Select Exhibitions
- [NEXT] 2025.7.25 - 2026.5.9: Deviation Game - DISTRACTION, Science Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
- [NOW] 2025.6.12 - 2025.9.14: Deviation Game - Adventures in AI, Exploratorium, San Francisco, US
- 2025.4.25: Deviation Game - Friday Late: Is This For Real?, V&A Museum, London
- 2025.4.14 - 2025.4.14: How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car - ALT: GAMES, Powerhouse Museum, Paramatta, Australia
- 2024.10.29 - 2025.1.5: Deviation Game - Art Plays Games, FACT, Liverpool, UK
- 2024.11.2 - 2024.11.17: Deviation Game - Digital Art Festival Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2024.11.2 - 2024.11.17: How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car - Digital Art Festival Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2024.9.16 - 2024.9.22: Forest Crayons - The Abney Effect, London Design Festival, London, UK
- 2024.9.14 - 2024.9.21: a (re)imitation of life - More Than AI Sandbox, Watershed, Bristol, UK
- 2024.9.4 - 2024.9.8: How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car - Ars Electronica Festival 2024: HOPE – who will turn the tide, Linz, Austria
- 2024.5.3 - 2024.5.19: Deviation Game - CCBT Compass 2024, Tokyo, Japan
- 2023.10.14 - 2024.9.8: Forest Crayons - Japan: Myths to Manga, Young V&A, London, UK
- 2024.3.21 - 2024.3.23: How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car - RAD, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
- 2024.3.17: Deviation Game - Day of the Devs: GDC Edition, San Francisco, USA
- 2023.12.15 - 2024.3.10: How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car - Invisibles in the Neo City, SusHi Tech Square, Tokyo, Japan
- 2023: How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car - Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Edition, Los Angeles, USA
- 2023: How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car - Science Gallery London, London, UK
- 2023: Deviation Game - Cinekid Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2023: Deviation Game - Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
- 2023: How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car - Playable City Sandbox, Bristol, UK
- 2023: Deviation Game - Now Play This, Somerset House, London, UK
- 2023: Deviation Game - Civic Creative Base Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- 2022: Forest Crayons - Make Good: Rethinking Material Futures, V&A Museum, London, UK
- 2021: Forest Crayons - Wood Change Challenge, Tsutaya Daikanyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2019 - 2025: Multiple works - Design Lab, MAK, Vienna, Austria
Awards / Commissions / Grants
- 2024: Connected Futures Festival, Watershed - being being
- 2024: More Than AI Sandbox, Watershed - a (re)imitation of life
- 2024: XR Travel Grant, British Council - How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car
- 2024: S+T+ARTS Prize, Honorary Mention - How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car
- 2024: MyWorld Springboard Fund - How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car
- 2023: UK Games Fund - Deviation Game
- 2023: Playable City Sandbox, Watershed - How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car
- 2022: Art Incubation Program, Civic Creative Base Tokyo - Deviation Game
- 2021: YouTube, Silver Play Button - Playfool YouTube
- 2021: Dezeen Awards, Product Design, Highly Commended - Forest Crayons
- 2021: Dezeen Awards, Product Design, Public Vote Winner - Forest Crayons
- 2021: Wood Change Camp, Best Camp Award - Forest Crayons
- 2019: IxDA Interaction Awards, Finalist - Knotty
- 2018: GUGEN, Grand Prix - Knotty
- 2018: Good Design Award - PLAYFOOL Workshop
- 2018: Lexus Design Award, Shortlist - Lulu
Residencies
- 2024: More Than AI Sandbox, Watershed - a (re)imitation of life
- 2023: Playable City Sandbox, Watershed - How (not) to get hit by a self-driving car
- 2023: Building Arts Programme - Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust, Scotland
- 2022: Art Incubation Program, Civic Creative Base Tokyo - Deviation Game
- 2021: Wood Change Camp - Loftwork Inc & Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Hida, Japan
Workshops / Talks
- 2025.6.12: Engaging Critically with AI Through Play with Tomo Kihara - Exploratorium, San Francisco, US
- 2025.1.26: Court of Life - Future Ideations Camp Vol.5 : Can AI Become Life?, Civic Creative Base Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- 2024.11.3: Playable Lecture | Competition? Co-creation? Our relationship with AI with Tomo Kihara - Digital Art Festival Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2024.9.20: Panel talk - More Than AI Showcase - Watershed, Bristol, UK
- 2024.7.25: Summer Design Club: More Than Human with Fongyee Ng - Young V&A, London, UK
- 2023: Forest Crayons Workshop - V&A Innovate, London, UK
- 2023: Playing with the forest - Hidakuma, Gifu, Japan
- 2022: Introduction to play and design - University of California, Berkeley, US
- 2022: Introduction to play and design - Royal College of Art, London, UK
- 2022: Forest Crayons Workshop - V&A Museum, London, UK
- 2022: Panel talk - Make Good: Rethinking Material Futures - V&A Museum, London, UK
- 2021: Making Matters - Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, Yamaguchi, Japan
- 2021: The role of Playfulness in Creativity and Design - FabCafe, Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur
