the doctoral course in oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts. His main motifs are things that connect distant places, such as hair, strings, plant roots, and mazes. He created paintings and installations on the theme of "separation" and "connection" of meaning. Starting from the correlation between image and meaning, it aims to visualize unknown relationships by connecting known things. Art Plaza Grand Prize (2013), Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi Jury Prize (2015).

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Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Arts Council Tokyo

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