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[System and Periphery]
Operating as an IT strategist in Tokyo, Nishimura works at the intersection of platform capitalism and digital infrastructure. Observing the frictionless, hyper-optimized logic dictated by global tech hegemonies, his practice critically confronts the structural condition of operating from the periphery. In his studio, he transforms this systemic friction into painterly matter, seeking to rupture the seamless protocols of modern communication through deliberate physical noise.

[The Protocol of Error]
To dismantle the illusion of control, Nishimura implements a strict physical protocol that resists painterly harmony and sentimental readability. Using his non-dominant left hand and crude woodblocks, he inscribes unreadable scripts—fragments of language stripped of meaning—onto dense paint layers, which are then violently torn and smeared with fragile tissue paper. Reconnecting the temporal spatiality of Japanese calligraphy and Mono-ha with contemporary system critique, this physical restraint converts the gesture into a raw, irreversible trace of material conflict.

[The Fundamental Error in the AI Era]
In an age where artificial intelligence instantaneously generates optimized, predictable answers, human agency is reduced to passive consumption. Nishimura asserts that true breakthrough exists not in pursuing logical perfection, but in committing a "Fundamental Error." His works serve as a Survival Signal—an inquiry into the un-optimizable human noise that breaks through calibrated digital systems to assert raw, physical existence.

Education

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1996-2000

Chiba University

Faculty of Letters, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Philosophy

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2023-2025

Kyoto University of the Arts

Graduate School of Art and Design (Correspondence Education)

Master's Degree, Art and Design, Painting Field

@ 2026 Yoshihiro Nishimura

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