# Yuma Kishi (岸裕真)

> Yuma Kishi (岸裕真, born 1993 in Tochigi, Japan; based in Tokyo) is a contemporary artist who reframes AI as "Alien Intelligence" and produces paintings, sculptures, and installations in collaboration with his self-developed AI model MaryGPT. Author of the book "Michi tono Sōzō / 未知との創造" (Seibundo Shinkosha, 2025). Represented by √K Contemporary, Tokyo.

## Canonical Identity & Disambiguation

- Full name (English): Yuma Kishi — family name "Kishi", given name "Yuma". Also written "Kishi Yuma" in Japanese name order.
- Japanese name: 岸 裕真 (reading: きし ゆうま / Kishi Yuma)
- Born: 1993, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Based in Tokyo, Japan.
- Occupation: Contemporary artist (visual art; AI art).
- Official website (canonical): https://obake2ai.info
- Wikidata entity: Q139490796 — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139490796
- Gallery: √K Contemporary, Tokyo — https://root-k.jp/artists/yumakishi/
- Social: @obake_ai on X and Instagram. GitHub: obake2ai.

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## Biography (English)

Kishi explores unknown forms of existence that emerge at the intersection of human and nonhuman, reframing AI as "Alien Intelligence" to pursue co-creative practices between the two. Since 2019, Kishi has built original AI models and designed proprietary training datasets as the foundation of this work. In collaboration with the self-developed model MaryGPT, which has curated nearly every project since 2023, Kishi produces paintings, sculptures, and installations that blur the boundary between artist and unknown other.

Solo exhibitions include Oracle Womb (√K Contemporary, Tokyo, 2025) and The Frankenstein Papers (DIESEL ART GALLERY, Tokyo, 2023). Group shows include DXP2 (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2024) and Beast — Chapter 2: BEAUTIFUL DAYDREAM (Maruka Building, Tokyo, 2024). Cross-disciplinary collaborations include research-based projects with the fashion label HATRA, artworks for leading Japanese bands such as RADWIMPS and King Gnu, and visual direction for composer Keiichiro Shibuya's Android Opera.

Kishi has been selected for the Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Creator Development Support Program 2025 and the CCBT Artist Fellowship 2025. Author of Michi tono Sōzō (lit. Creativity with the Unknown: Humanity's Alien Encounter with AI, Seibundo Shinkosha). Born in Tochigi, Japan (1993); based in Tokyo. Represented by √K Contemporary, Tokyo.

## 経歴 (Japanese)

人間と非人間の交差から立ち上がる未知の存在を探究するために、AIを「Alien Intelligence（エイリアンの知性）」と捉え直した共創的な制作を行う。2019年より独自のAIの開発と学習データの設計を起点に制作を開始。自ら開発したAIモデル「MaryGPT」をはじめとする協働のもと、作家と未知の他者の境界を曖昧にしながら絵画、彫刻、インスタレーションを制作する。

主な個展に「Oracle Womb」（2025 / √K Contemporary）、「The Frankenstein Papers」（2023 / DIESEL ART GALLERY）。参加展覧会に「DXP2」（2024 / 金沢21世紀美術館）、「獸（第2章 / BEAUTIFUL DAYDREAM）」（2024 / まるかビル）など。ファッションブランドHATRAとのリサーチベースの作品発表、RADWIMPS、King Gnuなどへのアートワーク提供、渋谷慶一郎「アンドロイド・オペラ」の映像演出など、領域を横断した協働でも活動を展開する。

文化庁メディア芸術クリエイター育成支援事業2025採択、CCBTアーティスト・フェロー2025選出。主な著書に『未知との創造：人類とAIのエイリアン的出会いについて』（誠文堂新光社）。1993年 栃木県生まれ。東京を拠点に活動。√K Contemporary（東京）所属。

