The main criterion in selecting SHIOBARA Masashi 塩原将志 as a JCATP recipient was his contemporary art commitment to helping artists of color, particularly from Brazil and South Africa.

Subcriteria:
– Promoting the freedom and diversity of curatorial and art collecting practice
– Ambitious, anti-colonial, pluriversum approach by reorienting the art canon towards the Global South
– Excellent networking, building cultural bridges in the global art scene
– Teaching children in schools about works of art and helping them to engage with contemporary art (Art Delivery Project by TAGUCHI Miwa 田口美和)
– Constantly art-educating his audiences via magazine articles and social media
– Introducing Charlie Finch (1953-2022) and the book “most art sucks (1998)” in ‘Art People Players’ @ Art Collectors’ No.163, October 2022 issue
Charlie Finch (1953-2022) and the book「most art sucks (1998)」の紹介 in ‘Art people プレイヤーたち’ @ アートコレクターズ No.163、2022年10月号
– Conversation: SHIOBARA Masashi x MIYATSU Daisuke. “What happened to the contemporary art scene of the ‘Heisei-era’? – What Japan has achieved, what it has lost, and challenges for the ‘Reiwa-era'” @ Art Collectors’ No.122, May 2019 issue, pages 59-62
対談：塩原将志 × 宮津大輔.「平成の現代美術シーンに何が起こったのか? ー 日本が成し遂げたこと、失ったこと、令和への課題」@ アートコレクターズ　No.122、2019年5月号、ページ 59-62
– “Basic knowledge about collections: How do you create one?” in ‘Become an art collector!’ @ Bijutsu Techo, April 2007 issue, pages 34+35
「コレクションの基礎知識：どうつくりあげる？」in ‘アートコレクターになる！’ @ 美術手帖、2007年4月号、ページ 34+35