Kazuyo Sejima, Japan – ENG

Born in Ibaraki, Japan, Kazuyo Sejima graduated 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. Her own works include House in Plum Grove, the Inujima Art House project, and Japan Women’s University Mejiro Campus. SANAA’s main works include the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, the Rolex Learning Center, Louvre-Lens, Grace Farms, Bocconi University New Urban Campus, La Samaritaine, Art Gallery of New South Wales Expansion – Naala Badu Building, and Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building W18, Cambridge, USA, 2024. 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, Rolf Schock Prize in Category of Visual Arts, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Letters, Prix de l’Équerre d’Argent, the Medal with Purple Ribbon, Thomas Jefferson Medal, Praemium Imperiale, and 2025 Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects. She is currently a professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan, a visiting professor at Japan Women’s University and Osaka University of Arts, an Emeritus Professor at Yokohama National University, and the Director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum.