Located in Tennoz, Tokyo, Warehouse TERRADA was established in 1950. In addition to our artwork storage service launched in 1975, we have gone on to develop a wide variety of art-related businesses, ranging from artwork conservation, packing, transportation and exhibition services to operating art facilities and supporting young artists in line with our guiding principle of conveying the passion of artists and the intrinsic value of art to future generations. In recent years, the company has been offering services to support the vitalization of the art market through operating art and culture dissemination facilities such as the contemporary art collectors’ museum WHAT MUSEUM, the art gallery cafe WHAT CAFE, the art materials lab PIGMENT TOKYO, and TERRADA ART COMPLEX, one of Japan’s largest gallery complex.
TERRADA ART AWARD is a contemporary art award designed to support emerging artists. To discover artists who can play an active role on the world stage, we have selected a jury panel with an international perspective and a deep understanding of contemporary art. Applicants will undergo a first-round screening period in which their portfolios will be reviewed. Then, exhibition plans and portfolios will be evaluated during the final-round screening, culminating in selecting five finalists. The finalists will have the opportunity to exhibit their works, according to the exhibition plans submitted in the final-round screening, at TERRADA ART AWARD 2025 Finalist Exhibition. Each will receive 3 million yen as a production support prize.
[TERRADA ART AWARD 2023]
The previous award received a number of entries from within Japan and overseas, and the works of the five selected finalists (Mitsuo Kim, Yuma Tomiyasu, Yuki Harada, Satoshi Murakami, and yang02) were presented at the TERRADA ART AWARD 2023 Finalist Exhibition in January 2024.
Photos from TERRADA ART AWARD 2023 Finalist Exhibition
Photo by Yusuke Suzuki (USKfoto)
Artwork by Yuki Harada, Photo by Katsura Muramatsu
Short summary video (with English subtitles): https://youtu.be/oBogx7ghTF0
[TERRADA ART AWARD 2025 Overview]
Qualifying Activity: Contemporary Art (including all forms of media such as two-dimensional works like paintings; photography; three-dimensional works (objects); textiles; videos; digital media art; physical expression such as performances, etc.; and sound art or music, etc.)
Prize: An opportunity to display works at the finalist exhibition, and 3 million yen awarded as creation cost*
Supplementary Prizes: 1) Ruinart Blanc de Blancs champagne from MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo K.K. 2) Research and report grant up to 300,000 yen for artist’s next creation following the AWARD 3) PIGMENT TOKYO’s art supplies worth 100,000 yen 4) Free use of Warehouse TERRADA’s art storage service for two years 5) Free use of Warehouse TERRADA’s digital storage service for three years
URL: https://www.terradaartaward.com/en
Held by: Warehouse TERRADA
Sponsor: Japan Airlines, Ruinart (MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo K.K.)
Support: Shinagawa City
Operation Support: Fujiwara Haneda LLC, and Rocket Pencil K.K.
* Please refer to the Entry Guideline page on the Award’s official website for details regarding the support (prize) for the finalists.
[Jury]
Final Jury
Yukie Kamiya (Art Critic, Independent Curator)
Takahiro Kaneshima (Associate professor of SCAPe, Kanazawa College of Art)
Daito Manabe (Artist, programmer, and composer)
Yuki Terase (Art Intelligence Global Founding Partner)
Meruro Washida (Director of Towada Art Center, Associate professor of Tokyo University of the Arts)
(In alphabetical order)
Primary Selection Jury
Ryo Ikeshiro (Artist, musician, researcher, Assistant Professor, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong)
Eriko Kimura (Director at Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art)
Shinji Ohmaki (Artist)
Ryutaro Takahashi (Psychiatrist, Art Collector)
Yuu Takehisa (Curator, Artistic Director of Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito)
Reiko Tsubaki (Curator, the Mori Art Museum)
(In alphabetical order)
About Warehouse TERRADA
Company name: Warehouse TERRADA
Representative: President & CEO, Kohei Terada
Address: 2-6-10 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002
Foundation: October 1950
URL: https://www.terrada.co.jp/en
Award Inquiries
TERRADA ART AWARD Office E-MAIL：award@terrada.co.jp
