“KG＋” is a public art festival that first started in 2013 with the aim of discovering and supporting upcoming photographers and curators with 2025 being the 13th anniversary of this festival. We strive to present the state-of-the-art skills of upcoming photographers widely enlisted here in Kyoto to around the globe.
In cooperation with “KYOTOGRAPHIE Kyoto International Photography Festival”, we give upcoming photographers and curators participating in KG＋ opportunities to talk and collaborate with world-renowned curators and gallerists from Japan and around the world.
“KG＋ SELECT” is another exhibition, where 10 artists out of the participants of “KG＋” are selected to exhibit their work by judges working at an international degree. KG＋SELECT Award 2025 Winner is held between the selected 10 artists, with the winner given the invitation to exhibit their work in the official KYOTOGRAPHIE program next year in 2026.
KG＋からKYOTOGRAPHIEへ
可能性と飛躍のアワード
KG＋SELECT is an open-call competition launched in 2019 as the award section of KG＋. From entries submitted from around the world, ten artists are selected by the jury and given exhibition spaces under equal conditions, along with production support, to present exhibitions over the course of one month. Internationally active jurors then review the exhibitions in person and select the Award winner. The artist chosen for the KG＋SELECT Award receives a grant and is given the opportunity to present an exhibition at the following year’s KYOTOGRAPHIE. Attracting attention from a wide range of publications and media outlets, KG＋SELECT is an exhibition-based award that provides artists with the opportunity to make a further leap forward through this step toward KYOTOGRAPHIE.
The winner of the KG＋SELECT Award 2026 was Sridhar Balasubramaniyam.
He will present an exhibition as one of the main programmes of KYOTOGRAPHIE 2027.
スリダー・バラシュブラマニヤム
Sridhar Balasubramaniyam
Manarsuzhal (The voyage of sand)
新たな地平を切り拓き
未だ見ぬ才能を発掘するアワード
KG＋ DISCOVERY Awardは、KG＋SELECTを除くKG＋の展覧会の中から優れた作家1名を選出するアワードです。世界中からクリエイターが集う写真の祭典KYOTOGRAPHIE／KG＋の開催期間に、新たな才能を発掘すること、本コンペティションを通じて写真祭を盛り上げることを目的としています。
応募書類による1次書類審査を行い、応募者の中から数名を選出。KG＋会期中に展覧会審査とプレゼンテーション審査を実施し、アワード受賞者を選出します。ディスカバリーアワード受賞者には個展開催の権利と副賞が授与され、さらなる飛躍と注目が期待されます。
KG＋ DISCOVERY Award 2026の受賞者として、鉾井喬 さん、ヴィクトワール・ティエレ さんが選出されました。
鉾井喬
Takashi Hokoi
Reading the Wind - Iceland
ヴィクトワール・ティエレ
Victoire Thierrée
Okinawa !!
