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101TOKYO ANNOUNCES THE BERENGO PRIZE, PECHA KUCHA NIGHT AT 101TOKYO AND THE EST OUEST BUS SHUTTLE

TOKYO, Japan / March 31, 2009

On the eve of gallery booth construction, the 101TOKYO team is thrilled to make three special announcements.

The first is the Berengo Prize sponsored by Berengo Collection, an Italian/Japanese gallery specializing in contemporary art made with glass that encourages contemporary artists to use the medium for expression.The prize, which will be awarded to one artist showing at at 101TOKYO, will be a two-week residency at the Berengo glass studio in Venice, Italy.

We are also pleased to announce a special 101TOKYO edition of Pecha Kucha Nights, taking place inside the 101TOKYO venue at AKIBA_SQUARE on Thursday from 18:00-20:00. Respected architect and Pecha Kucha co-founder, Mark Dytham, will host the event which will exclusively feature artists and galleries. For more infommation about Pecha Kucha and the PKN format, please check the web site: www.pecha-kucha.org

For those looking to hit as many of the art events as possible this coming weekend, Est-Ouest Auctions will be offering a free shuttle bus service between Art Fair Tokyo, 101TOKYO and the auction house's Gotanda showroom. Seats are limited, so it is recommended that you make a reservation at Est-Ouest Auctions' reception desk or the press corner at 101TOKYO. The schedule is as follows:

From 101TOKYO (Akihabara) to Est Ouest (Gotanda):
12:00/14:00/16:00/18:00

From Est Ouest (Gotanda) to Art Fair Tokyo (Yurakucho):
13:00/15:00/17:00

From Art Fair Tokyo (Yurakucho) to 101TOKYO (Akihabara):
13:30/15:30/17:30

We look forward to seeing you this weekend.

Yours in art,

The 101TOKYO Committee
www.101tokyo.com
info@101tokyo.com

101TOKYO 2009 ANNOUNCES "101QUESTIONS"

TOKYO, Japan / March 26, 2009

The 101TOKYO Contemporary Art Fair is proud to announce the 101QUESTIONS Educational Program. 101TOKYO was founded as a way to explore the possibilities of the Japanese art world, and thus the fair will be holding six panel discussions addressing pressing issues in contemporary art. 101QUESTIONS will range from the simple, if not easy -- ''What is contemporary art?'' -- to the complex and long-term -- "How do we build a thriving scene for artists in Japan?"

Speakers will include renowned Japanese and international artists, gallerists and art-world professionals, as well as leaders in the fields of fashion and advertising, including Mark Collis, Executive Creative Director at Ogilvy Japan and Kenji Shiratsuchi, Exectutive Planning Designer at Dentsu. 101TOKYO is working in partnership with the United States
Embassy in Tokyo to bring both Sofia Hernandez Chong Guy (Curator-in-residence at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College) and Doryun Chong (Associate Curator of the Visual Arts at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota) from the U.S. to Tokyo in order to discuss how to best support contemporary art through public programs.

The following is a full schedule:

101QUESTIONS
101TOKYO Panel Discussions on the state of the Japanese art world today

Friday, April 3
6:30 p.m. What is contemporary art? And what isn't?

Saturday, April 4
1 p.m. How does contemporary art influence the creative industries?
3 p.m. How do art communities differ? Artists' experiences abroad.
5 p.m. How do we create a new art market?

Sunday, April 5
1 p.m. What is the role of art fairs in Asia?
3 p.m. What can we do better?

