Tama Art University
Tama Art University or Tamabi is a private art university located in Tokyo, Japan. It is known as one of the top art schools in Japan.
History
The forerunner of Tamabi was Tama Imperial Art School founded in 1935. It was chartered as a junior college in 1950 and became a four-year college in 1953.Campus
- Hachioji Campus
- : Faculty of Art and Design and Graduate School of Art and Design
- Kaminoge Campus
- : Headquarters office, Faculty of Art and Design, and Graduate School of Art and Design
- Seminar House
- * Mt. Fuji Foothills Seminar House
- * Nara Antiquities Seminar House
Academics
Faculty of Art and Design
- Department of Painting
- * Japanese Painting Course
- * Oil Painting Course
- * Graphic Arts Course
- Department of Sculpture
- Department of Ceramic, Glass, and Metal Works
- * Ceramic Program
- * Glass Program
- * Metal Program
- Department of Graphic Design
- Department of Product and Textile Design
- * Product Design Course
- * Textile Design Course
- Department of Architecture and Environmental Design
- * Architecture Design
- * Interior Design
- * Landscape Design
- Department of Information Design
- * Art and Media Course
- * Interaction Design Course
- Department of Art Science
- Department of Integrated Design
- Department of Scenography Design, Drama, and Dance
- * Scenography Design Course
- * Drama and Dance Course
Graduate School of Art and Design
- Master's Degree Course
- Experimental Workshop
- Doctoral Degree Course
Research institutes and facilities
List of presidents
- Reikichi Kita
- Hisui Sugiura, 1935–1947
- Kinji Inoue, 1947–1968
- Ishida Eiichirō, April – November 1968
- Ichiro Fukuzawa, 1968–1970
- Shinichi Mashita, 1970–1975
- Yorihiro Naito, 1979–1987
- Kenshi Goto, 1987–1999
- Nobuo Tsuji, 1999–2003
- Shiro Takahashi, 2003–2007
- Yoshihide Seita, 2007–2011
- Takenobu Igarashi, 2011–2015
- Akira Tatehata, 2015–
Notable current and past faculty
- Shigeo Anzai, photographer
- So Aono, novelist
- Shinji Aoyama, film director
- Ay-O, artist
- Shigeru Ban, architect
- Naoto Fukasawa, industrial designer
- Tsuneari Fukuda, dramatist
- Yasutake Funakoshi, sculptor
- Takashi Hiraide, poet
- Fumiko Hori, painter
- Haruomi Hosono, musician
- Masuo Ikeda, painter
- Kenji Imai, architect
- Eiichiro Ishida, cultural anthropologist
- Toyo Ito, architect
- Bishin Jumonji, photographer
- Kazuo Kawasaki, industrial designer
- Matazo Kayama, Japanese painter
- Lee Ufan, painter and sculptor
- Kiyoshi Miki, philosopher
- Chihiro Minato, photographer and art theorist
- Hideki Noda, actor
- Togyu Okumura, Japanese painter
- Kenjiro Sano, graphic designer
- Timon Screech, historian of Japanese art
- Kazuyo Sejima, architect
- Nobuo Sekine, sculptor
- Keisuke Serizawa, textile designer
- Hisui Sugiura, graphic designer; a founders of Tama Teikoku Bijutsu Gakko in 1935
- Isao Takahata, film director
- Saburo Teshigawara, choreographer
- Charles Tsunashima, furniture designer
- Tadanori Yokoo, graphic designer
Notable alumni
Art and Design
Graphic designers- Kenjiro Sano
- Kashiwa Sato
- Makoto Wada
Industrial designers
Fine artists
- Firoz Mahmud
- Susumu Koshimizu
- Erina Matsui
- Takeshi Motomiya
- Hiroko Okada
- Kenjiro Okazaki
- Kakiemon Sakaida
- Nobuo Sekine
- Kishio Suga
- Aya Takano
- Yuken Teruya
- Fantasista Utamaro
Entertainment and communications
Directors/filmmakersManga artists
- Usamaru Furuya
- Etsumi Haruki
- Daisuke Igarashi
- Yoshiyuki Nishi
- Saori Oguri
- Mari Okazaki
- Naoki Saito
- Tamakichi Sakura
- Hiroaki Samura
- Kotobuki Shiriagari
- Gengoroh Tagame
- Benkyo Tamaoki
- Kei Toume
- Hajime Ueda
- Reiji Yamada
- Makoto Yukimura
Comedians
Musicians
Cooperation with other institutions in Japan
ARTSAT Project
Tokyo 5 Art Universities Joint Graduation Exhibition ("Gobidai-ten" Exhibition)
- Joshibi University of Art and Design
- Musashino Art University
- Nihon University College of Art
- Tama Art University
- Tokyo Zokei University
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- Joshibi University of Art and Design
- Musashino Art University
- Nihon University College of Art
- Tama Art University
- Tokyo University of the Arts
- Tokyo Zokei University
Comprehensive joint agreement
Credit transfer agreement (Consortium of Universities in Hachioji)
Source:Regional collaborative projects
- Tama Rivers
- Sagamachi Consortium
- Hachioji Academic City University "Icho-juku"
- University/High School Collaboration Lectures
- Community gallery "Tamabiba"
- Art Laboratory Hashimoto