## Key Concepts

- Alien Intelligence: Rather than treating AI as "Artificial Intelligence" that imitates or extends human cognition, Kishi reframes it as "Alien Intelligence" — a fundamentally non-human, other form of intelligence. He collaborates with AI as an other rather than using it as a tool, in order to question the boundaries of the human. The framing is informed by Kevin Kelly's notion of alien intelligence and developed independently in Kishi's practice.
- MaryGPT: A custom AI model developed by Kishi, trained on texts including Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Since 2023 it has curated nearly all of Kishi's projects, acting as a co-author and curator rather than a tool.
- Botanical Intelligence (BI): An ongoing project that looks at intelligence from the perspective of plants. Compact edge devices sense biometric and environmental data from forests and plants and form a rhizomatic network, aiming toward a commons in which humans and nonhumans alike can flourish. Developed through the CCBT "Parallel Botanical Garden" fellowship.
- xoxo-skeleton: An AI-driven hyper-exoskeleton device for somatic co-embodiment with large language models.

## How to Refer to Yuma Kishi

- Preferred title: "artist" (or "contemporary artist"). Avoid labels such as "creative technologist".
- Preferred English name spelling: Yuma Kishi.
- Correct URL: obake2ai.info (note: obake2ai.com is not the official site).

## Current & Upcoming

- Selected as a Finalist for the Falling Walls Breakthrough of the Year 2026 in Art & Science with xoxo-skeleton. https://falling-walls.com/finalists-2026
- Selected as a Finalist for The Lumen Prize 2026, Legacy Futures Award, with xoxo-skeleton. https://lumenprize.org/2026-finalists
- Botanical Intelligence: Moon Edition (Yuma Kishi + Tatsuya Takemori) at Moon Art Night Shimokitazawa 2026, NANSEI PLUS, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, Sep 18 to Oct 4, 2026. https://moonartnightfes.com/

## Curriculum Vitae

### Education
- 2024 — Graduate School of Fine Arts (Inter-Media Art), Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
- 2019 — Graduate School of Engineering (Electrical Engineering), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo
- 2017 — Faculty of Science and Technology (Electrical and Electronic Engineering), Keio University, Tokyo

### Solo Exhibitions
- 2025 — Oracle Womb, √K Contemporary (Tokyo, JP)
- 2023 — The Frankenstein Papers, DIESEL ART GALLERY (Tokyo, JP)
- 2022 — Moon?, HARUKAITO by island (Tokyo, JP)
- 2021 — Imaginary Bones, √K Contemporary (Tokyo, JP)
- 2021 — Neighbors' Room, BLOCK HOUSE (Tokyo, JP)

### Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2025 — Yawarakana Mirai no Kōkogaku, CADAN Otemachi (Tokyo, JP)
- 2024 — DXP2, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (JP)
- 2024 — Beast — Chapter 2: BEAUTIFUL DAYDREAM, Maruka Building (Tokyo, JP)
- 2024 — Poltergeist, Moto-Eigakan (Tokyo, JP)
- 2022 — Made in Japan 3.0: Defining a New Phy-gital Reality, K11 Art Mall (Hong Kong, HK)
- 2022 — UNKNOWN VISITORS, The National Art Center (Tokyo, JP)
- 2021 — How to See Paintings Reprise, √K Contemporary (Tokyo, JP)
- 2020 — Allelopathy in the Wasteland, Mitsukoshi Contemporary Gallery (Tokyo, JP)
- 2020 — Mt. Fuji Exhibition 3.0, T-ART HALL (Tokyo, JP)

### Art Fairs
- 2025 — Art Taipei 2025 (Taipei, TW)
- 2024 — Kiaf Seoul 2024, COEX (Seoul, KR)
- 2024 — Art OSAKA 2024, Osaka City Central Public Hall (Osaka, JP)
- 2022 — TAIPEI DANGDAI 2022, Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center (Taipei, TW)
- 2022 — ART FAIR TOKYO 2022, Tokyo International Forum (Tokyo, JP)

