Portrait Saeko Ehara
© courtesy of the artist
Saeko Ehara (*1985) is a Kirakira (sparkling) artist and VJ based in Tokyo. In her latest works, she explores combining AI and Generative Art. She keeps learning and exploring the expressions of Kirakira with multiple ways. Her inspiration comes from memories and joys of her childhood. She was into drawing, collecting Kirakira cards of her favorite Anime, stickers, toys, acrylic jewels, small glassworks and reading illustrated books of flowers. She was so enthusiastic that she always forgot the time passed when she did her favorite things. Through her works, she would love to make the world full of Kirakira. She has exhibited in the following counties: Japan, China, Korea, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Russia, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland and United States.
EDUCATION
2023 VerticalCrypto Art Residency, the 6th cohort
2020 UI/UXD, Digital Hollywood, Tokyo (JP), scholarship student
2010 BA, Fine Arts, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (KABK), Den Haag(NL)
PRIZE
2023 28 Nov, TODA X 3IXAM “Open call for digital creators”, Theater of Digital Art, Dubai (AE), 3rd prize
COMMISSION
2024 "Vivid Sydney" for ETERNAL Art Space, Darling Harbour, Sydney (AU)
15 - 24 Mar, Tokyo Projection Mapping “Connect”, Shibuya station, Tokyo (JP)
2023 “Immersive Museum TOKYO 2023” for ETERNAL Art Space, Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall, Tokyo (JP)
2023 World of Women Artfest Spring, online
2023 “Taif of Roses” for ETERNAL Art Space, Taif (SA)
2022 “Noor Riyadh” curated by ETERNAL Art Space, Riyadh (SA)
2022 The Agency for Cultural Affairs presents CULTURE GATE to JAPAN '+A+', Tokyo International Cruise Terminal, Tokyo (JP), selected exhibition and online exhibition
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 / 8 - 10 Mar, Solo show at Art Fair Tokyo curated by √K Contemporary, International Forum, Tokyo (JP)
2023 / 30 Aug - 14 Oct, Project 22 "Van Gogh X Japan", Theater of Digital Art, Dubai (AE)
2020 / s p a c e, Hebel_121, Basel (CH)
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Bright Moments Finale, Venice (IT)
2024 Tokyo Solid Dubai, Nox Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
2024 Tokyo Solid Dubai, Museum of the Future, Dubai (AE)
2024 Tokyo Solid Paris, Nox Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
2024 "Tokyo Solid Paris" curated by Nox Gallery, NFT Factory Paris (FR)
2024 NFT Paris X Micol, Paris (FR)
2024 NFT Paris X MOCA, Paris (FR)
2024 "Tokyo Solid Paris" curated by Nox Gallery, NFT Paris (FR)
2024 World of Women at Gala Paris (FR)
2024 Civic Creative Base Tokyo × Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2024 Collaboration Program “Poems in Code: Generative Art Today and Programming-Generated Moving Image”, curated by Shunsuke Takawo, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo (JP)
2024 "Tokyosai" curated by Benoit Palop, Magasins Généraux, Paris (FR)
2024 "DIG SHIBUYA" curated by Refraction, signage at Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo (JP)
2023 "CYBERPUNK" curated by XCOLLABZ, collaboration with Sky Goodman, Times Square, New York (US)
