Mamoru Watanabe (b.1992, Tokyo, Japan) is an audiovisual artist and PhD candidate at the University of Bristol, UK. He is currently conducting research on ‘Synaesthesia’ in the context of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) under the supervision of Prof. Atau Tanaka and Dr. Oussama Metatla.
His research interests revolve around audiovisual/visual music culture, and interaction with digital media for bodily perception, transcendence, and imagination.
Alongside his research, Mamoru actively engages in audiovisual practices both individually and collaboratively with other practitioners. Currently, he is involved in a collaboration project with Kohei Kamoto and has been a resident at Noods Radio since 2024.

His recent exhibitions and presentations include: Spike Island, Bristol (2024); IRCAM, Paris (2022/2024); outernet, London (2023); Bargehouse, London (2022); XR SPACE, online (2021); A12 Lab, London (2021); IKLECTIK, London (2020); anagra, Tokyo (2020); Bergkerk Deventer (2020); ASC Project Space, London (2019); and Shinbi Gallery, Tokyo (2018). He was awarded the first prize in the Bloomberg Bursary Prize (2017), received a Fully-funded scholarship at the University of Bristol (2022), and has been selected among 100 Japanese Motion Graphic Creators (2020/2022).