Kazuyo Sejima

Co-Founder, SANAA
Pritzker Prize-winning architects

Born in Ibaraki Japan, Kazuyo Sejima received a degree in architecture from the Japan Women’s University in 1981. In 1987 she opened her own studio in Tokyo and then in 1995, together with Ryue Nishizawa, she founded SANAA. In 2010 Kazuyo Sejima was appointed director of the 12th International Architecture Exhibition of Venice Biennale. Her honors include the Japan Architecture Award, Venice Biennale Golden Lion Award, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Letters, and Medal with Purple Ribbon. She is currently a professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan, University of Applied Arts Vienna, and teaching at Japan Women’s University as a visiting professor.

Portrait of Kazuyo Sejima by photographer Aiko Suzuki

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Sir David King (Chairman)

Affiliate Partner, SystemIQ Limited
Senior Strategy Adviser to the President of Rwanda

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Martin Barnes and Marta Weiss

Senior Curators of Photographs
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Philippe Bertherat

Former Managing Partner, Pictet Group

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Jan Dalley

Arts Editor, Financial Times

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Herminia Ibarra

Charles Handy Professor of Organisational Behaviour
London Business School

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Richard Mosse

Photographer, Winner of Prix Pictet Space

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Jeff Rosenheim

Curator in Charge, Photographs
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Kazuyo Sejima

Co-Founder, SANAA
Pritzker Prize-winning architects

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