KITTY EX.

Hosted by:

Hello Kitty Exhibition Planning Committee

Sponsored by:

Agency for Cultural Affairs and Embassy of the United States

Sponsored specially by:

Sanrio

Co-sponsored by:

Lawson, Fuji Photo Film

Collaboration with:

So-net Entertainment, Japan Video Translation Academy, Taisyo, Hamana Konpou, and Digital Hollywood

Organized by:

Digital Hollywood Entertainment

introduction

Japan's most popular character, 'HELLO KITTY' celebrated her 30th anniversary in November 1, 2004 since her birth in 1974. In honor of this anniversary,
we have planned a special art exhibition, called
"KITTY EX.." KITTY EX is presenting artworks produced by more than 100 groups of domestic and international artists and designers of fashion brands using 'Hello Kitty' motif.

Our main concept for the show is to exhibit collaborated artworks created by very talented artists who play active part in different fields such as painting, graphic design, photography, music and more, to recreate fresh and new works that best expresses their creativity. We also asked many famous fashion brands including Nike HTM, Loree Rodkin, and so forth, to participate and collaborate with us to create exclusive 'HELLO KITTY' products in order to spread this celebration all over Japan.

KITTY EX. art exhibition and event started from Tokyo at the Mori museum in Roppongi Hills and Laforet museums Harajuku in July 2004. It has been very successful and is now touring around major cities in Japan, such as Kobe, Osaka, Sapporo, Nagoya and more. This project is still ongoing as a traveling exhibit at many museums in Japan until 2009.

- "KITTY EX" is an abbreviation of Hello Kitty Exhibition.

results

City	venue	Period
Tokyo	Mori Museum (Roppongi Hills)	July 31-August 29, 2004
Tokyo	Laforet Museum Harajuku	July 31-August 22, 2004
Kobe	Daimaru Kobe	September 3-12, 2004
Osaka	Daimaru Umeda	October 6-17, 2004
Sapporo	Daimaru Sapporo	December 25, 2004- January 3, 2005
Nagoya	Nagoya Parco	March 3-April 4, 2005
Niigata	Laforet Niigata	April 29-May 8, 2005
Yokohama	Sogo Art Museum	July 28-August 28, 2005
Kurashiki	Kurashiki City Art Museum	November 11-December 25, 2005
Awara	Kanaz Forest of Creation	July.14-September.30,2007