ABOUT US

Mission

The Contemporary Art Dealers Association Nippon (CADAN) is a non-profit organization of leading galleries in contemporary art in Japan, founded in 2015. CADAN was established for the purpose of developing contemporary art in Japan, with the aims to promote and spread contemporary art, establish and expand the contemporary art market, raise international recognition of contemporary artists, support young artists and foster human resources.


Main Activities

●Information sharing, survey research, making propositions
・Research and information gathering, of domestic and international market trends of art, and the laws and systems considering cultural policy, tax system and copyright.
・Exchanging information, cooperating, and making propositions to administrative organs related to cultural and artistic activities.
・Project of archiving information of contemporary artists and their works.

● Seminar
・Seminars and symposiums related to contemporary art are held regularly for both members and non-members.

● Exchange and cooperation
・Sharing awareness of the issues as an art dealer, discussing its solutions and implementing initiatives.
・Cooperating and strengthening relationships with domestic and overseas art galleries and industry groups.
・Looking to exchange with experts of various fields through the association, in addition to mutual network of members.

● Website management, publishing business, public relations


Member (38)

ANOMALY
AOYAMA | MEGURO
ARTCOURT Gallery
BLUM
imura art gallery
Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery
Taka Ishii Gallery
Tomio Koyama Gallery
Gallery Koyanagi
Maki Fine Arts
Fergus McCaffery
MEM
MORI YU GALLERY
MUJIN-TO Production
NANZUKA
PERROTIN
TARO NASU
nca | nichido contemporary art
KOTARO NUKAGA
Gallery Out of PLACE
MISAKO & ROSEN
SCAI THE BATHHOUSE
MISA SHIN GALLERY
ShugoArts
Snow Contemporary
Takuro Someya Contemporary Art / TSCA
sprout curation
STANDING PINE
Take Ninagawa
KENJI TAKI GALLERY
KOKI ARTS
Taguchi Fine Art
TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY
The Third Gallery Aya
Tokyo Gallery+BTAP
WAITINGROOM
Gallery Yamaki Fine Art
KAYOKOYUKI

Associate Member (12)

4649
FINCH ARTS
Gallery 38
HAGIWARA PROJECTS
KANA KAWANISHI GALLERY
KOSAKU KANECHIKA
LEESAYA
Yutaka Kikutake Gallery
S.O.C Satoko Oe Contemporary
rin art association
TALION GALLERY
XYZ collective

Special Member

Galerie Saint Guillaume


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CADAN Committee (2023-24)

Representative Director : Yuko Yamamoto (Anomaly)
Deputy Director : Tomio Koyama (Tomio Koyama Gallery)
Director : Yuichi Mori (MORI YU GALLERY)
Director : Shinji Nanzuka (NANZUKA)
Director : Satoko Oe (Satoko Oe Contemporary)
Director : Misako Rosen (MISAKO & ROSEN)
Adviser : Hozu Yamamoto (Tokyo Gallery+BTAP)
Adviser : Masami Shiraishi (SCAI THE BATHHOUSE)
Auditor : Yasuhiro Tanaka


Contact Us

CADAN Office (New Address)
1F Faro Nakameguro, 3-15-17 Aobadai, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-0042

Email: contact[@]cadan.org