Different Kyomachibori Art Fair 2025 Call for Participating Creators! Application Deadline: August 06, 2025 (Wed)

An art fair to be held in November 2025 in Kyomachibori, a creative area in Osaka's Nishi Ward, where independent companies in a variety of genres gather.

With the aim of “the city supporting talented creators,” a wide range of jurors including entrepreneurs, gallerists, curators, art directors, and art influencers participate in the fair. A jury member from Shenzhen, China also participates. The creators selected for the awards will have the chance to present their works in Asia.

The title of the fair, “Different,” was named with the spirit of finding talent that is “diffrent” from others. While local, our vision is global. We provide many opportunities to encourage the talents of creators. We are looking for creators with rare talents regardless of age, nationality, gender, or genre.

Deadline

August 06, 2025 (Wednesday)

Deadline for submission of works and applications: 23:59

Prize

●Exhibition of actual works (30 pairs of works to be exhibited)

Jury Prize(s): Purchase of works, exhibition and collaboration proposals

Review on the Web

The Art Fair Secretariat will post reviews of all applicants' artworks and statements on the artworks page of the official website.

The jury will recommend 5 artists each and publish the review from the jury.

Details of the Call for Entries

Artists exhibiting at the “Different Kyomachibori Art Fair 2025

*Any genre or format is acceptable, including two-dimensional, three-dimensional, video, contemporary art, illustration, photography, graphic design, performance, etc.

*Past works are also acceptable.

Entries can be submitted here

https://you-are-different.com/register/

Last year's Different Kyomachibori Art Fair brochure

View of Different Kyomachibori Art Fair 2024

Outline of the exhibition

Dates: November 1 (Saturday) - 3 (Monday, holiday), 2025

Venue: 8 venues in the Nishi-ku and Kyomachibori neighborhoods of Osaka City (tentative)

Submissions

Personal history

Description of your artist activities and works

Images of your works

Recommended size: 1000 pixels or more

No larger than 2 MB (1-2 MB recommended)

An image of your student ID card (for students only)

How to participate

From the application form on the official website

Eligibility for participation

Those under 18 years old must have written consent from a parent or guardian

Participation fee

General admission: 8,800 yen (tax included), Students: 4,400 yen (tax included)

https://you-are-different.com/register/

A panel of judges from a variety of genres will view all entries. They select creators to participate in the fair.

Juror

Contemporary Art, Painting, Sculpture

Toshikazu Iura (President, AaP/roidworksgallery, Producer of “The Night before Breakthrough: Artists of the Next Generation”)

Naoko Kinoshita (Art Buyer, Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store Co.)

Yukitaka Sato (Owner, Director, Artist, THE blank GALLERY)

Kiyotaka Takamizawa (Independent Curator, Takamizawa Art Project, General Director of Rokko Meets Art)

Kenji Tokumitsu (President, Tugboat Co., Ltd.)

Kentaro Notomi (Art Director, Tsutaya, Kyoto)

Hiroshi Murakami (President, Artas Gallery)

Illustration, Pop Culture, Photography

Tsuyoshi Iinuma (Director, Gallery & Bar OFF THE RECORD)

Makoto Ikeda (Freelance curator)

Kenzo Ishiyama (Representative of Ken Elephant Inc., Organizer of Odou Geijutsukan)

Hiroaki Shono (Representative of ubies inc. and vision track inc.)


Sumihiro Taniguchi (Representative, Chignitta Inc.)

Junzo Terada (Illustrator)

Takaharu Furutani (Master of TANK bar/cafe)

Tomohiro Mizuno (Director of 7gallery, Founder of TURFLINE, Producer of N ART)

Crafts, Crafts, Crafts, Crafts, Crafts, Crafts, Crafts

Tsutomu Kanaya (President, Creative Director, Cement Produce Design Ltd.)

Shigeki Hattori (graf, Professor, Faculty of Art, Kyoto University of Art)

Video, Performance, Web, Advertisement, Multimedia

Shusaku Kaji (President, JIKAN Design Ltd., Artist)

Tomoji Kawaguchi (Representative, ZIZO Corporation)

Takahiro Hisaoka (Representative of parks Inc., Copywriter)

Hiroki Morishita (Creative Director, Representative of DWR Co., Ltd.)

Shiboru Yamane (Representative of Ningen Inc., Ideaman)

Takanori Yoshida (Representative, Creative Director, BYTHREE Co., Ltd.)

Asia Relations

Eric Zhu (Shenzhen Fringe Art Center : Art Director, Shenzhen, China)

Announcement of results

Actual exhibition

The results will be announced on the official website in early September 2025.

Jury Prize】 Announced on November 4

Announced on November 4

Organizer

Different Kyomachibori Art Fair Executive Committee (in Chignitta Co., Ltd.)

Jury awards will be announced during the fair, and support will be provided to creators through exhibitions and corporate collaborations.