Yuichiro Katsumoto

Yuichiro Katsumoto is an artist of gadget making and an educator. He creates transformable gadgets to change our daily routines, common senses, and stereotypes. He studied a video production and an interaction design at Keio University SFC. After getting PhD, he moved to Singapore and worked at National University of Singapore for eight years. In October 2018, he came back to Japan and launched his own studio Katsumotoy. In 2019, he started teaching art and design at Tokyo Denki University.

勝本 雄一朗 ガジェット作家。学生時代より変化や遷移する装置を作り続けている。2010年から2018年にかけてシンガポールに居住し、情報機器の研究開発に従事。2018年秋に日本へ帰国し、Katsumotoyとして活動を開始。2019年春より東京電機大学理工学部に着任、うつろいの研究室を立ち上げる。

Curriculum Vitae (Oct. 2021)

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Education and Career

• 2019- Working at Tokyo Denki University School of Science and Engineering
• 2018- Katsumotoy
• 2010-2018 Worked at National University of Singapore Smart Systems Institute
• 2000-2010 Studied at Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (BA, MA, PhD)
• 1981 Born in Gifu, Japan

Award

• Japan Media Arts Festival (文化庁メディア芸術祭) Excellence Prize (2011), Encouragement Prize (2006)
• Asia Digital Art Award Excellence Award (2016 & 2017), Finalist's Award (2020 & 2015)
• James Dyson Award Japan Regional Judging 2nd & 5th (2012)
• WIRED Creative Hack Award Winner of the 3D Object Category (2016)
• Tokyo Game Show Best Technological Game Award in Sense of Wonder Night (2015)
• Tokyo TDC Annual Awards Prize Nominee Work (2018)
• SIGGRAPH Asia Emerging Technologies Best Demo(2012 & 2016)
• Laval Virtual Award Prize of Art and Culture (2006), Finalist (2008)
• and more....

Interview

• ACM SIGGRAPH Member Profile (SIGGRAPH.org, 2020)
• "Japanese gadget maker Yuichiro Katsumoto hacks everyday objects to make life a little less serious" (Indorse x FvF, 2019)
• "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)

Exhibition

2016-2020

• ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2020 Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 4-13 December, 2020 (Virtual).
• THE 2020, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 3-22 November, 2020.
• ACM SIGGRAPH 2020 Art Gallery, Washington DC, USA, 17-28 August, 2020 (Virtual).
• AtypI 2019 Beyond Type - Exploring the Type in the Future, Tokyo, Japan, 4-7 September, 2019.
• 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.

Maker Faire

• Maker Faire Tokyo 2022, Tokyo Big Sight, 3-4 September, 2022.
• Maker Faire Tokyo 2020, Tokyo Big Sight, 3-4 October, 2020.
• Ogaki Mini Maker Faire 2018, Softopia Japan, 1-2 December 2018.
• Maker Faire Singapore 2017, Singapore Science Centre, 22-23 July, 2017.
• Maker Faire Singapore 2016 (as Mojinazoribu), SUTD, 24-25 June, 2016.
• Singapore Mini Maker Faire 2014, Senja Cashew Community Centre, 26–27 July, 2014.
• Singapore Mini Maker Faire 2012, Singapore Science Centre, 4-5 August, 2012.

Patents

• "Electronic Input Device", International Patent Application No. PCT/SG2017/050592, filed on 1 December 2017.
• "An Array Of Elements And A Human-Computer Interface Device," Singapore Patent No. 10201603192U, granted on 10 October 2017.
• "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," United States of America Patent No. 9,463,267, granted on 11 October 2016.
• "Toy Vehicle," Singapore Patent No. 11201401624P, granted on 5 February 2016.