Mio Moriyama

Born in 2003 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido.
Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Arts, Sapporo Otani University in 2025, with a major in oil painting.
Currently affiliated with Art Space 0-Chiten.
Through exploring parent-child relationships, her works address social issues related to aging, focusing on themes deeply rooted in contemporary society.
Major exhibitions include Solo Exhibition: “Unlearning the Theory of Karma and Retribution” (Terrace Keikaku, 2025) and Think School 2024: Look, Think, Luck (Sapporo Ekimae-dori Underground Walkway, Chi-Ka-Ho, 2025).

Ryotaro Sato

Artist. Born in 1999 in Hokkaido, currently based in Kanagawa, Japan. He collects data circulated as assets and edits it while referencing images from photography, video, games, and other media to depict the current state of the internet. In recent years, he has focused on data, software, and platforms involved in contemporary image-making, exploring the relations of production surrounding imagination. Major exhibitions include “MACHINE LOVE: Video Game, AI and Contemporary Art” (Mori Art Museum, 2025), “Inorganic Friends” (Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo, 2023), and “Viewpoints of Reality in the Multi-layered World” (NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC], 2022).

Photo: Tayama Tatsuyuki
Photo Courtesy: Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

Yamazaki Yoshihiko

Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido in 1994. Graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Sapporo Otani University in 2016, and completed the Graduate School of Education at Hokkaido University of Education in 2020. Currently enrolled in the Doctoral Program at the Graduate School of Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts. Recipient of the 34th Holbein Scholarship.

His practice involves deconstructing and reconstructing photographs shared on social media, creating collages that embed multiple layers of time and place as the foundation for painting. These works are further cited as “paintings within paintings,” accumulating in a nested structure. The resulting images, overlapping fragments of the everyday, embody both a sense of emptiness and an attempt to visualize aspects of contemporary visual culture such as “preservation” and “circulation.”

Selected exhibitions include Ryoko Kumakura & Yoshihiko Yamazaki: Links, Embed Images (Gallery & Bakery Tokyo 8fun, Tokyo, 2025), HAPS KYOTO selection #2 Yoshihiko Yamazaki (HAPS Office 1F, Kyoto, 2023), Door Scope and Bagel (Gallery MONMA, Sapporo, 2023), and 50th Anniversary Exhibition: With Artists Toward Tomorrow (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, 2016).

＆blue

In the rush of everyday life,
I create with the hope of recalling the quiet breath
of a slightly chilled morning.

I paint fleeting light and hushed stillness,
so that between color and emptiness,
a faint warmth may gently seep through.


-Exhibition Record
2024.10 pop-up store in Laforet Harajuku
2024.6 secret exhibition in Fukuoka

Ayana Koishikawa

Yuji Sato

Born and currently based in Hokkaido.
My practice is rooted in Hokkaido's modern history and folk beliefs, and is guided by an interest in landscape and the act of photographing it.
I also run zolin gallery.

Ayumi Sawa

Born in Sapporo in 1993. Transitioned from occupational therapist to illustrator in 2021. Began artistic activities in 2023. Through her work as a therapist, experiences of bereavement, and psychoanalysis, she reexamines distinctions between seemingly opposing concepts, focusing on forms of love found within uncertainty. Blending digital and analog expression, nostalgic manga-style touches, and futuristic fashion, she depicts more human women as an extension of surrealism. Additionally creates illustrations and advertising artwork for women's media such as beauty magazines.
Part-time lecturer at Sapporo Design & Technology College.

Michito Horie

Kayuza Takahashi

Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, 1993. Currently resides in Tomari Village, Kō District. Graduated from the Art Course, Faculty of Arts, Hokkaido University of Education, Iwamizawa Campus, 2016. Think School, Sessions 6 & 7, 2022–2023. 2023: Excellence Award, Think School 2022 Graduation Exhibition (SCARTS Court, Sapporo Center for Arts and Culture).
2024: Solo Exhibition "The Eggplant Leaves Covered the Mini-Tomato Leaves, Blocking the Sun."
"Листя баклажанів накривало листя міні-томатів, закриваючи сонце". (Gallery Monma).

Naoya Nozawa

Born in 1987, from Chitose, Hokkaido.Graduated from the Department of Photography, Faculty of Art, Tokyo Polytechnic University in 2010.
In a society where words and images accumulate and become increasingly complex, I create photographic works that contrast places and times where meaning has been removed.
My most recent exhibition was first solo exhibition, "Their, Our, My Land" held in May 2025 at the former Nagayama Takeshiro Residence and the former Mitsubishi Mining Dormitory. I have also been producing zines since around 2020, which sells on consignment at second-hand bookstores such as Tabi Kosho Shanti Books and Furuhon Romando, as well as at events such as never mind the books and literary flea markets.

Naoya Matsumoto, Sae Kuratate