yang02 (Yamaguchi Takahiro) is an artist, born in 1984 Kanagawa, Japan. 2009 completed graduate school of Tama Art University. Studied Media Art under Prof. Akihiro Kubota and Prof. Seiko Mikami.
- b. 4 July 1984
- Born in Kanagwa, now live and work in Tokyo/Kyoto, Japan
- 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
- 2018 [21th] Japan Media Arts Festival : Excellence Award (Art Division) [Avatars]
- 2017 [20th] Japan Media Arts Festival : Jury Recommended (Art Division) [Asemic Languages]
- 2015 Takamatsu Media Art Festival : Award of Excellence [SEMI-SENSELESS DRAWING MODULES - Trilogy]
- 2015 TDC Anual Award 2016 : RGB Prize (RGB Category) [SEMI-SENSELESS DRAWING MODULES #2 - Letters]
- 2014 YouFab Global Creative Awards 2014 : Finalists (gokinjo-monozukuri.org) [Captured Desire]
- 2011 [15th] Japan Media Arts Festival : New Face Award (Art Division) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- 2010 TDC Anual Award 2010 : Winning Work (RGB Category) [Urbanized Typeface]
- 2009 Asia Digital Art Award : Winning Work (Interactive Category) [Urbanized Typeface]
- 2009 [15th] Student CG Contest : Jury Recommended (Art Division) [Urbanized Typeface]
- 2009 [13th] Japan Media Arts Festival : Jury Recommended (Interactive Art Category) [Urbanized Typeface]
- 2007 CONCURRED YOKOHAMA WALL DESIGN AWARD : Silver Prize [This is not a Graffiti]
- 2006 [13th] Student CG Contest : nominated (Interactive Category) [Sound Calligraphy]
- 2014 Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan : Nurturing Upcoming Artists with Potentially Global Appeal (for 40 days) [Barcelona, Spain]
- 2013 Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan : Nurturing Upcoming Artists with Potentially Global Appeal (for 350 days) [Barcelona, Spain / Berlin, Germany]
- 2010 Tokyo Wonder Site Exchange Program (for 2.5 months) [Barcelona, Spain]
- Examples @ CLEAR EDITION & GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
- True Graffiti @ Chigasaki City Museum of Art (Kanagawa, Japan) [SEMI-SENSELESSS DRAWING MODULES #1 - Replicate, Cargo Cult]
- "untitled 2" @ Nakamura Keith Haring Collection (Yamanashi, Japan) [untitled 2]
- "JIZZED IN MY PANTS" @ 3331 gallery (Tokyo, Japan) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT #2]
- [21th] Japan Media Arts Festival @ THE NATIONAL ART CENTER (Tokyo, Japan) [Avatars]
- TRACE @ New Media Gallery (Vancouver, Canada) [SEMI-SENSELESSS DRAWING MODULES #3 - Portraits]
- Graffiti in the Internet Age @ Street Art Museum (Saint Petersburg, Russia) [The Invisible Bombing]
- ARTISTES & ROBOTS @ Grand Palais (Paris, France) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- ATELIAIR by NIKE AIR @ [ATELIAIR (6-19-21 Jingu-mae, Shibuya-ku)] (Tokyo, Japan) [A device for "Graffiti"]
- 20th DOMANI: “The Art of Tomorrow” @ THE NATIONAL ART CENTER (Tokyo, Japan) [Modern Spectator]
- Artificial Intelligence Art and Aesthetics Exhibition @ Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) (Okinawa, Japan) [About a Theory of Graffiti]
- Cargo Cult in KENPOKU @ Umezu-kaikan (Ibaraki, Japan) [Cargo Cult]
- SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE – Out of Control powered by Ars Electronica @ Atrium, Tokyo Midtown (Tokyo, Japan) [Asemic Languages]
- Ars Electronica 2017 @ POSTCITY (Linz, Austria) [Asemic Languages]
- KWA LA FESTIVAL @ Cité des Arts (Réunion, French) [Urbanized Typeface]
- Art and the City: Graffiti in the Internet Age @ Electro Museum (Moscow, Russia) [The Invisible Bombing]
- New "Colony / Island"3 - into beyond myself @ Art Area B1 (Osaka, Japan)
- SIDE CORE –RO・SEN・ZU– Exhibiton – OUTLINE @ GALLERY TRAX (Yamanashi, Japan) @ Art Area B1 (Osaka, Japan)
- Condition Report: ESCAPE from the SEA @ National Visual Arts Gallery (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) [Cargo Cult]
- The Great Ordinary @ Borderless Art Museum NO-MA (Omi-Hachiman, Shiga) [About a Theory of Graffiti]
- Vanishing Mesh @ Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media[YCAM] (Yamaguchi, Japan) [Avatars]
