Sachiko Kodama

The Japanese female artist Sachiko Kodama was born in 1970. As a child she spent a lot of time in the southernmost part of Japan. This area is rich in tropical flowers and plants, edged by the sea, and washed with warm rain. Sachiko loved art and literature from an early age, but also had a strong interest in science. After Graduating Physics course in the Faculty of Science at Hokkaido University, in 1993, Sachiko matriculated in the Fine Arts Department at the University of Tsukuba, studying Plastic Art and Mixed Media. Then she completed Master's and Doctoral Program in Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba. She studied Computer and Holography Art in her doctoral research. In 2000, Sachiko began work on a ferrofluid art project that she named "Protrude, Flow". The dynamic movement of liquids is the theme of this project. Kodama is currently an associate professor at University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo.

2010 Poetry of Motion - External Exhibition Ars Electronica (Automobilforum Unter den Linden, Berlin) 25/Jun - 5/Sep/2010
2010 apan Media Arts Festival in Istanbul 2010 (Pera Museum, Istanbul ) 6/Aug-3/Oct/2010
2010 Cyber Arts Japan (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo) 2/Feb-22/Mar/2010
2010 Silicon Dreams: Art, Science and Technology in the European Union (Tabakalera, San Sebastián) 9/Feb-21/Mar/2010
2010 Morpho Tower was shown at The Armory Show 2010 (New York), Art Chicago 2010 with NEXT, Chelsea Art Museum, in collaboration with Acura ZDX design team.
1970 - 2010 1970 Born, Kagoshima, Japan 1993-2000 Art & Design, University of Tsukuba / 1993-2000 Art & Design, University of Tsukuba

1993, Sachiko matriculated in the Fine Arts Department at the University of Tsukuba, studying Plastic Art and Mixed Media. Then she completed Master's and Doctoral Program in Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba. She studied Computer and Holography Art in her doctral period, and received Ph.D. in Art.

2000, Sachiko began work on a ferrofluid art project that she named "Protrude, Flow". The dynamic movement of liquids is the theme of this project.

2002 Awarded grand prize at the 5th Media Art Festival, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan

2009 Stayed in New York with a grant from the Agency for Cultural Affairs (-2010)

Her work has been exhibited at
Ars Electronica Center/Linz, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts,
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography,
Wexner Center for the Arts/Columbus,
Skirball Cultural Center/Los Angeles,
The National Art Center/Tokyo,
Reina Sofia National Museum/Madrid,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.