The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) established the Tokyo Contemporary Art Award (TCAA) in 2018 as a contemporary art prize for mid-career artists. Each year two artists or groups are selected, and in the final year of a multi-year program of support, award exhibitions are held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.
“TOKAS-Emerging” is a program that Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) launched in 2001 with the aim to support young artists. Targeting Japanese resident artists aged 35 or younger, the program offers selected artists opportunities to exhibit their works. For “TOKAS-Emerging 2024,” six artists were selected through screenings from a total of 142 applications from across Japan. Held in two separate periods between April and June 2024, these exhibitions of works by up-and-coming artists cover a wide range of formats, including paintings, photographs, prints, as well as video art works, installations, etc. On the respective opening days, the exhibiting artists will also appear in talk sessions together with jury members.