Yuri Tanaka

Profile Information

Affiliation: Visiting Researcher, Faculty of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts

Degree: Ph.D. of Fine Arts(Mar, 2018, Tokyo University of the Arts)

J-GLOBAL ID: 201801015825480302
researchmap Member ID: B000346875

External link: https://yuritanaka.net

Currently, a visiting researcher at Kyoto City University of Arts, a visiting scientist at CERN, an expert at ITACCUS (International Astronautical Federation Technical Committee for the Cultural Utilisation of Space), and a member of the Liaison Unit for Science & Art of Kyoto, Kyoto University.

Aiming to unveil the hidden beauty and aesthetics within the universe, she has been pursuing practice-based research through interdisciplinary collaboration, which is mediated by ‘the universe’ as a mutually acceptable idea among different experts. Her projects can be mostly found in public spaces or at art and science festivals.

Research Interests

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Aesthetic practices / Art and the Universe

Research History

May, 2020 - Present

Visiting Researcher, Faculty of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts
Apr, 2018 - Present

Visiting Scientist, CERN (European Laboratory for Particle Physics)
Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2022

Researcher, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts
Apr, 2021 - Jun, 2021

Visiting Researcher, Department of Design Media Arts, University of California, Los Angeles
Apr, 2015 - Sep, 2015

Researcher in Residence, Futurelab, Ars Electronica
Apr, 2010 - Mar, 2013

Leader, Naoshima Group, Chichu Art Museum, Education and Curation Team, Fukutake Foundation
Oct, 2008 - Mar, 2010

Technical Assistant, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies / Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo

Education

Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2018

Department of Intermedia Art (Ph.D.), Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2014

Research Student, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2010

Cultural and Human Information Studies Course (M.A. of Interdisciplinary Information Studies), Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies / Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo
Apr, 2007 - Mar, 2010

Undergraduate Research Student Program, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2004 - Mar, 2008

International Relations, College of International Studies, University of Tsukuba
Aug, 2005 - May, 2006

College of Letters and Science, University of California, Berkeley

Committee Memberships

Apr, 2024 - Present

Research Advisor, TOYOTA KONPON Research Institute
Jan, 2023 - Present

Board Member, Honda Foundation, Honda Prize Selection Committee
Apr, 2020 - Present

Board Member, Institute of Environmental Art and Design
Mar, 2017 - Present

Expert, ITACCUS (International Astronautical Federation Technical Committee for the Cultural Utilization of Space)
Sep, 2016 - Present

International Programme Committee (IPC), International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
May, 2014 - Mar, 2023

Cosmic Art Research Committee, Head, Institute of Environmental Art and Design
Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2020

Bureau Member, Institute of Environmental Art and Design

Awards

Mar, 2022

Art Renaissance Award, Life, the Universe and Everything, Tokyo University of the Arts

Yuri Tanaka, Pavle Dinulović, Umut Kose, Chris Bruckmayr
Mar, 2019

2020 Art Activities Special Grant, Particle Post - Letters from the Universe in Ars Electronica Festival 2019, THE ASAHI SHIMBUN FOUNDATION

Yuri Tanaka
Jan, 2017

Dancho Award, Hongo Fire Station, Tokyo Fire Department

Yuri Tanaka
Apr, 2006

Kalpakam Award, Conflict transformation education, International House at the University of California, Berkeley

Yuri Tanaka
Apr, 2006

The Edith Coliver Festival of Cultures 2006 Award, University of California, Berkeley

Yuri Tanaka

Papers

Collaborative Design Through Physics and Architecture – A garden for sharing the pleasure of life within the universe

Yuri Tanaka, Kosuke Bando, Tamotsu Ito, Zhuoan Dai, Junyi Guo, Mao Hasegawa, Joh Yamasaki, Ryura Kawai, Yu Kitamura, Rika Oosawa

74th International Astronautical Congress, Oct, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead author
Embrace through the universe: Sound design with cosmic muons and the parameters of solar wind

Yuri Tanaka, Pavle Dinulović, Umut Kose, Chris Bruckmayr, Akitaka Ariga, Daiki Hayakawa, Toranosuke Okumura

Acta Astronautica, 210 596-600, May, 2023 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead author
Embrace Through the Universe : Sound design with cosmic muons and the parameters of solar wind