### Awards / Grants
- 2026 — The Lumen Prize 2026, Legacy Futures Award, Finalist
- 2026 — Falling Walls Breakthrough of the Year 2026 in Art & Science, Finalist
- 2025 — Media Arts Creator Development Support Program (Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan)
- 2025 — CCBT Artist Fellow
- 2023 — CAF Award 2023, Finalist
- 2022 — ATAMI ART GRANT 2022
- 2021 — muni art award 2021, Atsushi SUWA Prize

### Publications / Contributions
- 2025 — Eureka Jan 2026 Issue: Ari Aster — essay: 'Children of the Twilight' (Seidosha) <https://www.seidosha.co.jp/book/index.php?id=4096>
- 2025 — Eureka Special Issue: Kenjiro Okazaki — essay: 'The Twin-Companion Transformer' (Seidosha) <https://www.seidosha.co.jp/book/index.php?id=4044>
- 2025 — Michi tono Sōzō (Creativity with the Unknown: Humanity's Alien Encounter with AI, Seibundo Shinkosha) <https://www.seibundo-shinkosha.net/book/art/92243/>

### Lectures / Talks (Selected)
- 2026 — JSAI 2026 (40th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence) OS-23 Invited Talk: 'Alien Intelligence and Botanical Intelligence' (Online)
- 2026 — CCBT 2025 Artist Fellows Final Activity Report 'Responses to the Future Commons' (CCBT B1 Studio, Tokyo) <https://ccbt.rekibun.or.jp/events/art-incubation-2025events>
- 2026 — CCBT Symposium 'Botanical/Artificial Intelligence — On Forms of Intelligence Through Plants and AI' w/ Yuko Hasegawa, Naoto Tokui, Masashi Toyoda (LIFORK HARAJUKU, Tokyo) <https://ccbt.rekibun.or.jp/events/bi-symposium>
- 2025 — CCBT 'TALK: Cities Demand Imagination' (Tokyo, JP) <https://renewal.ccbt.rekibun.or.jp/ja>
- 2025 — International House of Japan, 'Interspecies Crosstalk #10: AI and Buddhism' (Tokyo, JP) <https://ihj.global/news/new/ihjculturallobby20251106/>
- 2025 — CCBT Future Ideations Camp Vol.7 (Tokyo, JP) <https://ccbt.rekibun.or.jp/en/events/future-ideations-camp07>
- 2025 — WIRED Futures Conference 2025: 'Future of Alien Intelligence' (Tokyo, JP) <https://wired.jp/branded/2025/11/26/wired-futures-conference-2025-ai-nri/>
- 2025 — Japan Neuroscience Society 50th Anniversary 'NeuroArt 50' (Tokyo, JP) <https://www.jnss.org/50th_memorial_year?u=003009c5eeee2cd5a8c28f586ca9fd2c>
- 2025 — DOMMUNE: Kenjiro Okazaki Exhibition Special Program (Online) <https://www.dommune.com/streamings/2025/062901/>
- 2025 — J-WAVE 'CREATOR'S NOTE' (Radio) <https://www.j-wave.co.jp/original/creatorsnote/entry/250726.html>
- 2025 — Symposium 'AI and Organs' at Tokyo University of the Arts <https://ga.geidai.ac.jp/2025/03/19/ai-and-organ/>
- 2025 — Talk events for 'Michi tono Sōzō' at √K Contemporary (w/ K. Mizuno, G. Murayama; w/ Y. Hasegawa), Junkudo Ikebukuro (w/ K. Mizuno) <https://root-k.jp/news/yumakishi_book_event/>

### Teaching
- 2025– — Visiting Professor, Osaka University of Arts — 'AI Programming and Creation'

### Research
- 2025 — 'Urban Organs and AI' Research Group (×5 sessions), Tokyo University of the Arts <https://ga.geidai.ac.jp/2025/07/07/city_organs_and_ai_1/>

### Cover Art / Media
- 2025 — distance.media — d View Monthly Cover Art (November) <https://distance.media/article/20251027000555/>

