VOCA Prize Winners Announced

The winners of the VOCA Prize, which encourages young artists who create two-dimensional artworks, were announced. The 17^th Grand Prize of the VOCA was awarded to MIYAKE Saori (‘a secret talk’ and ‘Bed’). SAKAMOTO Natsuko and NAKATANI Michiko jointly received the VOCA Encouragement Prize. KIYOKAWA Asami and SAITŌ Meo jointly received the VOCA Honorable Mention Prize. SAITŌ Meo also received the Ohara Museum Art Prize. The VOCA 2010, where the winners’ works were exhibited, was held at the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo from March 14 to 30 in 2010. (Japanese)