Warehouse TERRADA to Hold TERRADA ART AWARD 2025 in Support of Emerging Artists

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 screening period in which portfolios and exhibition plans will be reviewed, culminating in the selection of five finalists. Each finalist will have an opportunity to exhibit the works at the finalist exhibition as well as a cash prize to help with their creation costs.
TERRADA ART AWARD 2023 received numerous 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 TERRADA ART AWARD 2023 Finalist Exhibition in January 2024.
We want to foster a society in which artists can thrive. Through TERRADA ART AWARD, we fully support the careers of our finalists—artists with the potential to drive the arts forward into the future—as they venture out into the world, break conventions, and discover their raison d’être.
We are also pleased to announce that TERRADA ART AWARD 2025 has received sponsorship from Japan Airlines and MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo K.K., and support from Shinagawa City.

Name: TERRADA ART AWARD 2025
Entry period: November 20st (Wed), 2024 – January 31st (Fri), 2025 at 6:00 PM (Japan Standard Time)
Terms and Conditions of Entry:
Anyone who meets all the following criteria is eligible to enter the award
A. Any nationality, but the applicant must be able to communicate in Japanese
B. Individuals or groups, but only one entry per person or group
C. Anyone aged 18–44 at the time entries open (applicable to the representative in the case of a group)
D. Be able to participate in the finalist exhibition (including setup and teardown) and award ceremony to be held from December 2025 to February 2026.
E. Have at least one exhibition experience
F. Anyone who has not previously been selected as a finalist in TERRADA ART AWARD
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.)
Entry Method: Online (https://www.terradaartaward.com/en/guide)
Prize: An opportunity to display works at the finalist exhibition, and 3 million yen awarded as creation cost*
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.

Five groups of finalists will utilize the cash prize as the creation cost and create their work based on their exhibition plans which the jury will review at the final-round screening. The venue will be one of Warehouse TERRADA’s event spaces. (Free admission)

A short summary video of the previous award (TERRADA ART AWARD 2023) is available on the official website.
https://www.terradaartaward.com/en

Takahiro Kaneshima (Associate professor of SCAPe, Kanazawa College of Art)
Yukie Kamiya (Art Critic, Independent Curator)
Yuki Terase (Art Intelligence Global Founding Partner)
Daito Manabe (Artist, programmer, and composer)
Meruro Washida (Director of Towada Art Center, Associate professor of Tokyo University of the Arts)
(In Japanese alphabetical order)

Ryo Ikeshiro (Artist, musician, researcher, Assistant Professor, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong)
Shinji Ohmaki (Artist)
Eriko Kimura (Director at Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art)
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 Japanese alphabetical order)