Artist in Residence Fellowship Program 2025AiR
Fellowship Program 2025
Resident Artists
Delphine POUILLÉ (France / Visual arts,sculpture and drawing)
Residency Period:November 17 – December 17, 2025
Delphine Pouillé was born in 1979 in Clermont-Ferrand, France. She currently lives and works in Paris.
After studying at the Fine Art School of Rennes, and at the universities of Saint-Etienne, Rennes, and Paris (France), she went on to develop her work centered on the living and the body, questioning its forms, representations, and place in both space and society. Often based on contradictions or the coexistence of seemingly opposing elements, her practice combines sculpture and drawing, resulting in a fusion and hybridity between these two fields. Her work is also closely related to the surrounding spaces in which it is deployed.
Francesca Le Lohé (UK / Composer and community musician)
Residency Period:November 17 – December 17, 2025
Francesca Le Lohé is a British composer & community musician active in Japan and the UK. She strives to make ambitious music-based projects which provoke awareness and discussion, bringing together the experience and skills of multiple people across disciplines and cultures. She aims to platform diverse voices and forgotten stories through her work; recent examples include pieces highlighting pioneering women and an opera co-created with community members exploring a local legend from different perspectives. Since studying Japanese instruments herself, she regularly collaborates with Japanese musicians to create new works. She also works at a UK-based charity to provide activities where people of all abilities can enjoy making new music together.
https://www.francescalelohe.com
Taizen plus Kimikimiyo (Japan / Sculptor,Fairy tale writer)
Residency Period:Febrary 20 – March 22, 2026
We are researching recreational environments for children based on the theme of the beauty of light and shadow. As part of this research, we have been developing and implementing teaching materials for a “workshop on light using building blocks, inspired by a children’s story” as an art-science communication activity. In this workshop, children learn through experience that “the quality of light depends on the balance of the light source, reflective materials, and shielding materials.”
The children’s story Akari no Arika 《DO》 follows the journey of the main character, Koki, a paper airplane, as it explores illusionary lights and colorful spaces within Akiyoshido Cave. However, apart from Koki, no other images are depicted. Instead, what Koki sees—or rather, the scenes children imagine after reading the story—are expressed as “book report lights” using building blocks and LEDs.
Tamotsu Kido (Japan / Photographer)
Residency Period:Febrary 22 – March 8, 2026
My work explores the center of gravity where the equilibrium between the world and the image is in balance. By establishing a singular point of view—defined by position and layering—where light and color intersect, I investigate the wonder of seeing and being.
Using multiple cameras, both analog and digital, I examine the possibilities of perceiving landscapes, observing streets, light, and color, as well as the structure and depiction of photography and painting. My work seeks to renew the tradition of landscape painting by moving fluidly between photography and painting, capturing the subject from a distinct perspective.
- Organizer: Akiyoshidai International Art Village
- Support: Yamaguchi Prefecture, Yamaguchi Board of Education, Mine City, Mine City Board of Education, Cultural Association of Yamaguchi Prefecture
