Emi Kusano

b. 1990 Tokyo, Japan Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

Emi Kusano employs AI to merge past and future aesthetics, challenging perceptions of art and technology. She began her artistic journey as a street photographer in the streets of Harajuku, but her work is multi-disciplinary, exploring the intersections of retro-futurism and modern technological acceleration. In addition to her visual arts career, Emi is the lead singer and self-producer of Satellite Young, a band that reinterprets 80s J-POP styles through a modern, technologically-driven, sci-fi lens.

Her AI-infused art has been featured on the cover of WWD Japan, and been featured in Christie’s and Gucci auctions. She has exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery, the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, and performed at SXSW. She holds a degree in Environment and Information Studies from Keio University and is a part-time Lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts.