SPUTNIKO!

Born 1985. Artist, lives and works in Tokyo.

PROFILE

Born in 1985, Sputniko! is a Japanese/British artist based in Tokyo. Sputniko! is known for her film and multi-media installation works which explore the social and ethical implications of emerging technologies. She has recently presented her works in exhibitions such as the 2016 Setouchi Art Trienniale (where she created her first permanent art pavilion at the Benesse Art Site on Teshima), Milan International Design Triennale Broken Nature (2019), Future and Arts at the Mori Art Museum (2019). From 2017, Sputniko became an Project Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo where she is furthering her work with the Royal College of Art - IIS Design Lab. From 2013 to 2017, Sputniko! was an Assistant Professor at the MIT Media Lab, where she directed the Design Fiction research group. She is currently an Associate Professor of Design at Tokyo University of Arts. To date, she has had pieces included in the permanent collections of museums such as the V&A and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / FESTIVALS

2019 Future and The Arts Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
2019 40years Humanizing Technology Design Society, Shenzen, China
2019 Ars Electronica Out of Box ,Linz, Austria
2019 Japan Unlimited MuseumsQuartier Wien, Wien, Austria
2019 Cooper Hewitte Design Triennale Nature, New York, USA
2019 Cube Design Triennale Nature , Kerkrade, Netherlands

2019 Tokyo Medical University for Rejected Women at the 205 Hudson Gallery in New York ,USA
2019 Milan International Design Triennale Broken Nature , Milan, Italy
2018 Creatures Made to Measure MartaHerford Museum, Germany
2018 Gravité Zéro-Une exploration artistique de l'aventure spatiale les Abbatoirs, Musee-FRAC Occitanie Toulouse ,Toulouse, France
2017 Future Unknown Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum Beijing,China
2017 Japanorama Pompidou Center Metz Pompidou Center Metz, Metz, France
2017 Perfect Bodies | Rebellious Machines Arte Alameda ,Mexico City, Mexico
2017 bionic by sputniko! | (Solo exhibition) SEIBU Gallery ,Tokyo
2017 Yokohama Triennale: Island and Constellation and Galapagos Yokohama Museum of Art ,Yokohama,Japan
2017 Sputniko! X Lamborghini TOKYO ART FAIR ,Tokyo
2017 VOYAGES H QUEEN ,Hong Kong
2017 Japan: an imaginary guide Art Arsenal ,Kiev, Ukraine
2017 MASCULINE ←→ FEMININE Beall Center Art + Technology ,Irvine, California, USA
2017 The Universe and Art ArtScience Museum ,Singapore
2016 Adriane's Thread MILL 6 Foundation ,Hong Kong
2016 Space and Art Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
2016 After Belonging Oslo Architecture Triennial ,Norway
2016 Beijing Media Art Biennale, Beijing Central Art Academy Museum of Art, Beijing, China
2016 Collecting Future Japan Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
2016 Lunar Attraction Essex Peabody Museum
2016 Setouchi Art Triennial (Permanent Project) Teshima Island, Benesse Artsite Naoshima, Japan
2016 GLOBALE: New Sensorium – Exiting from Failures of Modernization The ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe , Germany
2015 Anti-Adaptation Struggle (Solo Exhibition) Omotesando Gyre, Tokyo
2015 Killer Heels The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM, USA
2015 Tranceflora – Amy’s Glowing Silk (Solo Exhibition) Gucci Gallery Shinjuku, Tokyo,Japan
2015 In Our Time: Art in Post-industrial Japan 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
2015 JUMP Towada Art Center, Aomori, Japan
2014 The Future is Not What It Used To Be 2nd Istanbul Design Biennial, Istanbul
2014 The GREAT Small: Gender Design Exhibition Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
2014 Killer Heels Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
2013 Tokyo Art Meeting Bunny Smash Museum of Contemporary Art(MOT), Tokyo
2013 Takamatsu Contemporary Art Annual – Daydreams Takamatsu City Art Museum, Takamatsu, Japan
2013 Foo Kunsthall ,Grenland, Norway
2012 Otomachi Senju no En Art Access Adachi, Tokyo
2012 Anonymous Life NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo
2012 The 3rd Art & Science International Exhibition China Science and Technology Museum, Beijing, China
2012 Daikanyama Art Street Daikanyama Hillside Terrace, Tokyo
2012 Sputniko! Loves London Seibu Department Store, Tokyo
2012 Light of Silence Aomori Museum of Art, Japan
2012 Hyper Archipelago Omotesando Gyre, Tokyo
2011 Talk to Me Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA
2011 The 14th Japan Media Arts Festival The National Art Center, Tokyo
2011 Tweet Me Love, Sputniko! (Solo) Omotesando Gyre, Tokyo
2010 Tokyo Art Meeting Transformation Museum of Contemporary Art(MOT), Tokyo
2009 Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria

AWARDS/SELECTIONS

2019 World Economy Forum Global Future Councils
2019 2019TED fellow
2019 Newsweek Japan [100 Japanese people respected by the world]
2018 Pomellato for Women Award winner
2017 World Economy Forum Young Global Leaders
2016 The 11th [L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women Scientists in Japan Award]
2016 DSA Japan Space Design Silver Award
2015 [30 Talented Women Under 30] Madame Figaro(France)
2014　[100 Most Influential People of Japan] Nikkei Business
2013　[Women of the Year] VOGUE JAPAN
2013　[Honorary Mention] Ars Electronica Hybrid Art Award《Nanohana Heels – Healing Fukushima》
2012　[Passion without Borders Award] Japan National Policy Unit
2012　[Honorary Mention] Ars Electronica Interactive Art Award《Menstruation Machine, Takashi’s Take》
2011　[20 designers who will influence the Next Decade] Rolling Stone Magazine(Italy)
2011　[Creativity 50 – 50 Creatives of 2011] Advertising Age Magazine(USA)
2011　[Nomination] Singapore Art Museum: APBF Signature Art Prize《Menstruation Machine, Takashi’s Take》
2010　[Jury recommended works] The 14th Japan Media Arts Festival　《Crowbot Jenny》
2010　[Winner of Technology Category] Youtube Japan Video Awards《Menstruation Machine, Takashi’s Take》
2009 ［The Next Idea Award] Ars Electronica 《Open_sailing》(Collaboration With Cesar Minoru Harada）

CV

2010　Royal College of Art, Design Interactions, MA
2006　Imperial College London, Mathematics and Computer Science, BSc(1st Class)

photo by Mami Arai

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