Yuri Tanaka, Pavle Dinulović, Umut Kose, Chris Bruckmayr, Akitaka Ariga, Daiki Hayakawa, Toranosuke Okumura

73rd International Astronautical Congress, Sep, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead author
Particle Post – Letters from the Universe: A sound installation through cosmic muons

Yuri Tanaka, Pavle Dinulović, Umut Kose, Chris Bruckmayr

Acta Astronautica, 186 445-450, Sep, 2021 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead author
Particle Post – Letters from the Universe : A sound installation through cosmic muons

Yuri Tanaka, Pavle Dinulović, Umut Kose, Chris Bruckmayr

71st International Astronautical Congress – The CyberSpace Edition, Oct, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead author
Uncertain garden – Space design for fertilizing uncertainty at IdeaSquare, CERN

Yuri Tanaka, Hajime Shimoyama

Acta Astronautica, 172 1-6, Jul, 2020 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead author
Uncertain Garden – Space design for fertilizing uncertainty at IdeaSquare, CERN

Yuri Tanaka, Hajime Shimoyama

70th International Astronautical Congress 2019, Oct, 2019 Peer-reviewedLead author
The art of mediation through ‘the universe’ – A dialogue between an engineer and a designer at CERN

Yuri Tanaka

Acta Astronautica, 161 502-508, Aug, 2019 Peer-reviewedInvited
Space and Art: In Collaboration with the Public in Public Spaces

Yuri Tanaka

Global Journal of Researches in Engineering, 19(2) 47-53, Jun, 2019 Peer-reviewedInvited
The art of mediation through ‘the universe’ – A dialogue between an engineer and a designer at CERN

Yuri Tanaka

69th International Astronautical Congress 2018, May, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Flowers behind the back of the universe – A cosmic art project exploring the invisible

Yuri Tanaka, Michael Doser, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi

Acta Astronautica, 146 435-440, May, 2018 Peer-reviewedInvited
Co-generative Model of Cosmic Art - Collaboration between artists and scientists at CERN

Yuri Tanaka

Tokyo University of the Arts, Mar, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Flowers behind the back of the universe – A cosmic art project exploring the invisible

Yuri Tanaka, Michael Doser, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi

68th International Astronautical Congress 2017, Sep, 2017 Peer-reviewedLead author
Invisible Nanoatractions – Silica aerogel versus rare-earth magnets

Ioannis Michaloudis, Yuri Tanaka

67th International Astronautical Congress 2016, Sep, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Concealed Beauty in Broken Symmetry – The creation of a cosmic art installation through art and particle physics

Yuri Tanaka, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi

67th International Astronautical Congress 2016, Sep, 2016 Peer-reviewedLead author
Cosmos and Art in Our Lives – Developing into a local community

Yuri Tanaka, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi

66th International Astronautical Congress 2015, Sep, 2015 Peer-reviewedLead author
Abstract Theory of the Cosmos Transforming into Expressions of Art – From inner and outer perspective

Yuri Tanaka, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi

65th International Astronautical Congress 2014, Sep, 2014 Peer-reviewedLead author
Peacemaking Rocket Workshop in Tanegashima – Utilization of Space Art in Society

Yuri Tanaka

64th International Astronautical Congress 2013, Sep, 2013 Peer-reviewed
Space Art – From the point of view of the discussion on space art

Yuri Tanaka

Journal of Environmental Art and Design, 10 47-54, 2011 Peer-reviewed
Space Art - Transformation and a new possibility of an art communication space

Yuri Tanaka

University of Tokyo, Mar, 2010 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

GUIDED TOUR BY THE “MEDIATOR” CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH ART AND THE UNIVERSE. OPENING UP NEW POSSIBILITIES IN ART EXPRESSION.

Chikara Kawakami

Connected Ink 2021, Nov, 2021 Peer-reviewedInvited
Fertilizing the Future Through Uncertainty – Interview with Yuri Tanaka

NEXT WISDOM FOUNDATION

Feb, 2021 Peer-reviewedInvited
Cosmic Art Project at CERN II - Thinking about the future of humanity through the film festival at CERN

Yuri Tanaka

Bound Baw: the Magazine of Osaka University of Arts, Aug, 2018 Peer-reviewedInvited
Cosmic Art Project at CERN I - Happily coexistence within this universe

Yuri Tanaka

Bound Baw: the Magazine of Osaka University of Arts, Aug, 2018 Peer-reviewedInvited
The Polytech Festival of Science, Art & Technology in Moscow

