Statement
アートを通じて、多様な視点や背景を持つ人々が協力し 、互いに尊重し合い、より良い世界を築いていくことを願っています。私は常に新たなアプローチに挑戦し、柔軟性を保ちながら創造性を追求しています。この姿勢が、人々に共に成長し、社会に貢献するきっかけとなることを願っています。
Through art, I aspire for people with diverse perspectives and backgrounds to collaborate, respect each other, and build a better world. I continually challenge myself with new approaches, seeking creativity while maintaining flexibility. I hope this mindset inspires others to grow together and contribute to society.
Shinjiro Tanaka (b. 1985, Los Angeles) is a Tokyo-based multimedia artist who transcends the boundaries between analog and digital, exploring themes of modernity, universality, and human connection. With a background as a designer, dancer, VJ, and event producer, he creates works where vision and movement, space and time intersect.
Deeply influenced by street dance culture and his years in New York, his creative practice spans canvas, murals, interactive installations, animation, fashion, and event direction. Particularly in his visual and animated works, he integrates rhythm, movement, and spatial elements, merging physical expression with digital technology to construct a new visual language. His experience as a VJ further enhances his ability to create immersive works that synchronize with dance and music.
Through large-scale public art and interactive events, he transforms everyday landscapes into dynamic spaces of creativity, emphasizing the collaborative process where art evolves through audience participation. By fostering interactions between individuals and communities, he seeks to build bridges—between people, cultures, and opportunities—creating spaces where imagination and shared experiences spark new transformations.
Biography
田中 紳次郎（1985年、ロサンゼルス生まれ）は、東京を拠点に活動するマルチメディアアーティスト。アナログとデジタルの境界を超え、近代性や普遍性、人と人とのつながりを探求し、視覚と身体、空間と時間が交錯する作品を生み出している。デザイナー、ダンサー、VJ、イベントプロデューサーとしての経験を背景に、異なるメディアを横断しながら独自の表現を築いている。
ストリートダンス文化やニューヨークでの経験が深く刻まれた創作スタイルは、キャンバスや壁画、インタラクティブ・インスタレーション、アニメーション、ファッション、イベント演出へと広がる。特に映像やアニメーションの分野では、リズムや動き、空間の要素を組み込み、身体表現とデジタル技術を融合させた新たなビジュアル言語を構築。VJとしての経験も活かし、ダンスや音楽との連動による没入感のある作品を展開している。
また、大規模なパブリックアートやインタラクティブなイベントを通じて、日常の風景を創造の場へと変容させることを試みている。観客との関わりを通じて作品が完成するプロセスを重視し、人と人、文化と文化、そしてチャンスをつなぐ“橋”となることを目指 している。
History
2024
CHUMS x SHINJIRO TANAKA Collaboration Exhibition / CHUMS Omotesando (Tokyo)
2023
Reverse / All Day Gallery (Tokyo)
Rebirth / Gallery Max New York (New York)
2022
Dashi Joint / Dashi Brooklyn (New York)
a Moment of Eternity / Medel Gallery Shu (Tokyo)
2021
Somehow Connected / eplus LIVING ROOM CAFE＆DINING (Tokyo)
Untitled / NORA HAIR SALON (Tokyo)
2020
Augmentation / Why not? (Tokyo)
Carpe Diem / eplus LIVING ROOM CAFE＆DINING (Tokyo)
Memento Mori / Pulplism (Tokyo)
2019
PEN / Why not? (Tokyo)
REINCARNATION / RIGNA TERRACE TOKYO (Tokyo)
NYC STREET ART PROJECT / Port of Call Daikanyama (Tokyo)
2018
FACE / Sora Zenon (Tokyo)
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Solo Exhibition
2024
Future is now Group Show / 54 Crosby St (New York)
SIW2024 x SHIBUYA ART SCRAMBLE / Shibuya Cast (Tokyo)
2023
WHAT CAFE SPECIAL MARKET 2023 AUTUMN / WHAT CAFE (Tokyo)
Square Spaces / KEY TERRACE HOTEL SEAMORE (Wakayama)
2022
The Playroom of Fine Art / between the arts gallery (Tokyo)
Follow the Lines / WHAT CAFE (Tokyo)
“Artist ! Artist ! Artist !” Matsuya Contemporary Art Selection / Matsuya Ginza (Tokyo)
WHAT CAFE × WATOWA GALLERY EXHIBITION -DRIVE UP!- / WHAT CAFE (Tokyo)
Unplugged / TRiCERA Museum (Tokyo)
