OpenFieldProf. Kenjiro Okazaki
Professor of Contemporary Art Theory and Critical Aesthetics · Department of Fine Arts · Yokohama University of Art and Design
Academic focus & active research
Prof. Kenjiro Okazaki is a seminal Japanese artist, critic, and author who represented Japan at the Venice Biennale, researching relational aesthetics, cognitive theories of art, and cross-cultural modernisms.
Supervision & prospective applicants
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- Institution
- Yokohama University of Art and Design
- Department / Faculty
- Department of Fine Arts
- Primary Field
- Post-War Japanese Modernism
- Campus Location
- Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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