Tomoya Iwata
Representative Director | Curator
Tomoya Iwata
Born in Aichi, Japan in 1995. Completed MA from Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. He researches on the history of curation and curators, and curatorial studies whereas explores the possibility / impossibility of understanding others beyond human beings through exhibition practices.
Yuu Takagi
Director | Curator
Yuu Takagi
Born in Kyoto in 1994, graduated from the Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2020 (Lalus Prize). Takagi is a curator of The 5th Floor and an assistant curator of 21st Century Museum of Kanazawa. He has been searching for the way of the exhibition as a place of empathy through the practice of places not bound by the white cube.
Hiroyoshi Koizumi
Director
Hiroyoshi Koizumi
Born in 1983 in Tokyo. After completing a MS at Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University in 2007, he worked for an investment firm engaged in VC investments in Japan, the U.S., and Southeast Asian countries. He then moved to a pharmaceutical company and worked in Shanghai before joining Koizumi Group in 2014. He is now a member of the board of directors, and currently learns the business of each group company onsite.
Jukan Tateishi
Co-Founder
Jukan Tateishi
Jukan Tateisi (b. 1986 in Chicago) is a visual/sound artist. He is based in Tokyo/London.Tateisi is specialised in art, aimed to synthesise the dichotomic boundaries such as virtual and real, natural and artificial, or practice and management, besides working of launching art spaces “The 5th Floor”, “TOH” and “TŌGE”, and developing wooden food products.
Kumiko Hori
Auditor
Kumiko Hori
Kumiko Hori is in charge of the strategic implementation of UBS’s community programs at its Asia Pacific franchise in thirteen locations.Annually, 13 locations in Asia Pacific support around 100 NGOs through strategic grants and the employee pro-bono works, providing 45,000 hours of volunteering.She holds M.A. in Sociology from University of Reading, and a B.A. (Hons) from University of York in the U.K.
Sharar Lazima
PR
Sharar Lazima
Lazima is a model and a writer. She has roots in South Asia and grew up in Tokyo. She works across a wide range of genres including magazines and TV in her own unique way, based on the concept of “racial borderless.” In parallel with her modeling career, she is also expanding her field of expression into writing. She has an interest in art and culture, and collaborates with cutting edge artists.
D/C/F/A
Patronage
D/C/F/A
D/C/F/A is an anonymous foundation/project launched in the summer of 2021, which aim is to fill a missing piece in the contemporary art scene in Japan. In the art world, there are still limited opportunities for curators to pursue their practices even though they take an essential role in discovering new talents, re-evaluation of past works, presenting new perspectives and such. In support of the vision of The 5th Floor, which provides them with new chances for development, D/C/F/A started patronage in 2022.
HB.
Curatorial Partner
HB.
HB. is a curatorial collective formed by Yuu Takagi, Jukan Tateisi, Atsuhiro Miyake. They invite artists and curators both from domestic and abroad to organize exhibitions based in HB. Nezu (Tokyo) while exploring a way of curation which does not stick to a specific place such as museums or galleries.
ASAKUSA
Curatorial Partner
ASAKUSA
ASAKUSA is a 40-square-metre exhibition venue for contemporary art programmes committed to advancing curatorial collaboration and practices. Through their exhibitions and series of events, ASAKUSA has invited many international guests including Hito Steyerl, Eric Baudelaire, Anton Vidokle, Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz, Ming Wong among many others.
Van Gogh House
Curatorial Partner
Van Gogh House
Van Gogh House is a 200-year-old house in South London, where 20-year-old Vincent van Gogh spent the happiest year of his life. Now a site for exhibitions and live-in residencies, Van Gogh House’s mission is to support artists in their lifetimes. The residency programme continues his legacy of building an artist commune by specifically inviting artist duos, collaborators and collectives. In June 2023 The 5th Floor collaborated with Van Gogh House to select artist duos from Japan.
Playground for Curators
The 5th Floor(ザ・フィフス・フロア)は2020年2月、根津・池之端に誕生したオルタナティブスペース。元社員寮の均一的なようでそれぞれ異なる5階3部屋、あるいはバルコニーや屋上など特有の空間を活かす、意欲的なキュレーション主導のプログラムを発表する。また、展覧会に加え、地域大学によるワークショップや、国内外キュレーターを招請し展覧会を制作する「Curator in Residence」など、次世代のアーティスト・キュレーターの出現を支援する取り組むを行う。
Company Information
法人名: 一般社団法人The 5th Floor
設立日: 2020年11月26日