Koichiro Azuma

Focusing on the characteristics of each Areas of study, he creates large, moving sculptures through interactive collaboration with artisans and local residents.

In particular, he is researching how artworks can evolve technically and expressively through a co-creation process with craftsmen and engineers involved in the manufacturing industry, and how new value can be generated.

Koichiro Azuma

AZUMA Koichiro

Affiliation / Job title:Art/Assistant Professor

Areas of study: Plastic Art & Mixed Media

Researcher list Artist Website Azuma Kobo Co., Ltd. HP Gallery Artist Page

Field of Study

Contemporary art, local art, metalworking

Resesarch topics

Collaboration between craftsmen, engineers and sculptors

Changes in artworks due to the fusion of manufacturing and contemporary art

Main works

Rotating Absence

550D, W550cm x D520cm x HXNUMXcm,
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2022, Matsudai Nohbutai, Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture, permanent exhibition, 2021
Photo: Keizo Kioku

Infinite Wheel

720D, W550cm×D550cm×HXNUMXcm
SCUOLA GINZA SIX (GINZA SIX Mihara Terrace), 2022

Cyclist in the tea fields

260D, W400cm x D520cm x HXNUMXcm,
Unmanned Station Art Festival 2024, Permanent exhibition in Nukuri district, Shimada city, Shizuoka prefecture, 2024
Photo: Shinya Yoshichi

Human Engine

790D, W260cm x D470cm x HXNUMXcm,
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2024, Matsudai Nohbutai, Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture, permanent exhibition, 2024

Biography

2025 Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts, University of Tsukuba

2025 Completed doctoral course, Department of Fine Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts

2023 Representative Director of Azuma Kobo Co., Ltd.

Message to students

This laboratory supports students who are working on creating artwork with the goal of becoming art artists.
Please feel free to consult us at any time about any problems you may have with contemporary art, such as "I don't know how to create it" or "Is this piece interesting in the first place?" Please contact us by email first. However, when creating a work, please always keep asking yourself, "What do you really want to do?"
We also actively provide advice to students who wish to create works that involve the local community, or who wish to create and exhibit large-scale works.