Biography

Born 1988 in The Hague, Netherland. Currently lives and works in Tokyo.

Vincent Ruijters is an artist concerned with emotion and human relations. Overstimulation, speed and coldness of contemporary systems clash with the　artist’s need to cherish and express what is deeply human. This clash forms the context of his work which ranges from physical computing to watercolors. Physicality, materiality, technology, interaction/participation and the sense of touch are fundamental elements of his practice. Ruijters is a graduate from Utrecht School of the Arts, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Intermedia Art at Tokyo University of the Arts.

Past exhibitions include solo exhibition 'Breathing IN/EX-terior' (Komagome SOKO gallery, Tokyo) and ‘Radical Observers’ group exhibition (Akibatamabi gallery, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, 2019). Awards include Japanase Government Scholarship (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) and the Prins Berhard Culture fund Scholarship.

Education

2017 - current PhD Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, JP
2017 MSc, Media Art, Tama Art University, Tokyo, JP
2014 Japanese Language, Tokyo Central Japanese Language School, Tokyo, JP
2014 Japanese Language, The Yamasa Institute, Okazaki, JP
2011 MA Creative Design for Digital Cultures, Utrecht School of the Arts, NL
2011 BA Art and Technology, Digital Media Design, Utrecht School of the Arts, NL

Grants and Awards

2019 Arts Council Tokyo Grant, JP
2015 Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship, JP
2015 Prins Bernhard Culture Fund Scholarship, NL
2012 Dutch winner European Charlemagne Youth Prize, EU
2011 1st prize International PORTICO students' challenge, Köln, DE

Solo Exhitibions

2019 'Breathing IN/EX-terior', Komagome SOKO gallery, Tokyo, JP
2014 'BOKUSAIGA: Expressing Japan', Atelier 228, The Hague, NL

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2018 'Radical Observers', Akibatamabi21 gallery, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, JP
2017 'Substantial Visions', Tama Art University Graduate School Information Design Course Artwork Exhibition 2017, YCC Yokohama Creativecity Center, JP
2015 Tokyo 5 Art Universities Joint Exhibition, Tokyo, JP
2014 Paintings 'BOKUSAIGA', Aichi Prefecture Foreign Artist Exhibition, Okazaki, JP
2012 Interactive Installation, 'VEINS', Off Centre festival, Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL
2011 Interactive Installation 'Tactile Echo', Fiber festival, Trouw, Amsterdam, NL
2010 Watercolour 'The Pecular', One Hour Art, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
2010 Interactive Installation 'Tactile Echo', Freemote festival, Utrechts Archief, Utrecht, NL
2010 Interactive Installation 'Tactile Echo', Fruitfest festival, Huis aan de Werf, Utrecht, NL
2010 Interactive Installation 'Tactile Echo', Music and Art Days festival, Vredeburg Leeuwenbergh, Utrecht, NL
2010 Interactive Installation 'Digital Marbles', Tweetakt Theatre Festival, Neude, Utrecht, NL

Performances

2015 Creative Director, 3rd Skin live-painting performance, Paint Your Teeth, Tokyo
2015 Creative Director, Triangle Tribes live-painting performance, Bar Rosso198, Tokyo

Related Activities

2018 Exhibition Designer, Art Fair Tokyo '18, World Art Tokyo: Pangea Tectonics', Tokyo, JP
2015 Art Director, Tokyo 5 Art Universities Joint Exhibition, Tokyo, JP

Lectures and Teaching

2017 Symposium 'Fine Art & The PhD - Art and Language' Korean Cultural Center, Tokyo
2017 Senior Tutor, Intermedia Art Course, Tokyo University of the Arts, JP
2016 Lecture 'The Bizarre Life of a Young Artist in Tokyo', Japanmuseum Sieboldhuis, Leiden, NL
2015 Graduate teaching assistant, Media Art Course, Tama Art University, Tokyo, JP
2015 Lecture 'Japanese Contemporary Art', Museon, The Hague, NL
2014 Workshop 'Japanese Calligraphy', Atelier 228, The Hague, NL
2014 Lecture 'Japanese Contemporary Art', Atelier 228, The Hague, NL
2012 Workshop 'New Media & Architecture' for Master Interior Architecture, Visual Arts and Design Faculty, Utrecht School of the Arts, Utrecht, NL
2011 Guerilla course for first year Media, Art and Media Technology Faculty, Utrecht School of the Arts, Hilversum, NL
2009 Lecture on the CCIG Interactive Installation for the Studium Generale at the Visual Arts and Design Faculty, Utrecht School for the Arts, Utrecht, NL

Committee

2011 Mid Year Assesment comittee for first year Media, Art and Media Technology Faculty, Utrecht School of the Arts, Hilversum, NL
2009 admissions committee Digital Media Design, Art and Media Technology Faculty, Utrecht School of the Arts, Hilversum, NL

Press

“Bijutsu Techo” June Issue, Artist Pickup: Vincent Ruijters 2019/7/5

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