Yuka Numata

Yuka Numata

Yuka Numata

B. 1992 in Chiba, and based in Tokyo & Chiba.

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

  • 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, Japan

     

     

    2023.
    ________ 'Imaginary Farm', Gallery SCENA, Tokyo, Japan

     

     

    2022.

    ________'SUPER 〈Fiction〉MARKET', LONGY Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

    ________'Reinstallation into Reality', Roid Works Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

     

     

    2021.
    ________'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, Tokyo

     

     

    2023:
    ________'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, Tokyo

     

     

     

    2022:
    ________'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, Miyagi

     

     

     

    2021:
    ________'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, Tokyo

     

     

     

    2020:
    ________'RUNDGANG' – Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna

     

     

     

    2019:
    ________'A-TOM ART AWARD 2019' – Courtyard Hiroo, Tokyo

  • Awards and Projects

    2024.
    ________Nomura Foundation Scholarship adopted

    2022.
    ________Ushiku Re-Design Project - Artist In Residence (1st term)

    2019.
    ________Ishibashi Foundation Scholarship

    ________Winner of the A-TOM ART AWARD Grand Prix

    2018.
    ________O Memorial Award, Waseda University

アート画像

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

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

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Confusing Package, 2022
Plastic beads
185 x 145 cm

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