Mamoru Watanabe (b. 1992, Tokyo, Japan) is an artist based in Scotland, UK. Rooted in audiovisual practices, he uses computational technologies to explore shifts in our perceptual experiences. By leveraging first-person sensory experience as a core medium, his work creates conditions that enable individuals to deeply access and share their subjective internal states.
He is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a PhD candidate at the University of Bristol, UK, where he conducts research on synaesthesia in the context of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) under the supervision of Prof. Atau Tanaka and Dr. Oussama Metatla. Alongside his practice, he extensively collaborates with other practitioners to develop projects and workshops. He is also a resident at Noods Radio with Kohei Kamoto.
His work has been exhibited, performed, and presented at venues and conferences including ACMCHI (2025/2026); Serendipity Art Festival, Goa (2025); xCoAx, Dundee (2025); Spike Island, Bristol (2024); IRCAM, Paris (2022/2024); Outernet, London (2023); and Bargehouse, London (2022). He has received the Grant for Young Artists from the Pola Art Foundation (2026), a fully funded doctoral scholarship from the University of Bristol (2022), First Prize in the Bloomberg Design Competition (2017), and selection as one of 100 Japanese Motion Graphic Creators (2020/2022/2026).