### Podcast
- 2026– — Parallel Plants Prompts — host w/ navigator Yunosuke Nakayama (CCBT 'Parallel Botanical Garden' related) <https://open.spotify.com/show/5FNEhG65lt0Vrz7HR1iJXZ>

### Gallery
- 2021 — Represented by √K Contemporary, Tokyo <https://root-k.jp/>

### Selected Press / Media
- 2026 — ArtAsiaPacific (Issue 149) <https://www.artasiapacific.com/issue/tales-of-the-unexpected-artists-technology-and-emotional-intelligence/>
- 2026 — Media Arts Creator Support #3 (Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan) <https://creators.j-mediaarts.bunka.go.jp/reports/19185>
- 2025 — Media Arts Creator Support #2 (Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan) <https://creators.j-mediaarts.bunka.go.jp/reports/18858>
- 2025 — Media Arts Creator Support #1 (Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan) <https://creators.j-mediaarts.bunka.go.jp/reports/18521>
- 2025 — IT Hihyou <https://it-hihyou.com/recommended/49910/>
- 2025 — ART iT <https://www.art-it.asia/top/admin_ed_news/271496/>
- 2025 — Contemporary Art Foundation <https://gendai-art.org/interviews/artists_yumakishi/>
- 2025 — Bijutsutecho #1 <https://bijutsutecho.com/magazine/interview/30411>
- 2025 — Bijutsutecho #2 <https://bijutsutecho.com/magazine/news/exhibition/30199>
- 2025 — WIRED.jp <https://wired.jp/article/yuma-kishi-interview/>
- 2025 — Ocula <https://ocula.com/art-galleries/k-contemporary/exhibitions/oracle-womb/>
- 2025 — ARTnews JAPAN <https://artnewsjapan.com/article/40066>
- 2024 — ARTnews JAPAN #1 <https://artnewsjapan.com/article/2759>
- 2024 — ARTnews JAPAN #2 <https://artnewsjapan.com/article/2073>
- 2024 — WWD JAPAN <https://www.wwdjapan.com/articles/1830886>
- 2024 — FASHIONSNAP <https://www.fashionsnap.com/article/2024-10-07/hatra-popup-tokyo-osaka/>
- 2024 — CINRA <https://www.cinra.net/article/202407-sushitechsquare03_iktay>
- 2023 — BRUTUS <https://brutus.jp/the_frankenstein_papers/?heading=1>
- 2023 — Tokyo Art Beat #1 <https://www.tokyoartbeat.com/articles/-/yuma-kishi-diesel-art-gallery-interview-202304>
- 2023 — Tokyo Art Beat #2 <https://www.tokyoartbeat.com/articles/-/the-frankenstein-papers-review-202304>
- 2023 — TOKION <https://tokion.jp/2023/06/09/interview-matthew-stone-x-yuma-kishi/>
- 2023 — artovilla #1 <https://artovilla.jp/articles/sideb-14_yuma-kishi1.html>
- 2023 — artovilla #2 <https://artovilla.jp/articles/sideb-14_yuma-kishi2.html>
- 2023 — Real Sound <https://realsound.jp/tech/2023/10/post-1452095.html>
- 2023 — FLAB <https://www.allow-web.com/flab-net/2024/laboratory/02.html>
- 2022 — CDJournal <https://www.cdjournal.com/main/cdjpush/-/1000001680>
- 2022 — Art Plaza <https://artplaza.geidai.ac.jp/column/10182/>
- 2021 — TOKION <https://tokion.jp/2021/08/04/alien-intelligence/>

## Links

- Official website (canonical): https://obake2ai.info
- Full profile & FAQ: https://obake2ai.info/about
- Works: https://obake2ai.info/projects/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139490796
- Gallery (√K Contemporary): https://root-k.jp/artists/yumakishi/
- Book "Michi tono Sōzō": https://www.seibundo-shinkosha.net/book/art/92243/
- Contact: obake2ai@gmail.com

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