#Naohiro Ukawa

Born in Kagawa Prefecture in 1968. Resides in Tokyo. Filmmaker / Graphic Designer / VJ / Writer / University Professor / and “Contemporary Artist”… an omnidirectional artist engaged in an extremely diverse range of activities. He erases the established frameworks of fine art and popular culture, pursuing the most liberated expressive practice in contemporary Japan. In March 2010, he abruptly launched the live streaming studio and channel “DOMMUNE” as an independent venture. It has participated in numerous international contemporary art exhibitions, establishing satellite studios worldwide in London, Dortmund, Stockholm, Paris, Mumbai, Linz, Fukushima, Yamaguchi, Osaka, Kagawa, Kanazawa, Akita, Sapporo, Sado Island, and Kabukicho. It continues to simultaneously explore the meanings of immanence (here, now) and ubiquity (anytime, anywhere). Marking its 10th anniversary in 2020, it relocated to Shibuya PARCO 9F, renamed itself “SUPER DOMMUNE,” and continues to evolve. In 2021, it received the 71st Arts Selection Award from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.