About

Artist / specializes in Media arts

Born in Kobe in 1981, Lives and works in Aichi, Japan. I position my artwork creation as one of the ways to trace society, and mainly create and present works through various media such as video and installation as a means of expression. In my work, I focus on creating and presenting works using various media, such as film, video, and installation. My works explore themes such as the relationship between “seeing and being seen,” “invisible boundaries,” and “imagining a nonexistent whole from partial information.” I pick up fragments of events and information that don’t leave a lasting memory in our daily lives, as well as overlooked objects, and use a production method that is like taking something out of a mold, using various media to create my works. In recent works, I have been exploring a technique of three-dimensional image expression using the entire space by overlapping multiple images with multiple projectors.

2010: Institute of Advanced Media arts and Sciences, Master in Media Creation
2006: Kyoto University of Art & Design (Kyoto University of the Arts), Bachelor of Arts

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Solo Exhibitions

2015: The Dive – Methods to trace a city, Galerie16, Kyoto
2012: formless works, Nagoya University project gallery “clas”
2012: formless works, N-mark B1, Nagoya
2012: formless works, GALLERY 9, Kyoto
2010: Disappearance, “CUBIC” gallery ITEZA, Kyoto
2006: Na:resound, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka
2005: Light Filter Wall, “CUBIC” gallery ITEZA, Kyoto

Group Exhibitions, etc

2023: MIYA ONSEN ART PROJECT Totonou Onsen Art Museum, Miya Onsen Shofuen, Aichi
2021: The World of Tomino Yoshiyuki: A Retrospective of Legendary Anime Director, Aomori Museum of Art
2020: The World of Tomino Yoshiyuki: A Retrospective of Legendary Anime Director, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art & Design
2020: The World of Tomino Yoshiyuki: A Retrospective of Legendary Anime Director, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
2020: The World of Tomino Yoshiyuki: A Retrospective of Legendary Anime Director, Iwami Art Museum, Shimane
2020: The Dive - Design and Archive, N-mark B1, Nagoya
2019: The World of Tomino Yoshiyuki: A Retrospective of Legendary Anime Director, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
2019: The World of Tomino Yoshiyuki: A Retrospective of Legendary Anime Director, Fukuoka Art Museum
2019: IAMAS Showcase, SOFTOPIA JAPAN, Gifu
2017: LOVE LOVE SHOW The Second, Aomori Museum of Art
2016: ARS ELECTRONICA in the KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL VOL.6. IMPETUS AND MOVEMENT EXPAND, Active Studio/KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL, Osaka
2016: ASUKE GOENNALE 2016, SUZUYA, Nagoya
2015: OGAKI Biennale 2015 - CRACKS OF DAILY LIFE, SOFTOPIA JAPAN, Gifu
2015: NAMAZU MATSURI 2015, HASHIMA MEDIA ART VOL.2, Former Hishida Residence, Gifu
2013: Behavior Model, OTA FINE ARTS, Tokyo
2012: The 11th Gunma Biennale For Young Artists, The Museum of Modern Art Gunma
2011: DONATIONS!!, GURA, Kyoto
2010: OGAKI Biennale 2010 - the study of Dutch as arts, GalleryYu, Gifu
2010: video relay 2010, MUZZ PROGRAM SPACE, Kyoto
2010: art award tokyo marunouchi 2010, Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery, Tokyo
2009: Perception and Urban Environments, Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo
2009: no name, Kyu-Rissei Syougakkou (Old-Rissei Elementary School), Kyoto
2008: KAVC Project - 1floor 2008 “no potato of name,” Kobe Art Village Center, Hyogo
2007: Call for Entries Exhibition Ko-bo Kyoto Art center 2007 (publicly sponsored exhibitions Kyoto Art Center 2007), Kyoto Art Center
2006: 9th Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum)
2004: BIWAKO Biennale 2004 - QUANTUM LEAP Tokiwa-kan Project, Tokiwa-kan, Shiga
2004: Kyoto Art Annual 2004 linked air, TAKAHARA school building of Kyoto University of Art & Design (Kyoto University of the Arts)

Awards

2012: First prize, The11th Gunma Biennale For Young Artists
2008: Selected for The KAVC Project - 1floor 2008 “no potato of name”
2007: Selected for The Call for Entries Exhibition Kyoto Art Center 2007 (Jury President | Kiyokazu Washida)
2006: Honorable mention, 11th Campus Genius Award (was called Computer Graphics Contest)

Scholarship Awards

2008: Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences Special Award (Prefecture award)　［Sponsor: Gifu Prefecture］

Article and Review

Exhibition catalog

Aug.2017: LOVE LOVE SHOW THE SECOND – words : Taskeshi Kudo
Mar.2013: NAGOYA UNIVERSITY annual bulletin of 「clas」2012 – words : Kazuo Amano
Jul.2012: THE 11TH GUNMA BIENNALE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS – words : Chieko Kinoshita
Mar.2009: 1floor 2008 No Potato of name – editorial supervisor : Chieko Kinoshita, editer : Mayumi Itoh

Magazines

Jul. 2007: sculputure vol. 26 July / August – words : Kazuko Nakane
Apr.2007: BIJUTSUTECHO April vol. 59 No. 893 – words : Takafumi Kobuki
Feb.2007: Pia-Kansai 3.1 Issue
Feb.2007: Pia-Kansai 2.15 Issue

News paper

Jan. 22, 2023: The Higashiaicji Shimbum, Morning edition
Oct. 07, 2019: The Kobe Shimbun, Morning edition
Sep. 26, 2015: The Kyoto Shimbun, Morning edition
Dec. 19, 2012: The Asahi Shimbun, Morning edition
Feb. 05, 2012: The Yomiuri Shimbun, Evening edition
Feb. 04, 2012: The Kyoto Shimbun, Morning edition
Sep. 06, 2008: The Mainichi Shimbun, Morning edition
Sep. 05, 2008: The Mainichi Shimbun, Evening edition
Sep. 04, 2008: The Yomiuri Shimbun, Evening edition
Sep. 01, 2008: THE SANKEI SHIMBUN, Evening edition
Sep. 01, 2008: The Kobe Shimbun, Morning edition
Aug. 28, 2008: The Asahi Shimbun, Morning edition
Aug. 09, 2008: The Kobe Shimbun, Morning edition
Feb. 14, 2007: THE SANKEI SHIMBUN, Evening edition
Feb. 10, 2007: The Kyoto Shimbun, Morning edition
Feb. 08, 2007: The Asahi Shimbun, Morning edition

Teaching Experience

2023–Present: Head of Media Design Course at Nagoya Bunri University
2022–Present: Part-time Lecturer of AICHI UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS［Department of Design & Craft, New Media & Image］
2020–Present: Assistant professor of Nagoya Bunri University［Department of Information and Media Studies］
2019–2020: Part-time Lecturer of SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY OF ART AND CULTURE ［Department of Design］
2019–2023: Part-time Lecturer of Ritsumeikan University［College of Image Arts and Sciences］
2018–2020: Part-time Lecturer of Ritsumeikan University［Graduate School of Image Arts］
2017–2019: Part-time Lecturer of KOBE DESIGN UNIVERSITY［Center for Liberal Arts］
2016–2020: Part-time Lecturer of AICHI UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS［Department of Design & Craft, Design Course］
2015–2017: Part-time Lecturer of DAIDO UNIVERSITY［Department of Information Design, Media Design Course］