VOCA Prize Winners Announced

On December 16, the winners of the VOCA Prize, which encourages young artists who create two-dimensional artworks, were announced. The Grand Prize of the VOCA was given to TANAKA Nozomi, who created ‘Mono okuri’. OHKOJIMA Maki and KIM Mitsuo jointly received the VOCA Encouragement Prize. ŌSAKA Chika and SOMEYA Yūko jointly received the VOCA Honorable Mention Award. The Ohara Museum of Art Prize was given to SATŌ Kana. The VOCA exhibition 2014, where the winners’ works were exhibited, was held at the Uemo Royal Museum in Tokyo from March 15 to March 30 in 2014. (Japanese)