Yoshi Sodeoka


Yoshi Sodeoka is a Japanese-born multimedia artist and musician based in New York City. His work spans digital video, animation, print, and music, and often incorporates techniques such as video feedback, generative processes, and experimental sound. His projects have been presented by museums, galleries, and media platforms internationally, and his work is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Biography

Yoshi Sodeoka was born in Hiroshima, Japan, and later relocated to New York City in the 1990s, where he studied at Pratt Institute. In 1996, he became Creative Director of Word Magazine, an early multimedia online publication active from 1995 to 2000. He has lived and worked in New York since that time.
His artistic practice encompasses digital video, animation, print, and music, frequently incorporating techniques such as video feedback, generative systems, and experimental sound. His work has been presented internationally in museum and gallery contexts, as well as through media and cultural platforms.
Sodeoka’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Notable projects

Prototype #31: C404.40.40.31 (2001)

Released in 2001, Prototype #31: C404.40.40.31 is a 31-minute audiovisual work combining animated graphics with found television footage and an original experimental electronic noise score composed by Sodeoka. The project premiered at Digital Dumbo in September 2001.

ASCII BUSH (2004)

An ASCII-based video work presenting U.S. political speeches as digital abstraction, first showcased via Turbulence.org.

Noise Driven Ambient Audio And Visuals (2005)

A collection of experimental video feedback compositions released on DVD.

Video Metal (2009)

A limited-edition audiovisual DVD publication reviewed by Neural magazine.

#46 — 35.23N 139.30E FAC 3097 E5150xx – Digital/Analog Intermix (2012)

A telecommunications-themed audiovisual project developed through Turbulence.org.

Midnight Moment (Times Square, 2025)

Sodeoka’s work was presented across Times Square’s digital billboards as part of the Midnight Moment public art program.

Kinomural (Wrocław, Poland, 2025)

Large-scale projection works shown at the Kinomural new-media festival in Poland.

Akari (Mexico City, 2025)

Participation in the immersive digital art exhibition Akari in Mexico City.

Prism Break – Ambient Swim (2021)

An immersive audiovisual series premiered on HBO Max as part of Adult Swim Festival.

Wetware – Bacteria (2021)

A generative NFT project released on Foundation.app.

Wind Flags #4 (2023)

A mural commissioned for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center composed from algorithmic video stills.

The Flood (2024)

A generative NFT series exploring predator-prey simulations released on Verse Works.

Undervolt & Co.

An experimental video art collective founded by Sodeoka in 2013 focused on abstract audiovisual publishing.

Music video projects

In addition to his multimedia art practice, Yoshi Sodeoka has directed music videos for a range of international recording artists, often incorporating generative and abstract visual systems.
Sodeoka has contributed animated and digital visual works to major international publications, frequently integrating motion-based graphics into editorial storytelling.