Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Japan). Education and Research From 2013 to 2017, Sputniko! was an assistant professor at the MIT Media Lab where she founded and directed the Design Fiction research group. In October 2017, She was appointed as an Associate Professor of RCA-IIS Design Lab in the Institute of Industrial Engineering at the University of Tokyo which she continued until 2019. Currently, she is an associate professor of the Department of Design at Tokyo University of the Arts. Entrepreneurship Spuniko! founded Cradle, a women’s healthcare service that supports the well-being of female employees working in Japanese corporations. Awards ASIAGRAPH “Tsumugi Award”(2020) Newsweek Japan "100 Japanese people respected by the world"(2018) Pomellato for Women Award winner(2018) The 11th "L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women Scientists in Japan Award"(2016) DSA Japan Space Design Silver Award(2016) France Le Figaro magazine "30 talented women in the world under the age of 30"(2015) FORBES JAPAN "10 Japanese women who create the future"(2014) Digital Media Association 19th AMD Award Newcomer Award(2014) Nikkei Business "The 100 Japan's Leading 100 People"(2014) VOGUE JAPAN Woman of the Year 2013 Winner(2013) Ars Electronica Hybrid Art "Honorary Mention" Winner《Healing Fukushima Nanohana Heels》(2013) Ars Electronica Interactive Art "Honorary Mention" Winner《Menstruation Machine – Takashi's Case》(2012) US Advertising Age Magazine "The 50 Most Creative People of 2011"(2011) Rolling Stone Italy magazine "20 designers who will most affect the next 10 years"(2011) Singapore Art Museum [APBF Signature Art Prize] Nomination 《Menstruation Machine – Takashi's Case》(2011) YouTube Japan Video Award [Technology / Ride Category] Winner 《Menstruation Machine – Takashi's Case》(2010) The 14th Japan Media Agency Media Arts Festival [Jury's Recommended Works] Award 《Crowbot ☆ Jenny》(2010) Ars Electronica "The Next Idea" Winner, shared with Cesar Harada《Open_sailing》(2009) Exhibitions and Festivals 2009 Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria 2010 "Tokyo Art Meeting Transformation" - Museum of Contemporary Art (MOT), Tokyo 2011 "Tweet Me Love, Sputniko! (Solo Exhibition)" - Omotesando Gyre, Tokyo "The 14th Japan Media Arts Festival" - The National Art Center, Tokyo "Talk to Me" - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York 2012 "Hyper Archipelago" - Omotesando Gyre, Tokyo "Light of Silence" - Aomori Museum of Art, Japan "Sputniko! Loves London" - Seibu Department Store, Tokyo "Daikanyama Art Street" - Daikanyama Hillside Terrace, Tokyo "The 3rd Art & Science International Exhibition" - China Science and Technology Museum, Beijing "Anonymous Life" - NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo "Otomachi Senju no En" - Art Access Adachi, Tokyo 2013 "Foo" - Kunsthall Grenland, Norway