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Kameyama Triennale is the festival of contemporary art, held at Kameyama-city, Mie Prefecture of Japan. The festival’s aim is to promote arts and culture, providing an opportunity for the people to meet the works of art, hence to revitalize city itself. In the recent years, discovery of newly emerging artists and nurturing of international cultural exchange are also the point of focus.

Prior to 2014, the festival was called “Art Kameyama”, which used be held every year between 2008 through 2013. Since 2014, the festival is held every 3 years in the form of Triennale. The total number of artists who have participated in the event, including the years from “Art Kameyama”, totals up to over 500 artists.

In the beginning, art exhibits were held at a vacant store spaces around shopping arcades. In the recent years, the spots for exhibition have been expanded to private homes, designated cultural properties, shrines and temples located along the historical Tokaido Trail. The style of exhibits varies widely from plane painting, three-dimensional, installation, motion images, to performing arts.

In “Kameyama Triennale 2017”, which was held between September 24 through October 15, 2017, 101 sets of artists have participated from all over Japan and also from the nations around the world. Great number of spectators enjoyed the festival, especially concentrating on each weekends.

One of the characteristics of this festival is to praise newly emerging artists by presenting “Kameyama Triennale Award”. In 2014, Yuzo Shimomura, Sekio Minobe, and Manabu Sato was awarded. In 2017, Yusuke Kasai, Koto Takei, and Hiromichi Nakao was presented with the award.

Next “Kameyama Triennale” is planned to be held in 2020, between October 4 through 31.

The supervisor of the festival is Takakuni Inoue, who has held the position as the director of Mie Prefectural Art Museum and secretary general of “Yokohama Triennale 2005”.