Art Historian, Art Critic
Born in 1953. Graduated from the Department of Art History, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo, and completed the Graduate School of Humanities, University of Tokyo (majoring in Western Art History). Professor at the Department of Intermedia Art, Tokyo National University of fine Arts and music(2001-2021). His publications include “Photographic City,” “History of 20th Century Photography,” and “Photographic History,” and he has curated numerous exhibitions, including “Drifters of Memory/Record” (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum) and “Perception of Japan” (Museum of Contemporary Art, Graz).

A Tokyo-native, Iwane moved to California as a teenager to study at Petrolia High School. She travels between Tokyo and Miharu in Fukushima Prefecture presenting her work. Drawing from intensive fieldwork, such as her exploration of the connection between Hawaii and Fukushima that is embodied by immigrants, Iwane’s photography captures the lives of people rooted in the land.

Born in 1982 in Aomori’s Hirakawa City (formerly called Hiraka-machi), Nakajima spent a few years in Sapporo before returning to his hometown where he currently juggles his work as an artist, caregiver, and assistant worker at an apple farm. Through his artwork, he aims to open himself to the transitions or traces of various topologies that exist in this universe, thereby preserving the memories of these experiences.