or is a private art university located in Tokyo, Japan. It is known as one of the top art schools in Japan.
History The forerunner of Tamabi was Tama Imperial Art School (多摩帝国美術学校, Tama Teikoku Bijutsu Gakkō) founded in 1935. It was chartered as a junior college in 1950 and became a four-year college in 1953.
Campus
Hachioji Campus (Hachioji city, Tokyo) Faculty of Art and Design and Graduate School of Art and Design (most of the departments are located on this campus)
Kaminoge Campus (Kaminoge, Setagaya-ward, Tokyo) Headquarters office, Faculty of Art and Design, and Graduate School of Art and Design (Department of Integrated Design and Department of Scenography Design, Drama, and Dance) Seminar House Mt. Fuji Foothills Seminar House (Yamanakako, Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi) Nara Antiquities Seminar House (Nara city, Nara)
Academics
Faculty of Art and Design Department of Painting Japanese Painting Course Oil Painting Course Graphic Arts Course Department of Sculpture Department of Ceramic, Glass, and Metal Works Ceramic Program Glass Program Metal Program Department of Graphic Design Department of Product and Textile Design Product Design Course Textile Design Course Department of Architecture and Environmental Design Architecture Design Interior Design Landscape Design Department of Information Design Art and Media Course Interaction Design Course Department of Art Science Department of Integrated Design Department of Scenography Design, Drama, and Dance Scenography Design Course Drama and Dance Course
Graduate School of Art and Design Master's Degree Course Experimental Workshop (EWS) Doctoral Degree Course
PBL courses courses
Tama Art University Creative Leadership Program Tama Art University Creative Leadership Program
Research institutes and facilities
Tama Art University Library FabLab (beta)
International joint projects
Pacific Rim Project Since 2006, students from both Tama Art University and Art Center College of Design who study in the field of design have collaborated on the Pacific Rim Project. The Pacific Rim Project focuses on global issues such as environmental protection, natural disasters and related topics over the course of a 14-week program. The Project is based on collaborative research, the results of which are summarized and shared via public exhibits.
CMTEL (Color/Materials/Trends Exploration Laboratory) (Color/Materials/Trends Exploration Laboratory)
Co-CoRE
Banana Textile Project Banana Textile Project
Day-see Program Day-see Program
List of presidents
Reikichi Kita Hisui Sugiura, 1935–1947 Kinji Inoue, 1947–1968 Ishida Eiichirō, April – November 1968 Ichiro Fukuzawa, 1968–1970 Shinichi Mashita, 1970–1975 Yorihiro Naito, 1979–1987 Kenshi Goto, 1987–1999 Nobuo Tsuji, 1999–2003 Shiro Takahashi, 2003–2007 Yoshihide Seita, 2007–2011 Takenobu Igarashi, 2011–2015 Akira Tatehata, 2015–
Notable current and past faculty
Shigeo Anzai, photographer So Aono, novelist Shinji Aoyama, film director Ay-O, artist Shigeru Ban, architect Naoto Fukasawa, industrial designer Tsuneari Fukuda, dramatist Yasutake Funakoshi, sculptor Takashi Hiraide, poet Fumiko Hori, painter Haruomi Hosono, musician Masuo Ikeda, painter Kenji Imai, architect Eiichiro Ishida, cultural anthropologist Toyo Ito, architect Bishin Jumonji, photographer Kazuo Kawasaki, industrial designer Matazo Kayama, Japanese painter Lee Ufan, painter and sculptor Kiyoshi Miki, philosopher Chihiro Minato, photographer and art theorist Hideki Noda, actor Togyu Okumura, Japanese painter Kenjiro Sano, graphic designer Timon Screech, historian of Japanese art Kazuyo Sejima, architect Nobuo Sekine, sculptor Keisuke Serizawa, textile designer Hisui Sugiura, graphic designer; a founders of Tama Teikoku Bijutsu Gakko (predecessor of Tama Art University) in 1935 Isao Takahata, film director Saburo Teshigawara, choreographer Charles Tsunashima, furniture designer Tadanori Yokoo, graphic designer
Notable alumni
Art and Design
Graphic designers Kenjiro Sano Kashiwa Sato Makoto Wada
Fashion designers Issey Miyake
Industrial designers Naoto Fukasawa Masahiro Mori
Fine artists Firoz Mahmud (Bangladesh) Susumu Koshimizu Erina Matsui Takeshi Motomiya Hiroko Okada Kenjiro Okazaki Kakiemon Sakaida Nobuo Sekine Kishio Suga Aya Takano Yuken Teruya Fantasista Utamaro
Photographers Akira Fujii Miyako Ishiuchi Ryuji Miyamoto Mika Ninagawa
Entertainment and communications
Directors/filmmakers Hibiki Yoshizaki Hiroyuki Imaishi Kunio Kato Kentaro Otani Yusuke Tanaka
Manga artists Usamaru Furuya Etsumi Haruki Daisuke Igarashi Yoshiyuki Nishi Saori Oguri Mari Okazaki Naoki Saito Tamakichi Sakura Hiroaki Samura Kotobuki Shiriagari Gengoroh Tagame Benkyo Tamaoki Kei Toume Hajime Ueda Reiji Yamada Makoto Yukimura
Actors Shintaro Asanuma Masaki Kyomoto Showtaro Morikubo Kōichi Satō Naoto Takenaka Touta Tarumi
Comedians Jin Katagiri (Rahmens) Kentaro Kobayashi (Rahmens)
Musicians Hirohisa Horie Yumi Matsutoya Shintaro Sakamoto (Yura Yura Teikoku) Emi Sugiyama (Heartsdales) Nemu Yumemi (Dempagumi.inc) Ei Wada (Open Reel Ensemble)
Cooperation with other institutions in Japan
ARTSAT Project University of Tokyo
Tokyo 5 Art Universities Joint Graduation Exhibition ("Gobidai-ten" Exhibition) Joshibi University of Art and Design Musashino Art University Nihon University College of Art Tama Art University Tokyo Zokei University
Art Universities Liaison Council Joshibi University of Art and Design Musashino Art University Nihon University College of Art Tama Art University Tokyo University of the Arts Tokyo Zokei University
Comprehensive joint agreement Waseda University Showa University Tokyo City University
Credit transfer agreement (Consortium of Universities in Hachioji) Source:
Regional collaborative projects Tama Rivers Sagamachi Consortium Hachioji Academic City University "Icho-juku" University/High School Collaboration Lectures Community gallery "Tamabiba" Art Laboratory Hashimoto
Art events/exhibitions Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial TAMAVIVANT CPUE : Curatorial Practice in the Urban Environment Tokyo Art Flow
Alumni association The Alumni Association of Tama Art University
Publications TAMABI NEWS tonATELIER tamabi.tv OpenCourseWare R
See also INVADER Mono-ha 2020 Summer Olympics
References
Further reading Minato, Chihiro and Yasuhito Nagahara et al. Sozo-sei no uchu [創造性の宇宙], Tokyo: Kosakusha, 2008. Suzuki, Akira and Chihiro Minato (eds.) Tsukuru toshokan wo tsukuru [つくる図書館をつくる], Tokyo: Kashima Shuppankai, 2007.
External links Tama Art University Official Website
Works by notable alumni tamabi.tv - OpenCourseWare Tama Art University Faculty Database