Art Director/Chairman, Art Front Gallery Co., Ltd. (Daikanyama)

KITAGAWA Fram was born in 1946 in Niigata Prefecture. He graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He has organized a wide range of art projects, such as the Antoni Gaudi exhibition, and the Faret Tachikawa Art Project. He has also served as the General Director of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale since 2000, the Setouchi Triennale since 2010, and Suito-Osaka (2009). He has been the recipient of many awards, including the 2006 Japanese Minister for Education Award for Fine Art (in the field of art promotion), the Order of Australia: Honorary Member (AO) in the General Division (2012), and the Japanese Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (2016).