yang02

The purpose of creating entities that substitute/extend human action through physical engineering, such as a device that generates graffiti, is to expose and critique the privileged nature of human existence and physicality by vividly backlighting it, often too obvious for us to be aware of it. Recently, he manifestly chose to use ready-made products or misuse existing information systems, such as powered products like a Segway or machine learning systems developed by Google, in which more current technologies are installed. In the end, he relates them, constructing systems and places, and turning them into artworks as installation. He intervenes in the established system of information technology, which has become a part of our daily lives, revealing errors and bugs through the cracks in the system. This exposes the political, social, and violent issues that are hidden by the spectacle and convenience of technology, and provides an opportunity to think about what we and technology should be.


2009
M.F.A. Information Design Field, Design Course, Master Program of Tama Art University
2007
B.F.A. Department of Information Design, Tama Art University


Awards and Grants
2023
TERRADA ART AWARD 2023 Finalist Yuki Terase Award
2023
Asian Cultural Council (ACC) New York Fellowship
2022
25th Japan Media Arts Festival, Jury Selections at Art division
2020
COVID-19 Emergency Grant, Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation
2019
The Nomura Foundation for Arts and Culture (Art, Individual)
2018
21th Japan Media Arts Festival, Excellence Award at Art division
2017
Selected for the Project to Support the Nurturing of Media Arts Creators (Grant)
20th Japan Media Arts Festival, Jury Selections at Art division
2015
TDC 2016 RGB Prize
2014
Nurturing Upcoming Artists with Potentially Global Appeal (Short term)
2013
Nurturing Upcoming Artists with Potentially Global Appeal (1 year)
2011
15th Japan Media Arts Festival, New Face Award at Art division
2010
Creator-in-Residence, Tokyo Wonder Site
2009
13th Japan Media Arts Festival, Jury Selections at Art division


Solo and Duo Exhibition
2026
Feb. "Flying Organs" BUG Art Center (Tokyo)
2025
Jun. "Homage to New York" WALL_alternative (Tokyo)
2024
May. "Unknown Technics" agnès b. galerie boutique (Tokyo)
2023
Sep. "Installation in Progress" GALLERY BATON, Seoul
Jul. "TEFCO vol.1 ~Dawn of Gravity Generator~" WHITEHOUSE, Tokyo
Feb. "Machine unconsciousness, outside of the operation" NADiff a/p/a/r/t, Tokyo
Jan. "Back to the Future" rin art assocation, Gunma
2022
Apr. Sono Aida 3rd term "Y.N.W.P" Sonoaida #Shinyurakucho, Tokyo
2019
Nov. "_prayground" rin art association, Gunma
Jul. "Art Meets 06 Momma Miki / yang02" Arts Maebashi, Gunma
Jun. Kenjiro Okazaki, yang02 2 persons exhibition "PEAKS" chuohonsengarou, Tokyo
2016
Sep. "Examples" CLEAR EDITION & GALLERY, Tokyo
2015
Jul. "True Graffiti" Chigasaki City Museum of Art, Kanagawa
2013
Jul. "untitled 2" Nakamura Keith Haring Collection, Yamanashi
Jul. "JIZZED IN MY PANTS" 3331 Gallery, Tokyo



