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Ryota Kuwakubo

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Ryota KUWAKUBO was born in 1971. A pioneer of Device Art, his featured themes include the relationships between contrasting matters, such as analogue and digital, human and machine, transmitters and receiver of information, and more. He creates devices that are designed not only to provide experiences, but also as tools for establishing communication between the people who experience them. His representative works include “Bitmanâ€� (created in collaboration with Maywa Denki), “PLX,â€� “SiliFulin,â€� and “Nicodama.â€� He has also created large site-specific installations like Study for Consumption or Cocosocoasoco at Lucy Mackintosh Gallery in collaboration with Reico Yamaguchi. Ryota Kuwakubo lives and works in Tokyo. ////// Education //////// 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 «Study for Cunsumption» in collaboration with Reico Yamamguchi, Les Urbaines Festival Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Lausanne 2006 «Cocosocoasoco» in collaboration with Reico Yamaguchi, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery 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» 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)