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gotta be eggcelent

Hallo moin, I’m Ko Kazu. I make animation, music and performances. I always imagine dialogues between people and imagine many stories, so I enjoy writing screenplays. Sometimes funny lines come across in my head while talking with people, and I have to try very hard not to crack up. Animation is a big part of my visual language. I compose as well. Try not to make serious music.

My grandma alwasy told me, “Kazu-chan, you gotta be eggcelent”. I became an artist (she wanted me to become a doctor though). In 2026 I want to travel more with my art. Also create a good cycle of making art and money. Maybe collaborate more. My other interests rather than art are: writing, philosophy, music theory, coding, asian food, etc…

Always up for making new friends so feel free to hit me up.

Experiences

Exhibitions and Performances
Egg War - Animation Performance, Schnuerschuh Theater, Bremen, Germany (2025)
Egg War - Animation Performance, Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Bremen, Germany (2025)
Krach mit Sahne #9: nm & kazu, Schwankhalle, Bremen, Germany (2024)
Animation Performance Egg War, Show and Tell, Hochschule für Künste Bremen (2024)
New Asia Concert with Kartel Kultur Kollectiv, Bremen, Germany (2023)
Hochschultage Opening Performance, Hochschule für Künste Bremen (2023)
New Asia release concert at the Studio illegale, Bremen, Germany (2023)
DIS/PlAY master project exhibition, Hochschule für Künste Bremen(2022)

Screenings
Golden FEMI Film, Sofia Bulgaria (2025)
In Real Light 2024 IRL: Trinidad, Colorado, USA (2024)
Lumenous 2023 at the Heard Museum, Arizona, USA (2023)
Art After Dark 2023, Vero Beach Museum of Art (2023)
FILE Festival 2022, São Paulo, Brazil (2022)
KinoLotto, at Vision International Short Film Festival, Siberia, Russia (2021)
Front for kids, at International Short Film Festival Film Front, Novi Sad, Serbia (2021)
Digital Graffiti 2019, Alys Bay, Florida, USA (2019)
Asia Digital Art Award FUKUOKA 2018, Japan (2018)
Image Forum Film Institution Graduation Screening, Japan (2017)

Publications
Article “Different Horizons of Expression in Media: The Case of Animations”, academic journal in philosophy, ESTUDIOS de FILOSOFÍA (2022)
Article “Ten Years Dedicated to an egg film”, artist zine, Beacon (2022)
Work sample, art compilation book, Endless Horizon (2021)
Article “gays in 21st century at the mercy of dating app”, online journal, Synodos (2016)

Grants
Clouds Hill - project development fund and residency (2026)
The Senator of culture Bremen - Project funding (2025)
Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation - Overseas Research Grant (2023)
DAAD Study Scholarships - Postgraduate Studies in the Fields of Visual Communication (2020)
Ab und Zu Mommys Kulturfoerderung

Awards
Curator’s Choice, at Digital Graffiti 2019, Alys Bay, Florida (2019)
Excellence Awards in Moving Images at Asia Digital Art Award FUKUOKA 2018 (2018)

Work Experience
Equipment manager at Online Lehre Technik at University of the Arts Bremen, Oct 2022 - Sept 2024
Software engineer at Resilient Energy Systems at the University of Bremen, Feb 2022 - Oct 2023
Software engineer at Ory Laboratory, Ltd., Nov 2018 - Aug 2020
Security IT Specialist at IBM Japan, Ltd., Apr 2015 - Jan 2016

Education
M.A. Digital Media, October 2020 - June 2025, University of the Arts Bremen
B.A. Business Administration, April 2010 - March 2015, Tokyo Metropolitan University

Attended
Image Forum Film Institute, Tokyo, Japan (2016)
University of California, Los Angeles (Summer semester 2013)
Santa Monica College (Winter and Spring semester in 2013)

Photo by Jimi Liu