Andy Warhol
1928-1987 U.S.

Began creating Pop Art works while working as a commercial illustrator in the 1950s. He gained overwhelming popularity for his works depicting icons of popular culture such as Marilyn Monroe and soup cans. Since the 1970s he has become a social figure due to his popularity and scandals.

Man Ray
1890-1976 U.S.

Played an active role in various realms such as painting, object, photography, and film as the leading figure of Dada, Surrealism, and Avant-garde art movement in the 1910s. He also invented photographic expressions such as solarization and shooting without cameras using rayograph by placing objects on printing paper, and established photography as a new artistic expression.

Hiraki Sawa
1977- Japan

Creates dreamy film works by introducing images that supposed to exist in everyday space, such as a large number of airplanes flying inside a room. In recent years, he has expanded his production to include installations that combine film and music.

Lois Weinberger
1947-2020 Austria

Began working with natural and man-made spaces in the 1970s. In 1988, he began a garden project in which he planted ruderal plants grown in his garden in Vienna. He has been influential in the discussion of nature and art since the 1990s.

Gary Hill
1951- U.S.

He came into the limelight at Documenta 9 in 1992 and has been overwhelmingly supported as an important video artist after Nam June Paik. His work is sharply rendered with dreamlike, ephemeral and ambiguous images.

Noguchi Rika
1971- Japan

A unique perspective that moves between the microscopic and the macroscopic. Her choice of subjects touches on the mysteries of human nature. Known both in Japan and abroad for her transparent colors and poetic photographic works, she is not limited to the world of photography, but participates in a number of international exhibitions of contemporary art.

Christian Boltansky
1944-2021 France

Began presenting works using photography and light bulbs or light since the late 1970s. Since 1984, he began the Monument series, which is reminiscent of altars. The figures in the photographs are Jewish children persecuted by the Nazis.

Joseph Beuys
1921-1986 Germany

He arrived at the concept of "social sculpture," which extended the concepts of sculpture and art to education and social change, and engaged in political activities aimed at building a normal relationship between society and art. He was one of the founders of the Green Party.

Hiroshi Sugito
1970- Japan

He likes to paint simple motifs such as small houses, the sky, and boats, and his works are characterized by delicately and rhythmically arranged colors and shapes. In recent years, he has been going beyond the framework of painting to create new exhibition spaces where architecture and his works interact with each other.

Donald Judd
1928-1994, U.S.

He called his works neither paintings nor sculptures, but "specific objects". He exhibited his works in a number of exhibitions around the world and also participated as an art critic.

Max Bill
1908-1994 Switzerland

He was active in the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, writing, education, and politics. He was Acknowledged as one of the "last Bauhaus masters" and his logic moulding was based on the idea of mathematic concepts.

Nam June Paik
1932-2006 Korea / U.S.

Joined Fluxus in the early 1960s. He moved to New York in 1964 and created media art using video images and electronic music. The collaboration of technology and Eastern Thought is seen in his works.

Lin Tian Miao
1962- China

Moved to New York in 1988, and since then has based her activity in Beijing and New York. She has held solo exhibitions such as “Open Studio. Baofang Hutong 12#” (Beijing 1995). She has been appealing various issues contemporary China carries which is difficult to convey through words.

Keith Haring
1958-1990 U.S.

Appeared from East Village in the beginning of the 1980s, and immediately became a pioneer of graffiti art known internationally. He brought art outside of galleries and museums through production on subways and in the streets.