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Since 2006, TOKAS has been implementing the Creator-in-Residence program, which offers opportunities for creators active in various disciplines including visual art, design, and curation to stay and create works in Tokyo or at various overseas destinations. This exhibition presented the work of creators participating in the TOKAS Residency Program in 2024, done either overseas at associated residency providers or at TOKAS Residency.

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Title	TOKAS Creator-in-Residence 2025 Exhibition  “Lingua Franca”
Date	[Part 1] May 17 (Sat) - Jun 22 (Sun), 2025 [Part 2] Jul 5 (Sat) - Aug 10 (Sun), 2025
Time	11:00-19:00 (Last entry: 18:30)
Closed	Mondays (except Jul 21), Jun 23-Jul 4, Jul 22
Venue	Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo
Artists	[Part 1] HISAMATSU Tomoko, KIMURA Momoko, Rizki LAZUARDI, MORI Arata, Carmen PAPALIA, Borjana VENTZISLAVOVA, YAMADA Haruka [Part 2] AKONITO, AYANO Fumimaro, Christopher Joshua BENTON, CHEN Zhe, KIM Sajik, KOMIYA Chiku, TSUYUKI Haruna
Admission	Free
Organizer	Tokyo Arts and Space (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
Partner Institutions	WIELS / Government of Flanders (Brussels, Belgium), HIAP [Helsinki International Artist Programme] / The Finnish Cultural Foundation (Helsinki, Finland), 18th Street Arts Center (Los Angeles, USA), Centre Clark / Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (Quebec [Montreal], Canada), SeMA Nanji Residency (Seoul, Korea), Treasure Hill Artist Village / Artist-in-Residence Taipei (Taipei, Taiwan)

[Part 1] May 17 (Sat) - Jun 22 (Sun), 2025

Theme Project “Beyond Divisions”

For this theme project, four artists participating in the TOKAS Residency pursued artistic activities individually, with the common theme of “Beyond Divisions,” while also engaging in dialogues and discussions.

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[Part 2] Jul 5 (Sat) - Aug 10 (Sun), 2025

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Part 1: Artist Talk 1

Date	May 18, 2025 (Sun)  16:00-17:30
Artists	HISAMATSU Tomoko, MORI Arata, Borjana VENTZISLAVOVA
Venue	Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo
Admission	Free
Language	Japanese / English

*Schedule and participants are subject to change.

Part 1: Artist Talk 2

Date	May 24, 2025 (Sat)  14:00-15:30
Artists	KIMURA Momoko, Rizki LAZUARDI, YAMADA Haruka
Venue	Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo
Admission	Free
Language	Japanese / English

*Schedule and participants are subject to change.

Part 2: Artist Talk 1

Date	July 6 (Sun), 2025  16:00-17:30
Artists	Christopher Joshua BENTON, CHEN Zhe, TSUYUKI Haruna
Venue	Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo
Admission	Free
Language	Japanese / English

*Schedule and participants are subject to change.

Part 2: Artist Talk 2

Date	July 12, 2025 (Sat)  16:00-17:30
Artists	AKONITO, AYANO Fumimaro, KIM Sajik, KOMIYA Chiku
Venue	Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo
Admission	Free
Language	Japanese

*Schedule and participants are subject to change.

Participating Creator

HISAMATSU Tomoko
Borjana VENTZISLAVOVA
TSUYUKI Haruna
KOMIYA Chiku
AKONITO
AYANO Fumimaro
Christopher Joshua BENTON
CHEN Zhe
KIM Sajik
KIMURA Momoko
Rizki LAZUARDI
MORI Arata
Carmen PAPALIA
YAMADA Haruka