Excalibur

A contemporary art collective founded in Tokyo in 2006.
Based between Tokyo and Kyoto.

The Excalibur collective has established itself as one of the pioneers of pixel art in Japan. Founded by Yoshinori Tanaka and joined by Maiko Iwata, it explores the blurred boundaries between the personal and the mythological, the tangible and the digital. Their concept, “Street, Ethernet, Field,” brings personal memories and folk tales into dialogue to give rise to hybrid works that serve as both social documents and virtual mirrors.

Centered on the theme of the overlap between reality and the virtual through the concept of the “Street Ethernet Field,” it transforms personal memories into works of art that become social records by intersecting them with narrative and mythology.

Recent major exhibitions include The Postmodern Child (Busan Museum of Contemporary Art / Korea, 2022, 2023), solo exhibition METABIT (Sato Gallery / France, 2024), solo exhibition NEW VOID (Sato Gallery / the Netherlands, France, 2024), solo exhibition Tokyo Ukiyo.e (Sato Gallery / the Netherlands, 2023), solo exhibition Fūkō Hibi Arata (La Samaritaine / France, 2022), solo exhibition NEW GAME+ (Sato Gallery / France, 2021), Cyber Beijing (Beijing / China, 2021), ASIA NOW (Paris / France, 2019, 2021, 2022), and Urban Art Fair (Paris / France, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026). Major awards include the Excellence Award in the Art category at the Kyoto International Film and Art Festival (2017, 2020).