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Feb.16.2012

Announcing the New Cosmos of Photography Osaka Exhibition 2012

The New Cosmos of Photography 2011 (34th competition) exhibition of award-winning works will be held from April 3 in Osaka.

The works included in the New Cosmos of Photography Osaka Exhibition 2012 are one Grand Prize-winning work (Osaka resident), four Excellence Award-winning works, and 20 Honorable Mention-winning works (six people were born in, or live in the Kansai region), chosen from a total of 1,305 entries to New Cosmos of Photography 2011 (34th competition), as well as works of Karen Sato, Grand Prize winner of New Cosmos of Photography 2010 (33rd competition). This touring exhibition brings together featured exhibits from the highly reputed “New Cosmos of Photography 2011 Tokyo Exhibition” held at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in November of last year.

Conversations with exhibitors will be held during the exhibition to provide an opportunity to exchange opinions on the artists’ concepts, intentions, and photographic expressions.

[Exhibitors] (Honorific titles omitted)

New Cosmos of Photography 2011 (34th competition) [Grand Prize winner] Maya Akashika

[Excellence awards] Yoshiyuki Okuyama, Masanori Kito, Patrick Tsai, and Mariko Yamada

[Honorable Mention] Toru Kodake, Kana Kikuchi, Naoyuki Yamato, Ikushun, Kano Shunsuke, and Mitoki Nakano

2010 (the 33rd competition) Grand Prize winner Karen Sato’s exhibition “Memento mori” will be held at the same time.

[Summary]

Date	: Tuesday, April 3 - Thursday, April 26, 2012, 10:00 - 19:00 (Open throughout the exhibition period)
Venue	: ARTCOURT Gallery OAP ARTCOURT 1F, Tenmabashi 1-8-5, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0042
Tel	: 06-6354-5444
Access	: JR loop line: 8 minutes on foot from Sakuranomiya station JR Tozai line: 10 minutes on foot from Osaka Tenmangu station Subway: 10 minutes on foot from Minami Morimachi station
Admission	: Free
Sponsor	: Canon Inc.
Cooperation	: Yagi Art Management
Related event	: Talk session with exhibitors (at the venue) Saturday, April 14, 2012, 15:00 - 16:30 Schedule exhibitors (honorific titles omitted) 2010 Grand Prize winner Karen Sato 2011 Grand Prize winner Maya Akashika Same Excellence Award winners Yoshiyuki Okuyama, Masanori Kito, Patrick Tsai, and Mariko Yamada * Admission cannot be guaranteed if there are more visitors than the capacity of the venue.

The Grand Prize-winning work 2011 (the 34th competition)

The 2010 (33rd competition) Grand Prize-winning artist’s exhibition