Image: Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
The ‘15th Ishi Prize Award-Winning Artists Exhibition’ will run from October 3 through November 3, 2026. It features works by three recipients of the 15th Ishi Prize, awarded in fiscal 2021. All three artists are scheduled to speak about their work and practice at an artist talk on October 3 at 2 p.m.
Yokoyama Shohei, who received the Ishi Prize grand prize, is showing the dynamic ‘Amorphous’ series, made with recycled glass, alongside new large-scale blown-glass works from the ‘Unclear’ series. The presentation includes Yokoyama’s latest works from ‘Unclear’ as well as the recycled-glass forms of ‘Amorphous.’
Akagi Hideaki, an Ishi Prize encouragement-prize recipient, is exhibiting the large-scale work ‘あの記憶の欠片は、この世界の形を残し、その先へ向かっていく。’ from the period of the award, together with newer figurative works addressing existence and memory. His exhibition includes a group of figurative works and recent pieces developed around the themes of existence and memory.
Isezaki Kantarō, who also received the encouragement prize, has continued investigating the possibilities of expression through firing natural stone. His practice continues to question the relationship between earth, fire and space or place.
The Ishi Prize supports emerging artists connected to Okayama and aims to foster artists who will shape the next generation. The prize has been awarded to 17 grand-prize recipients and 34 encouragement-prize recipients, while exhibitions introducing award-winning artists have been held at the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art since 2010. Organized by the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, the exhibition will be held in the museum’s second-floor exhibition room.
