Ryoichi Kurokawa has been announced as the recipient of this year’s Richard Mille Art Prize.
Kurokawa and the other shortlisted artists, including Ahmed Al-Aqra, Hamra Abbas, Rintaro Fuse, Jumairy and the duo Takuma Yokomae and Dr Ghali Bouayad (YOKOMAE et BOUAYAD) currently have their work on display at the Louvre Abu Dhabi in the Art Here 2025 exhibition, curated by Sophie Mayuko Arni.
The theme for the 2025 edition of the Richard Mille Art Prize was Shadows, which invited artists to explore, through sculpture and immersive installations, the dynamic between light and dark while finding inspiration in the artistic and architectural traditions of the Gulf and Japan.
The jury this year was comprised of His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, Dr Guilhem André, Maya Allison, Yuko Hasegawa, and curator Sophie Mayuko Arni. The art prize was expanded for this edition to invite artists from Japan to participate, along with artists from and connected to the GCC and MENA regions.
Ryoichi Kurokawa, an audiovisual artist and composer known for his immersive installations and live performances, is the first Japanese artist to receive the Richard Mille Art Prize. The winning project, skadw- (2025), explores the way in which shadows can alter our perception of space through an immersive audiovisual installation that highlights the contrast between light and dark.
Previous recipients of the Richard Mille Art Prize include Nicène Kossentini in 2024, Nabla Yahya in 2023, Rand Abdul Jabbar in 2022 and Nasser Alzayani in 2021 for the prize’s first edition.
