Mission
sua is an art production company that provides management and project production with the aim of creating new value in the field of culture and the arts. We support artists and projects that transcend the boundaries of conventional art and explore new venues of expression, such as media art and sound performance. We collaborate with artists, professionals, and organizations to provide an environment that maximizes the potential of each individual and contributes to the dissemination of innovative works and activities.
Areas covered: contemporary art, media art, sound art, etc.
Main services: ・Management business (planning and production, progress management, secretariat operation, etc.) ・Networking business (personnel introduction, hosting, etc.) ・Consulting business (cultural and art-related projects, creating projects in response to individual social needs, etc.)
Members
Rina Watanabe
Art Manager
Born in Shunan City, Watanabe graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture (Environmental Arboriculture) at Tottori University in 1998 and completed her graduate studies at Yamaguchi University’s Graduate School of Humanities in 2002. Since 2012, she has been running “superunitart,” an office specializing in arts management. Since 2021, he has been involved in the planning and management of public exhibitions for the development of young artists and the launch of new businesses at a major company. His main activities include serving as project manager for exhibitions introducing large-scale installations by composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (2018: piknic, Seoul; 2021: M WOODS, Beijing; 2021: Sumida River Rage, Tokyo; 2023: M WOODS, Chengdu; 2024: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo). He is also involved in the management of the solo activities of artist, programmer, and DJ Daito Manabe.
Kazunao Abe
Curator/Producer
Kazunao Abe was born in 1960 in Nagano, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, majoring in aesthetics. 1990-2001: Full-time curator of Canon Inc.’s “Art Lab” project. 2003-2017: Artistic Director and Deputy Director of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media. 2019-: Professor at Tokyo Polytechnic University, Faculty of Arts. International jury member of “transmediale award 06”, Berlin, 2006; International jury member of “4th Digital Art Festival Taipei / Digital Art Awards”, Taipei, 2009; Selection jury member of “Agency for Cultural Affairs Art Encouragement Prize”, Media Arts Division, 2014-16; Selection jury member of “Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival”, Juror for Art Division, 2017-2019; Juror for Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture) Tokyo Culture Program Grant, 2017-2019. Recent curatorial achievements: 2018 Guest Director of “The 3rd ACT Festival”, National Asian Cultural Center, Korea, “Otherly Space/Knowledge” exhibition (Kangju, Korea), 2019 evala + Akio Suzuki “Listening Elephant Happening Scenery” exhibition (Nakatsu Manzoen, Marugame (Marugame, Japan); 2023: Takashi Ikegami + Tatehide Niitsuho + evala “Mind Time Machine II” (Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo); 2023: Yoshihiro Hosoi + Ryo Higa “Deployment Training” (works in the collection of the Nagano Prefectural Museum of Art).
Major collaborations
*Alphabetical order
Abstract Engine Co.
Eastern Sound Factory Inc.
KAB Corporation
mmmm corporation
Hosoo Corporation
Yamaguchi City Cultural Promotion Foundation
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo [MOT], Japan
Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM].