Terrada Warehouse has announced the launch of the “TERRADA ART AWARD 2025.”
The “TERRADA ART AWARD” was initiated in 2014 as a contemporary art award aimed at supporting emerging artists. It has been conducted with a focus on nurturing artists who can thrive on the global stage, featuring judges with international perspectives and deep insights into contemporary art.
In the previous edition, the “TERRADA ART AWARD 2023,” over 1,000 entries were submitted from both domestic and international artists. The finalists included Kanemitsu Yu, Tomiyasu Yuma, Harada Hiroki, Murakami Kei, and Yantu. An exhibition featuring the finalists was held in January 2024 at G3-6F in Tennozu, Tokyo.
The application period for the “TERRADA ART AWARD 2025” is from November 20 (Wednesday) to January 31, 2025 (Friday) at 18:00. After the first and final judging periods, the five finalists will be announced on September 10, 2025 (Wednesday), and the “TERRADA ART AWARD 2025 Finalists Exhibition” will be held starting January 15, 2026 (Thursday). The five finalists will create their works using a production budget of 3 million yen based on the “exhibition plan” submitted during the final judging. The venue will be an event space renovated from warehouse space.
TERRADA ART AWARD 2025
Application Period: November 20 (Wednesday) to January 31, 2025 (Friday) at 18:00
Eligibility Criteria: Must meet all of the following conditions:
A. No nationality restrictions; however, the applicant must be able to communicate in Japanese.
B. Each individual or unit may submit only one application.
C. Applicants must be between 18 and 45 years old at the start of the application period (for units, the representative must meet this criterion).
D. Must be able to participate in the finalists’ exhibition (including setup and teardown) and the award ceremony scheduled between December 2025 and February 2026.
E. Must have at least one previous exhibition history at the start of the application period.
F. Must not have been selected as a finalist in the past for the TERRADA ART AWARD.
Eligible Activities: All forms of contemporary art, including painting, photography, three-dimensional works (objects), textiles, video, digital media art, physical expression such as performance, sound, or music, and all other media.
Application Method: Online application.
Support Provided: Exhibition opportunity at the finalists’ exhibition and a production budget of 3 million yen.
Organizer: Terrada Warehouse Co., Ltd.
Sponsors: Japan Airlines Co., Ltd., Louis Roederer (MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo K.K.)
Support: Shinagawa City
Operational Cooperation: Fujiwara Handa LLC, Rocket Pencil Co., Ltd.
[Final Judges]
Takahiro Kaneshima (Associate Professor, Kanazawa University of Arts, Art Studies SCAPe)
Yukie Kamiya (Art Critic, Curator)
Yuki Terase (Funding Partner, Art Intelligence Global)
Daito Manabe (Artist, Programmer, Composer)
Meruro Washida (Director, Towada Art Center, Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts)
(Note: Titles omitted; names are in alphabetical order.)
[Preliminary Judges]
Ryo Ikejiro (Artist, Musician, Researcher, Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong, School of Creative Media)
Nobutsugu Omaki (Visual Artist)
Eriko Kimura (Director, Hirosaki Brick Warehouse Art Museum)
Ryutaro Takahashi (Psychiatrist, Contemporary Art Collector)
Yu Takekiku (Curator, Artistic Director, Contemporary Art Center, Mito Art Museum)
Reiko Tsubaki (Curator, Mori Art Museum)
(Note: Titles omitted; names are in alphabetical order.)
