Mei Mei Art Online

Nagano Prefecture Active Artist Support Program（Nagano Prefecture Cultural Promotion Fund）

Project by OGAWA Itaru

Now, take a look at the 50 pieces of artwork here!

Which artwork is your favorite?
What does it remind you of?
What kind of story does it tell?
What kind of smell does it evoke?
What kind of music would it play?

Here are 50 artworks by Itaru OGAWA

Give the title to the artwork you like best.
Give it the title you think is most appropriate.
Email your title and the number of the work to the artist.
The artist will think it over and choose the most appropriate title.
And if he chooses your title…?

That artwork would be yours to own!

Details on Joining MEI-MEI ART ONLINE

●Please give a title to the one you like best out of 50works (click on the image to enlarge it).
●Please send us the title by e-mail.
●If the title is chosen by the artist, the winner's name and the title will be announced on the web after the project is completed.
●The title will be sent to the winner by post. The artist will receive the right to use the title in exchange.

Please note
●You may only submit one title per person.
●The submitted title (and the reason for naming it) will be posted on the web for all viewers to see every few days, regardless of whether it is selected or not. However, at that time, the entrant's name will not be published.
●Please add an English translation for all non-Japanese submits.
●Participants' personal information will be strictly controlled and will not be used for any purpose other than this project.

＜How to apply for MEI-MEI ART ONLINE＞
Application process is now closed.
Thank you for your submissions!
Here are all titles posted


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＊ All works are approximately postcard size.
Materials: watercolor, colored pencil and acrylic paint on paper.

MEI-MEI ART is an art project by Itaru OGAWA, a painter living in Nagano Prefecture.
Supported by the Nagano Prefecture , it is now online.

MEI-MEI ART provides the basis for an imaginative relationship between the artist and the audience. And it is an experiment in non-monetary exchange of ideas. It is also an experiment in non-monetary exchange of ideas, to make art accessible to everyone.
The Japanese word "MEI-MEI" means "to give a name" and also means "each individual".

As of August 2020, we are facing a historically difficult time due to the spread of the new corona virus.
As an artist looking for a way to relate to society, I want to offer you a positive change of pace through art.
And I also want to work with you to hope for the future and to cultivate a positive imagination of reality.
It is with these hopes that I will carry out this project.

Lastly, I would like to thank the Nagano Prefectural Government for their support and for watching the slow progress of my project.
I would also like to thank the director of Art Center Ongoing in Tokyo, Nozomu Ogawa, for undertaking a project that would have been impossible for me to do on my own, despite the critical situation of his own art activities.

OGAWA Itaru

E-mail : itaru-o@yacht.ocn.ne.jp
Nationality : Japanese
Born 1969, Tokyo , Japan
Lives and works in Nagano, Japan
1993-1997 Studies painting, Royal Academy Of Fine Arts Antwerp (Belgium)

Ogawa does not only hold exhibitions, but also organizes group exhibitions and projects, gives special art lessons to elementary and junior high schools, and runs workshops. He also organizes private painting classes.
Member of ONGOING COLLECTIVE

Selected exhibitions and projects
2020 “Mixed-up Confusion” , Gallery Amano , Yamanashi
2019 “My Favorite Master(s)” , Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo
　　　 “Mei-Mei Art Vol.3” (Planner：Itaru OGAWA), Chino City Museum of Art, Nagano
　　　 “International Workshop of Painters Symposium of Local Cultures”Stary Sacz
2018 “Start from Emptiness” (Collaboration with Nakasu Elementary School),
　　　 Suwa City Museum of Art , Nagano
　　　 “Mei-Mei Art in Jogja” (Planner：Itaru OGAWA), Ace House Collective, Yogyakarta
　　　 “NOW Myanmar-Japan 2018 ”(National University of Yangon” Yangon
2017 “96Tears” , Gallery Amano , Yamanashi
2016 “DUIKBOOT (Sabmarine)”, De Lang Zaal KASKA, Antwerp
2015 “Tetris Effect”, Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo
2014 “Drops of the Color, Bubbles of the Meaning”, Yatsugatake Museum of Art , Nagano