after graduating in pharmaceutical chemistry and fine art in japan, he studied and worked in a field of contemporary art in germany. moved to okinawa in 2017, he has been developing unique art projects in taiwan, south Korea, finland, indonesia and other parts of the world, based on the knowledge cultivated in science. his research and artistic practice explore topics such as food, land, human-nature relations, archaeology, and anthropology, through the site specific fieldwork. he has participated in various cross-disciplinary art-and-science projects worldwide, including projects and collaborates with artists and researchers.
Ryu Oyama
Last update : 17 Apr. 2025
Works
Shindohuji (身土不二）LabKillLab (LKL) 2020 / ©︎ryuoyama
2020 LabKillLab (LKL) LKL is an experimental and cutting-edge project curated by the globally acclaimed artist Shu
Lea Cheang. (https://clab.org.tw/en/project/lab-kill-lab/).
It was divided into five workstations and involved over 100 artists, hackers, researchers, and shamans. Curated by
Yukiko Shikata, I was one of the five groups selected for the Taipei project “Forking PiraGene.
” The installation, initially
titled “Discomfort/Change/State” and later renamed “Shindo-Fuji,
” featured rice (sourced from Fukushima,
Yamaguchi, Kyoto, and Yilan County, Taiwan) germinated on agar, equipment for distilling rice seedlings and new
shoots, and “rice plants” shaped from banyan leaves with rice paste. During the exhibition, an event was held where
visitors inhaled hormones extracted from rice germinated during a two-week quarantine period and tasted agar and
suppositories containing these hormones.
Tofu Experiment TAxT Taoyuan ART x TECH 2022 / ©︎ryuoyama
2020 LabKillLab (LKL) LKL is an experimental and cutting-edge project curated by the globally acclaimed artist Shu
Lea Cheang. (https://clab.org.tw/en/project/lab-kill-lab/).
It was divided into five workstations and involved over 100 artists, hackers, researchers, and shamans. Curated by
Yukiko Shikata, I was one of the five groups selected for the Taipei project “Forking PiraGene.
” The installation, initially
titled “Discomfort/Change/State” and later renamed “Shindo-Fuji,
” featured rice (sourced from Fukushima,
Yamaguchi, Kyoto, and Yilan County, Taiwan) germinated on agar, equipment for distilling rice seedlings and new
shoots, and “rice plants” shaped from banyan leaves with rice paste. During the exhibition, an event was held where
visitors inhaled hormones extracted from rice germinated during a two-week quarantine period and tasted agar and
suppositories containing these hormones.
Adipose tissue blot 2013 solo exhibition pepper's gallery, Ginza Tokyo, Japan / ©︎ryuoyama
Bio-art
Exhibited in 2013 in Ginza, Tokyo. This was the first exhibition created after moving to Germany. Lead chloride crystals, which have a unique texture, are extracted through a chemical reaction with acetic acid. Bacteria are cultured in a container to produce the acetic acid. The relationships between each of these projects are mediated by chemical formulas of substances, and are drawn with associations and imaginations.