Profile photo by Takuto Ohta
Profile photo by Takuto Ohta
 

花形槙

Born in Tokyo in 1995. Shin Hanagata actively rebels against the standardized concept of the "human," which has been ruthlessly optimized by technology and capitalism. He practices "Twisting"—a physical rewiring of his own anatomical structure and sensorium to trigger existential mutation.
The core of his practice lies in the process of bodily mutation, starting with his own flesh as Patient Zero, and the subsequent construction of new "habitats." His trajectory began with Uber Existence, living as a tele-operated surrogate avatar, and still human, which displaced his vision by grafting cameras onto his body to relativize corporeal normativity. Recently, this has expanded into CHIMERIA, an autonomous zone and infrastructural habitat constructed specifically for such mutated bodies, and Ergonomic Embryo, which dismantles the human-machine binary not by using tools, but by "becoming technology" itself. Hanagata does not merely propose concepts; he propagates new bodily realities like a contagion, relativizes existing social norms, and physically executes the reconstruction of a mutated world within spatial reality.
Hanagata was awarded the New Face Award at the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival (2022), selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 Japan (2023), and appointed as a Saison Fellow I by The Saison Foundation (2026-2028). Major presentations include the solo exhibition Technological Chimerism Zone - CHIMERIA (WHITEHOUSE Shinjuku), the performing arts festival Autumn Meteor 2025 Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre), MOT Annual (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo), and Taipei Arts Festival. His practice relentlessly transgresses the borders of contemporary art, media art, and performing arts.
 

Education

2022
MFA in Information Design, Tama Art University Graduate School
2020
BA in Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
 

Grants & Awards

2026
Saison Fellow I
2025
WAN: Art & Tech Creators Global Network, Agency for Cultural Affairs
2024
Project to Support the Nurturing of Media Arts Creators (Exhibition Support), Agency for Cultural Affairs
2023
Project to Support the Nurturing of Media Arts Creators (Production Support), Agency for Cultural Affairs
2023
Forbes 30 Under 30 Japan
2022
New Face Award (Art Division), 25th Japan Media Arts Festival
2022
ADAM Residency Program (Taipei Performing Arts Center + Kyoto Art Center)
 

Selected Exhibitions & Performances

2025
Performing Arts Festival "Autumn Meteorite 2025 Tokyo" (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre)
2025
Solo Exhibition: "Technological Fitting Zone – CHIMERIA" (Shinjuku WHITEHOUSE)
2024
"TOKAS OPEN SITE 8" (Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo)
2023
"MOT Annual 2023" (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo)
2023
"Taipei Arts Festival 2023" (Taipei Performing Arts Center)
 

Critique in English

2026
Japanese Critiques here