3331 INDEPENDENTS SCHOLARSHIP VOL.3

Artists: Takuya Komaba, Yusuke Sagara, Sari Doi, Ryohta Shimamoto, Otoha Takenami, Masashi Nakamura, micarinko, Kazuyuki Miyamoto, Go Watabe

The "3331 Independents Scholarship" is a support system taking the form of a group exhibition at 3331 for the artists selected from "3331 Independents", an open call exhibition forming part of the "Chiyoda Arts Festival" held every autumn. This exhibition will present 9 artists who were selected from the "Chiyoda Arts Festival 2012" by 8 guests and visitor votes out of approximately 300 works. From students who are still at university to artists who have taught themselves to paint, the exhibiting artists will enhance the work entered in the "3331 Independents", challenged to show their work in a larger exhibition space. During the exhibition, work will also be on sale with the aim of encouraging career development of participating artists.
Critique by the guests is viewable on the following web page:
http://fes.3331.jp/2012/prize/index1.html

Guest critic Takashi Azumaya, who participated in the 3331 Independents critique session, passed away on 16th October, 2012. Our deepest condolences go to his family. His comments have been included here as they were received during his lifetime.

Born in 1977. Artist. Besides actively participating in a woodland activation group authorized by Chiba Prefecture, he is acting as a member of the executive committee for the Abiko International Open Air Art Exhibition. In addition, he is organizing live painting and other events, and sowing many other colorful seeds in numerous fields such as management, design, and musical composition among others.
http://seedofawareness.blogspot.jp/








Born in Tokyo, 1981. Graduated from the Painting Course of the Faculty of Sculpture and Painting, Tama Art University. Creates work taking the motif of asphalt surfaces found in city environments. Prizes to date include "ART45" Grand Prix (2005), and the Tama Art University Award of Excellence (2006).








Born in 1990. Lived mainly in Europe until the age of 18. After giving birth in 2007, she returned to Japan in 2009. Taking the concept of "emergence", she has recently made work in relation to the theme of the "universe". Recent exhibitions include "H.U.B" (Lixll:Ginza, Tokyo/ 2012).
http://twitter.com/Sari_Doi








Born in Tokyo, 1986. Graduated from the Arts and Crafts Course of the Faculty of Art and Design, Tama Art University. Significant awards and activities include being selected for the "Taro Okamoto Award" (2009-2012), the opening of an internet shop "10000000000/min" (2011), and the solo exhibition "The Second Industrial Arts Exhibition" (Tamagawa University, Tokyo/ 2011). He is currently based at Tokyo Yousisha ceramic art studio.








Born in Shizuoka Prefecture, 1989. An art school graduate. Paints mainly using acrylic paint and colour pens. Significant awards and activities include being selected for "Illustration" "THE CHOICE" (2011),and the book-cover design of "Kanta" (Ira Ishida, Bungeisyunjyu Publishers/ 2011).
http://blog.livedoor.jp/o-takenami/








Graduated from the Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University. He is currently a second year student of the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts.
"I loved TV from a young age. Since getting older, I have grown to love the internet".
https://twitter.com/nakamranocop








Lives in Tokyo, NY, and India. Graduated from the National Academy Museum & Fine Art school in NY. Using techniques from surrealism, she is in pursuit of work on the borderline of figurative and abstract. Exhibitions include "VivaArts" (NY, USA/ 2009), and the solo exhibition "Building" (Tokyo/ 2004).
http://micajoshita.com/








Born in Ibaraki Prefecture, 1984. Graduated from Asagaya College of Art and Design in 2009. Works mainly in photography.








Born in Tokyo, 1979. Completed second term of the "Picture, Beauty, Image, Art" course of Bigakko school. Uses the techniques of collage, superimposition, sampling, and remixing. Awards and exhibitions include "GEISAI Museum #2" Taku Satou Award (2008), and "TRANS ARTS TOKYO" (former Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo/ 2012).
http://watabego.com/