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Teshima Art Museum

Artist

Rei Naito

Rei Naito
Born in Hiroshima, 1961. Degree in visual communication design from Musashino Art University, 1985.
Her permanent : site-specific work Being Given (2001, Kinza Naoshima Art House Project, Benesse Art Site Naoshima).
Major exhibitions and projects : include Une place sur la Terre (1997, Japanese Pavillion, The 47th Venice Biennale), Being Called (1997, Galerie im Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt am Main), Une place sur la terre/Tokyo 2002 (2002, Rice Gallery by G2, Tokyo), Une place sur la terre/New York 2003 (2003, D'Amelio Terras, New York), matrix (2007, Nizayama Forest Art Museum, Toyama), and Tout animal eat dans le monde comme de l'eau à l'intérieur de l'eau (2009, the Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura, Kanagawa).
Works
  • Matrix, 2010

Architect

Ryue Nishizawa

Ryue Nishizawa
Born in Tokyo, 1966. Degree in M.A. (Architecture), Yokohama National University, and joined Kazuyo Sejima & Associates in 1990, established SANAA with her in 1995, established Office of Ryue Nishizawa in 1997. Professor of Yokohama Graduate School of Architecture.
Recipient of international awards, including the Gold Lion at the 9th Venice Architecture Biennale, in 2004, and the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2010.
Significant Works: Weekend House (1998, Gunma), 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa* (2004, Ishikawa), Honmura Lounge & Archive (2004, Naoshima, Kagawa), Moriyama House (2002-05, Tokyo), Marine Station Naoshima* (2006, Naoshima), Towada Art Center (2008, Aomori).
*co-designed with Sejima Kazuyo.