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SHOHEI FUJIMOTO
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BIOGRAPHY
Shohei Fujimoto / 藤元 翔平 (b. 1989, Kumamoto, Japan) is an artist who explores the fundamental nature of perception from a primitive perspective. Through a process of distilling and reconstructing the underlying data and forms of various phenomena, he emphasizes their essence and creates complex sensory experiences imbued with new organic qualities.
. EDUCATION:
[2008 - 2010] IAMAS (Gifu Prefectural Institute of Information Technology and Media Arts), Gifu, Japan - Graduated
[2010 - 2012] Department of Information Design, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan - Transferred as a third-year student and graduated
. STATEMENT
Shohei Fujimoto (b. 1989, Japan) is an artist who explores the fundamental nature of perception from a primitive perspective. Through processes that extract and refine the underlying data and facts embedded in diverse phenomena and forms, he emphasizes their essence and reconstructs them into complex sensory experiences imbued with new organic qualities. His work seeks to engage with universal human sensibility, understood as primitive human perception, and to embrace its boundless potential.
. ARCHIVE & PRACTICE 2013-
. GRANTS 2026:
Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation, Travel Grant (for “PERSONAL STRUCTURES”, Venice), Tokyo, JP
Tama Art University Alumni Association, Activity Grant (for “PERSONAL STRUCTURES”, Venice), Tokyo, JP
. ACTIVITY 2026:
[Biennale - Installation] PERSONAL STRUCTURES Edition 8 [9 May - 22 Nov] [Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy]
[International Symposium - Art Program Selection] ISEA 2026 International Symposium on Electronic Art - dynamic light statics(audiovisual work) [10 Apr - 19 Apr (rescheduled by organizers)] [Dubai, UAE]
. 2025:
[Commission - Music Video] Tresor Berlin - Dopplereffekt's 'Time Modulation-Graviton Pulse' [12 Dec - ] [Tresor's youtube channel]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] Echoes Of Tomorrow [1 Oct - 30 June 2026] [SIGNAL SPACE, Prague, Czech Republic]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] RISING [4 - 15 June] [RMIT - The Capitol, Melbourne, Australia]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] AKARI - Discover the digital art inspired by Japan [18 Mar - ] [InSpace, CDMX, Mexico]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] Time and Space - INTANGIBLE FORMS [10 Jan - 12 May] [ARTECHOUSE Houston, Texas, USA]
. 2024:
[Commission - Installation] ISSEY MIYAKE LE SEL D'ISSEY in Bali [18 Sept] [Helipad - Soori Bali, Bali, Indonesia]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] Illuminate Adelaide - City Lights [5 - 21 July] [Bonython hall, Adelaide, Australia]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] Zsolnay Light Festival - THE ROUTE OF LIGHT [4 - 7 July] [Kodaly Center, Pecs, Hungary]
. 2023:
[Live set] MUTEK Montreal Edition 24 - w/Kyoka [25 Aug] [Theatre Maisonneuve de la Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] INTERVALS [25 - 27 Aug] [Nizhny Novgorod Choir College, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] CONSTELLATIONS DE METZ [22 June - 2 Sept] [Eglise des Trinitaires, Metz, France]
[Solo Exhibition - Installation] INTANGIBLE FORMS [14 Jan - 5 Mar] [ARTECHOUSE DC, Washington, D.C., USA]
. 2022:
[Solo Exhibition - Installation] Intangible [20 Dec - 12 Mar 2023] [Farol Santander, Porto Alegre, Brazil]
[Live set] MUTEK.JP Edition 7 - w/Kyoka [10 Dec] [Spotify O-EAST, Tokyo, Japan]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] NOOR RIYADH [3 - 19 Nov] [JAX H09, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] Signal Festival [13 Oct - 16 Oct] [Kostel U Salvatora, Prague, Czech Republic]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] ALTERNATIVE KYOTO Artspace of the light [23 Sept - 23 Oct] [Amanohashidate Park, Kyoto, Japan]
[Live set] PRADA EXTENDS TOKYO - w/machina [21 July] [Warehouse TERRADA, Tokyo, Japan]
[Commission - Installation] TOUCH - Visual Audio Immersion TYPE 1800 [19 Feb - 27 Feb] [Panasonic Center Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan]
