Ryota Kuwakubo

Ryota Kuwakubo (born 1971) is a Japanese multimedia artist. Kuwakubo was born in Tochigi Prefecture. In 1998 he co-produced the project BITMAN with the art unit Maywa Denki. Kuwakubo works with varying mediums, most commonly utilizing digital or electronic aspects, and a typical theme his works center on is contrasting matter. A 2011 interactive art piece of his, The Tenth Sentiment, was displayed at the "Ways of Worldmaking" exhibit at the National Museum of Art, Osaka. and described by art critic for The Japan Times, Matthew Larking, as "arguably the most attractive work" of the exhibit.

Education Source: University of Tsukuba, Plastic Art and Mixed Media course 1993 University of Tsukuba, M.A., Design (Plastic Art and Mixed Media Dept.) 1996, International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, 2001