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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?

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

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

101TOKYO joins in Pecha Kucha Night!

Tokyo / February 24, 2009

We're happy to announce that 101TOKYO will be represented at this week's Pecha Kucha Night at Superdeluxe in Nishi Azabu. Come down and see director, Jason Jenkins and communications director, Kosuke Fujitaka, give a brief overview of 101TOKYO: its debut in 2008 and what to expect in 2009.

Hope to see you there.

For more info, please check:

Pecha Kucha site: www.pecha-kucha.org
Superdeluxe site: www.super-deluxe.com
TokyoArtBeat site: www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2009/2F59

Best,

The 101TOKYO Team

101TOKYO ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATING GALLERIES FOR 2009

TOKYO, Japan / February 3, 2009

101TOKYO is pleased to announce the official line-up of galleries for the 2009 edition of the 101TOKYO Contemporary Art Fair:

AFRONOVA (South Africa)
Andrew James (China)
ARTCOURT Gallery (Japan)
Art Data Bank (Japan)
art project frantic (Japan)
Art Statements (Hong Kong)
Berengo Collection (Italy/Japan)
Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art(USA)
CASHI (Japan)
CLEAR EDITION (Japan)
eitoeiko (Japan)
fabre8710 (Japan)
galeria de muerte (Japan)
Galerie Paris (Japan)
Galerie Sho Projects (Japan)
Gallery Jin Projects (Japan)
GALLERY MoMo (Japan)
Gallery Q (Japan)
gallery rougheryet (Japan)
Gallery Simon (Japan)
Gallery Terra Tokyo (Japan)
habres+partner Gallery (Austria)
MATSUO MEGUMI + VOICE GALLERY pfs/w (Japan)
mountain fold (USA)
Nakaochiai Gallery (Japan)
Nuestra (Mexico)
Yumiko Chiba Associates/viewing room GINZA (Japan)

The following galleries will be members of the 101TOKYO Gallery:

1. Gallery Koyanagi
2. GALLERY SIDE 2
3. Hiromi Yoshii
4. ShugoArts
5. SCAI THE BATHHOUSE
6. Taka Ishii (hanging project)
7. Tomio Koyama Gallery (sculpture)

Considering the current international economic climate, 101TOKYO 2009 is
proud to report that in addition to a number of returning international galleries,
we welcome new participants from Austria, China, Italy, Mexico and the
United States.
This year's 101TOKYO 2009 will also emphasize new and upcoming
Japanese galleries and artists while offering a public program that both
addresses global art trends for art professionals and introduces
contemporary art to the general public.

Announcements will soon follow about other artists projects, the 2009 lecture
series, our educational program and more.

You can download this press release in PDF file from here.

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

101TOKYO Launch Party Announced

TOKYO, Japan / January 6, 2009

The staff of 101TOKYO 2009 will hold a launch party on Friday, January 9th 2009 at Le Baron de Paris in Aoyama. The 101TOKYO team is pleased to mark our first celebration of 2009 on the opening night of Art@Agnes in Kagurazaka. Come join us for drinks and conversation on the eve of one of Tokyo's most interesting art events.

Check here later this week for admission details, DJ schedule and other information. For directions, please check the Le Baron site: www.lebaron.jp

For more information about Art@Agnes, please check: www.artatagnes.com

101TOKYO Team
info@101tokyo.com

101TOKYO ANNOUNCES VENUE FOR 2009: AKIBA SQUARE

TOKYO, Japan / November 14, 2008

The 101TOKYO team is pleased to announce the venue for its 2009 fair, AKIBA_SQUARE in Akihabara's UDX building (http://www.akiba-square.jp/exhibitor/downlaods_03.html). Next year, the 101TOKYO Contemporary Art Fair will take place in AKIBA_SQUARE's spacious location in the heart of Tokyo's ''Electric Town'' district. The 1,010-sq. meter space is only a two-minute walk from Akihabara Station, and less than 10 minutes via Tokyo's elevated Yamanote Line from Yurakucho and Tokyo stations, where Art Fair Tokyo and other art-related events will occur.

"The venue for 2009 is quite different, and we're very excited," says Jason Jenkins, director of 101TOKYO 2009. "We love how open and scenic this space is. It will be interesting to see how it can be used by the galleries and our public programs. Besides, when we realized how easy it is to access, we knew this would be the place."

The fair will take place April 2-5, the same time as other lively art events happening throughout the city.

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

101TOKYO Contemporary Art Fair announces team for 2009

TOKYO, Japan / November 6, 2008

The 101TOKYO Contemporary Art Fair is proud to announce the appointment of Jason Jenkins as Director and Haruka Ito as Creative Director of 101TOKYO 2009. Mr. Jenkins is a freelance creative consultant who frequently writes about music and art. Ms. Ito is an independent curator and currently gallerist for Tokyo's magical, ARTROOM. Show management of 101TOKYO 2009 will be handled by Loufas Co. Ltd. (http://www.loufas.co.jp), an event production company experienced in organizing symposiums and trade shows for clients such as Worldwide Yamaha Motor Co., Warner Brothers, Rody and Catimini.

"Last year was proof that Tokyo is hungry for a small, jury-selected fair that concentrates on quality contemporary work created here in Japan as well as beyond our shores,'' says Jenkins. ''Our goal for 2009 is to build on last year's success by providing a place for creators, collectors and art lovers to discover new talent and new perspectives."

For the selection committee, a strong team of internationally focused, Tokyo-based art and design professionals have been chosen, including:

Tetsuya Ozaki, Editor-in-Chief/ART iT
Toshiko Ferrier, Art Consultant
Mami Kataoka, Senior Curator/Mori Art Museum
Shihoko Iida, Curator/Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
Kosuke Tsumura, Fashion Designer/Final Home
Donald Eubank, Arts Editor/The Japan Times
Serge Mouangue, Conceptual Designer/Nissan

The 101TOKYO 2009 selection committee will meet over the next few weeks to process submissions and choose the galleries that will represent the best in emerging contemporary art. The fair will take place the first week of April, coinciding with Art Fair Tokyo and other exciting art events happening throughout the city. 101TOKYO is excited to continue the successes of last year with a program that showcases exciting trends happening across Asia and the world, while continuing to celebrate the young and increasingly vibrant contemporary art scene here in Tokyo. We hope you will mark your calendars and join us in the Spring for an exciting week of art in the metropolis.

Fair Director : Jason Jenkins
Creative Director : Haruka Ito
Show Management : Loufas Company, Ltd.

Selection Committee
Tetsuya Ozaki, Editor-in-Chief/ART iT
Toshiko Ferrier, Art Consultant
Mami Kataoka, Senior Curator/Mori Art Museum
Shihoko Iida, Curator/Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
Kosuke Tsumura, Fashion Designer/Final Home
Donald Eubank, Arts Editor/The Japan Times
Serge Mouangue, Conceptual Designer/Nissan

Contact
info@101tokyo.com
http://www.101tokyo.com