Jury Profiles
Hidetoshi Sotooka
Head of Jury, Crafting Kanpai!
Journalist, Researcher at Hokkaido University Public Policy School
| 1953 | Born in Sapporo |
| 1977 | Graduates from Faculty of Law, Tokyo University; |
| 1977 | Joins Asahi Shimbun. Writes for Arts, Society, and International Sections; Special correspondant in New York; |
Editor at Aera; Editorial board member; Head of Europe office. From 2006 to 2008 is editor-in-chief at the Tokyo office. Retires in 2011
Books: Jishin to shakai [Earthquakes and society], (Misuzu); Jouhou no sabakikata: Shinbun kisha no jissen hinto [Deciphering information: Hints from a newspaper reporter], (Asahi Press); Shinsai to genbaku kokka no ayamachi: bungaku de yomitoku 3/11 [Earthquakes and nuclear power, a national mistake: The disasters of March 11 in literature], (Asahi Press), and others.
Okaz Design
(Food and graphic design team Hideharu Yoshioka, Tomoko Yoshioka)
In 2000, Okaz Design is formed, with the purpose of making simple and universal things that get better over time, creating recipes for food used in printed matter and advertisements, developing tableware, and supervising food production in film and TV.
In 2008, the food and tableware shop Kamoshika opens in Suginami Ward, Tokyo. Open once a month, Kamoshika displays tableware by various artists, sells seasonal preserved food, and develops food projects.
Books: Butagohan [Pork and rice] (Popura Publishing); Shokudou katatsumori no ryouri [Recipes from Snail Cafeteria] (Popura Publishing); Tsukutte oku, totte oku [Cooking ahead and preserving food] (NHK Publishing).
Film: Produced food for the film Recipes from Snail Cafeteria and for NHK’s TV series Teppan.
Masako Okamoto
Textile artist and chairperson of the Japan Craft Design Association
| 1953 | Born in Fukuoka |
| 1975 | Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art, School of Crafts. |
| 2005~2008 | Board member of the Japan Craft Design Association |
| 2009~2012 | Vice-chair of the Japan Craft Design Association |
Founding member of Teoriya, a textile shop in Ogawa, Kanda
Does various textile work, mainly hand-spinning and hand-weaving of wool
As adjunct lecturer at Tama Art University, holds the workshop “Making thread”
Participates in workshops and exhibitions around Japan
Tetsuya Onodera
Director, Sapporo Beer Museum
| 1962 | Born in Hokkaido |
| 1986 | Graduates from Faculty of Commerce, Keio University |
| 1986 | Joins Sapporo Breweries, Ltd. |
| 2004-2006 | Head of the First Department of Wine Sales at Metropolitan Area Main Office and Head of West Tokyo subsidiary office of the Metropolitan Area Main Office |
| 2010 | Head of Department of Distribution at the Hokkaido Main Office and Head of the First Department of Distribution at the Hokkaido Main Office |
| 2013 | Serves as Vice-President of Hokkaido Main Office, Director of Sapporo Beer Museum, and Head of Department of Sales Management at Hokkaido Main Office |
Sapporo Beer Museum, the only beer museum in Japan, was opened in July of 1987 to provide visitors with a varied knowledge of beer and brewing. The building which now houses the Sapporo Beer Museum was constructed in 1890 as a factory for the Sapporo Sugar Company, and in 1905 it was renovated as a brewery for Sapporo Beer. Together with the old red brick Hokkaido Government Office, the building is a rare cultural legacy from the Meiji Era. The Sapporo Beer Factory and Museum have been designated as official Hokkaido Heritage sites.
Sapporo Breweries, Ltd. web site:
http://www.sapporobeer.jp
Sapporo Beer Museum web site:
http://www.sapporobeer.jp/brewery/s_museum/
Satoshi Katono
Sapporo City University, Professor
| 1955 | Born in Fukushima Prefecture |
| 1986 | Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, Sculpture Master Diploma |
| 1993~2006 | Sapporo School of the Arts, Visual Communication Design, Associate Professor, Professor |
| 2006 | Sapporo City University, Professor |
| 2010 | Sapporo City University Graduate School of Design, Professor |
| Major Exhibitions | |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Five Artists from Northern Japan, Kampnagel k3, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2003 | Shirotae, Contemporary Arts International, Hamburg, Germany (Solo exhibition) |
| 2003 | Northern Creators―Fiction/Fact: Skin/Membrane, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sapporo |
| 2005 | Interaction: Wechselwirkung, Ernst Barlach Museum, Wedel, Germany |
| 2006 | Fix・Mix・Max! The Frontline of Contemporary Art, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art |
| 2014 | Distant Observations. Fukushima in Berlin, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany |
| Regional projects | |
| 2000 | Art Coordinator, Sapporo Lifelong Learning Center (Chieria) Art Planning |
| 2004 | Art Director, Flags of Peace (Beautiful Japanese Heart Project), Sapporo Convention Center |
| 2008 | Head of Jury, “Scenes with Rice” Art Exhibition |
| 2004~2013 | Art Director, Akabira/Nunobiki,Horonai/Shimizusawa,Yubari/Honbetsu Mining Heritages Art Project |
Makoto Koizumi
Furniture designer
| Studied under furniture designers Choei Hara and Shigemitsu Hara | |
| 1990 | Established Koizumi Studio |
| 2003 | Opened Koizumi Douguten as a place to inform good design |
| Deeply involved with design in lifestyle at all levels, from chopstick rests to architecture, he is presently busy with projects all over Japan. | |
| Awards | |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Good Design Award (Japan Institute of Design Promotion) |
| 2002 | Good Design Gold Award (Japan Institute of Design Promotion) |
| 2012 | Mainichi Design Prize |
| 2013 | JCD International Design Gold Award (Japan Commercial Environmental Design Association) |
| 2013 | JCD International Design Silver Award (Japan Commercial Environmental Design Association) |
Tomoyoshi Sato
Director, Sapporo Art Museum
| 1952 | Born in Kushiro |
| 1974 | Graduates from Hokkaido University of Education Sapporo; Master planner, Hokkaido Board of Education Art Museum; Curator, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art |
| 1985~1987 | Chief Curator, Asahikawa Museum of Art |
| 1987~2004 | Sub-chief, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art |
| 2004 | Assistant Director, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art |
| 2012 | Director, Sapporo Art Museum |
