綿貫 岳海 (watakemi)

Takemi Watanuki (watakemi)

CONTACT
Belong to
tsuchifumazu
Award
2026年 / 2025年 / 2024年
Category
3D Generalist
Genre
3DCG Coding VJ
Profile
watakemi (Takemi Watanuki) was born in 1993 in Kyoto, Japan.
Freelance Visual Artist.
He previously worked as an engineer at [1→10, inc.](https://www.1-10.com/). He graduated from the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS) in 2018, where he studied Media Art under Prof. [Masayuki Akamatsu](https://twitter.com/akamatsu).
He was selected as one of the 100 Filmmakers of 2020 as “tsuchifumazu.”
He has a strong interest in systems that autonomously circulate beyond human control. In 2022, he participated in the EMAP artist residency in Europe. In addition to VJing at numerous clubs using computer graphics, he has produced music videos and digital jackets for MANON, Emi Okamoto, LAUSBUB, Dongurizu, Anly, and others.

Born in 1993 in Kyotango, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Graduated from the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS) in 2018. Affiliated with tsuchifumazu / Chilly Source. Selected as one of the 100 Filmmakers of 2020 as tsuchifumazu. His work explores motifs such as moving matter and artificial life. In 2022, he participated in the EMAP artist residency in Europe. Alongside VJ performances at numerous clubs using CG, he has also produced music videos and digital jackets for MANON, Emi Okamoto, LAUSBUB, Dongurizu, Anly, and others.
Biography

- 2023 Dec 15 - 202 Mar 10, Invisibles in the Neo City, SusHi Tech Square 1F, Tokyo, Japan
- 2023 Dec 1 - 2024 Mar 3, MOT ANNUAL 2023 Synergies, or between creation and generation, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- 2023 Oct 17 - 29, Living Systems – Concepts of Natural and Artificial Otherness in Collective Habitats, Museum of contemporary art, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2023 Sep 29 - Dec 3, SYSTEMS exhibition, Vantaa Art Museum Artsi, Vantaa, Finland
- 2023 May 10 - 27, [The WRO Media Art Biennale](https://wro2023.wrocenter.pl/en/), [Wrocław](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wroclaw), Poland
- 2023 Mar 17 - Sep 16, [FOUNDATION - A WEB3 MEDIA ART FESTIVAL未來史詩:網絡媒體藝術節](https://www.videotage.org.hk/programme/foundation-a-web3-media-art-festival), Online
- 2022 Jun 25 -, ICC Annual 2022: Life / Likeness, Tokyo, Japan
- 2022 - Proof of X - NFT as New Media Art ,@Arts Chiyoda 3331
- 2022 - Pola Museum Annex
- 2021 - Shibuya PARCO gallery x “POND” ,Shibuya,Japan


- 2023 Finalist at WIRED CREATIVE HACK AWARD 2023
- 2020 “Japanese Motion Graphic Creators +100” chosen
- 2017 “Asia Digital Art Award 2017 Interactive ART” student Grand Prize
- 2017 “INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CREATIVE AWARD 2017” Second Prize
- 2017 “Contemporary Art Foundation Award” Prize

Work