Takeshi Murata (Born in 1974 in Chicago)
The wide spectrum of American-born Takeshi
Murata’ s work encompasses narrative animation
told in the space of CG-generated virtual reality to
psychedelic abstract patterns of video as well asworks that reference movies to create unique visual
abstractions. In this exhibition he displays twoworks, I, Popeye which stems from the difference ina copyright’ s term in Europe and America, andShiboogi which takes as its motif a collection of
1980s TV commercials he discovered by chance at arecord shop in Japan.

Mamiko Otsubo (Born in 1974 in Hyogo)
The work of Mamiko Otsubo is embedded with awide range of references from art and literature toarchitecture, and utilizes diverse materials such asconcrete, stone, potted plants, books, and plasticballs providing differing textures and weights. She
creates art by transforming into abstraction andreconstructing the landscape she sees as an object.
Simultaneously minimalistic and overflowing withpop humor, her art has a unique visual expression.

Yuken Teruya (Born in 1973 in Okinawa)
While the appearance of Yuken Teruya’ s art isdetailed and very beautiful, quiet alarm bells are
ringing out for the mass-produced consumer
society in which we live. As an Okinawa-born
Japanese living in America, the historicalbackground of his hometown as well as identity
itself are important themes in his work. Several
pieces are on exhibition including a portrait ofPresident Obama from the Heroes series whichfeatures heroic figures on bingata, a traditional
textile dying technique used for kimono in Okinawa.

Nobutaka Aozaki (Born in 1977 in Kagoshima)
Nobutaka Aozaki’ s art focuses primarily on
artwork created from the cheap, everyday goods
that symbolize mass consumer society andperformance art that draws inspiration from thecommunication going on around him. While his
pop and minimal visuals overflowing with his
unique sense of humor are beautiful, his works
often have references to art history. On display are
his Chips Painting series where he applies industrial
enamel paint onto the backsides of potato chipbags to create geometric abstractions. He will also
be performing his participatory work Smiley Bag
Portrait where he paints smiley face portraits ofpedestrians for free.

Ōyama Enrico Isamu Letter (Born in 1983 in Tokyo)
Influenced greatly by the graffiti he saw as a child in
Italy, his father’ s ancestral homeland, Ōyama
Enrico Isamu Letter has created his own uniquevisual pattern called “Quick Turn Structure” (QTS)by creating abstraction from and deconstructing
the structure of graffiti. As he confirms therelationship with the scale of his own body, helayers this Quick Turn Structure, and by doing so,
has created many works of art from massive murals
to small drawings.

Hisham Akira Bharoocha (Born in 1976 in Niigata)
In addition to Hisham Akira Bharoocha’ s activity
as a visual artist, he is also powerfully engaged in
the musical activity he has done since school.
Currently, he is not only active as a soloist but
collaborates with musicians such as the Boredoms
and Sonic Youth’ s Kim Gordon. The visual art hehas created, along with his cross-border activity ineverything from music to fashion to photography,
utilizes techniques from painting, drawing andcollage; It is rich with chance operation, andpsychedelic in taste.

Satoru Eguchi (Born in 1973 in Niigata)
Satoru Eguchi bewilders those who view his
installations put together from physical items
meant for everyday use such as stationery, kitchenutensils and furniture all made from paper as if he
had taken them from real life. While they arethree-dimensional, unlike sculptures which place
importance on material, Eguchi’ s pieces only
imitate their subjects on the surface. The
installation is unique in taking a painter’ s
approach rather than a sculptor’ s.

Misaki Kawai (Born in 1978 in Osaka)
Misaki Kawai was heavily influenced byunderground cultures and her works encompass awide range of genres including painting, sculpture,
performance art, and artist zine. The use of cheap,
everyday material and fantastic and vivid colors arecharacteristic of her work. In this exhibition, thelarge-scale installation Homeland 2020, a
diorama-like landscape with video animations, isdisplayed in the elevator hall.