Yuri Tanaka

Bound Baw: the Magazine of Osaka University of Arts, Jul, 2017 Peer-reviewedInvited
In Search of Cosmic Peace - Based at IdeaSquare, a R&D Platform at CERN

Yuri Tanaka

Bound Baw: the Magazine of Osaka University of Arts, Mar, 2017 Peer-reviewedInvited
Cosmic Art Project - A Challenge at CERN

Yuri Tanaka

Bound Baw: the Magazine of Osaka University of Arts, Mar, 2017 Peer-reviewedInvited

Books and Other Publications

Ars Electronica 2024 Festival for Art, Technology & Society

Yuri Tanaka, Akitaka Ariga, Chris Bruckmayr, Pavle Dinulović, Umut Kose, Rohan Sachdeva (Role: Contributor, Transient - Cloud chamber vol. 1)

Hatje Cantz, Sep, 2024 (ISBN: 9783775758222) Peer-reviewed
Nikkei Science (Japanese edition of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN), vol. 53, no. 2

Interviewer: Tomohiro Endo

Nikkei Science, Dec, 2022 Peer-reviewed
A (C)osmosis Art in-between Disciplines

Richard Clar, Maria Edwards, Dan Goods, Melany King, Ioannis Michaloudis, Sarah Jane Pell, Charles Ross, Yuri Tanaka, Frank White, Arthur Woods (Role: Joint editor, A Sea of Mediation)

Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Aug 13, 2021 (ISBN: 1527571637) Peer-reviewed
Ars Electronica 2019 Festival of Art, Technology, and Society

Yuri Tanaka, Pavle Dinulović, Umuto Kose, Chris Bruckmayr (Role: Contributor, Particle Post – Letters from the Universe)

Hatje Cantz, Sep, 2019 (ISBN: 9783775745765) Peer-reviewed
Bijutsu-techo

Yuri Tanaka (Role: Contributor, CERN: Collaboration Between Art and Space Science and Physics Research Institutes)

Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, Sep, 2019 Peer-reviewed
ART SCIENCE IS.

Yuri Tanaka (Role: Contributor, What is Art and Science for you?)

BNB, Aug, 2018 (ISBN: 9784802511148) Peer-reviewed
Axis vol. 190

Yuri Tanaka (Role: Contributor, A Proof of Human Life Within the Universe, in Book Review)

Axis, Nov, 2017 Peer-reviewed
ChildArt – The Magagize of the International Child Art Foundation

Yuri Tanaka (Role: Contributor, Cosmos and Art Within You)

International Child Art Foundation, Jul, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Art Project Edge: Expanding field of environmental art and design

Yuri Tanaka (Role: Contributor, Space Art of Children 2012: Tanegashima – Cosmic peace in practice)

Toho Publishing, May, 2015 (ISBN: 9784862492494) Peer-reviewed
mission [SPACE × ART] – beyond cosmologies

Takahiro Ueda, Tomohiko Ushioda, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Rie Tagai, Yuri Tanaka, Shiro Nakashima, Hiroyuki Moriwaki, Tomoe Moriyama, Keiko Yoshida, Yukiko Watari (Role: Joint editor, SPACE × ART Chronicle)

Seigensha Art Publishing, Aug, 2014 (ISBN: 9784861524493) Peer-reviewed
Ars Electronica 2011: Origin – How all Began

Tomoe Moriyama, Yuri Tanaka (Role: Joint editor, Tsukuba Chronicle, Seriously Playful – Playfully Serious University of Tsukuba)

Hatje Cantz, Sep, 2011 (ISBN: 9783775731805) Peer-reviewed

Presentations

Exploring the World Through Art and the Unvierse

Yuri Tanaka

Super Science High Shool Special Lecture, Dec 25, 2023, Kyoto Kogakuin High School Invited
Paricle Physics and Art – Creative interaction between humans and the universe

Yuri Tanaka

High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) Seminar, Jul 19, 2023, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) Invited
Thinking about Art and the Unvierse, Here and Now

Yuri Tanaka

Dec 6, 2022, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University Invited
Design for Creating an Experience that Touches the Essence of the Universe

Yuri Tanaka, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi, Takamichi Ito, Noboru Makizuka, Michael Doser

23rd Conference of Institute of Environmental Art and Design, Oct 2, 2022, Institute of Environmental Art and Design Invited
A New Aesthetic of the Moon

Yuri Tanaka

The Moon as Muse: Visions for Lunar Artistic Engagement, Mar 15, 2022, Moon Village Association Invited
An Approach to Embrace Everything Through the Universe – Sound design with cosmic muons and the solar wind parameters

Yuri Tanaka

22nd Conference of Institute of Environmental Art and Design, Dec 12, 2021
Butterfly Garden Through the Sun II – Exploration with the Kwasan Observatory, Kyoto University

Yuri Tanaka, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi, Takamichi Ito, Michael Doser

22nd Conference of Institute of Environmental Art and Design, Dec 12, 2021, Institute of Environmental Art and Design Invited
Kwasan Observatory and Garden – Design of Open Space

Yuri Tanaka, Ayumi Asai, Hiroaki Isobe, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi, Noboru Makizuka

Kyoto University Unit of Synergetic Studies for Space 14th Symposium, Feb 13, 2021
Sound of the Universe – A poetic experience through cosmic muons

Yuri Tanaka

21st Institute of Environmental Art and Design Conference, Nov 8, 2020, Institute of Environmental Art and Design Conference
Butterfly Garden Through the Sun – In collaboration with the Kwasan Observatory, Kyoto University

Yuri Tanaka, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi, Takamichi Ito, Michael Doser

21st Conference of Institute of Environmental Art and Design, Nov 7, 2020, Institute of Environmental Art and Design Invited
An Approach to Cosmic Art – Considering the richness of uncertainty

Yuri Tanaka, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi, Takamichi Ito, Michael Doser

20th Conference of Institute of Environmental Art and Design, Oct 6, 2019, Institute of Environmental Art and Design Invited
Cosmic Art Projects – How can we approach ‘the universe’?

Yuri Tanaka

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019, Sep 15, 2019
Art, the Universe and Everything – An approach to the public through collaboration

Yuri Tanaka

Physics of the Universe, Kyoto City University of Arts, Jul 17, 2019 Invited
How can artists/designers and scientists/engineers happily collaborate?

Yuri Tanaka

Muographers 2018, Nov 30, 2018, MUOGRAPHERS Invited
Cosmic Art 2018 - Towards the universe, in collaboration with particle physics

Yuri Tanaka, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi, Takamichi Ito, Noboru Makizuka, Michael Doser

19th Institute of Environmental Art and Design Conference, Oct, 2018, Institute of Environmental Art and Design Invited
Poetic Transformation of the Universe: A cosmic art project exploring the invisible

Yuri Tanaka

Space for Inspiration 2018, Oct, 2018, ESA (European Space Agency)
Space Art – Trial and Error in Art & Science

Yuri Tanaka

Ars Electronica Festival 2018, Sep, 2018, Ars Electronica Invited
Why Art & Science is needed today? – A possibility of Kyoto

Yuri Tanaka

Kyoto Project START UP FORUM, Mar, 2018, Kyoto Project Promotion Committee Invited
Entanglement

Yuri Tanaka

Mattereal, Mar, 2018, KIAS (Korean Institute for Advanced Study) Invited
AXIOM Fireside Talk with Memo Akten

Yuri Tanaka

AXIOM Fireside Talk with Memo Akten, Oct, 2017, art&science gallery lab AXIOM Invited

Teaching Experience

Jan, 2017 - Apr, 2017

CERN Design + Science Collaboration/A3CBI: Life below water (Swinburne University of Technology, and CERN)
Oct, 2008 - Mar, 2010

Media Lab. Training Session (Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo)
Apr, 2009 - Aug, 2009

Social Information Studies V (Filming) (The University of Tokyo, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies)

Professional Memberships

INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ART AND DESIGN

Works

Transient - Cloud chamber vol.1

Yuri Tanaka, Akitaka Ariga, Chris Bruckmayr, Pavle Dinulović, Umut Kose, Rohan Sachdeva

Sep 4, 2024 - Sep 8, 2024 Artistic work
Prelude of the Sun - Fluctuations

Yuri Tanaka, Yoshifumi Tara

Nov 18, 2022 - Nov 19, 2022 Artistic work
Prelude of the Sun

Yuri Tanaka, Yoshifumi Tara, Hajime Fukuda, Midori Ide

Nov 3, 2022 - Nov 3, 2022 Artistic work
Life, the Universe and Everything

Yuri Tanaka, Pavle Dinulović, Umut Kose, Chris Bruckmayr

Feb 18, 2022 - May 16, 2022 Artistic work
Butterfly Garden in the Sun 2021

Yuri Tanaka, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi, Noboru Makizuka