Program listing

Friday April 3 6:30 p.m.
What is contemporary art? And what isn't?
Curators and gallerists discuss what you need to know to appreciate contemporary art - and what you don't. (In Japanese and English)

Shihoko Iida -- Curator/Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
Satoshi Okada -- Collector, magical, ARTROOM
Haruka Ito -- 101TOKYO Creative Director and Curator/magical, ARTROOM
Jeffrey Rosen -- Gallerist/MISAKO & ROSEN, Gallery Sora, Taka Ishii
Junya Sato -- Artist/BOICE PLANNING

Moderator:
Andrew Maerkle -- former Deputy Editor of Art Asia Pacific magazine

Saturday April 4 1 p.m.
How does contemporary art influence the creative industries?
Experts from various creative fields explore the differences and similarities between art and the worlds of fashion, design and advertising. How do these fields play off of one another? (In Japanese and English)

Mark Collis -- Executive Creative Director/Ogilvy
Serge Mouangue -- Conceptual car designer/Nissan
Kenji Shiratsuchi -- Exectutive Planning Designer/Dentsu
Kosuke Tsumura -- Professor of Musashino Art University, Scenography, Display, and Fashion Design, FINAL HOME

Moderator:
Michael Sheetal -- Director/Ultra Super New

Saturday April 4 3 p.m.
How do art communities differ?
As Japanese art gains more exposure overseas, Japanese artists are going abroad with greater frequency for residencies and to live. Five artists discuss how their creative experiences compared while working outside of their homeland. (In Japanese and English)

Noboru Tsubaki -- Japan
Satoru Aoyama-- Japan
Daisuke Ohba -- Japan
Rafael Rozendaal -- The Netherlands
Koen Vanmechelen -- Belgium

Moderator:
Kosuke Fujitaka -- 101TOKYO Communications Director

Saturday April 4 5 p.m.
How do we create a new art market?
Active local collectors are essential to a thriving art market. Young collectors discuss why art lovers become art buyers -- and what we all gain from it. (In Japanese)

Keita Arisawa
Hiroaki Ikeda -- Art Collection Department/Family office
Yoshiko Ikoma -- Fashion Journalist
Hiroko Ishinabe -- Founder/One Piece Club
Kojiro Nagomo -- Creative Director/BEAMS
Naomi Rowe -- eN arts

Moderator:
Haruka Ito -- 101TOKYO Creative Director

Sunday April 5 1 p.m.
What is the role of art fairs in Asia?
The number and presence of art fairs in Japan has been increasing. What is their history in the country, their future, and their role in the market? (In Japanese and English)

Tsutomu Ikeuchi -- CEO/Roentgenwerke AG
Sueo Mizuma -- Director/Mizuma Art Gallery
Rick Wang -- Director/Young Art Taipei
Jessica Park -- Marketing Director/ARTO Art Fair Busan

Moderator:
Kosuke Fujitaka -- 101TOKYO Communications Director

Sunday April 5 3 p.m.
What can we do better?
Tokyo's art scene is a lively one, but does it have the infrastructure it really needs to grow? International art world professionals explore how to build a strong community, a local market and institutions with a history. (In Japanese and English)

Doryun Chong --Associate Curator/Walker Art Center
Yusaku Imamura -- Director/Tokyo Wonder Site
Mami Kataoka -- Senior Curator/Mori Arts Museum
Yochiro Kurata -- President/Shinwa Auction
Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy -- Curator-in-residence/Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College

Moderator:
Andrew Maerkle -- former Deputy Editor of Art Asia Pacific magazine

101TOKYO ANNOUNCES 2009 PARTNERS

TOKYO, Japan / March 18, 2009

The 101TOKYO Contemporary Art Fair is pleased to announce its partners for 2009: The Yokohama Museum of Contemporary Art, ZINE'S MATE TOKYO 2009 (art-book fair by UTRECHT and PAPERBACK), and the International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama 2009.

101TOKYO and the Yokohama Museum of Art will be selling combined tickets for both the solo exhibition of artist Teppei Kaneuji (March 20-May 27; www.yaf.or.jp/yma/jiu/2009/exhibition/kaneuji/) and to 101TOKYO at a discounted rate of 1,800 yen. In addition, catalogs for 101TOKYO will be sold at the museum in Yokohama.