WATOWA GALLERY EXHIBITION “THE SELECTED vol. 2" / Elephant Studio (Tokyo)
2021
Experiments and Thoughts - Four Artists / KITTE Marunouchi (Tokyo)
CONNECT / KIMPTON SHINJUKU TOKYO (Tokyo)
LIGHT BRAIN Vol.1 / ITOKI TOKYO XORK(Tokyo)
POWER OF ART / WHAT CAFE (Tokyo)
Spring Healing / Tokyo Art Studio (Tokyo)
Born New Art / Shibuya Scramble Square (Tokyo)
ART MARKET TENNOZ (Tokyo)
WHAT CAFE POP UP SHOW with 100 ARTWORK (Tokyo)
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Group Exhibition
2024
This&That Vol. 47: “Colors of the City” / BnA_WALL (Tokyo)
Chaga-Uma Festival / Shakujii Hikawa Shrine (Tokyo)
Ascott Unlimited 40th Anniversary Dinner Event / THE UPPER (Tokyo)
New Style Hustle Party / REP music cafe (New York)
Kichi-On / Dig Bowl Kichijoji (Tokyo)
Arifuku Onsen Music Festival / Arifuku Onsen (Shimane)
Night Lyf / Lyf Ginza (Tokyo)
Evergreen / 3pm Cafe (Tokyo)
2023
Joint Jam Session / Secret Venue (Tokyo)
Evergreen / 3pm Cafe (Tokyo)
WHAT CAFE SPECIAL MARKET 2023 AUTUMN / WHAT CAFE (Tokyo)
Late Night Groove -Tokyo Edition- (Tokyo)
Sunday Afternoon Party / Sunday (Tokyo)
CHUMS CAMP 2023 / Rising Field Karuizawa (Nagano)
For the future 2023 / Nakaikebukuro Park (Tokyo)
Future is Now / Bushwick (New York)
CUPA Dance Showcase / Symphony Space (New York)
Rebirth / Gallery Max New York (New York)
2022
ART PROJECT TAKASAKI (Gunma)
Follow the Lines / WHAT CAFE (Tokyo)
WHAT CAFE × WATOWA GALLERY EXHIBITION -DRIVE UP!- / WHAT CAFE (Tokyo)
Ofuna Jam 10th anniversary / Jam (Kanagawa)
Jiyugaoka Megami Festival / Jiyugaoka (Tokyo)
Yamashiro Art Market / Yamashiro Onsen (Ishikawa)
Roppongi Art Night / Roppongi West Park (Tokyo)
and more
03
Live Performance
2024
POD Hotel Brooklyn (New York)
Han-bi-je (Osaka)
2022
POD Hotel Brooklyn (New York)
Dashi Brooklyn (New York)
ART PROJECT TAKASAKI (Gunma)
Painted the school warehouse with all the students at an elementary school (Tokyo)
Sanko Facilities Inc. (Tokyo)
Comota CO., LTD. (Kanagawa)
eplus Living Room Cafe (Tokyo)
AZDEN CORPORATION (Tokyo)
2021
Fujitsu Limited (Kanagawa)
Nishihachi Project (Tokyo)
Ocean's Camp Toramii (Chiba)
Anker Kobe (Hyogo)
eplus Living Room Cafe (Tokyo)
Sumika (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
2020
Hachi Hachi (Shibuya, Tokyo)
eplus Living Room Cafe (Tokyo)
2019
Brooklyn Parlor (Tokyo)
Harajuku Mural Project (Tokyo)
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Mural
2024
Evolute Academia of NY / Interactive Installation
CHUMS 2024 Fall/Winter Collaboration
Tateno Elementary School / Interactive Installation
Arisa Makita / Music and visual collaboration
2023
Norikura Kogen Eco-Festival 2023 Entrance Curtains
Macool New Collection 2023 Spring Summer Collaborative Product Design
Favorric Collaborative Product Design
Kodama Project Collaborative Kokeshi Design
2022
Looney Tunes Tweety 80th Anniversary Collaboration Figure
c子あまね "Japan" Digital Album Covers (Sony Music)
Sound Inn "S" Collaborative Logo (BS-TBS)
2021
「oto to e to... ～ART×MUSIC～」LIVE Opening Video
Immersive theatre "Venus of Tokyo" Artwork
SXSW2020 Map Project – Shinjiro Tanaka x Stroly
Re-Bear Project
and more
05
Collaboration
2022
SHIBUYA ART AWARDS Nominated - Tokyo, Japan
2020
Asia Digital Art Award Fukuoka- Finalists' Awards- Fukuoka, Japan
2019
D Contemporary Painting Prize 2019 - Nominated- London, United Kingdom
ART BATTLE TOKYO- First Prize- Tokyo, Japan
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