Fumio Nanjo
Director, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Fumio Nanjo (b.1949) is the Director of the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo. He is also an art critic and a lecturer at Keio University, Tokyo.
His main achievements include his role as commissioner of the Japan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1997); commissioner of the Taipei Biennale (1998); member of the jury committee of the Turner Prize by the Tate Gallery (1998); co-curator of the 3rd Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (1999); member of the selection committee of the Sydney Biennale (2000); director for the Japan Pavilion at EXPO 2000 in Hanover; artistic co-director of the Yokohama Triennale (2001); a selector of Artes Mundi Prize in Wales, UK in 2004.
Nanjo has also served as an artistic director on several public art and corporate art projects including Shinjuku I-LAND Public Art Project (Tokyo/1995); Hakata Riverain Art Project (Fukuoka/1999) and Art Project for Obayashi Corporation Head Office (Tokyo/1999).
Earth Jury
The jury for the Prix Pictet are a group of leading experts in the visual arts from around the world including directors of major museums and galleries as well as journalists and critics. They lead the global search for images of high artistic qcuality and narrative power and fit the theme of a particular cycle.
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Francis Hodgson, Chairman
Photography Critic, Financial Times
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Benoit Aquin
Winner, Prix Pictet 2008
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Jan Dalley
Arts Editor, Financial Times
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Loa Haagen Pictet
Art Consultant & Curator, Pictet & Cie
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Zaha Hadid
Founding Partner of Zaha Hadid Architects
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Professor Sir David King
Director, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, University of Oxford and former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government
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Fumio Nanjo
Director, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo