VOCA Prize Winners Announced

The winners of the 18^th VOCA Prize, which encourages young artists who create two-dimensional artworks, were announced. The Grant Prize of the VOCA was given to NAKAYAMA Reika (‘Aru wakusei’). GOTŌ Yasuka and MORI Chihiro received the VOCA Encouragement Prize. KUMAZAWA Mikiko and SAWADA Akiko received the VOCA Honorable Mention Prize. UEDA Akiko received the Ohara Museum Art Prize. The VOCA exhibition 2011, where the winners’ works were exhibited, was held at the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo from March 14 to March 30 in 2011. (Japanese)