- PERFORMATIVE PHASE @ gallery+cafe blanka (Aichi, Japan) [Examples]
- AICHI TRIENNALE 2016 @ Aichi Arts Center 8F (Aichi, Japan) [Asemic Languages]
- Tokyo Type Directors Club Exhibition 2016 @ ggg (Tokyo, Japan) [SEMI-SENSELESS DRAWING MODULES #2 - Letters]
- "into the phantom villages" Japan Media Arts Festiva in Aomori @ Aomori Museum fo Art (Aomori, Japan) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- AMIT 2016 | Art, Media and I, Tokyo @ Maru-Cube, Marunouchi Building (Tokyo, Japan) [Cargo Cult]
- The 21st ifva Awards – Media Art Category Finalist Exhibition @ Pao Galleries - Hong Kong Arts Center (Hong Kong, China) [SEMI-SENSELESS DRAWING MODULES #2 - Letters]
- Takamatsu Media Art Festival "The Medium of the Spirit" @ Hiunkaku, Takamatsu Casttle (Kagawa, Japan) [SEMI-SENSELESS DRAWING MODULES #2 - Letters]
- "Between the Border" Japan Media Arts Festival in Kagoshima @ Reimeikan Museum (Kagoshima, Japan) [SEMI-SENSELESS DRAWING MODULES]
- MONS 2015 Ailleurs en Folie Tokyo @ Maison Folie (Mons, Belgium) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- "Toyama Walker" Japan Media Arts Festival in Toyama @ TOYAMA GLASS ART MUSEUM (Toyama, Japan) [SEMI-SENSELESS DRAWING MODULES]
- "TAMABI Quality" - Tama Art University 80th Anniversary @ Tama Art University (Tokyo, Japan) [SEMI-SENSELESS DRAWING MODULES]
- SIDECORE -TOKYO WALKMAN- @ hiromi yoshii roppongi (Roppongi, Tokyo) [Absent Browsing]
- Motion Science @ 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT (Tokyo, Japan) [SEMI-SENSELESSS DRAWING MODULES #2 - Letters]
- ART|JOG 8 @ Taman Budaya Yogyakarta (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- PUBLIC PROVOCATIONS @ COLAB Gallery (Weil am Rhein, Germany) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- ICC OPEN SPACE 2015 @ NTT Inter Communication Center (Tokyo, Japan) [SEMI-SENSELESSS DRAWING MODULES #3 - Portraits]
- ROPPONGI ART NIGHT 2015 @ Tokyo Midtown (Tokyo, Japan) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- ART FAIR TOKYO 2015 @ TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FORUM (Tokyo, Japan) [SEMI-SENSELESS DRAWING MODULES]
- New "Colony / Island" - Art & Science of "IsLand" and Indication @ Art Area B1 (Osaka, Japan)
- "CRYPTOBIOSIS" Japan Media Arts Festival Special Exhibition in Indonesia @ SELASAR SUNARYO art space (Bandung, Indonesia) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- El error maquínico @ Centro Nacional de las Artes Centro Multimedia (Mexico City, Mexico) [SEMI-SENSELESS DRAWING MODULES]
- #BICTION @ Shin-Kojimachi Building (Tokyo, Japan) [Meta Vandalism #1]
- Sapporo International Art Festival 2014 @ Chi-Ka-Ho (Sapporo, Hokkaido) [SEMI-SENSELESS DRAWING MODULES]
- Materializing ExhibitionⅡ @ Tokyo Art Univ. Chinretsu-kan (Tokyo, Japan) [gokinjo-monozukuri.org]
- BAL ROBOTOV @ Artplay (Moscow, Russia) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- HOW Design Live Conference 2014 @ Hynes Convention Center (Boston, USA) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- 3331 Art Fair @ 3331 Arts Chiyoda (Tokyo, Japan) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT #2]
- SIDE CORE -Expression of Public Area- @ Seibu Shibuya (Tokyo, Japan) [Urbanized Typeface]
- Cat’s ISSUE @ SUNDAY ISSUE (Tokyo, Japan) [Installation for Cats]
- Japan Media Arts Festival in Yamanashi @ YAMANASHI PREFECTURAL LIBRARY (Yamanashi, Japan) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- "Parade" Japan Media Arts Festival Special Exhibition in Hong Kong @ ArtisTree (Hong Kong, China) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- Japan Media Arts Festival in Kobe @ KIITO (Hyogo, Japan) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- TOKYO GRAPHIC PASSPORT 2012 @ TRANS ARTS TOKYO (Tokyo, Japan) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT #2]