[Solo Exhibition - Installation] INTANGIBLE FORMS by Shohei Fujimoto [20 Jan - 10 Apr] [New City Gas, Montreal, Canada]
. 2021:
[Group Exhibition - Installation] HOKUTO ART PROGRAM ed.1 [30 Oct - 12 Dec] [Kiyoharu Art Colony - Museum of the Light, Yamanashi, Japan]
[Commission - Music Video] Tresor Berlin 30th anniversary [16 Apr - ] [Tresor's youtube channel]
[Commission - Digital Installation] Messums Wiltshire gallery - Digital installation for “Messums Wiltshire” online exhibition [Apr - July] [London, United Kingdom]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] Abstract Art in the Age of New Media [8 Feb - 9 May] [Museum of Contemporary Digital Art, London, United Kingdom]
. 2020:
[Live set] MUTEK.JP Edition 5 - w/Kyoka [11 Dec] [Shibuya Stream Hall, Tokyo, Japan]
[Commission - Live set] Apperceptional Glimpse: Traumatised Conventions - w/Kyoka [30 Oct] [CHROMA - PARADISE CITY, Incheon, Korea]
[Solo Exhibition - Installation] INTANGIBLE FORMS [3 Mar - 13 Mar, 3 Sept - 14 Oct] [ARTECHOUSE NYC, New York, USA]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] Japan Media Arts Distributed Museum - ETERNAL presented by MUTEK.JP [1 - 7 Feb] [Haneda Airport International Terminal - TIAT SKY HALL, Tokyo, Japan]
. 2019:
[Live set] SCOPES Tokyo driven by Porsche - w/machina [6 Dec] [WOMB, Tokyo, Japan]
[Commission - Installation] SCOPES Tokyo driven by Porsche [22 Nov - 7 Dec] [SOCAL LINK GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] SOFT CENTRE [14 Sept] [Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] Electric Castle [17 - 21 July] [Banffy Castle - New Media Castle, Bontida, Romania]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] UNTITLED ART's exhibition "See the Unseen" [29 June - 31 Aug] [I - FACTORY, Shenzhen, China]
[Commission - Installation] LaLuna [15 June] [Knockdown Center, New York, USA]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] DARK MOFO 2019 [14 - 15, 21 - 22 June] [Night Mass, Tasmania, Australia]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] Kings Artist-Run's Exhibition "And again {I wait for collision}" [1 - 22 June] [Kings Artist-Run, Melbourne, Australia]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] The group exhibition "Dance of Urgency" [24 Apr - 1 Sept] [MuseumsQuartier Wien's institution the frei_raum Q21 exhibition space, Vienna, Austria]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] INTERVALS [12 - 14 Apr] [Arsenal, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] BLACK New York 2019 [4 - 5 Apr] [Avant Gardner, New York, USA]
[Live set] Digi Lab : Building Bridges between Art and Technology - w/machina [26 Feb] [EDGEof, Tokyo, Japan]
[Live set] Live Digital Choc x Mutek.JP - w/machina [21 Feb] [WWW, Tokyo, Japan]
. 2018:
[Commission - Installation] power of one #point for WIRED Audi INNOVATION AWARD 2018 [12 Dec] [Terrada Warehouse BC Building, Tokyo, Japan]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] ARIGATO SAKURAGAOKA Produced by ART PHOTO TOKYO [16 Nov - 2 Dec] [YAMAHA Electone City Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan]
[Live set] MUTEK Tokyo Edition 3 - w/machina [2 - 4 Nov] [Miraikan, Tokyo, Japan]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] GYOEN NIGHT ART WALK [12 - 13 Oct] [Shinjuku Gyoen, Tokyo, Japan]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] Berlin Atonal 2018 [22 - 26 Aug] [Kraftwerk Berlin, Berlin, Germany]
[Live set] FISH TANK - w/machina [25 July] [Shibaura House, Tokyo, Japan]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] AXIOM Selection 02 [21 July - 18 Aug] [AXIOM, Tokyo, Japan]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] power of one #surface 2 [14 July - 2 Sept] [KOBE FASHION MUSEUM, Hyogo, Japan]
[Live set] MAXimized - w/Ray Kunimoto [20 Feb] [Bullet's, Tokyo, Japan]
. 2017:
[Commission - Installation] AWS re:Invent 2017 [27 Nov - 1 Dec] [Las Vegas, USA]
[Biennale - Installation] The Wrong Biennale [1 Nov] [Pavilion apel - The Wrong Biennale, Alicante, Spain]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] ARTHUR17 [18 June] [Basel, Switzerland]
[Solo Exhibition - Installation] YOUR VIEW, YOUR DIMENSION, YOUR WORLD [27 May - 3 June] [WK Gallery, Tokyo, Japan]
