Sputniko!
OVERVIEW
Sputniko! is a British-Japanese multimedia artist whose practice explores the intersection of technology, identity, and contemporary society. Through films, robotics, music, and interactive installations, she playfully yet provocatively critiques social norms, gender dynamics, and biotechnology, inviting audiences to reflect on the ethical and cultural implications of emerging technologies. Her work has been exhibited internationally at leading institutions including MoMA（New York）, Centre Pompidou-Metz（France）, the V&A Museum（London）, Cooper Hewitt（New York）, the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art（Japan）, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo（Japan）. Her works are included in prominent museum collections such as M+（Hong Kong）, the Victoria and Albert Museum（UK）, and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.
HISTORY
2024
‘Coral Colors’, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan
‘Can I Believe in a Fortunate Tomorrow?’, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
2022
‘The Nursery’, Bright Moments, London, UK
2017
‘Bionic’, Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2015
‘Sputniko! OUA Experimental Laboratory’, GYRE Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan
‘Tranceflora – Amy’s Glowing Silk’, GUCCI Japan, Tokyo, Japan
2025
‘Collection Exhibition New Additions: Daily life, Handwork, and the Human Body’, Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
‘MMMAD Festival 2025’, GAVIOTA, Madrid, Spain
‘Istanbul Digital Arts Festival x Ars Electronica:（Get）In Touch’, Istanbul, Turkey
‘Thematic Exhibitions for Creative Encounters’, UESHIMA MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
2024
‘2024 Future Media FEST-Singularity’, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab, Taipei, Taiwan
‘2024 International Techno Art Exhibition : Right Where It Belongs’, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
‘SCIFI: Mythologies Transformed’, Science Gallery Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
2023
‘With the Soil: The World of “Agriculture” in Art from Millet, Van Gogh, Chu Asai to Contemporary Artists’, Ibaraki Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Japan
‘New Eden: Science Fiction Mythologies Transformed’, Art Science Museum, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
‘Flow. The exhibition on menstruation’, Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Berlin, Germany
‘New Horizon: Vision of the Future, Arts Maebashi’, Gunma, Japan
‘DXP: Towards the Next Interface’, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
‘Myth Makers – Spectrosynthesis III’, Tai Kwun Contemporary Museum, Hong Kong
‘Eyes on the Horizon’, BUoY, Tokyo, Japan
2022
‘Art and New Ecology’, The University Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
‘MODE SURREAL A Crazy Love for Wearing’, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2021
‘de Tour 2021 Design Festival’, PMQ, Hong Kong
‘Microwave International New Media Arts Festival’, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong
‘Fictional Life: Hybridity, Trangenetics, Innovation’, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab, Taiwan
‘Festival El Aleph’, Rejas Milla Casa del Lago UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
2020
‘Broken Nature’, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
2019
‘Future and The Arts’, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishikawa, Japan
M+ Museum, Hong Kong
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
WORKS
NEWS
Sputniko! will participate ‘Talk Session "WOMEN IN ART" Supported by Bijutsutecho’ at Expo 2025 Osaka Women’s Pavilion WA Space
Sputniko! will participate ‘Talk Session “WOMEN IN ART” Supported by Bijutsutecho’ at Expo 2025 Osaka Women’s Pavilion WA Space on September 29, 2025. This event consists of three sessions. Sputniko! will be participating in Session 2: “New Vision, New World, New Art – Women Manifesto”. 【EXHIBITION DETAILS】 Talk Session “WOMEN IN ART” Supported by Bijutsutecho
Sputniko! will participate ‘Ars Electronica Festival 2025’ in Linz, Austria
“Tech Bro Debates Humanity” by Sputniko! will be exhibited at the ‘Ars Electronica Festival 2025‘ in Linz, Austria from September 3 – September 7, 2025. 【EXHIBITION DETAILS】 Title: Ars Electronica Festival 2025 Venue: POSTCITY Linz Period: September 3 – September 7, 2025 Hours: 10:00 – 19:00（Last admission at 18:30） ※September 7, 10:00 – 18:00
KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in 'Tokyo Gendai 2025'
KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce our participation in ‘Tokyo Gendai 2025’, an international art fair held in PACIFICO Yokohama, Japan from September 12 to 14. KOTARO NUKAGA will showcase works by twelve internationally diverse artists, including Tomokazu Matsuyama and Rember Yahuarcani. Featuring a dynamic range of practices across painting and glass art. And also
Sputniko! participates in the digital art festival ‘IDAF Turkey X Ars Electronica‘ at Atatürk Cultural Center in Istanbul, Turkey
Sputniko! participates in ‘IDAF Turkey X Ars Electronica‘ at the Atatürk Cultural Center in Istanbul, Turkey started from June 11 to June 15. Sputniko! exhibits a media art piece, Drone in Search for a Four-Leaf Clover. 【EXHIBITION DETAILS】 Title: IDAF Turkey X Ars Electronica Venue: Atatürk Cultural Center Period: June 11 to June 15,
Sputniko! ‘Can I Believe in a Fortunate Tomorrow?’
KOTARO NUKAGA （Tennoz） is pleased to present ‘Can I Believe in a Fortunate Tomorrow?’, this exhibition by Sputniko!, slated to run from November 2, 2024 to January 25, 2025. 【EXHIBITION DETAILS】 Sputniko! ‘Can I Believe in a Fortunate Tomorrow?’ November 2 (Sat), 2024 to January 25 (Sat), 2025 11:00 – 18:00 (Tue – Sat)