To promote the succession and development of cultural art and the creation of new and original works.
Through cultural arts, we aim to create the foundations and environment to nurture people's creativity and expressive power, to create a spiritually rich society that can accept emotional connections, mutual understanding and respect, and diversity, with the aim of supporting the activities of young cultural artists, to pass on and develop the culture arts that have been cultivated thus far, and to promote the imagination of new and original cultural art.
Philosophy, purpose, and field of activity
This foundation seeks, through cultural arts, to develop the infrastructure and create an environment that will nurture people's creativity and expressive power, to create a spiritually rich society that can accept emotional connections, mutual understanding and respect, and diversity, with the aim of supporting the activities of the most talented young cultural artists, to pass on and develop the culture arts that have been cultivated thus far, and to promote the imagination of new and original cultural art.
Business
This foundation conducts the following business in order to achieve its purpose.
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Support grant program for the activities of young artists with the potential to spread creative culture, arts, and crafts worldwide
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Other necessary business to achieve the purpose of this foundation
Name / Date of Establishment / Location
This foundation seeks, through cultural arts, to develop the infrastructure and create an environment that will nurture people's creativity and expressive power, to create a spiritually rich society that can accept emotional connections, mutual understanding and respect, and diversity, with the aim of supporting the activities of the most talented young cultural artists, to pass on and develop the culture arts that have been cultivated thus far, and to promote the imagination of new and original cultural art.
| Name | Kawamura Cultural Foundation |
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| Date of Establishment | Application period TBD *FY2017 |
| Location | Sotokanda 2-15-2, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
Councilor Takeo Obayashi Chairman and representative director of Obayashi Corp., etc.
大林 剛郎Takeo Obayashi
Educational Background
| March 1972 | Graduated from Keio University School of Economics |
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Brief Career History
| April 1977 | Joined Obayashi Corporation |
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| April 1983 | Director of Obayashi Corp. |
| 2004-2014 | President, Japan Table Tennis Association |
| April 2009 | Chairman and representative director of Obayashi Corp. |
| 2011-2013 | Chairman, Kansai Association of Corporate Executives delegation secretary |
Councilor Yuji Akimoto Special director, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, etc.
秋元 雄史Yuji Akimoto
Educational Background
| Graduated from the Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts |
Brief Career History
| 1991-2004 | Worked for Benesse Corporation Was involved in the Benesse Art Site Naoshima art project |
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| 2004 | Director, Chichu Art Museum Served as artistic director of Benesse Art Site Naoshima |
| 2007-March 2017 | Director, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa |
| 2012 | Part-time lecturer at Kanazawa College of Art |
| April 2013-March 2015 | Visiting professor, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| April 2013-March 2017 | Visiting professor, Akita University of Art |
| 2015 | Served as professor and director of The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts |
| September 2016 | Distinguished visiting professor, Faculty of Arts, Joshibi University of Art and Design |
| April 2017 | Special director, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa |
Councilor Takao Tsutsumi President of Sezon Museum of Modern Art incorporated foundation, etc.
堤 たか雄Takao Tsutsumi
Educational Background
| March 1993 | Graduated from Department of Political Science, Keio University Law School |
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| June 1993 | Studied at Grenoble 3rd University, France |
| April 1997 | Admitted to the doctoral program in International Environmental Economics at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
Brief Career History
| April 1995 | Joined Tokyo Bank (now Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank) |
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| May 1999 | Appointed as director of Sezon Museum of Modern Art |
| 2004 | Established the French institute Association Japon-Europe pour les Echanges Culturels (hereinafter referred to as AJEEC) in Paris. Vice president and executive director |
| September 2005 | AJEEC 1st project, "Miwa Hanako - Love Lotus" traveling exhibition held in Paris, Tokyo, and Hagi (Yamaguchi Prefecture) |
| September 2008 | AJEEC 2nd project, "Akane Teshigahara (4th Iemoto of Sogetsu School) x Pierre Gille exhibition" held at the Sogetsukai Hall in Aoyama, Tokyo |
| May 2009 | AJEEC 3rd project, "Mai Takaaki Umezu" held in Paris |
| November 2011 | Sponsored an exhibition of modern French-Japanese sculptor Sebastian Kito at Archives d'Yves Klein in Paris |
| December 2013 | President of Sezon Museum of Modern Art incorporated foundation (currently a general incorporated foundation) |
| February 2014 | Gave a talk, with sociologist Masachi Osawa and theater art director Satoshi Miyagi, after a performance of the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center |
| February 2015 | Gave talks on "Contemporary Art" and "Possibilities of Regional Collaboration with Contemporary Art" at Arts Maebashi |
| March 2015 | Selected as a juror at the Chelsea International Fine Art Competition |
Councilor Kawamura Ikuko
President Kawamura Yoshihisa Director of DIC Corp., etc.
