Kevin Yatsu is an artist who works with digital and physical media to explore diaspora narratives based in magical realism and the creation of life-flexible creative ecosystems. Utilizing game engines and AI-driven tools, virtual galleries and interactive installations, he creates multi-media interactions within unexpected environments. In Yatsu’s worlds, permutated presentations and sonic oddities mingle with uncanny situations and environments, inviting the viewer to engage with new perspectives and realities.
Through the lens of East-Asian folklore and Buddhism, he investigates themes of curiosity, identity, and latent histories. He operates using collaboration-friendly systems and intuitive physical-to-digital//digital-to-physical workflows as a response to the tech industry’s agenda. He actively facilitates collaborations with creatives who don’t normally consider presenting works in virtual spaces.
Kevin holds an MFA from the University of Oregon and a BFA in Cinema Studies from the University of Oregon. He is the Co-Founder and Director of AUGURY HOUSE, an interdisciplinary art collective centered around life-flexible creative collaborations.
Through the lens of East-Asian folklore and Buddhism, he investigates themes of curiosity, identity, and latent histories. He operates using collaboration-friendly systems and intuitive physical-to-digital//digital-to-physical workflows as a response to the tech industry’s agenda. He actively facilitates collaborations with creatives who don’t normally consider presenting works in virtual spaces.
Kevin holds an MFA from the University of Oregon and a BFA in Cinema Studies from the University of Oregon. He is the Co-Founder and Director of AUGURY HOUSE, an interdisciplinary art collective centered around life-flexible creative collaborations.
EDUCATION
2021
Master of Fine Arts
University of Oregon School of Art and Design
Eugene, OR
2018
Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of Oregon,
Cinema Studies
Eugene, OR
EXPERIENCE
2024
Community Reviewer, Regional Arts & Culture Council
2022 - 2024
Festival Coordinator, Digital Technology, Sundance Institute
EXHIBITIONS
2023
‘A Kind of Alchemy’: The Work of Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, The International Journal for Digital Art History, Virtual Exhibition
RASTER Array: Overcastings, MK Gallery, Portland, OR
Breaking Ground, Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR
2021
IRENE.HOUSE,
Laverne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR
2019
Cohrot II, Laverne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR
Cohrot, Laverne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR
Throne Room.
Washburn Gallery, Eugene, OR
User Guide. Laverne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR
SCREENING
2018
SUM VENOM//EVIL, Portland Underground Film Festival, Portland, OR
TEACHING
2023 - Ongoing
Teaching Artist, Vibe of Portland, Portland, OR.
2019 - 2021
Graduate Instructor, “Time Based Media,” University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
Teaching Assistant, “The Artist Experience,” University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
PRESENTATION