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EXHIBITION

176 Works Freely Created by 176 Illustrators

TIS Exhibition

  • DATES : Tue. September 16 - Thu. October 9, 2014
  • HOURS : 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Closed Sundays and holidays. Admission free.

Last year the Tokyo Illustrators Society (TIS) celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding in 1988 by Japan’s leading illustrators. To mark the occasion, a new TIS logomark was adopted. For this year’s annual exhibition of works by TIS members, 176 illustrators were asked to create illustrations on any topic, using any technique they desired. Visitors will surely enjoy seeing how today’s top illustrators are launching TIS’s second quarter-century of creative adventure.

Tokyo Illustrators Society

  • Hana Akiyama “Conversation between Two Birds”

  • Hitomi Itoh “Hydrangeas”

  • Ippei Hirasawa “Meow World Cup”

  • Toru Minegishi “Portrait of Storyteller Shinsho”

Exhibition Profile
Display and sale of 176 newly created illustrations (original drawings or, in some cases, prints) freely designed by 176 illustrators. Uniform size: 30×30 cm.

Price
¥35,000 per illustration (including frame). Please note that payment is accepted in cash only (no credit cards). The price has been set at an attractive level to enable fans of the illustrators to purchase works for their personal collections. The price does not include ownership rights or copyright privileges.

At the request of the illustrator, works by the following members will not be for sale: Takayuki Ino, Jin Kitamura, Osamu Kitamura, KUNTA.

Sale of Works on Opening Day
Anyone interested in making a purchase is invited to participate in a drawing by lots. Lots will be distributed in the gallery between 11:00 and 11:30 a.m. on opening day, September 16 (Tue). The drawing will commence at 11:30 a.m. to determine the order of purchasers, and purchasers will then select their purchases in that order.

*Visitors to the gallery after 11:30 a.m. on September 16 will need to wait until all participants in the drawing of lots have made their desired purchases. Works not yet purchased will then be available on a first-come-first-served basis.

*Participants in the drawing of lots will each receive only one lot. Reservations for lots by telephone will not be accepted. Each lot can be used to purchase one item only.

Tokyo Illustrators Society
The Tokyo Illustrators Society (TIS) was established in October 1988 to promote exchanges of information and ties of friendship between illustrators and to foster collective strength to promote social recognition of the profession of the illustrator. As of June 2014, society membership stands at 218. To pursue and promote further possibilities in illustration, TIS actively engages in activities including sponsorship of exhibitions, organization of open competitions to cultivate future illustrators, publishing and study seminars. TIS is currently headed by administrative director Hiroyuki Izutsu, supported by vice presidents Jun Tsuzuki and Shinbo Minami, and director Sugio Yamazaki.

Organizer
Tokyo Illustrators Society

Cooperation (paper)
Takeo Co., Ltd.

Cooperation
Creation Gallery G8

Participating Members
100%ORANGE, Hiroshi Abe, Hana Akiyama, Iku Akiyama, Takashi Akiyama, Suzy Amakane, Izuru Aminaka, Sonoko Arai, Megumi Aratame, Yukio Asaka, Azumimushi, Takeo Chikatsu, Ryuji Fujieda, Hideto Fujimoto, Toshiyuki Fukuda, Shinichi Fukui, Zenji Funabashi, Taku Furukawa, Hiroshi Goto, Mitsuru Gotsuji, Aiko Hama, Hiroki Hasegawa, Keiko Hasegawa, Naoya Hata, Kyozo Hayashi, Nanako Hibata, Hisaki Hiramatsu, Ippei Hirasawa, Hiromichiito, Kaoru Hironaka, Shinichi Hoshi, Jun Iida, Kazuyoshi Iino, Takayuki Ino, Yoshihiro Ishiyama, Shun Itagaki, Akitaka Ito, Hitomi Itoh, Naoko Izawa, Hiroyuki Izutsu, Ritsuko Izutsu, Hayato Jome, Toru Kageyama, Yasumi Kaiya, Ken-ichi Kanno, Hiromasa Kato, Kazuo Kawakami, Mizue Kawamura, Osamu Kawamura, Tomomi Kawashita, Keiko Kimura, Tetuya Kitada, Takashi Kitami, Jin Kitamura, Osamu Kitamura, Shigehisa Kitatani, Tatsuro Kiuchi, Shigeki Kodera, Amigos Koike, Elisa Koizumi, Yoshie Kondo, Shuji Kubo, Tomoko Kukita, Ayako Kuma, Tadashi Kumai, Kaori Kumura, Setsu Kunii, KUNTA, Airi Kuroda, Nobuyuki Kuwabara, Taro Manabe, Satoshi Maruyama, Kaori Matsukura, Takashi Matsumoto, Shinbo Minami, Taeko Minami, Toru Minegishi, Rieko Mizuguchi, Minori Mizukami, Tamae Mizukami, Takushi Mizuno, Satomi Mizuuchi, Eijirou Mori, Manabu Mori, Sadahito Mori, Hideyasu Moto, Kazuaki Murai, Makoto Muramatsu, Yoshiko Murata, Tadahito Nadamoto, Honami Nagano, Keisuke Nagatomo, Takahiro Nagino, Sadao Naito, Masayoshi Nakajo, Sachiko Nakamura, Hisako Nakayama, Yumiko Nakazawa, Yenpitsu Nemoto, Yukiko Ninomiya, Shiro Nishiguchi, Ai Noda, Miyako Nomura, Toshio Nomura, Akira Odagiri, Kanako Ogawa, Toko Ohmori, Mamoru Ohtake, Shinko Okuhara, Yosuke Onishi, Atsuko Ookubo, Taka Oomune, Yusuke Otake, Noriko Otobe, Yusuke Saitoh, Minako Saitoh Botsford, Emiko Sakaguchi, Miyuki Sakai, Shigeyuki Sakata, Satomi Sakurai, Etsuko Sakuta, Goro Sasaki, Yuki Sasameya, Kunio Sato, Masami Sato, Masaru Shimomura, Nisuke Shimotani, Hattaro Shinano, Mitsuo Shinozaki, Shiratayon, Seijiro So, Akira Sorimachi, Keiji Sugita, Yutaka Sugita, Hanmo Sugiura, Hiro Sugiyama, Eizin Suzuki, Keiko Tada, Ken Tajima, Mayumi Tajiri, Seiichi Takabe, Kintaro Takahashi, Masaaki Takauji, Chika Takei, Ryo Takemasa, Fukiko Tamura, Kyoko Tange, Hiroki Taniguchi, Jiro Tara, Seizo Tashima, Taku Tashiro, Sachiko Temmyo, Junzo Terada, Chizuko Todoroki, Norihisa Tojimbara, Tari Tojimbara, Shobu Tsuchiya, Mineko Ueda, Ueno Amore Hirosuke, Aquirax Uno, Makoto Wada, Natsu Wakabayashi, Shin-Ichiro Wakao, Fumio Watanabe, Hiroshi Watanabe, Ririco Watanabe, Nobuhiko Yabuki, Mihoko Yagi, Harumi Yamaguchi, Mao Yamaguchi, Masaru Yamaguchi, Ito Yamashita, Ayako Yamazaki, Sugio Yamazaki, Wakana Yamazaki, Megumi Yoshizane