2023 COLE HAAN meets MUTEK.JP, COLE HAAN GRANDSHOP Cat Street, Tokyo (JP)
2023 "Advent Calendar" curated by Artpoint, NFT Factory Paris, Paris (FR)
2023 NFT ENERGY 7, Space55, Seoul (KR)
2023 "Sound and Vision II" curated by ONBD, LUME Studios, New York (US)
2023 "Trader" curated by Explainer Gallery, Shanghai (CN)
2023 "Musica Classica" curated by Project 22, Theater of Digital Art, Dubai (AE)
2023 "DCENTRAL TOKYO 2023" curated by Dreamrsx, Shibuya Stream Hall, Tokyo (JP)
2023 "PUNCTUM" curated by Satyrus Meta Art, Scalea Bruno Zevi, Rome (IT)
2023 ROSE AND CASTLES, bacon, Tokyo (JP)
2023 Haptic Drift x 0 // 2023 Public Visuals, Theaterlab, New York (US)
2023 "JAPAN LOCALS ONLY" curated by Superchief Gallery, Nox Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
2023 RED-EYE AI Freedom Challenge, online, open call winner
2023 0 // 2023 Public Visuals Exhibition, √K Contemporary, Tokyo (JP)
2023 “WebX” curated by Superchief Gallery, International Forum, Tokyo (JP), open call winner
2023 "Van Gogh X Japan" curated by Project 22, Theater of Digital Art, Dubai (AE)
2023 NFT ENERGY 2, Space55, Seoul (KR)
2023 Good Vibes Only, collaboration with Riniifish, The Silos, Shenzhen (CN)
2023 “World of Women Artfest Spring” at NFT Bali, Bali (ID)
2023 Night of Museums, Samara (RU)
2023 Bright Moments Tokyo, Digital Garage, Tokyo (JP)
2023 Space55 x BLUECANVAS “NFT ENERGY”, Seoul (KR)
2023 New Media Beat, Theater of Digital Art, Dubai (AE)
2023 Unfold, “NYC EXHIBITION 2023” selected by Laurence Fuller, New York (US), open call winner
2023 Project 22, Art In Space, Dubai (AE)
2023 AI Internet Yami-Ichi, Hodler Gallery, Miami (US)
2023 Refraction x HNT Labs show at The Black Box, Denver (US)
2023 “NEW ENERGY TOKYO” curated by Shunsuke Takawo, Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Sankakuhiroba, Tokyo (JP)
2023 “Immersive Experience, Digital & New Media Art Exhibition” curated by Project 22, Art In Space, Dubai (AE)
2023 Senza Fina, ArtsDistrict Brooklyn, New York (US)
2023 Dalbin Table exhibition curated by Braw Haus, Paris (FR)
2023 Project 22, The Opus by Zaha Hadid, Dubai (AE), selected exhibition
2022 DIGITOMA 2022, Toma Unrestored, Nara (JP)
2022 REFRACTION TOKYO, Galaxy-gingakei, Tokyo (JP)
2022 ”OpenLab Future Pass Collection” curated by Kate Neave, collaboration with Olivia Xiaolin, Aures, London (GB)
2022 “Japansylvania” curated by Brittany Kurtinecz and Molly Goehring, online
2022 Project 22, Art In Space, Dubai (AE)
2022 Crypto Art Week Asia Tokyo 2022, DMM Azabu Satellite, Tokyo (JP)
2022 “Women of the World” curated by Studio As We Are, Nowhere Gallery NYC, New York (US)
2022 REFRACTION 02, NYC ZeroSpace, New York (US)
2022 Braw Haus x PolyOne special event, Citadel of Erbil (UNESCO World Heritage), Erbil (IQ)
2022 PIXELBLOOM, ARTECHOUSE DC, Washington, D.C. (US)
2022 LOVE HEARTS EXHIBITION, Artcade at Fred Segal, Los Angels (US)
2022 Tokyo NFT portal #1, Shibuya DAIA, Tokyo (JP)
2021 DIGITOMA 2021, Toma Unrestored, Nara (JP)
2021 0 // 2021 Public Visuals Exhibition, Tokyo (JP)
2021 XRE's Ars Electronica Festival Garden NYC Portal (US), curated by Brittany Kurtinecz, online
2021“DANCE YER HEART OUT” presented by VLSC Records, online
