Ryota Kuwakubo

Media Artist. Born 1971. Lives and works in Tokyo.

He has been exhibiting internationally since 1998, going back and forth between digital and analogue, using electronics.

e-mail: ryota@vector-scan.com 

URL   : http://www.vector-scan.com/ 

////// educations ////////

1993 B.A. University of Tsukuba, Plastic Art and Mixed Media course, Ibaraki

1996 M.A. (Plastic Art and Mixed Media.), University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki

2001 International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences(IAMAS), Gifu 

////// Selected Solo Exhibitions //////

2005 "R/V"  Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]), Yamaguchi

2009 "The Smiley Transistors"  National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation [Miraikan], Tokyo

2010 "Gave: 1 The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas" AD&A gallery

////// Selected Ｇroup Exhibitions //////

2000 "TECH.POP.JAPAN" International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam 

"Doukyo-nin" Yohei's House, Tokyo 

2001 "Buzz Club" P.S.1 MoMA, New York 

"Credit Game" NTT Inter Communication Center [ICC], Tokyo 

2002 "Relmagination" Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo 

"Design+" Museum od Contemporary Art, Taipei 

"Ars Electronica 2002" O.K Centrum, Linz 

2003 "Cyber Asia" Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima 

"Tokyo Gadget" Digital Art Festival Tokyo, Panasonic Center, Tokyo 

"Ars Electronica 2003" O.K Centrum, Linz 

2004 "Roppongi Crossing" Mori Art Museum, Tokyo 

"Reactivity"  NTT Inter Communication Center [ICC], Tokyo

"Nam June Paik Award" Phoenixhalle, Dortmund

2005 "Young Artists from Korea, Chine and Japan"

Natianal Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea,  Seoul 

"Rock The Future" Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Liverpool

2006 "Slowlife" John Hansard Gallery, Southampthon

"ArtFutura 2006" ArtFutura, Barcelona

2007 "A.L.I.C.E. museum" Seoul Art Center, Seoul

"Japan Media Arts Festival" Shanghai Sculpture Space, Shanghai

2008 "fuse exhibition" Jam Factory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide

"Japan Media Arts Festival in Singapore" Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

2009 "Coded Cultures" Museum Quater, Vienna

2010 "Open Space 2010" NTT Inter Communication Center [ICC], Tokyo

2011 "Robotinity" Ars Electronica Center, Linz

"What Machines Dream Of" Ars Electronica Center, Linz

"European Media Art Festival 2011" European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück

"Rokko Meets Art 2011" Mt. Rokko, Rokkō Alpine Botanical Garden, Kobe

"Ways of Worldmaking" The National Museum of Art, Osaka

////// Awards //////

2002 Honorary Mention, Interactive Art, Ars Electronica (PLX)

2003 Honorary Mention, Interactive Art, Ars Electronica (BlockJam)

2003 Grand Prize, Art Division, Japan Media Arts Festival (Digital Gadget #6,8,9)

2010 Excellence Prize, Art Division, Japan Media Arts Festival (The Tenth Sentiment)