KOI NIPPON / KOI announces the names of the 14 participating artists, including exhibiting artists and finalists for the Photo Essay Award
The list of exhibiting artists includes a total of 12 artists: 11 were announced today, and the grand prize winner, selected from among the finalists for the Photo Essay Award, will be announced on the opening day. The works of the Photo Reportage Award finalists will be featured in the SEEEU ZINE. We are also delighted to announce details of the venue, our official ambassadors, and the events that will take place during the festival. The first ever “SEEEU 2025 – European Month of Photography in Tokyo” will be held from October 23 to November 23, 2025, with the support of the Tokyo Arts Council, the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, and the European Union. The venues will be various indoor and outdoor locations throughout Tokyo: Minato-ku, Shibuya-ku, Setagaya-ku, Meguro-ku, and Shinjuku-ku.
About “SEEEU 2025 – European Month of Photography in Tokyo”
This photography festival, which will launch in Tokyo in October 2025, marks the first European Month of Photography in Japan. It will showcase works reflecting contemporary Europe, displayed in indoor and outdoor spaces in Tokyo for one month each year.
The festival will showcase European photographic talent in the urban landscape of Tokyo and foster new professional and creative opportunities for European and Japanese artists.
This year’s theme, “Reframing Realities,” explores the shifts in perspective that define and reshape contemporary Europe. From Europe’s dynamic communities to changing identities in the digital age, the theme explores how realities are constantly being created, erased, and reinvented. Amid conflict, migration, and climate crisis, photographers blur the line between reportage and invention. In a world of self-curation, retouching, synthetic beauty, and loss, we ask: where are the boundaries, and who is redrawing them?
Exhibitions on construction site fences, in cafes, and galleries across Tokyo! More than 250 works will be exhibited in indoor and outdoor venues across Tokyo, including on construction site fences, in cafes, and in galleries. Transforming everyday urban spaces into artistic stages, this photography festival creates new encounters between art and people. For more information, please visit the official website.
SEEEU 2025 – European Month of Photography in Tokyo
October 23 – November 23, 2025
Various indoor and outdoor venues in Tokyo: Minato Ward, Shibuya Ward, Setagaya Ward, Meguro Ward, and Shinjuku Ward.
Free admission.
Organizer: KOI NIPPON / KOI.
With the support of Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture / European Union.
Information
Minato-ku, Shibuya-ku, Setagaya-ku, Meguro-ku et Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo
October 23, 2025 to November 23, 2025
