exonemo
1996–
The Japanese artist duo exonemo creates experimental projects that explore the paradoxes of the digital and analog environments. Formed by Kensuke Sembo (b. 1972; Tokyo, Japan) and Yae Akaiwa (b. 1973; Fukuoka, Japan) in 1996, exonemo has explored human physicality and emotions in the network age through critical and humorous approaches.
Their work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions worldwide, including a major solo show at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (2020). Their awards include the Prix Ars Electronica 2006 Golden Nica and the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs’ 2021 Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists. Since 2012 they have organized the “Internet Yami-Ichi,” a large flea market that has taken place in Tokyo and New York that makes the often immaterial flotsam of cyberspace tangible in online-themed objects. The artists have lived and worked in New York since 2015.
Exhibitions & projects
artport
View more on artport, the Whitney Museum's portal to internet art and its online gallery space for commissions of net art.