Selected Group Exhibhition
2025
Oct. "WE ARE ME" Keelung Museum of Art, Keelung
Aug.　"Setouchi Triennale 2025" Hiraga Gennai Memorial Museum, Kagawa
Feb.　"Random Access Project 4.0" Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin
2024
Oct.　T2 Collection "Collecting? Connecting?" What Museum, Tokyo
Aug.　"A Personal View of Japanese Contemporary Art: Takahashi Ryutaro Collection" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
Mar. "ARTISTS’ FAIR KYOTO 2024" Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kyoto
Jan.　"Yambaru Art Festival 2023-2024" Oogimi Utility Center, Okinawa
Jan.　"TERRADA ART AWARD 2023 Finalist" Warehouse TERRADA G3-6F, Tokyo
2023
Dec. "MOT Annual 2023: Synergies, or between creation and generation" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
Oct. "MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL 2023" B&C HALL, Tokyo
Sep. "PLAY / LIVE ANOTHER DAY" PARCEL, Tokyo
Jul. "art bit – Contemporary Art & Indie Game Culture 3" HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO l Gallery9.5, Kyoto
Apr. "Nestled between crossings - the fact that there is an art museum" Chigasaki City Museum of Art, Kanagawa
Jan. Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival "Essential Critical Infrastructure" THE BOLY, Osaka
2022
Dec. "Roppongi Crossing 2022: Coming & Going" Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Nov. "ATAMI ART GRANT 2022" ACAO SPA & RESORT, Shizuoka
Oct. "The eyes of wind" obscura, Tobilisi, Georgia
Jul. "​ICC Kids Program 2022: Tools for Play" NTT Inter Coommunication Center [ICC], Tokyo
Mar. "N/World" MtK Contemporary, Kyoto
Jan. "Drawings - Plurality" PARCO MUSEUM TOKYO,Tokyo
2021
Nov. "Traces of Life" Arts Maebashi, Gunma
Oct. "COMBINE! by rin art association" CADAN YURAKUCHO, Tokyo
Sep. "With Others at a Long Distance" SCARTS, Hokkaido
Aug. "I am here by WAITINGROOM" CADAN YURAKUCHO, Tokyo
Jul. "DELTA Exhibition" TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY, Osaka
Jun. "constellation #02" rin art association, Gunma
Mar. "New Existentialism" hulic.unexistence.net / HULIC &New UDAGAWA 1F gangway, Tokyo
2020
Oct. "traNslatioNs - Understanding Misunderstanding" 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo
Oct. "ENCOUNTERS" ANB Tokyo, Tokyo
Jul. "Stealable Art Exhibition" same gallery, Tokyo
Jul. "DOMANI plus Online 2020: Living on the Eve" https://online.domani-ten.com/
Jun. "Techniques for Optimism" BnA Alter Museum, Kyoto
Jun. "constellation #01" rin art association, Gunma
May "Dark Independent" non-disclosure, Tokyo
Jan. "Open Possibilities: There is not only one neat way to imagine our futures" NTT Inter Communication Center [ICC], Tokyo
2019
Dec. "Open Possibilities: There is not only one neat way to imagine our futures" Japan Creative Center (JCC), Singapore
Oct. "TOKYO BIENNALE 2020 PRE-EVENT" Coredo Muromachi Terrace, Tokyo
Aug. "RAKE UP!" HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO l Gallery9.5, Kyoto
Feb. "Japan Media Arts Festival in Sukagawa" tette, Fukushima
2018
Dec. "The Breathing of Maps" Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM], Yamaguchi
Nov. NEWTOWN'18 "SURVIBIA!!" Digital Hollywood University Hachioji, Tokyo
Nov. "Island Lights" Dar Qalb Ta’ Ġesù, Malta
Sep. "Beijing Media Art Biennale" CAFA Art Museum, Beijing
Jun. "[21th] Japan Media Arts Festival" The National Art Center, Tokyo
Apr. "TRACE " New Media Gallery, Vancouver
Apr. "ARTISTES & ROBOTS " Grand Palais, Paris
Jan. 20th DOMANI: "The Art of Tomorrow" The National Art Center, Tokyo
2017
Nov. "Cargo Cult in KENPOKU" Umezu-kaikan, Ibaraki
Nov. "Artificial Intelligence Art and Aesthetics Exhibition" Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Okinawa
