MASARU OZAKI is an artist and motion designer from Tokyo, Japan.He creates various art works such as graphic design, short films, TV show title movies, VFX, VR, and AR.
In 2007, when projection mapping was not yet common, he created Japan's first large-scale 3D projection mapping that incorporated a forced perspective. The following year, he created "CHAIR," an experimental work that allows the naked eye to experience stereoscopic vision in front of them.
He is also known as a pioneer in mixed reality, which merges a physical environment with an augmented environment as part of the experience, and physical augmented sculpture, which uses projection mapping inside a glass case.
He is also the founder of the "Forced Sense Motion" movement, which adds his unique interpretation of "memory" felt by humans to the natural "motion" of objects that can be perceived as objects. He creates emotional expressions by deconstructing frames of "movements that can be seen in nature," such as gravity, friction, air resistance, and mass, which he has consistently pursued, and by using hand-applied movements (motion sketches).
MASARU OZAKIは東京出身のアーティスト、モーションデザイナー。
グラフィックデザイン、短編映像、TVショーのタイトルムービー、VFX、VR、ARといった様々なアート作品を制作しています。
グラフィックデザイン、短編映像、TVショーのタイトルムービー、VFX、VR、ARといった様々なアート作品を制作しています。
プロジェクションマッピングがまだ一般的でなかった2007年、日本で初めて強制視点を取り入れた大型3Dプロジェクションマッピングを手がけ、翌年には目の前で裸眼立体視体験ができる実験的作品「CHAIR」が生まれました。
体験の一部として物理的な環境に拡張された環境を融合した複合現実や、ガラスケース内でプロジェクションマッピングを使用したフィジカル・オーグメンテッド・スカルプチャーの第一人者としても知られています。
また、物として認知しうる対象の自然な「動」に人が感じる「記憶」を独自の解釈で加える「フォースドセンスモーション」ムーブメントの創始者でもあります。尾﨑が一貫して追求してきた重力や摩擦、空気抵抗や質量といった「自然界で見ることのできる動き」それをフレーム分解し、手付けの動き（モーションスケッチ）を用いて情感表現を生み出しています。
Major works produced and exhibited
1972
Born in Tokyo
Born in Tokyo
2006
Sónar (Spain)
HD Forum TEA (Spain 2006, 2007)
Sónar (Spain)
HD Forum TEA (Spain 2006, 2007)
2007 DIESEL GINZA FLAGSHIP STORE OPENING RECEPTION "BLACK CUBE" Sculptural Design + 3D Mapping
Motion graphic production for ENDLICHERI☆ENDLICHERI TV
JOHN LAWRENCE SULLIVAN Tokyo Collection (Japan's first large-scale Forced perspective 3D projection mapping)
VISUAL NATION (Indonesia)
Motion graphic production for ENDLICHERI☆ENDLICHERI TV
JOHN LAWRENCE SULLIVAN Tokyo Collection (Japan's first large-scale Forced perspective 3D projection mapping)
VISUAL NATION (Indonesia)
2008
Neil Barrett × Zaha Hadid BRUTUS ART collaboration Projection
Neil Barrett × Zaha Hadid BRUTUS ART collaboration Projection
2009
"chair" light sculpture (invited artist for rooms, Yoyogi National Stadium 1st Gymnasium)
Projection mapping for Yoyogi National Stadium 1st Gymnasium
Artist invited to Shibuya PARCO 40th Anniversary X'masTree "25 CUBETREE" 3D + video
Solo exhibition "MOTION+DESIGN+MAGIC" at Parco Factory, Tokyo
Roland Digital Piano New Style Concert: Akira Senju with Takako Takahashi, Takashi Matsunaga, Masaru Ozaki (Kioi Hall, Tokyo)
Exhibited at SURVIVALSHOW, Shin-Marunouchi Building, Tokyo
MOTION+DESIGN+MAGIC SECRET FILE 01-06 Workshop (Apple Japan Headquarters Seminar Room)
Natural Color Television
The Other Side of Marbles
"chair" light sculpture (invited artist for rooms, Yoyogi National Stadium 1st Gymnasium)
Projection mapping for Yoyogi National Stadium 1st Gymnasium
Artist invited to Shibuya PARCO 40th Anniversary X'masTree "25 CUBETREE" 3D + video
Solo exhibition "MOTION+DESIGN+MAGIC" at Parco Factory, Tokyo
Roland Digital Piano New Style Concert: Akira Senju with Takako Takahashi, Takashi Matsunaga, Masaru Ozaki (Kioi Hall, Tokyo)
Exhibited at SURVIVALSHOW, Shin-Marunouchi Building, Tokyo
MOTION+DESIGN+MAGIC SECRET FILE 01-06 Workshop (Apple Japan Headquarters Seminar Room)
Natural Color Television
The Other Side of Marbles
2010
Invited artist for the Japan Pavilion at the Shanghai International Expo "Kazenoshizuku" (22500x2500x3000mm)Monument
ORIGAMIWALL", "ORIGAMIGATE", "Sousui", "Fashion Zone" 4 zones in the pavilion 3D + video
Solo exhibition "MOTION+DESIGN+MAGIC" at Fukuoka PARCO
Fukuoka Tenjin Kappa no Izumi Projection
Special lecturer at Digital Hollywood University
Bodaiju Festa (Ramada Hotel Osaka)
