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
Hope Jury
Sir David King (Chairman)
Affiliate Partner, SystemIQ Limited
Senior Strategy Adviser to the President of Rwanda
Martin Barnes and Marta Weiss
Senior Curators of Photographs
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Philippe Bertherat
Former Managing Partner, Pictet Group
Jan Dalley
Arts Editor, Financial Times
Herminia Ibarra
Charles Handy Professor of Organisational Behaviour
London Business School
Richard Mosse
Photographer, Winner of Prix Pictet Space
Jeff Rosenheim
Curator in Charge, Photographs
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Kazuyo Sejima
Co-Founder, SANAA
Pritzker Prize-winning architects