KATSUMOTO Yuichiro

Dr. KATSUMOTO Yuichiro is an artist and a gadget maker. He studied a video production and an interaction design at Keio University SFC with his strong interest in time, play, and new media. He keeps inventing new gadgets since his student days to change our life into art. After getting PhD, he had worked at Smart Systems Institute (ex-IDMI), National University of Singapore for eight years. In October 2018, he came back to Japan and started his own studio.

勝本 雄一朗 1981年、岐阜県に生まれる。2000年代に慶應義塾大学湘南藤沢キャンパスにて映像制作とインタラクションデザインを学び、在学中よりガジェット(電子遊具)の創作を始める。2010年より、シンガポール国立大学スマートシステムズ研究所(旧インタラクティブ＆デジタルメディア研究所)に勤務。産業振興を目的とした情報機器の研究開発などに8年間従事する。2018年秋に日本へ帰国。作家としてスタジオを構える。

Curriculum Vitae (英文履歴書)

mail@katsumotoy.com

Education and Career

• 1981 Born in Gifu, Japan
• 2000-2010 Studied at Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (BA, MA, and PhD)
• 2010-2018 Worked at National University of Singapore
• 2018- Started his own studio

Interview

• "Play in itself is what drives our artistic tendencies" — Yuichiro Katsumoto (SAND Magazine, 2018)
• "電子玩具で「面白い」未来を" メディアクリエイター・勝本 雄一朗 (AsiaX, 2014)

Award

• Prize of Art and Culture, Laval Virtual Award 2006
• Encouragement Award, Japan Media Arts Festival 2006 (第10回文化庁メディア芸術祭 奨励賞)
• Excellence Award, Japan Media Arts Festival 2011 (第15回文化庁メディア芸術祭 優秀賞)
• The 2nd and 5th Prize, James Dyson Award 2012 Japan Regional Judging
• Best Technological Game Award, Tokyo Game Show 2015 Sense of Wonder Night
• 3D Object Prize, WIRED Creative Hack Award 2016
• Excellence Award, Asia Digital Art Award 2016 and 2017
• Prize Nominee Work, Tokyo Type Directors Club (TDC) Annual Awards 2018
• and more....

Exhibition

2016-2020

• ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 4-7 December, 2018.
• Ars Electronica Animation Festival 2018, Linz, Austria, 6-10 September, 2018.
• Tokyo TDC Exhibition 2018, Kyoto ddd gallery, Kyoto, Japan, 3 July - 21 August, 2018.
• Open Call #2: Technology in Art, Supernomal, Singapore, 12-22 April, 2018.
• Tokyo TDC Exhibition 2018, Ginza Graphic Gallery (ggg), Tokyo, Japan, 4-28 April, 2018.
• The City Ramble Design Trails (a part of Singapore Design Week 2018), Funan Showsuite, Singapore, 10-11 March, 2018.
• Asia Digital Art Award 2017 Winner Exhibition, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 22 - 27 February, 2018.
• Media Ambition Tokyo 2018, Roppongi Hills 52F Tokyo City View, Tokyo, Japan, 9-25 February, 2018.
• ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand, 27-30 November 2017.
• Asia Digital Art Award 2016 Winner Exhibition, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 2 - 7 March, 2017.
• ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Art Gallery, Macao, 5-8 December, 2016.
• Game Developers Conference 2016 Alt.Ctrl.GDC showcase, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, USA, 16-18 March, 2016.
• Asia Digital Art Award 2015 Winner Exhibition, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 25 February - 1 March, 2016.
• Taipei Game Show 2016, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China), 28-29 January, 2016.

2011-2015

• GameStart Asia 2015, Suntec Convention Centre, Singapore, 13-15 November, 2015.
• Kagoshima Art Festa 2015, Kagoshima, Japan, 30 September - 3 October, 2015.
• Tokyo Game Show 2015 Sense of Wonder Night, Makuhari, Japan, 17-20 September, 2015.
• DA VINCI: SHAPING THE FUTURE, ArtScience Museum, Singapore, 15 November, 2014 - May 17, 2015.
• Japan Media Arts Festival in Yamanashi 2013, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan, 13-20 January, 2013．
• 100% Design Singapore, Singapore, 10-12 October, 2012.
• The 15th Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo, Japan, 22 February - 4 March, 2012.
• ACE (Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology) 2011 Creative Showcase and Interactive Art, Lisbon, Portugal, 8-11 November, 2011.

2007-2010

• Space Invaders, Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 28 August - 7 November, 2010.
• Magical Museum Exhibition, Ohita City Museum of Art, Ohita, Japan, 16 July - 31 August, 2010.
• Space Invaders, FACT, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 18 December, 2009 - 28 February, 2010.
• Japan Media Arts Festival in Hamamatsu 2009, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, Hamamatsu, Japan, 30 October - 3 November, 2009．
• Japan Media Arts Festival in Vienna 2009, MQ, Vienna, Austria, 12-20 September, 2009．
• VIDEO JUEGOS: HISTORIAS LUDICAS, AVENTURAS INSOLITAS, Centro Fundation Telefonica, Lima, Peru, 23 July - 4 October, 2009.
• ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2008 Art Gallery, Singapore, 10-13 December, 2008.
• Ars Electronica Festival 2008 Take Away (data to go), Linz, Austria, 4-9 September, 2008.
• Ars Electronica Festival 2007 Pixelspace, Linz, Austria, 5-11 September, 2007.
• ACM Multimedia 2007 Art Exhibition, Augsburg, Germany, 25-27 September, 2007.
• File 2007 Games, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 13-17 August, 2007.
• The 10th Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo, Japan, 24 February - 4 March, 2007.

Patents

• “Toy Vehicle," Singapore Patent No. 11201401624P, granted on 5 February 2016.
• “An Array Of Elements And A Human-Computer Interface Device," United States of America Patent No. 9,463,267, granted on 11 October 2016.
• "ヒューマンコンピューターインターフェイスを形成するエレメントのアレイ," Japan Patent No. 6116573, granted on 31 March 2017.
• “An Array Of Elements And A Human-Computer Interface Device," Singapore Patent No. 10201603192U, granted on 10 October 2017.
• “Electronic Input Device," International Patent Application No. PCT/SG2017/050592, filed on 1 December 2017.