AB[500] · Artist bibliography

Kazuhiro Tanimoto: links

Sources situating Tanimoto’s Art Blocks projects within his wider practice, exhibitions, archives, and critical reception.

24 sources · last updated 2026-07-11

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

Art Blocks records 450 unique artworks and a May 12, 2023 release.

Memories of Digital Data ↗ collection · 2023

Art Blocks records 404 unique artworks and a July 8, 2022 release.

GHOST IN THE CODE ↗ collection · 2022

Art Blocks records 205 unique artworks and a November 7, 2022 release.

Wabi Sabi ↗ collection · 2022

Interviews

Art Blocks discusses the artist’s scientific formation and the development of Memories of Digital Data.

In conversation ↗ interview · 2023

MASSAGE Magazine presents an extended discussion of rules, cellular automata, and Rain Blooms.

The Rule and the Bloom ↗ interview · 2026

Press and criticism

Right Click Save examines cellular automata as the conceptual and material basis of Rain Blooms.

The Rule of the Bloom ↗ criticism · 2026

The Patron Age previews Rain Blooms and its presentation with Art Blocks Studio and NEORT++.

The Patron Age ↗ press · 2026

Museums and institutions

The Japan Media Arts Festival identifies Light-bending material among the 21st edition’s Jury Selections.

Art Division ↗ institution · 2018

The festival’s artist profile records Tanimoto’s birthplace, doctorate, and materials research.

Tanimoto profile ↗ institution · 2018

The Japan Generative Art Foundation presents Sunrise and explains its segmented-video system.

Sunrise ↗ institution · 2024

Galleries and exhibitions

NEORT++ documents Rain Blooms as a solo exhibition centered on an original cellular automaton.

Rain Blooms ↗ exhibition · 2026

Tokyo Art Beat lists the exhibition schedule and frames the work through emergent order and chaos.

Tokyo Art Beat ↗ exhibition · 2026

NEORT++ records Tanimoto’s participation in the group exhibition Patterns of Entanglement.

Patterns of Entanglement ↗ exhibition · 2025

NEORT++ lists Tanimoto among the artists in Patterns of Flow.

Exhibition archive ↗ exhibition · 2024

Essays, talks and podcasts

Tanimoto’s detailed Rain Blooms account explains its extended, multivalued, deterministic cellular automaton.

Rain Blooms mechanics ↗ essay · 2026

Auctions and catalogues

Iconic presents GHOST IN THE NET as an on-chain generative release connected to museum-grade prints.

GHOST IN THE NET ↗ catalogue · 2024

Profiles and archives

Raster aggregates Kazuhiro Tanimoto's tokenized works across platforms.

Raster ↗ profile · ongoing

Rhizome ArtBase’s artist index records one archived work by Kazuhiro Tanimoto.

Artist-name index ↗ archive · 2025

Rhizome ArtBase’s year index identifies Memories of Digital Data among its 2023 works.

2023 archive ↗ archive · 2025

The artist’s substantive biography details his practice, institutional recognition, and exhibition history.

Artist biography ↗ profile · 2026

Raster documents an on-chain example from Memories of Digital Data with collection and provenance information.

Raster token record ↗ archive · 2023

Project archives

The artist’s project page explains the conceptual and technical construction of GHOST IN THE CODE.

GHOST IN THE CODE ↗ project · 2022

The artist’s project page describes Wabi Sabi’s editable calligraphic system.

Wabi Sabi ↗ project · 2022

The artist’s project page documents the sound, imagery, and preservation questions in Memories of Digital Data.

Memories of Digital Data ↗ project · 2023