- Guimarães noc noc (Guimarães, Portugal) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- MFRU @ Centralna Postaja (Maribor, Slovenija) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- Mediacity Seoul 2012 - Spell on you- @ SeMA (Seoul, Korea) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- ICC OPENS SPACE 2012 @ NTT Inter Communication Center (Tokyo, Japan) [Radiation Typo (Artsat Project)]
- NOVA Contemporary Culture @ MIS – Museu da Imagem e do Som (São Paulo, Brazil) [A device for "Graffiti"]
- [15th] Japan Media Arts Festival @ THE NATIONAL ART CENTER (Tokyo, Japan) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- mis-conversion @ AKIBATAMABI21 (Tokyo, Japan) [Urbanized Typeface]
- DRAWING IN THE AGE OF ELECTRONIC @ LEAP (Berlin, Germany) [A device for "Graffiti"]
- Utopia no Oshirase @ AKIBATAMABI21 (Tokyo, Japan) [SENSELESS DRAWING BOT]
- TOKYO STORY 2010 | Hongo @ TWS Hongo (Tokyo, Japan) [A device for "Graffiti"]
- kitsch digital @ Can Felipa (Barcelona, Spain) [My_GSaV]
- EXTENDED SENSES @ Alt Space Loop (Seoul, Korea) [Urbanized Typeface]
- Incheon International Digital Art Festival 2010 @ Tomorrow City (Incheon, Korea) [Urbanized Typeface]
- Interferenze Seeds Tokyo 2010 @ Vacant (Tokyo, Japan) [My_GSaV]
- KUALA LUMPUR DESIGN WEEK 2010 FESTIVAL @ National Art Gallery (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) [Urbanized Typeface]
- TDC Exhibition 2010 @ ggg (Tokyo, Japan) [Urbanized Typeface]
- 2009 Asia Digital Art Award Exhibition @ Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Fukuoka, Japan) [Urbanized Typeface]
- 2009 [13th] Japan Media Arts Festival @ THE NATIONAL ART CENTER (Tokyo, Japan) [Urbanized Typeface]
- redundant web @ Internet [My_GSaV]
- Typologic Exhibition @ SPACE NIO (Tokyo, Japan) [Urbanized Typeface]
- ICC OPEN SPACE 2009 @ NTT Inter Communication Center (Tokyo, Japan) [Urbanized Typeface]
- "IDD TAMACOM'09" TAU MA IDD Graduation Exhibition @ BankART Studio NYK (Kanagawa, Japan) [Urbanized Typeface]
- Art ＆ Design HELSINKI 2009 @ University of Art and Design Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland) [Urbanized Typeface]
- [13th] Student CG Contest Exhibition @ THE NATIONAL ART CENTER (Tokyo, Japan) [Sound Calligraphy]
- AAC Sound Performance DOJO #1 @ AICHI ARTS CENTER (Aichi, Japan) [Sound Calligraphy]
- 2016 "Legend of Ibuki Island Drift" for Setouchi Triennale, Collaborate with contact Gonzo
- 2014 "Ganbare Gonzo
Kunisaki Cooking Densetsu" for Kunisaki Art Festival, Collaborate with contact Gonzo - 2013 "gonzocam" for YCAM 10th Anniversary, contact Gonzo performance project comissioned by YCAM
- 2012 "Radiation Typo" for ARTSAT exhibition: "Physical Satellite" (a part of ARTSAT Project)
- Sensory Collage -Infant Art- Workshop @ Tamarokuto Science Center（Tokyo, Japan）| 20.05.2018
- Cargo Cult in KENPOKU WS @ 6 plases in Ibaraki (Ibaraki, Japan) | 2017
- LOCUS FABER TSUKUROKKA presents Cargo Cult Workshop @ Art Lab Aichi Otsu-bashi (Nagoya, Aichi) | 16,17.04.2016
- "Drawing workshop with SENSELESS DRAWING BOT for kids" at Workshop Collection 11 @ Shibuya TOD Building (Shibuya, Tokyo) | 29,30.08.2015
- "Making Drawing Machines with electric toy" at True Graffiti @ Chigasaki City Museum of Art (Kanagawa, Japan) | 02.08.2015
- "Drawing a replica with CMY colored ball pens" at True Graffiti @ Chigasaki City Museum of Art (Kanagawa, Japan) | 25,26.07.2015
- "New Sketching ~ Collecting Nakanoshima by smart phone & 3D printer" @ Art Area B1 (Osaka, Japan) | 11.04.2015
- “Between Sense & Senseless: Drawing Workshop with Man and Machine” @ SELASAR SUNARYO art space (Bandung, Indonesia) | 15.02.2015
- "Modeling with Internet" in Sapporo @ SHARE (Hokkai-do, Japan) | 04.10.2014
- "Hacking Street with Digital Fablication Tools" @ SCHOOL OF MACHINE, MAKING & BELIEVE (Berlin, Germany) | 11-12.08.2014
- "Modeling with Internet" @ Tokyo Art Univ. Chinretsu-kan (Tokyo, Japan) | 26.07.2014
- "SENSELESS DRAWING BOT Prototyping Workshop" @ f.Labo (Gifu, Japan) | 09.06.2012
- "SENSELESS DRAWING BOT Prototyping Workshop" @ Mercedes-Benz Connection (Tokyo, Japan) | 25.02.2012