PROGRAMRESEARCH FELLOWS

Purpose of Hosting Research Fellows

Please note that the Research Fellow program is suspended for the 2025 academic year.

ICA Kyoto welcomes Research Fellows who possess a broad and comprehensive perspective on contemporary trends and who aspire to play active roles in the global art scene. We expect that encounters in Kyoto with people from diverse cultural, historical, and social backgrounds, and with differing values, will serve as a catalyst for future professional development. Through creative production and research, Research Fellows are positioned to accumulate experience and expand their potential through close communication with people and environments that can be found only in Kyoto.

Institute of Contemporary Arts Kyoto
RESEARCH FELLOWS

Enrolled

Keenan Jay

  • Nationality ：

    American

  • Activity base/place ：

    New York, Kyoto

  • Enrolled ：

    2023 Spring

Research theme ：

My research at ICA Kyoto will focus on Hirokazu Kosaka, a Wakayama-born artist based in Los Angeles.

Outline ：

I will be analyzing the relationship between institutional critique and Shingon Buddhism in Soleares (1973-74), the culminating work of Kosaka's early body art period. I will also be researching Kosaka's connections to artists from the Kansai area including Saburo Murakami, Shozo Shimamoto, and Kikuo Mori.