Born in Osaka in 1960, Hiroyasu Shimo lives in Tokyo. In 1989, he dropped out of the Painting Department in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts. Professor at Kobe Design University. He has announced the game Incarnation, set in the world of a Dali painting and produced after winning an award at Sony Music D.E.P. in 1997. He began producing video installations with CGZOO at the Kobe Biennale 2007. His work creates a “synthesis with reality” reminiscent of a science fiction movie by providing the viewer with a birds’ eye view of the modern era.