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20th “1_WALL” Graphics

Today, modes of artistic expression are becoming increasingly diversified, and together with artists who wholeheartedly seek to express themselves in new ways, Guardian Garden aspires to be a venue for considering new expressive modes. This aspiration derives from our hope that artists will overcome any hurdles in their way by offering them a gallery wall where they can express themselves freely, through their works.

Judging Results

Final Round of Judging

Grand Prize

"Approaching Graphics"
Moe Yamauchi
Born in 1998 / Currently studying Oil Painting at Musashino Art University.
If expressions were placed there, what kind of expression would you make? I set them out because I want to know. The start-up switch for communication.

Final Round of Judging

The third and final round of judging is conducted open to public viewing. The six finalists give presentations of their works on display and their plans for their solo exhibition if they win the Grand Prize. The judges discuss the merits of each finalist’s portfolio, works shown, and presentation, and together decide the winner of the Grand Prize.

“1_WALL” ExhibitionTue. February 19, 2019 - Fri. March 15, 2019

A group exhibition is held spotlighting the six finalists to emerge from the second round of judging. Each finalist is allocated a gallery wall (approx. 3.85m wide and 2.5m high) to display their works. Besides the works themselves, the judges also take into consideration how the finalists use their overall display space and how they show their works.

Success in the Second Round of Judging

Finalists

  • "wall"

    Mai Kato

    Born in 1994

    Currently studying Printmaking in the Graduate Program of Tama Art University.

  • "SCOOT"

    Manami Kawamura

    Born in 1996

    Currently studying Visual Design at Joshibi University of Art and Design.

  • "The Meaning of Our Being"

    Serena Nagai

    Born in 1994

    Graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design with a concentration in Visual Design.

  • "FIGURE OUT"

    Yoko Hoshino

    Born in 1991

    Currently studying Painting in the Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts.

  • "Failure"

    Ryo Yanagida

    Born in 1997

    Currently studying in the Photography and Video Course, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, of Kyoto University of Art & Design.

  • "Approaching Graphics"

    Moe Yamauchi

    Born in 1998

    Currently studying Oil Painting at Musashino Art University.

Judges’ Encouragement Prizes

  • "First Love"

    Sasuga

    Selected by Yuri Uenishi

  • "Asunder, then back together"

    Yukiko Nakano

    Selected by Atsuki Kikuchi

  • "Green Heights 102"

    Yuko Hayashi

    Selected by Dainippon Type Organization

  • "On the way"

    Umi Hasegawa

    Selected by Jun Tsuzuki

  • "one's inner voice"

    Yoshimi Otsu

    Selected by Kenjiro Hosaka

Second Round of JudgingWed. December 12, 2018

A portfolio review is held one-on-one between each entrant and a judge. Here, the entrants are given the opportunity to directly explain the motives behind their works or their production process. After all portfolio reviews are completed, the judges assemble to discuss their assessments and select the six finalists.

Success in First Round of Judging

Entrants Who Successfully Passed the First Round of Judging

  • Miho Aoyama
  • Hinako Abe
  • ikik
  • Yoshimi Otsu
  • Tamami Obuchi
  • Mai Kato
  • Manami Kawamura
  • Maruko Kikuchi
  • Miho Kumai
  • Fumika Kobayashi
  • Maria Sakurai
  • Sasuga
  • Shigemi
  • Shimizu
  • So Sekiyama
  • Chikin
  • Yukiko Nakano
  • Ippan Nakamura
  • Naoto Nakamura
  • Serena Nagai
  • Umi Hasegawa
  • Yuko Hayashi
  • future flavor
  • Jasmine Fulford
  • Yoko Hoshino
  • Leo Manabe
  • Yuuka Murai
  • Moromi Morokawa
  • Ryo Yanagida
  • Moe Yamauchi

Portfolio JudgingTue. November 13, 2018 - Tue. December 11, 2018

Judging is performed based on entrants’ work files and data. The judges, all prominent in their respective fields – design, illustration, photography, etc. – plus members of the secretariat, render their judgments from various perspectives. Thirty entrants are selected to continue on to the second round of judging. Comments by the judges are subsequently sent to all entrants. (In the event of numerous entrants, comment recipients will be decided by the members of the secretariat.)

Grand Prize Award Privileges

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Solo Exhibition at Guardian Garden

200,000 JPY to prepare for the solo exhibition

Scheduled to take place in
January-March,2020

The Grand Prize winner receives the opportunity to hold a solo exhibition at Guardian Garden roughly one year after the “1_WALL” Exhibition. The gallery is provided free of charge, and the winner is presented 200,000 JPY to prepare for the show. Publicity assistance, including support in preparing a show leaflet, is also provided.

THE SECOND STAGE at GG

This series of exhibitions features former participants in “1_WALL” competitions who passed the first round of judging. All entrants meeting those qualifications are eligible. To date, exhibitions have focused attention on up-and-coming art directors, graphic designers, illustrators and photographers.

The Second Stage at GG Archive

ARTIST Page

Finalists in “1_WALL” competitions (entrants who have passed the first and second rounds of judging) can have their name registered on the ARTIST page accessible on the Guardian Garden website.

ARTIST page

Judges

  • Yuri Uenishi

    (Art Director／Graphic designer)

    Art director and graphic designer Yuri Uenishi was born in Tokyo in 1987. In 2010, on graduating from Tama Art University with a concentration in Graphic Design, she joined Dentsu. Independence in 2021. Her works to date include the “World Table Tennis Championships 2015” poster (TV Tokyo) and Laforet Grand Bazar 2019 summer. Her hobbies are travel and mountain climbing in winter. She has visited 42 countries so far.

  • Atsuki Kikuchi

    (Graphic designer)

    Born in Tokyo in 1974. He attended Musashino Art University, majoring in Sculpture. In 2000 he established Bluemark, and then in 2011 he founded his own design studio. His work areas include brand planning, logo design, signage planning, editorial design, etc., with a strong focus on art, fashion and architecture. He is also the principal of Book Peak, planners and publishers of art books.

  • Dainippon Type Organization

    An experimental typography group formed in 1993 by Hidechika – the one with a beard but no surname – and Tetsuya Tsukada – the one with a surname but no beard. For 25 years now, they have been playing with writing systems, probing new concepts through their experiments in disarticulating, combining and reconfiguring the written word.

  • Jun Tsuzuki

    (Illustrator)

    Illustrator born in Tokyo in 1962. A graduate of Musashino Art University, between the 1980s and into the new millennium he garnered numerous awards in graphics competitions and for his contributions to advertising. In 2010 he mounted the exhibition “New Eidos,” followed in 2013 by “Jun Tsuzuki x Hideki Nakazawa.” In 2015 he held a lecture on “After New Eidos / An Investigation of 1980-2000.” He supervised and contributed to “Nihon Irasutore-shonshi” [A History of Japanese Illustration]. He also supervises and appears on NHK’s “Art 1” program for high school students.jti.ne.jp

  • Kenjiro Hosaka

    Kenjiro Hosaka, born in 1976, is curator of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Among the major exhibitions he has curated are “Francis Bacon” (2013), “The Voice Between: The Art and Poetry of Yoshimasu Gozo” (2016), and “The Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945” (2017). He regularly contributes to several magazines, and he has penned essays for the JAGDA Yearbook (2014) and gggBooks 95 (Kazunari Hattori). Photo by Keizo Kioku.

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