Profile / Biography

Biography:

Yoshimasa KATO
Born in 1982, Aichi, JAPAN.
I produce the media art in around 2004.
Now, I am producing mainly the kinetic light sculpture that uses the optical fiber.
The work is called "micRokuro". Rokuro is potter's wheel in English.
So, The spectator can touch the work, and can change shape.


Awards:

 2009/11/20 Student CG Contest, Interactive Art Category, Japan

 2009/05/16 Digital stadium" Kouki Tange selection ", NHK, Japan

 2007/09/05 Ars Electronica Prix, Interactive Art Category,
 HONORARY MENTIONS, Austria


Personal Exhibitions:

 2007 "VISION" Nagoya Citizen's Gallery Yada, Japan


Exhibition Awards:

 2010/02/03 - 14 Student CG Contest, Tokyo

 2009/05/16 Digital stadium" Kouki Tange selection ", NHK, Japan

 2007/09/05 - 11 Ars electronica Prix Ars 2007, Austria

 2007/03/01 - 21 Osaka Art Kaleidoscope 2007, Osaka


Exhibitions:

 2011/03/10, 11 Toyota Business Fair, Part 2, Toyota ( Aichi )

 2011/02/15 - 2/28 Make: in Hands, Shibuya ( Tokyo )

 2010/12/04 OGAKI LIGHT HOUSE, Ogaki ( Gifu )

 2010/11/20, 21 Make:Tokyo Meeting 06, Tokyo

 2010/11/13 - 2011/02/28 LAGUNART [ LOVE×LAGUNA×ART ], Gamagori ( Aichi )

 2010/09/25, 26 Make:Oogaki Meeting 01, Ogaki ( Gifu )

 2010/05/25 - 30 Contemporanea Festival, PRATO ( Italy )

 2010/05/21 - 23 Toyama Art Ring Art Go Round, Toyama

 2010/05/08 - 16 First International Triennale of KOGEI in Kanazawa, Kanazawa ( Ishikawa )

 2009/11/22, 23 Make:Tokyo Meeting 04, Tokyo

 2009/09/26, 27 Toyota Industries Festa 2009, Toyota ( Aichi )

 2009/08/22 - 10/12 Water City 2009 Osaka, Osaka

 2009/07/26 - 09/13 Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial 2009, Niigata

 2009/07/03 - 07/12 Santarcangelo 39, Santarcangelo ( Italy )

 2009/05/23, 24 Make:Tokyo Meeting 03, Tokyo

 2009/05/02 Haru oto asobi, Aichi

 2008/11/08 Make:Tokyo Meeting 02, Tokyo

 2008/06/24 - 07/01 Nagoya University Project Gallery clas " Kallospot ", Aichi

 2008/01/26 - 04/06 Volume(s), Luxembourg

 2007/10/29 - 11/22 Library of Babel and media art, Aichi

 2007/10/19 - 11/10 Shanghai eArts Festival, Shanghai

 2007/06/25 - 07/16 Nagoya University Project Gallery clas clas " Kallos ⇒ clas ", Aichi

 2007/01/18 - 28 Media Select 2007 " Sense tour of media selection ", Aichi

 2005/06/24, 25 World meme exposition 2005, expo 2005 ( Aichi )


Joint works:

 Takeyoshi Ishimatsu and Yoshimasa Kato 'Nerushinzo - Narushindo' 2007
 "Media Select 2007" Aichi Children Center, Japan

 Yoshimasa Kato and Yuichi Ito 'White Lives on Speaker' 2007
 "Prix Ars Electronica 07 Interactive Art" Honorary Mention


Academic conference presentation:

 2007 "NICOGRAPH International 2007" Chukyo University, Japan

 2006 "China-Japan Joint Seminar on Sensory Education"
 Nagoya University Liaison Office in Shanghai, China

Contact

Work


 mirageFlower

 micRokuro

 mirageCurtain

 Rokuro-3

 Rokuro-2

 Rokuro

 WLoS

 Other Works
  Portfolio ( PDF )

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