WHAT
Born in Ehime, Japan in 1947 and now based in Tokyo, Sorayama started his career off as an illustrator, portraying erotic forms of feminised, biomechanoid robots. From there, his artistic practice evolved to depicting a number of creatures as robots from modern animals to dinosaurs. In this exhibition, the artist showcases his robotized creatures created over the course of three decades, alongside paintings from the 90s of robotized insects, sculptures of the feminised robot and even a robotic Tyrannosaurus!

WHY
While viewers have the opportunity to witness Sorayama’s artistic evolution since his career beginnings, they’re able to get deeper insight as his subject matter has stayed the same. From transforming illustrative ideas to sculptures and vice versa, viewers will get to see how Sorayama has evolved through a common band of characters.