Fumio Nanjo
Director, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Fumio Nanjo (born in 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: 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); and a selector of Artes Mundi Prize in Wales (2004).Fumio 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), Art Project for Obayashi Corporation Head Office, Tokyo (1999).
Power 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.
Jan Dalley
Arts Editor, Financial Times
Mitch Epstein
Winner, Prix Pictet Growth
Michael Fried
Art Historian & Critic
Loa Haagen Pictet
Art Consultant & Curator, Pictet & Cie
Leo Johnson
Sustainability Consultant
Fumio Nanjo
Director, Mori Art Museum (Tokyo)
Martin Roth
Director, Victoria and Albert Museum (London)