NIKON Cool Projection Midnight Tower
Invited artist for the Japan Pavilion at the Shanghai International Expo "Kazenoshizuku" (22500x2500x3000mm)Monument
ORIGAMIWALL", "ORIGAMIGATE", "Sousui", "Fashion Zone" 4 zones in the pavilion 3D + video
Solo exhibition "MOTION+DESIGN+MAGIC" at Fukuoka PARCO
Fukuoka Tenjin Kappa no Izumi Projection
Special lecturer at Digital Hollywood University
Bodaiju Festa (Ramada Hotel Osaka)
NIKON Cool Projection Midnight Tower
2011
Light Tree Project "Season's Greetings" Projection Mapping
Light Tree Project "Season's Greetings" Projection Mapping
2012
Light Tree Project "RAKUGAKI" (NHK)
Light Tree Project "RAKUGAKI" (NHK)
2013
San Francisco City Hall JCB World Convention "GLOW" 3D + Projection Mapping
"KODOU" "ROOF TOP" Exhibits. Glass Case + Projection Mapping
Disney on Classic Glass Case + Projection Mapping
BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO PROJECTION MAPPING published by Genkosha (No.1 best seller in video category)
San Francisco City Hall JCB World Convention "GLOW" 3D + Projection Mapping
"KODOU" "ROOF TOP" Exhibits. Glass Case + Projection Mapping
Disney on Classic Glass Case + Projection Mapping
BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO PROJECTION MAPPING published by Genkosha (No.1 best seller in video category)
2014
Makuhari Messe Live & Event Industry Exhibition optiglow announced "STRIPE WOOD" and "2.42
Soul NATION Saint Cloth Myth EX Leo Aeolia (Holy Cloth) Projection Mapping
Traveling Hikari (JCB Head Office Building 1st Floor Show Window)
Selected as one of the 50 light artists in the world who manipulate light by Francesco Mura "LIGHTWORKS"
Special Lecturer, Department of Information Design, Tama Art University
Makuhari Messe Live & Event Industry Exhibition optiglow announced "STRIPE WOOD" and "2.42
Soul NATION Saint Cloth Myth EX Leo Aeolia (Holy Cloth) Projection Mapping
Traveling Hikari (JCB Head Office Building 1st Floor Show Window)
Selected as one of the 50 light artists in the world who manipulate light by Francesco Mura "LIGHTWORKS"
Special Lecturer, Department of Information Design, Tama Art University
2015
Stripe Wood (Live & Event Industry Exhibition)
Stripe Wood (Live & Event Industry Exhibition)
2016
Light Tree Project 3 Tsubomi's photo essay (website & digital publication)
Ball (Watercolor of light)
Light Tree Project 3 Tsubomi's photo essay (website & digital publication)
Ball (Watercolor of light)
2017
Light Tree Project 3 Tsubomi
MASARU OZAKI in collaboration with Van Cleef & Arpels (Van Cleef & Arpels Ginza)
Light Tree Project 3 Tsubomi
MASARU OZAKI in collaboration with Van Cleef & Arpels (Van Cleef & Arpels Ginza)
2018
JUST AROUND THE CORNER will be presented at Art Miami
JUST AROUND THE CORNER will be presented at Art Miami
2019
JUST AROUND THE CORNER Exhibited in TEFAF Maastricht
GLASS CUBE (Entrance of Epson Square Marunouchi)
JUST AROUND THE CORNER Exhibited in TEFAF Maastricht
GLASS CUBE (Entrance of Epson Square Marunouchi)
2020
MASARUOZAKI EXHIBITION "The Corner" (invited artist for rooms40 Yoyogi National Stadium Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium)
MASARUOZAKI EXHIBITION "The Corner" (invited artist for rooms40 Yoyogi National Stadium Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium)
2021
Group Exhibition "STILLNESS AND MOTION" (KIYOSHI ART SPACE)
"Feel" Ethical Art Exhibition (invited artist for rooms JOURNEY 01 Hankyu Umeda Main Store Hankyu Hall)
Group Exhibition "Seven Eyes - In the near future"(Bunkamura Gallery)
Group Exhibition "STILLNESS AND MOTION" (KIYOSHI ART SPACE)
"Feel" Ethical Art Exhibition (invited artist for rooms JOURNEY 01 Hankyu Umeda Main Store Hankyu Hall)
Group Exhibition "Seven Eyes - In the near future"(Bunkamura Gallery)
2022
ONCE MORE ED4-6 and NO MORE 3:00 were exhibited at Art Fair Tokyo 2022
GALLERY SCENA Pre-Opening Exhibition
Solo exhibition at art miami CONTEXT
ONCE MORE ED4-6 and NO MORE 3:00 were exhibited at Art Fair Tokyo 2022
GALLERY SCENA Pre-Opening Exhibition
Solo exhibition at art miami CONTEXT
2023
Art Central Hong Kong
Art Central Hong Kong