Mami Kosemura: Modern Landscape — Aoi no ma, Toeizan Kan-eiji Temple, Ueno

Mami Kosemura is a contemporary artist who uses photography and animation to explore the confluence of painting, video and photography, referring to classical European motifs and traditional subjects such as Japanese painting. In addition to solo exhibition at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, 2018, she has participated in many group exhibitions in Japan and abroad. Major awards received by the artist include Nomura Award from the Nomura Arts and Culture Foundation (2004) and the Gotoh Cultural Award of the Gotoh Memorial Foundation (2015).

Kosemura’s art is included in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, The University Art Museum of Tokyo National University of the Arts, Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi, Asia Society Museum (New York) and Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (Taipei).