yang02

Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1984, yang02 graduated with a master’s degree in Information Design (Media Art) from Tama Art University in 2009. With a background that leaned towards street art as a teenager, while studying Media Art at university, yang02 has consistently used technology from the beginning of his career to the present to create works inspired by expression in the public area.

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

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