Tokyo 2020 selects internationally renowned artists to create poster artwork

As part of the selection process, an Artist Selection Committee was formed comprising senior figures from the worlds of art, culture and design (see below). The Committee has selected the artists to produce artwork in liaison with the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage, and these will be produced in poster form by the end of the year. They will be displayed at exhibitions in public spaces and will feature on licensed products from the beginning of 2020 with the aim of raising awareness of the approaching Tokyo 2020 Games.

The participating artists and designers include famous Japanese manga artists and calligraphers, a number of leading young figures from the Japanese art world and other famous Japanese artists, designers and photographers. They also include four overseas artists who have won numerous awards in Japan and overseas.

Participating artists

Olympic Games		Paralympics
JAPAN	Other Countries	Paralympics
Takashi HOMMA Photographer	Theseus CHAN Art Director	Hirohiko ARAKI Manga Artist
Shoko KANAZAWA Calligrapher	Viviane SASSEN Photographer	GOO CHOKI PAR Graphic Designer
Tomoko KONOIKE Artist	Philippe WEISBECKER Artist	Koji KAKINUMA Calligrapher, Contemporary Artist
Daijiro OHARA Graphic Designer		Chihiro MORI Artist
Shinro OHTAKE Painter		Mika NINAGAWA Photographer, Film Director
Taku SATOH Graphic Designer		Tomoyuki SHINKI Artist
Asao TOKOLO Artist		Asao TOKOLO Artist
Naoki URASAWA Manga Artist		Akira YAMAGUCHI Painter

Artist Selection Committee Members

Name	Current Positions
Masanori AOYAGI Chairman	Chairman, Tokyo 2020 Culture and Education Commission Chairman of Board of Directors, Tama Art University Director General, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo
Yuji AKIMOTO	Member of Tokyo 2020 Culture and Education Commission Director and Professor of the University Arts Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts Director, Nerima Art Museum
Sumiko IMAI	Member of Tokyo 2020 Advisory Meeting Environmental Designer
Hiroshi IMANAKA	Member of Tokyo 2020 Culture and Education Commission President, Social Welfare Foundation SOOHKAI Creative Director, Atelier Incurve
Teiya IWABUCHI	Editor in Chief of BIJUTSUTECHO
Noriko KAWAKAMI	Design Journalist
Fumio NANJO	Director, Mori Museum
Mineko ORISAKU	Member of Tokyo 2020 Culture and Education Commission Photographer, Professor, Osaka University of Arts
Tsuyoshi TANE	Architect Founder, Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects
Tomoko YABUMAE	Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

About Official Art Posters

Since the early 20th century, posters have been created by Organizing Committees of the Olympic Games (OCOGs) to promote and advertise this major sporting and cultural event. With their broad popular appeal and bold, easily recognizable imagery, Olympic posters continue to capture the international imagination and help establish each Games’ specific look and feel. Some OCOGs have commissioned internationally renowned artists and designers to create highly individualistic posters and to leave a powerful legacy forever associated with a specific edition of the Olympic. Many of these Olympic art posters have become artistic and cultural icons. More recently, Paralympic posters have been specifically created for each Paralympic Games.

For media reference: Olympic Summer Games Posters from Athens 1896 to Rio 2016 are available here

Tokyo 2020 selects internationally renowned artists to create poster artwork

Participating artists

Artist Selection Committee Members

About Official Art Posters

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