OKA Miyuki

Profile

Born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1990. Lives and works in Sapporo. Graduated with an MA in Information Experience Design from Royal College of Art MA in 2020.

Miyuki Oka is an artist who reconfigures records and objects through structural, analytic methods to reveal alternative relations. Her practice embraces collecting and ordering as artistic processes, which unfold across installation, video, and social interventions. She also collaborates with experts on research projects where analysis and poetic operation meet.

Recent exhibitions
2025 “Ripples of Care,” Brompton Cemetery Chapel, London
2025 “Yukidokeru” Sapporo Odori 500-m Underground Walkway Gallery, Sapporo
2024 “In-situ zettai,” Kuma Gallery, Tokyo
2024 “Grade Separation” Ku-kan, Sapporo
2024 “Borrowed sleep/taking photos (000000-235959,20210224-20230224)” BUoY Arts Center, Tokyo

Awards
2021 “WIRED Creative Hack Award” Grand Prix
2020 STRP Award for Creative Technology
2018 Grantham Art Prize

About works

I am interested in objects and the information layered upon them, as well as the reconfiguration of those objects through the mediation of information. My artistic practice largely involves establishing rules for collection and rearrangement. These rules are designed to allow me to encounter other numerous events, almost by chance, using a specific, inherent event as an interface. This process is not about creating a narrative, but rather an operation for a poem to emerge. By treating everyday media as the material for my work, I attempt to bridge the gap between the experiences of daily life and those of the artwork, connecting the personal and the artistic realms.