Research
KAWAMOTO Mayu
Position
Assistant Curator
(current as of April 2025)
Research Themes
- Art in Hokkaido
- Western, especially Spanish Art
- Christian Art
- School of Paris (École de Paris)
Curated Exhibitions
- Art Nouveau Glass Works: Reflections of Nature (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 2023)
- Sapporo International Art Festival (SIAF) 2024/1924-2024 FRAGILE [Handle with Care] (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 2024)
- With Kids ’24: Why This Shape? (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 2024)
- With Kids ’24: Look, Touch, Convey—My Best Materials (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 2024)
- mima-no-me #mimanome VOL. 10 (Migishi Kotaro Museum of Art, Hokkaido, 2024)
- The Starry Moment:Hokkaido Reexamined by Artists and Curators (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 2025)
- Livre d’artiste: The Artist Books of Rouault, David, Matisse, and Chagall (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 2025)
- Zen Heritage: Shokoku-ji, Kinkaku-ji, and Ginkaku-ji, Kyoto (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 2025)
Writings
- "Navarrete el Mudo's "Entombment of St. Lawrence": Possible Influence of the Works of Rogier van der Weyden", Kobe Review of Art History, Vol. 19, February 2019
- "The Martydom of St. James by Navarrete 'el Mudo': Painted Tears and the Sacristy in Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial", Journal of the Japan Art History Society, Vol. 71, No. 2, March 2022
- "Entombment of St. Lawrence" by Navarrete 'el Mudo'": Relics and Retables in Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial", Estudios en arte espaňol y latinoamericano, Vol. 23, April 2022
- "The Problems Related to Navarrete el Mudo's Visit in Italy: An Iconographic Analysis of The Baptism of Christ", Kobe Review of Art History, Vol. 23, February 2023
- "A Study of "Holy Family" by Navarrete 'el Mudo'", The Kajima Foundation for the Arts Annual Report, Vol. 39 (supplement), July 2024
- “AOYAMA Kumaji and the “Ainu”: A stay in Abuta Village, Hokkaido”, The Starry Moment:Hokkaido Reexamined by Artists and Curators, exh.cat., Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 2025.
- “Pascin’s Prodigal Son (1922, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art Collection): His Career and The Change to the Theme of “Return to the Brothel” in the Late 1920s”, Hokkaido Art Museum Studies, No.34, 2025.
Lectures and Presentations
“Michelangelo and His Rivals: vs. Leonardo, Raphael, and Titian,” Art Lecture 2024 (Art of Japan and the West Series), Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, organized by Artepia, 2024.