Rikako Nagashima

Born in 1980 in Ibaraki Prefecture. Graduated from Musashino Art University. She has been the principal of village® since 2014. She designs visual communication, serving as an intermediary with her targets’ thoughts, aiming to question existing perspectives and to contribute to realization of value changes. Her major work to date includes: Sapporo International Art Festival 2014 on the theme of “City and Nature,” guest directed by Ryuichi Sakamoto; “Night Cruising,” a documentary about the making of a film with a sightless protagonist; Tohoku Youth Orchestra, comprised of children from disaster-struck prefectures; and PEACE SHADOW PROJECT, a questioning of nuclear power in collaboration with contemporary artist Tatsuo Miyajima.