2020 What, isn’t on remote?, Digital Hollywood University, Tokyo (JP)
2020 Die Fülle der Leere, KUNSTRAUM OKTOGON, Bern (CH)
2016 Japan im Palazzo, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal (CH)
ART FESTIVAL / BIENNALE
2023 – 2024 "The Wrong Biennale" curated by Digital Arts Blog, online
2023 “CryptoArtFes” curated by Benoit Palop, Shibuya Hikarie Creative Space 8, Tokyo (JP)
2023 GIF FEST, National Design Center, Bras Basah Bugis (SG)
2022 “Art With Me” curated by Braw Haus, Miami (US)
2020 CREATIVE CODE FESTIVAL, Lightbox, New York (US), open call winner
ART FAIRS
2023 coinbase X mint.fun at Base House, Art Basel Miami, Miami (US)
2022 CADAF Art Fair 2022, Web3 NYC Gallery, New York (US), digital art fair
AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCES
2023 ACTIONS in AMBIENT KYOTO, The Kyoto Shimbun Bldg. B1F, Kyoto (JP)
2022 Hyper geek #3, Tunnel Tokyo, Tokyo (JP)
2022 MUTEK JP - VJ for NTsKi, Virtual Mutek, live-streaming
2022 MUTEK JP - VJ for NTsKi, Shibuya Stream Hall, Tokyo (JP)
2022 Public Visuals Tokyo x TDSW, Tunnel Tokyo, Tokyo (JP)
2022 Public Visuals Tokyo, Studio Kudoh, Tokyo (JP)
CURATED NFT PROJECTS
2024 Fakewhale Gallery "ART MARKET", objkt.com
2023 ONBD X SuperRare "The Crypto Pawnshop" curated by Benoit Palop and Vienna Kim
2023 VerticalCrypto Art Residency, the 6th cohort auction
2023 “Performance Anxiety - Part II” curated Kate Neave, verse
2022 Infinite Objects x Studio As We Are: Women of the World Collection
2022 “FLOWER GANG” curated by Anna Condo, 1stDibs
2022 World of Women x SuperRare feature “Women’s History Month” curated by Dani Ton and World of Women community
COMMISSIONS FOR PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
2023 “Phalaenopsis”, Bijoux
2023 “Fantasy Garden”, Bijoux
2023 “Modular and A Music Box”, Bijoux
2023 “Swirling Night”, Bijoux
2023 “Yin and Yang”, Bijoux Art Fellowship
2023 “Transcendence”, Daniel Kantor
SUBSCRIPTIONS
2024 Contract with The Chain Museum, Tokyo (JP)
2022 Contract with Artpoint, Paris (FR)
WORKSHOPS / TALKS
2023 Future-Proofing Art：AI Tools for Sustainable Innovation, Shibuya Stream Hall, Tokyo (JP)
2023 "Dimensional Dreams: Crafting Animated Point Clouds with Saeko Ehara" presented by Diffusion Architecture, online workshop
2023 Talk and workshop at Konan Women's University, Kobe (JP)
2022 Right Click Live, Digital Garage Shibuya, Tokyo (JP)
2022 NFT Workshop with Saeko Ehara (3D artist / VJ) & Gil Kuno, √K Contemporary, Tokyo (JP)
2021 TouchDesigner Vol.046 “Collage media & ideas to bloom your originality” by Tokyo Developers Study Weekend
2021 Working with TouchDesigner and Adobe After Effects, Digital Hollywood, Tokyo (JP)
PUBLICATION / FEATURE
2024 映像作家100人, online
2023 映像作家100人＋NEWCOMER 100 JAPANESE MOTION GRAPHIC CREATORS, book
2023 “#HelloWorld” featured by Instagram official account, online
2022 The Tickle - ISSUE 36, NFT magazine
ARTWORKS FOR MUSICIANS
2023 Shuta Yasukochi, 8th EP “Glow In The Dark”, album cover
2022 Shuta Yasukochi “Wishful Thinking” and “Borealis”, cassette cover
2022 Shuta Yasukochi 7th EP “Borealis”, album cover
2022 MPC GIRL USAGI “Space Girl feat. YonYon, Shin Sakiura”, audio visualizer
2021 Shuta Yasukochi 6th EP “Wishful Thinking”, album cover