IMA Board Members 2018 to 2020
Chair : Annu Vertanen , Artist and Professor Academy of Fine Arts/Finland
Vice Chair : Ralph Kiggell , Independent artist and lecturer, UK/Thailand
Japanese/English Bilingual Secretaries :
Katsutoshi Yuasa , Artist, MI-LAB Special Advisor, Japan
Jacqueline Gribbin , Artist, Master Printer, Australia/UK
New Members :
Florence Neal , Artist and Executive Director Kentler International Drawing Space, US
Ruth Pelzer-Montada , Artist and scholar, Edinburgh College of Art, Germany/UK
Frank Trueba , Independent artist, US
Alternate Member :
Mara Cozzolino , Independent artist, Italy
IMA Advisory Board Members
Mel Cheong (Cheong Hoi I), Macau (Asian Development Coordinator)
Claire Cuccio , Independent scholar and lecturer, US
Karen Kunc , Cather Professor of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, US
Kari Laitinen , Independent artist, Finland
Mike Lyon , Independent artist, US (Technical Advisor)
Tuula Moilanen , PhD, Independent artist and lecturer, Finland
Setsuko Morinoue , Artistic Director of Donkey Mill Art Center, US
Michael Schneider , Lecturer Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan/Austria
April Vollmer , Independent artist, writer and lecturer, US (Communications)
IMA Tokyo Head Office Members
Director: Yasuyuki Sato, Chair of Center for the Science of Human Endeavor/CfSHE
Administrative Assistant: Yoko Kanahama
Communications Attaché: April Vollmer
Head Office Advisor: Hayato Fujioka
IMA Japan
Chair: Yasuyuki Sato
Vice Chair: Hiroko Furuya (Professor, Tama Art University), Katsutoshi Yuasa
Board Members:
Niccolo Barbagli
, Italy/Japan
Hayato Fujioka , UK/Japan
Hidehiko Goto (Kikuhide), Japan
Shoichi Kitamura , Japan
Yoko Kanahama , Italy/Japan (Bilingual Secretary)
Auditors: Hiroshi Takagi (Holbein), Satoru Tanaka (Michi Hamono)
Pictured at IMCHawaii at Donkey Mill Art Center, the 2017 Board members include Jacqueline Gribbin, Yasuyuki Sato, Claire Cuccio, Hiroki and Setsuko Morinoue, Katsu Yuasa, and Ralph Kiggell. Not pictured: Tuula Moilanen and Michael Schneider.
2017 IMA Board
Claire Cuccio (Chair, USA)
Ralph Kiggell (Vice Chair, UK)
Jacqueline Gribbin (Australia)
Tuula Moilanen (Finland)
Hiroki Morinoue (USA)
Yasuyuki Sato , (Japan)
Michael Schneider (Austria)
Katsutoshi Yuasa (Japan) 湯浅 克俊