Hideo Iwasaki
BIOGRAPHY
b1971. Hideo is working in the fields of both biological science and contemporary visual art. He obtained Ph.D. in biological sciences from Nagoya University, and is currently Professor and the Head of Laboratory for Molecular Cell Network & BioAesthetics at Waseda University in Tokyo (since 2012).
As an artist, he has produced contemporary papercut art in which abstract patterns are combined to be exhibited as three-dimensional installation. Since 2007, he is also working in biomedia art, especially using cyanobacteria and cultured cells. At his lab both fine/media artists and scientists are sharing the benches for biology and art simultaneously (metaPhorest). His works have been invited to Havana Biennial, SICF, Holland Paper Biennial, Artist-in-Residence in Linz, etc. He is a member of “Synethetic Aesthetics” supported by NSF-ESPRC (2010-) with Mr. Oron Catts (SynbioticA, University of Western Australia).
As a biologist, he has studied on spatio-temporal pattern formation dynamics in cyanobacteria, including molecular genetics of circadian rhythms, reconstitution of in vitro enzymatic circadian oscillations (1-3), quantitative analysis of spatial patterning with cell differentiation (4), and population dynamics of colony pattern formations (5). He is also one of founders of Japanese Society for Cell Synthesis Research (the Socio-Cultural Unit). He has been the recipient of the Japanese Society for Chronobiology Prize, the Inoue Prize for Young Scientists, and the Ministry of Education Science Minister Commendation Young Scientist Prize for biological studies, and the Toyota Triennial Outstanding Prize and the Howard Lichter Prize (SICF) for artistic activities.
Education
Ph.D., Biology, Nagoya University, October 1999
Supervisor: Takao Kondo
Thesis title: “Identification and functional analyses of circadian clock proteins in cyanobacteria”
M.A., Bioinformatics, Nagoya University, March 1997
Supervisor: Tetsuo Ueda, Advisors: Takao Kondo, Dr. Masahiro Ishiura
Thesis title: “Genetic and biochemical dissection of cyanobacterial clock”
B.S., Agronomy, Nagoya University, March 1995
Supervisor: Toshinobu Yaginuma, Advisors: Teruyuki Niimi, Okitsugu Yamashita
Thesis title: “Identification and analysis of cdc2 homologue in Bombyx mori”
Positions Held
Professor, Waseda University, April 2012-present
PREST Researcher, JST, April 2007-March 2011
Associate Professor, Waseda University, April 2005-March 2012
Visiting Researcher, Biomimetic Control Center, RIKEN, April 2004-March 2008
Assistant Professor, Nagoya University, February 2000-March 2005
Postdoctral Fellow (JSPS), Nagoya University, October 1999-January 2000
Research Associate (JSPS, DC1), Nagoya University, April 1997-October 1999
Field of Interest
Biology: Chronobiology, Molecular biology, Cellular biology, Circadian rhythms, Morphogenesis, Microbiology;
Arts and Humanity studies: Bioart, Bioaesthetics, History and philosophy of biology, Ethical Legal Societal Issues of biological science and technology (ELSI), History of arts
Group Exhibitions
“Conservation and restoration of the art” The university art museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, 2018
“Kenpoku Art 2016” Ibaraki, Japan, 2016
“Project Genesis” Ars Electronica Center, 2013-2015
“Materialing Exhibition II” The university art museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, 2014
“Bioaesthetics Open Lab: metaPhorest” (Open Space 2013), NTT InterCommunication Center, 2013-2014
“Biomedia Art (bioart.jp)” AkibaTamabi, Tokyo, 2013
“SCANZ2013: 3rd Nature” Puke Ariki, 2013
“4th State of Water/ from Micro to Macro) Torun Contemporary Art Museum, Poland, 2012
“BioAesthetics” Waseda University, 2012
“Utsurobune: Taro Okamoto 100th Anniversary” Taro Okamoto Museum, 2011
“Tokyo Designers Week 2011” Tokyo, 2011
“Austria Light Art Biennial” Linz, 2010
“Holland Paper Biennial” Den Haag, 2010
“Habana Biennial” Habana, 2009
“Spiral Independent Creators Festival” Tokyo, 2009
“Make Tokyo Meeting” Tokyo, 2009
“Science Agora 2009” Miraikan, 2009
“Spiral Independent Creators Festival” Tokyo, 2008
“Media Select” Nagoya University, 2004
“Toyota Triennial” Toyota City Museum, 2004
Solo Exhibition
“Culturing <Paper>cut” Gallery Wünsch AirCube, Linz, 2013
“Metamorphorest: dialogue between paper and bacteria” Gallery Wünsch AirCube, Linz, 2010
Selected papers
Art
- 岩崎秀雄（2011）「バイオメディア・アート：生命と芸術の臨界面を巡って」『実験医学』，29 (7)増刊，1188-1196
- 岩崎秀雄（2011）「複眼的バイオロジー・アートのススメ：科学者×アーティストのお仕事」『新鐘』77: 79-80
http://www.f.waseda.jp/hideo-iwasaki/shinsyo2010iwasaki.pdf
- 岩崎秀雄（2010）「バイオメディア・アート 合成生物学の美学的可能性について」『科学』（岩波書店）7月号 pp.747-754
http://www.f.waseda.jp/hideo-iwasaki/iwasaki_kagaku2010_biomediaart_paper.pdf
- 久保田晃弘・岩崎秀雄（2009）『バイオメディア・アート』多摩美術大学論集24
http://www.f.waseda.jp/hideo-iwasaki/kubota_iwasaki_biomediaart2009.pdf
- Hideo Iwasaki (2009) “Biomaterial Art Project Combining Bioscience Research and Contemporary Art.”
www.waseda.jp/advmed/english/invents/pdf/01IWASAKI_low.pdf
Biology
- Nakajima et al. (2005) “Reconstitution of circadian oscillation of cyanobacterial KaiC phosphorylation in vitro” Science 308: 414-415
- Tomita et al. (2005) “No transcription-translation feedback in circadian rhythm of KaiC phosphorylation.” Science 307: 251-254
- Ito et al. (2009) “Cyanobacterial daily life with Kai-based circadian and diurnal genome-wide transcriptional control inSynechococcus elongatus” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA106:14168-14173
- Hosokawa et al. (2011) “Circadian transcriptional regulation by the posttranslational oscillator
- without de novo clock gene expression in Synechococcus” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, in press
- Asai et al. (2009) “Cyanobacterial cell lineage analysis of the spatiotemporal hetR expression profile during heterocyst pattern formation in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120” PLoS ONE, 4(10): e737