Nov 3, 2021 - Dec 2, 2021 Artistic work
Life, the Universe and Everything

Yuri Tanaka, Pavle Dinulović, Umut Kose, Chris Bruckmayr

Nov 16, 2021 - Nov 17, 2021 Artistic work
Butterfly Garden in the Sun

Yuri Tanaka, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi, Noboru Makizuka

Oct 31, 2020 - Nov 19, 2020 Artistic work
Cosmosuki – Zojo-ji

Yuri Tanaka, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi, Noboru Makizuka

Oct 1, 2019 - Oct 6, 2019 Artistic work
Uncertain Garden – Zojo-ji

Hajime Shimoyama, Yuri Tanaka

Oct 1, 2019 - Oct 6, 2019 Artistic work
Particle Post – Letters from the Universe

Yuri Tanaka, Pavle Dinulović, Umut Kose, Chris Bruckmayr

Sep 5, 2019 - Sep 9, 2019 Artistic work
Cosmic Table

Yuri Tanaka, Aurélien Mabilat, Neal Hartman

Jun 29, 2018 - Jul 8, 2018 Artistic work
Flowers behind the back of the universe

Yuri Tanaka, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi, Michael Doser

May 27, 2017 - May 28, 2017 Artistic work
Takamatsu Media Art Festival – The Medium of the Spirit

Naohiro Ukawa, Yuri Tanaka

Dec 18, 2016 - Dec 27, 2016 Artistic work
Void Cube

Yuri Tanaka, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi, Noboru Makizuka

Nov 14, 2015 - Nov 22, 2015 Artistic work
Ars Electronica Festival 2015: Post City – Habitats for the 21st Century

Yuri Tanaka

Sep 3, 2015 - Sep 7, 2015 Artistic work
Tanegashima Space Art Festival 2014: Mission in Tanegashima

Yuri Tanaka

Aug 10, 2014 - Sep 15, 2014 Artistic work
mission [SPACE×ART] – beyond cosmologies

Yuri Tanaka

Jun 7, 2014 - Aug 31, 2014 Artistic work
Cosmic Art

Yuri Tanaka, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi, Takamichi Ito

Aug 16, 2014 - Aug 21, 2014 Artistic work
Cosmic Art Exhibition: Inner and Outer – From a perspective on a linkage with cosmos

Yuri Tanaka, Ryu Sakurai, Hajime Shimoyama, Ryo Takahashi

Feb 17, 2014 - Mar 1, 2014 Artistic work
Miyanoura Port Illumination 2013: Moons of Naoshima

Yuri Tanaka, Takaharu Ito

Dec 6, 2013 - Jan 13, 2014 Artistic work

Research Projects

Dynamism Between Cosmic Rays and Humans: Designing experiences through cloud chamber

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2027

Yuri Tanaka
Interconnections Between Cosmic Rays and Humans – In search of aesthetics and artistic expressions

Contemporary Art Research Grant, Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation, Feb, 2024 - Mar, 2025

Yuri Tanaka
Art and the Dynamism of Cosmic Rays – International collaborative research in Switzerland

Art and Culture Grant, Nomura Foundation, Jul, 2024 - Sep, 2024

Yuri Tanaka
Research and Creation of a Garden of the Universe at CERN

Contemporary Art Research Grant, Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation, Feb, 2022 - Mar, 2023

Yuri Tanaka
Collaborative Research for the Synergy of Human Movements in the Body-culture Research Project

Wacoal Corp., Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2023

Yuri Tanaka, Masahiro Terada, Shota Hagio, Natsuko Kuroda
Sounds of the Universe: Art direction of an installation with cosmic muon detectors

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research for Early-Career Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2022

Yuri Tanaka
Garden of the Universe – Research on Isamu Noguchi based at UCLA

Art and Culture Grant, Nomura Foundation, Mar, 2021 - Jun, 2021

Yuri Tanaka
A Sound Art Installaton at Ars Electronica Festival 2019

Art and Culture Grant, Nomura Foundation, Sep, 2019 - Sep, 2019

Yuri Tanaka