Media Artist / Moving Image Artist / Set Designer / Jewellery Artist

Tetsuya Tabata is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans digital media, projection mapping, moving image, performance and spatial design. In the 90s he studied Butoh in Tokyo under Yoshito Ohno and Akiko Motofuji. This experience continues to inform his exploration of the relationship between the body, movement, perception and space.

As co-founder of media performance unit 66b/cell, Tabata has presented work globally including Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, New National Theatre Tokyo,  Ars Electronica (Austria), Museum of Arts and Applied Sciences (Sydney), Seoul International Dance Festival, Brisbane Festival and Melbourne Fringe Festival. He has also worked on corporate and brand events for Adobe, Louis Vuitton, Piaget and Audi, creating and directing opening shows by 66b/cell.

Now based in Cairns, Tabata explores connections between technology, nature, memory, time and the body. His current practice incorporates video installation, sculpture and jewellery, combining digital technologies with physical materials and three-dimensional forms. Recent work includes Jakuzuré 蛇崩, presented at NorthSite Contemporary Arts.