川村 喜久Kawamura Yoshihisa
Brief Career History
| January 2014 | Director of DIC Corporation and chairman and director of DIC Graphics Corporation |
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Director Tomoko Iwaseki
岩関 禎子Tomoko Iwaseki
Educational Background
| Graduated from Department of Faculty Social Sciences, Hosei University, specialization; applied economics | |
| 1955 | Studied at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain for a short term |
Brief Career History
| 2005 | president of Gallery Sakura no ki |
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| 2013 | Joined the establishment of The Creation of Japan incorporated association and appointed as Executive Director and head of Administrative Department |
Director Kenji Kubota Curator
窪田 研二Kenji Kubota
Educational Background
| April 1989 | Graduated from Waseda University School of Commerce |
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Brief Career History
| 1993-1999 | Japan Art Association - Ueno Royal Museum |
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| 2000-2006 | Mito Arts Foundation - Art Tower Mito, Contemporary Art Center |
| 2001 | Moved to the United States by invitation from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York |
| 2006 | Became active as an independent curator |
| 2008 | Opened the KENJI KUBOTA ART OFFICE |
| 2012-2016 | Participated in creative reconstruction project as an associate professor of art at University of Tsukuba |
| 2017- | present Part time lecturer at Gakushuin Women’s College In addition, I work on exhibition curation at home and abroad |
Director Tsutomu Horiuchi Social Investment Promotion Foundation Councilor, etc
堀内 勉Tsutomu Horiuchi
Educational Background
| April 1984 | Graduated from the University of Tokyo Law School class 2 (Public Law course) |
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| April 1988 | Completed Master's degree at Harvard Law Graduate School |
Brief Career History
| 1985 | Joined the Industrial Bank of Japan (currently Mizuho Bank) |
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| 1998 | Joined Goldman Sachs Vice president, Capital Markets Department, Legal Department |
| 1999 | Joined Mori Building |
| 2005 | Appointed as president and representative director, Mori Building and Investment Management Established Mori Hills REIT Investment Corporation |
| 2007 | Mori Building managing director CFO |
| 2011-June 2015 | Director and senior managing executive officer CFO |
| 2017- | present President and representative director of Karuizawa Wine Portal Co., Ltd., etc. |
Auditor
Yoshikazu Sugita
Certified
public accountant, tax accountant
杉田 良和Sugita Yoshikazu
Educational Background
| MBA from University of Tsukuba, The Graduate School of Business Sciences: specialization; management system |
Brief Career History
| 2001～2006 | Joined Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC |
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| 2006～2009 | Joined Towers Perrin(current Willis Towers Watson) |
| 2009 | Established Sugita CPA Firm |
| 2010 | A technical member of the first tax committee of the Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants Tokyo Chapter |
| 2011 | Established MIE PARTNERS |
| 2011 | A member of tax committee of the Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants Headquarters |
| 2014 | A member of Japan Association of Corporate Directors, A councilor of Nihombashi club |
| 2017 | A chairman of the Audit Committee of Rotary Club, The Rotary Foundation |
Director Tetsuji Shibayama Managing Director, AG Holdings Corporation
柴山 哲治SHIBAYAMA
TETSUJI
Brief Career History
Worked for Mitsubishi Corporation after graduating from Hitotsubashi University with Economics Major
After earning an MBA from Harvard Business School, worked for Rockefeller & Co., Inc. in New York as an investment staff.
Having worked for Sotheby’s as a head of Japan for ten years, founded AG Holdings Corporation.
AG Holdings Corporation is in the business of consulting and helping manage major corporations, educational institutions, NPO’s and governmental organizations in their social responsibility activities and arts & culture programs, including planning and managing corporate art collections, art support programs and charity auctions. He is one of the most experienced bilingual auctioneers in Japan.
Visiting Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Gakushuuin University, “Arts & Culture and Society”
| Managing Director, AG Holdings Corporation www.ag-h.net |
