Yoshiaki’s works focus on exploring the narrowing gap and the ten sion that exists between artificial, virtual spaces, such as those found in online video games, and the physical realm in which we live. He is inspired by landscapes of virtual worlds he has encoun tered in games. He believes that experiences in virtual spaces sur pass the boundary between fantasy and reality in the human mind, allowing them to feel very real. These experiences resemble the sensation of being immersed in an artist’s world, unbounded by canvas borders. Yoshiaki’s works show human thoughts that are aggregations of both subconscious and conscious mental pro cesses, dreams, and desires that appear in both virtual realms and the physical world.
Yoshiaki Otsuka
Artist, Director at Art Ryugaku Center Japan
Yoshiaki Otsuka was born in Japan in 1984 and currently lives in New York. He received his BFA and MFA from The Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 2007 and 2009, respectively. In the fall of 2009, Yoshiaki moved to New York City, where he worked as an artist assistant for two years. In 2014, he graduated the MFA program at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and moved back to New York.
アート留学センター ディレクター、アーティスト
2009年 東京芸術大学日本画科大学院卒業
2014年 Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts 大学院修了
2009年 東京芸術大学日本画科修士課程卒業し、同年にニューヨークへ渡米。現地で語学、アーティストのアシスタントをする。そして、2年後、大学院に通うためにボストンへ。2014年 School of Museum of Fine Arts / Tufts University – MFA修得(修士課程卒業)し、ボストンからニューヨークへ。
ニューヨークでアーティスト活動をし、数々の展示をしながら、同年にP.I. Art Center New Yorkに就職し、留学生向けのアート留学サポートをする。その後、2020年にP.I. Art Center New Yorkを離職し日本に本帰国し、アート留学センターを立ち上げる。