
Yuka Numata
B. 1992 in Chiba, and based in Tokyo & Chiba.
Exclusively represented in India
Yuka Numata is an artist who bridges the digital and physical worlds. A graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts in 2022, with studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (2019–2020), Numata’s work explores the interplay between two-dimensional and three-dimensional spaces.
Using software like Photoshop, she creates intentional digital glitches and reconstructs them in the physical world with pixel-perfect precision, arranging plastic beads to mimic the appearance of digital artifacts. Her installations and semi-3D works challenge perceptions of reality and the digital, reflecting on the divergence and overlap between these realms.
Through her art, Numata examines the imperfections and misalignments in digital imagery, questioning the boundaries of the tangible and virtual. Her thought-provoking works invite viewers to imagine a future shaped by the fluid intersections of reality and digital existence.
- /Education
- /Solo Exhbitions
- /Group Exhibitions
- /Awards and Projects
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Education
/ Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
/ Academy of Fine Arts Vienna -
Solo Exhbitions
2024.
/'IMAGINARY BURGER SHOP', SIGNAL Social Issue Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
/'Criterium 100' , Art Tower Mito, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan2023.
/'Imaginary Farm', Gallery SCENA, Tokyo, Japan2022.
/'SUPER 〈Fiction〉MARKET', LONGY Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
/'Reinstallation into Reality', Roid Works Gallery, Tokyo, Japan2021.
/'Man Cannot Live by Real Alone', KITTE Marunouchi REAL by Art Sticker, Tokyo, Japan
/'Sampling Theorem', Montblanc Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
/'Rendezvous with Ambiguity', Courtyard Hiroo, Tokyo, Japan -
Group Exhibitions
2024.
/'Maitri 2.0, Art Mumbai' – Galerie Geek Art, Mumbai, India
/'POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair' – Berlin, Germany
/'Art Squiggle Yokohama 2024' – Yamashita Pier No.4 Shed, Yokohama
/'(Virtual) Reality' – GINZA SIX Tsutaya, Tokyo
/'Minavia Art Collection Exhibition - Visionary' – MYNAVI ART SQUARE, Tokyo
/'WHAT CAFE EXHIBITION vol.35' – WHAT CAFE, Tokyo2023.
/'Real Artifacts' – YOD Gallery, Tokyo
/'100 Years Later Art Festival - Environment and Desire' – Uchiboso Art Fest, Mikawaya, Azumaya, Chiba
/'POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair' – Berlin, Germany
/'Contemplate Painting' – Kobo Chika, Tokyo
/'ART TAICHUNG 2023' – The Lin Hotel Taichung, Taiwan
/'Sapporo Parallel Museum' – Sapporo Ekimae-dori Underground Walking Space, Hokkaido, Japan
/'Chroma Distance' – POLA MUSEUM ANNEX, Tokyo
/'ILLUSION' – Tokyo International Gallery, Tokyo2022.
/'The Others Art Fair' – a-space gallery, Torino, Italy
/'USHIKU REDESIGN PROJECT OPEN DOORS' – Ushiku Shopping Street (Mikawaya, Azumaya Butcher Store), Chiba
/'SEED 2.0' – a-space gallery, Rheinfelden, Germany
/'ART TAICHUNG 2022' – The Lin Hotel Taichung, Room 1115, Taiwan
/'SEED 2.0' – KOGANEI ART SPOT, Tokyo
/'Exhibition on the Eve of the Break PART II' – ART Glorieux Gallery, Tokyo
/'SEED 2.0' – YIYUNART, Taiwan
/'ONE Face 2022' – Roid Works Gallery, Tokyo
/'MIXUP #01' – NICK WHITE, Tokyo
/'SYNESTHESIA' – Gallery A8T, Miyagi2021.
/'Exhibition on the Eve of Break in Sendai' – Gallery A8T, Miyagi
/'ART MARKET BUDAPEST' – Bálna Budapest, Hungary
/'P.O.N.D' – Gallery X (Shibuya Parco), Tokyo
/'YUZUTOWN Special Exhibition' – Elephant Studio, Tokyo
/'One Face' – Roid Works Gallery, Tokyo2020.
/'RUNDGANG' – Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna2019.
/'A-TOM ART AWARD 2019' – Courtyard Hiroo, Tokyo -
Awards and Projects
2024.
/Nomura Foundation Scholarship adopted2022.
/Ushiku Re-Design Project - Artist In Residence (1st term)2019.
/Ishibashi Foundation Scholarship
/Winner of the A-TOM ART AWARD Grand Prix2018.
/O Memorial Award, Waseda University

Computer drawing 'Bath room', 2023
Plastic beads, wooden frame
91 x 126 cm

Computer drawing 'fruits', 2024
Plastic beads, wooden frame
60 x 45 cm

Confusing Package, 2022
Plastic beads
185 x 145 cm