Oct. "SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE – Out of Control" Tokyo Midtown Atrium, Tokyo
Sep. "Ars Electronica 2017" POSTCITY, Linz
Aug. "KWA LA FESTIVAL" Cité des Arts, Réunion
Mar. "SIDE CORE - RO・SEN・ZU -" GALLERY TRAX, Yamanashi
Feb. "Condition Report: ESCAPE from the SEA" National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Feb. "Vanishing Mesh" Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM], Yamaguchi
Feb. "The Great Ordinary" Borderless Art Museum NO-MA, Shiga
2016
Aug. "PERFORMATIVE PHASE" gallery + cafe blanka, Aichi
Aug. "Aichi Triennale" Aichi Arts Center, Aichi
Jun. "TDC Exhibition 2016" Ginza Graphic Gallery (ggg), Tokyo
May "Into the phantom villages - Japan Media Arts Festiva in Aomori" Aomori Museum for Art, Aomori
Feb. "AMIT 2016 | Art, Media and I, Tokyo" Maru-Cube, Marunouchi Building, Tokyo
Feb. "The 21st ifva Awards – Finalist Exhibition" Pao Galleries - Hong Kong Arts Cente, Hong Kong
2015
Dec. "Takamatsu Media Art Festival" Hiunkaku, Takamatsu Casttle, Kagawa
Oct. Japan Media Arts Festival in Kagoshima"Between the Border" Reimeikan Museum, Kagoshima
Oct. "MONS 2015 Ailleurs en Folie Tokyo" Maison Folie, Mons
Oct. "TAMABI Quality - Tama Art University 80th Anniversary" Tama Art Uiversity, Tokyo
Oct. Japan Media Arts Festival in Toyama "Toyama Walker" TOYAMA GLASS ART MUSEUM, Toyama
Sep. "SIDE CORE -TOKYO WALKMAN- " hiromiyoshii roppongi, Tokyo
Jun. "Motion Science" 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Tokyo
Jun. "PUBLIC PROVOCATIONS VII" COLAB Gallery, Weil am Rhein
Jun. "ART|JOG 8" Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
May "ICC Open Space 2015" NTT Inter Communication Center [ICC], Tokyo
Apr. "ROPPONGI ART NIGHT 2015" Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo
Jan. "CRYPTOBIOSIS : Seeds of the World" SELASAR SUNARYO art space, Bandung
2014
Nov. "El error maquínico" Centro Multimedia, Mexico City
Jul. "Sapporo International Art Festival 2014" hi-Ka-Ho [Sapporo Underground Pedestrian Space], Hokkaido
Aug. "#BCTION" Shin-Kojimachi Building, Tokyo
Jul. "Materializing Ⅱ" Tokyo Art Univ. Chinretsu-kan, Tokyo
May "BAL ROBOTOV" Artplay, Moscow
May "HOW Design Live Conference 2014" Hynes Convention Center, Boston
Mar. "SIDE CORE -Expression of Public Area" SEIBU Shibuya, Tokyo
2013
Jan. "Japan Media Arts Festival in Yamanashi" YAMANASHI PREFECTURAL LIBRARY, Yamanashi
2012
Dec. Japan Media Arts Festival Special Exhibition in Hong Kong "Parade" ArtisTree, Hong Kong
Oct. "TRANS ARTS TOKYO 2012" TRANS ARTS TOKYO 16F, TOKYO
Nov. "Japan Media Arts Festival in Kobe" KIITO, Kobe
Oct. "Guimarães noc noc" City of Guimarães, Guimarães
Oct. "INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF COMPUTER ARTS [IFCA]" Centralna Postaja, Maribor
Sep. "Mediacity Seoul 2012 - Spell on you-" eoul Museum of Art [SeMA], Seoul
Apr. "NOVA Contemporary Culture" MIS - Museu da Imagem e do Som de São Paulo, São Paulo
Feb. "[15th] Japan Media Arts Festival" The National Art Center, Tokyo
Feb. "mis-conversion" Akibatamabi21, Tokyo
Jan. "DRAWING IN THE AGE OF ELECTRONIC" LEAP, Berlin
2011
Sep. "Utopia no Oshirase" Akibatamabi21, Tokyo
Apr. "TOKYO STORY 2010 | Hongo" Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, Tokyo
2010
Sep. "EXTENDED SENSES" Alt Space Loop, Seoul
Sep. "Incheon International Digital Art Festival 2010" Tomorrow City, Incheon
Mar. "kuala lumpur design week 2010" National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Feb. "[13th] Japan Media Arts Festival" The National Art Center, Tokyo
2009
May. "ICC Open Space 2010" NTT Inter Communication Center [ICC], Tokyo



Collections
Chigasaki City Museum of Art, Kanagawa
Takahashi Ryutato Collection, Tokyo
KOKUYO Co.,Ltd. , Tokyo