. 2016:
[Group Exhibition - Installation] TADAEX 2016 - Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition [23 - 30 Sept] [Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran]
[Group Exhibition - Installation] power of one #surface [25 June - 19 Sept] [Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan]
. 2015:
[Biennale - Installation] Kobe Biennale 2015 [19 Sept - 1 Nov] [Hyogo, Japan]
[Commission - Installation] 21_21 Exhibition "Motion Science" [19 June - 27 Sept] [21_21, Tokyo, Japan]
. 2014:
[Group Exhibition - Installation] AKIHABARA.tetrad [1 Nov - 7 Dec] [akibatamabi21, Tokyo, Japan]
. 2013:
[Group Exhibition - Installation] The Boundary [6 - 10 Feb] [BankART1929, Kanagawa, Japan] . ARTICLE [GENERAL]
Artnet News [Editors Picks: 9 Events]
CREATIVE APPLICATIONS NETWORK [teary filter]
CREATIVE APPLICATIONS NETWORK [power of one #point]
CREATIVE APPLICATIONS NETWORK [power of one #surface]
CREATIVE APPLICATIONS NETWORK [trace #ribbon]
CULT MTL [New City Gas launches laser-based art exhibition Intangible Forms]
FACT Magazine [Watch behind-the-scenes footage from Berlin Atonal 2018]
HypeArt [Get Lost in a Sea of Light at Shohei Fujimoto - Intangible Forms]
LA PRESSE [Formes intangibles : la vie en lumieres]
mixmag asia [density compression]
prosthetic knowledge [power of one #point]
prosthetic knowledge [power of one #timeline]
Resident Advisor [MUTEK.JP 2018 - Five key performances]
Surface mag [INTANGIBLE FORMS]
The Canberra Times [Laser beams focus on future of arts festival Rising]
TimeOut [This bonkers laser art installation will blow your mind]
TimeOut [Artechouse to reopen with an incredible 30-minute laser show]
THE SPACES [Shohei Fujimoto - Intangible forms take over ARTECHOUSE in Washington DC]
. ARTICLE [INTERVIEW]
2024:
physical.digital [A CONVERSATION WITH Shohei Fujimoto]
2023:
ARTECHOUSE [ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: FINDING A UNIVERSAL SENSE WITH SHOHEI FUJIMOTO]
2020:
FACT Magazine [density compression]
Generative Hut [Interview with Shohei Fujimoto]
lightecture [INTANGIBLE FORMS]
stir world [Shohei Fujimoto showcases a kinetic laser installation at ARTECHOUSE in New York]
2019:
CLOT Magazine [SHOHEI FUJIMOTO, From Code to Nature]
2018:
THE PLUS [Minimalism on the Move]
2017:
2014:
WIRED US [power of one #point]
. ARTICLE [PUBLICATION]
The Age of Data Embracing Algorithms in Art & Design
FOUR SEASONS MAGAZINE [A NEW LIGHT ISSUE 04 2024]
. LOG
. CONTACT info@sfjmt.org . © 2013 - SHOHEI FUJIMOTO
By blending digital and physical properties, Fujimoto challenges the interpretation of "reality," evoking a universal human sense that transcends individual perception. His works emphasize the unseen structures that shape our experience, inviting audiences to engage directly with the act of perception itself.
In a time when digital technologies are inseparably woven into everyday life, Fujimoto’s practice turns attention toward the essential structures of perception that exist prior to digital mediation. As the boundary between the virtual and the physical becomes increasingly ambiguous, his work explores how the human mind experiences reality within this overlapping condition.
By blending digital and physical properties, Fujimoto challenges our perception of reality, creating works that stir the “real” as interpreted by the human mind. His installations, often balancing precision and fluidity, invite audiences to engage with the invisible structures that shape our perception, highlighting the moment of perception, the fleeting instant when the world is not simply received but actively brought into being.
The fusion of algorithmic processes with tangible materials generates a tension that questions the boundary between what is perceived and what is experienced, revealing an intrinsic harmony that resonates universally. Through his art, Fujimoto seeks to uncover the latent potential within universal human senses, offering encounters that transcend individual interpretation and evoke a deeper connection to the essential experience of reality, reminding us that it is through the act of perception itself that the world is continually created anew.