NPO Syuto Kanazawa announces the participating artists and collectives for the sixth edition of GO FOR KOGEI, which will welcome 18 artists and groups from 15 cities from Japan and abroad, including 12 individuals participating for the first time. GO FOR KOGEI 2025 will be held in Kanazawa and Toyama, cities with a long history of craftsmanship, for thirty-seven days, from September 13 to October 19, 2025. The project will also expand its international reach, with a symposium to be held in collaboration with the Victoria & Albert Museum in London on July 24, 2025 and an exhibition in Tainan from October 3, 2025 to January 18, 2026, at the invitation of the Tainan Art Museum.

GO FOR KOGEI is a project dedicated to promoting new perspectives on craft from Hokuriku—a region with a rich tradition of craftsmanship, located on the northwestern coast of Japan’s main island, Honshu. Since its inception in 2020, the project has held exhibitions and events at shrines, temples, and in areas that embody the region’s history and climate, as well as conferences to enrich the discourse on today’s issues and possibilities surrounding craft.
For the sixth iteration, under the theme, “The Attributes of Kogei: How Can We Reframe Craft?” Go for Kogei 2025 explores the diverse ways of living shaped by the various practices of artists and craftspeople as they engage with materials and techniques.

Participating Artists
(Listed in alphabetical order / Japanese names are given in the customary order, with the family name first. / *first-time participants / Cities without a country specified are in Japan)

Ari Bayuaji* (born in Mojokerto, Indonesia), Atelier Yamanami (Shiga), Collective Action (Yoshida Shinichiro: Kyoto / Akimoto Yuji: Tokyo), Hayama Yuki (Saga), Kamide Keigo* (Ishikawa), Kuwata Takuro (Hiroshima), Matsumoto Yuma* (Gunma), Miura Shiro & En-Kai Project (Kyoto), Nakagawa Shuji* (Kyoto), Saeborg* (Toyama), Sagara Ikuya* (Hyogo), Sakamoto Kai* (Nagasaki), Shimizu Chiaki* (Shiga), Shimizu Tokuko & Shimizu Miho & Øyvind Renberg* (Tokyo, except Øyvind Renberg from Oslo, Norway), Taka Tomoko* (Ishikawa), Tatehana Noritaka (Tokyo), Terasawa Kie* (Shizuoka), Yoshizumi Ayano* (Aichi)


Participating Artists
(Listed in alphabetical order / Japanese names are given in the customary order, with the family name first. / *first-time participants / Cities without a country specified are in Japan)

Ari Bayuaji* (born in Mojokerto, Indonesia), Atelier Yamanami (Shiga), Collective Action (Yoshida Shinichiro: Kyoto / Akimoto Yuji: Tokyo), Hayama Yuki (Saga), Kamide Keigo* (Ishikawa), Kuwata Takuro (Hiroshima), Matsumoto Yuma* (Gunma), Miura Shiro & En-Kai Project (Kyoto), Nakagawa Shuji* (Kyoto), Saeborg* (Toyama), Sagara Ikuya* (Hyogo), Sakamoto Kai* (Nagasaki), Shimizu Chiaki* (Shiga), Shimizu Tokuko & Shimizu Miho & Øyvind Renberg* (Tokyo, except Øyvind Renberg from Oslo, Norway), Taka Tomoko* (Ishikawa), Tatehana Noritaka (Tokyo), Terasawa Kie* (Shizuoka), Yoshizumi Ayano* (Aichi)