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Born in Saitama, Japan in 1992. Asako Fujikura is an artist who holds an M.A. from the Department of New Media, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts.
Her artistic focus lies in the exploration of infrastructures that span urban and suburban areas, as well as the depth of landscapes associated with them. She primarily creates works using 3DCG animation techniques. In recent years, Fujikura has been delving into the dynamics of logistics in landfill areas and the emergence of gardens within the city, with the aim of developing innovative spatial expressions.
Education
2018 Tokyo University of The Arts, Master’s degree, Department of Film and New Media
2016 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Bachelor’s degree, School of Language and Culture Studies, Persian Language Program
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Sunlight Announcements, WAITINGROOM, Tokyo, Japan
2021 Paradise for Free, CALM& PUNK GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan Installation views
2018 emergencies! 035 FUJIKURA Asako “Colony Highway Broadcast”, NTT InterCommunication Center[ICC], Tokyo, Japan
2018 Bald Mountain and the primitive of the deserted city／functional, primitive, art space kimura ASK?P, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2025 The Japanese Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia “IN-BETWEEN — A Future with Generative AI”, The Japanese Pavilion La Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, Italy
2025 MACHINE LOVE: Video Game, AI and Contemporary Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan2024 RE: FACTORY_2, WALL_alternative, Tokyo
2024 AWT FOCUS: Earth, Wind, and Fire: Visions of the Future from Asia - Okura Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
2024 Mindscapes, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2024 Taguchi Art Collection + Hirosaki Museum Contemporary Art - How Did You Come into the World?, Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, Aomori, Japan
2024 A Personal View of Japanese Contemporary Art: Takahashi Ryutaro Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2024 Art Squiggle Yokohama 2024, Yamashita futo, Kanagawa, Japan2023 Urban Sansui β, kudan house, Tokyo, Japan
2023 Invisibles in the Neo City, SusHi Tech Square, Tokyo, Japan Installation views
2023 MOT Annual 2023, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan [as Unexistence Gallery (Iku Harada / Naoya Hirata / Asako Fujikura / yang02) ] Installation views
2023 A New Lie, NITO, Tokyo, Japan [as Asako Fujikura + Takahiro Ohmura]
2023 Energies in the Rural [Exhibition 2], Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan Installation views
2023 SPRING SHOW, WAITINGROOM, Tokyo, Japan
2023 Urban Sansui, kudan house, Tokyo, Japan Installation views
2023 Encounters, Warehouse TERRADA B&C Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2023 Sapporo Parallel Museum, siatte sapporo, Sapporo, Japan
2022 Exhibition organized by NMWA Japan Committee: New Worlds, M5 GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2022 Project Atami, Hotel ACAO, Sizuoka, Japan
2022 Spread Distance / Convert Method / Variable Sun, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Honten, Mitsukoshi Contemporary Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2021 Encounters in Parallel, ANB Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2021 Light of My World, Former GINREI building, Kyoto, Japan Installation views
2021 3331ART FAIR Open-air art exhibition Beasts, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan Installation views
2021 Digital Art Festival Taipei, ONLINE
2021 CULTURE GATE to JAPAN, TOKYO INTERNATIONAL CRUISE TERMINAL, Tokyo, Japan Installation views
2021 The Museum in the Multi-layered World, NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC], Tokyo, Japan Installation views
2021 FLUSH, EUKARYOTE, Tokyo, Japan Installation views
2021 NITO05, NITO, Tokyo, Japan
2021 Poster exhibition by artists, NITO, Tokyo, Japan
2020 Close to Nature, Next to Humanity, Taitung Art Museum, Taitung, Taiwan
2020 LUMINE meets ART AWARD 2019-2020 The Award Winner’ s Exhibition, LUMINE Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
2019 The Shape of Things to Come: Technology, AI and the Human, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan
2019 PHENOMENON:RGB, Laforet HARAJUKU, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Artists in FAS 2018 Exhibition of selected artists showing the results of their work, Fujisawa City Art Space, Kanagawa, Japan
2018 19th “1_WALL” Graphics, Guardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan
2018 MEC AWARD Media Explorer Challenge Award 2018, SKIP CITY Visual Plaza, Visual Museum, Saitama, Japan
2018 MEDIA PRACTICE 17-18, BankART Studio NYK, Kanagawa, Japan
2018 Tokyo University of the Arts, Virtual Department of Games, Tokyo, Japan
Video Screenings
2022 KAAT Atrium Video Effects Project vol.21 | Asako Fujikura, KAAT, Kanagawa. Japan
2019 TOKYO_ANIMA!_2019, The National Art Centre, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Young Perspective 2018, Image Forum, Tokyo, Japan
Catalogues and Brochures
“Urban Sansui” exhibition catalogue, Sansui Tokyo, December 2023
“Taguchi Art Collection + Hirosaki Museum Contemporary Art - How Did You Come into the World?”, Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, 6 January, 2025
”AWT FOCUS: Earth, Wind, and Fire: Visions of the Future from Asia”, ART WEEK TOKYO 2024, November 2024
“A Personal View of Japanese Contemporary Art: Takahashi Ryutaro Collection”, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 10 September, 2024
Artist in Residence
2023 Aomori Contemporary Art Center, Aomori, Japan
2022 PROJECT ATAMI, Shizuoka, Japan
2021 BnA Alter Museum, Kyoto, Japan
2018 Artists in FAS2018, Kanagawa, Japan
Public Collections
Takahashi Ryutaro Collection
The Taguchi Art Collection
Awards and Fellowships
2022 Project to Support Emerging Media Arts Creators “Program for Japanese Creators with Exploratory Projects” (project with Takahiro Ohmura)
2020 LUMINE meets ART AWARD 2019-2020 Grand Prix
2019 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival Jury Selections
2018 Young Perspective 2018
2018 Artists in FAS 2018
2018 9th “1_WALL” Graphics Finalist
2018 Kitakyushu Digital Creator Contest KDCC]
2018 Shigeru Kobayashi Award
2018 MEC AWARD Media Explorer Challenge Award 2018 Finalist