101TOKYO will also be partnering with the new art-book fair, ZINE'S MATE TOKYO 2009, which is organized by PAPERBACK magazine and Aoyama's new Utrecht Gallery. ZINE'S MATE (www.zinesmate.org) will take place July 2009 at the gallery EYE of GYRE in Ometesando's GYRE building, and will feature artists and forward-thinking international and domestic publishers who practice book-making in progressive and distinctive ways. ZINE'S MATE will be promoting the new event at 101TOKYO by showcasing the kinds of books that will be presented during the book fair.

The International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama 2009 (http://ifamy.jp/) will be partnering with 101TOKYO to promote their showcase of experimental film. Also known as CREAM (Creativity for Arts and Media), the event will take place in Yokohama at Shinko Pier Exhibition Hall and Bank Art NYK from Oct. 31st to November 29th, 2009. CREAM will show video works by Shimura Bros. (www.shimurabros.com) in the 101TOKYO lounge space.

We look forward to our collaborations with partners from related creative fields. Like 101TOKYO, their vision is to grow and strengthen the fertile contemporary art scene in Japan, and we are proud to have them supporting us in our second year.

The 101TOKYO Committee
www.101tokyo.com
info@101tokyo.com

101TOKYO ANNOUNCES "101DISCOVERIES" ARTIST PROJECTS

TOKYO, Japan / March 11, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: info@101tokyo.com

101TOKYO ANNOUNCES 101DISCOVERIES ARTIST PROJECTS

The 101TOKYO Contemporary Art Fair is proud to announce the 101DISCOVERIES special artists projects. 101TOKYO's theme for 2009 is "New Art, Fresh Discoveries," and 101DISCOVERIES, a collection of art and performances selected for the event by 101TOKYO Creative Director Haruka Ito, will showcase new perspectives and new forms of expression.

''Yoko Ono said that if you draw a line across a canvas and write above it 'This is a horizon,' people will see something more than a mere line. Art is capable of producing new perspectives out of mere fragments, and simple artistic ideas such as this are still coming into existence today,'' said Ito. ''We hope that you, too, will make new discoveries at 101TOKYO, and that events like ours can become as much about creative discovery as they are about commerce.''

The following artists will be participating in 101DISCOVERIES:

FRESH Art exhibitions by:
Akira KAMO
Ren KOHATA
Yusuke KOMUTA
Yu SATO
Kota TAKEUCHI
Yusuke NAKANISHI
Tomonari MASE
Tohru MATSUSHITA
Mai MUTO
Tsutomu YAMAMOTO

Video Works by:
Rintaro HIRAMINE
Rafaël ROZENDAAL

Wall painting and a performance by:
Ichiro ENDO

Performances by:
Shingo ARUGA
Kazuhito MATSUMOTO
Mineki MURATA

A happening by:
AKUMA NO SHIRUSHI

Stay tuned for a full schedule of events throughout the 101TOKYO weekend, April 2-5.

The 101TOKYO Team
www.101tokyo.com
info@101tokyo.com

101TOKYO ANNOUNCES SPONSORS AND MEDIA PARTNERS FOR 2009

TOKYO, Japan / March 3, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: info@101tokyo.com

101TOKYO SPONSORS AND MEDIA PARTNERS FOR 2009

The 101TOKYO Contemporary Art Fair is pleased to announce the official sponsors and media partners of the fair for 2009. The 101TOKYO team would like to give a special thanks these sponsors and partners for helping us make this year's fair a success.

Official Exhibiting Sponsors:

ASIA GRAPH
Sony Digital Entertainment

Media partners:

art_icle
Art Collector
ART ISSUE magazine
ART iT
Asian Art City
Bijutsu Techo
CINRA
Est-Ouest Auctions
Gekkan Gallery
Grrrh...Zeitung für Kunst
Loftwork
MutualArt.com
NODE
Numéro TOKYO
NYArtBeat.com
TokyoArtBeat.com

You can also check the list on Sponsors & Partners page on 101 TOKYO website.

The 101TOKYO Team
http://www.101tokyo.com
info@101tokyo.com