Miyuki Oka is an artist and researcher whose work is grounded in an interest in objects, places, events, information, and the forces and powers that operate between them. She works through operations such as collection, organization, substitution, relocation, juxtaposition, and indexing to create installations, moving images, and social interventions. In recent years, she has engaged in research projects with specialists, moving between analysis and practice.
Based in Sapporo + online + anywhere 🙂
okamiyuki21[at]gmail.com
Solo Shows
2024
– In-situ zettai, Kuma Gallery, Tokyo JP
– Grade separation, ku-kan, Sapporo JP
2023
– Borrowed sleep / taking photos (000000-235959, 20210224-20230224), BUoY Arts Center, Tokyo JP
2021
– Sweep the box, Make a garden, Niiwa building, Sapporo JP
Group Shows
2026
– (upcoming) Hongo Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture, Sapporo JP
– The soil of nowhere / the 𐠫𐠂𐠓 オブ 𐠜ウェアー, Former Maehori Shoten, Otaru JP
– Open Studio, Tokyo Arts and Space, Tokyo JP
– home (and) video, Musashino Art University Ichigaya, Tokyo JP
2025
– Ripples of Care, Brompton Cemetery Chapel, London UK
– yukidokeru, Sapporo Odori 500m Underground Walkway Gallery, Sapporo JP
2023
– THANK YOU!, Slavs and Tatars Pickle Bar, Berlin DE
–first exhibition, Zero Chiten, Sapporo JP
–Theater der Welt (Landing / UNITED INSTITUTES), Hafen 2 / Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main DE
–RUNDGANG, Hochschule für Bildende Künste–Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main DE
2022
– Fortune comes in by a merry gate, Sapporo Odori 500m Underground Walkway Gallery, Sapporo JP
– Our Bio-Tech Planet: Future of Plants and Humans, Botanical Garden Rome, Art Science Node, Rome IT 2022
– Rimokon, Artothek & Bildersaal, Munich DE
– Künstlerische Projekte rund um den Olympiasee, Olympiapark München, Munich DE
– City to City: PLAY!, UNESCO Creative Cities Network of Media Arts, Online
2021
– With Others at a Long Distance, Sapporo Cultural Arts Community Center SCARTS, Sapporo JP
– KUMA EXHIBITION 2021, KUMA Foundation, Online
– neither yet exposed nor witnessed, Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio, Sapporo JP
2020
– RCA 2020, Royal College of Art, Online
– WIP Show, Garden House, Royal College of Art, London UK
2019
– Grantham Art Prize Exhibition, RCA Dyson Gallery, London UK
– Great Exhibition Road Festival 2019, Imperial College, London UK
Award
– Grand Prix, WIRED Creative Hack Award, 2021, WIRED JP
– STRP Award for Creative Technology (ACT), 2020, STRP NL
– Grantham Art Prize, 2018, Grantham Institute (Imperial College London) & Royal College of Art UK
Fellowship / Grant
– Nomura Foundation Grant (as HCBI project), 2025
– KUMA Foundation Fellowship, 2024
– KUMA Foundation Scholarship, 2020
– Japan Student Service Association (JASSO Postgraduate Study) Fellowship, 2018-2020
AiR Program
– Tokyo Arts and Space, JP, 2026
– Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio Art Material Cycling “shukatsu” withtreibgut, JP, 2024
– Villa Waldberta Artist in Residence Munich, DE, 2022
– “City to City 2021” Online Residence Program, UNESCO Creative Cities Network, 2021
– Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio, JP, 2021
Selected Publications / Writing
– Contributed essay, Not Here, Not Now (Japanese edition), BNN, Tokyo, 2026.
– Peer-reviewed Articles -> ResearchGate
Education / Affiliation
– Musashino Art University, Research Fellow, 2024-
– Hochschule für Bildende Künste Städelschule (Guest, Cohabitation/Prof. Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius), 2022-2023
– Royal College of Art, MA Information Experience Design, 2018-2020
– Hokkaido University, BSc.(Agr.) Bioscience and Chemistry (Grade Average: A), 2014-2018
Talk / Interview
– Interview (JP), Media Arts Current Contents 久保田晃弘 芸術と技術の100年対談 (Feb 2024)
– Exhibition Interview (EN/RU), Gendai Eye at syg.ma, Sign Of The Times: Borrowed Sleep (Dec 2023)
– Exhibition Interview (JP), 活動支援生インタビュー Vol.49 岡 碧幸 「戦争と1日——観察の条件を変えることで伝わってくるもの」 (Nov 2023)
– Award Article (JP) , WIRED JP (Dec 2021)
– Interview (JP), SCARTS (Sep 2021)
Others
– Co-host, podcast “Recorded Flesh Voice“, 2025-
– Founder & Director, material cycling initiative “shukatsu“, 2024-
– Co-director, artist-run space “Naebo base“, 2024-