The Jean Pigozzi Collection Of Contemporary Japanese Art

YKBX

YKBX



Masaki Yokobe is a Japanese motion graphic artist. He has worked on direction and creation of numerous films as well as published many works of illustration and graphic design. His works are focused on achieving total art production, and have been highly acclaimed at film festivals and events in Japan and abroad.

Yokobe graduated from the Osaka University of Arts Film Department. Afterwards, he went to America to grow his carrier abroad. After returning to Japan, he started work at Nintendo as an art director and worked on the launch of a new games console and various game titles. His representative game titles received awards from BAFTA (British Academy of FIlm and Television Arts) including the Video Game Award and the Japanese Video Game Award.

Currently, he works independently on many projects in Japan and abroad. One of his major works is the total art direction for the Japanese rock band amazarashi (Sony Music Associated Records) which covers music videos, artwork, live events, etc., earning various awards both domestically and internationally.



Selected Screenings:

SIGGRAPH 2011 (Canada)

SIGGRAPH ASIA 2011 (Seoul, Hong-Kong)

SIGGRAPH ASIA 2010 (Seoul)

onedotzero 2011 (London)

onedotzero 2010 (London)

Japan Media Art Festival 2012 (Japan)

Japan Media Art Festival 2011 (Japan)

dotmov festival 2010 (Japan)

3DCG AWARDS 2011 (Japan)

3DCG AWARDS 2010 (Japan)

Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2011 (France)

London International Animation Festival 2011 (London)

Hyper JAPAN 2011 (London)

Japan Media Art Festival DORTMUND 2011 (Germany)

NOASS WATERPIECES 2011 (Latvia)

Piemonte Share Festival 2011 ~ Cops and Robbers ~ / 2011 (Italy)



Awards:

SIGGRAPH 2011

SIGGRAPH ASIA 2010

SIGGRAPH ASIA 2011

Japan Media Arts Festival 2012

Japan Media Arts Festival 2011

Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2011 one dot zero 2010

one dot zero 2011 3dcg awards 2010 3dcg awards 2011 dot mov festival 2010