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Born in 1977 in Saitama, Japan
Founder of Japan GPS Art Association

Born in Saitama, Japan in 1977, Yasushi Takahashi (a.k.a. Yassan) lives and works in Tokyo and Saitama, Japan. Holds a BFA at Tokyo University of the Arts (2004: Inter Media Art Course).
Started GPS drawing after a marriage proposal and holds a Guinness World Record. His spectacular land art has traveled around the world, and as a pioneer in the GPS art world, he has created many record-breaking works. Also developing activities to create GPS art as a culture with various fields around the world.

His work has been showcased on television, in magazines, and over 3,000 news and web publications worldwide.
Featured in Google’s “Search on.” documentary series.
Certified crypto-artist at SBI NFT (nanakusa), FAT Collection and some registered NFT marketplaces.

STORY

EVERYTHINGS STARTED FROM PROPOSE.

In 2008, he quit his job and started a journey with GPS on his 31st birthday. He spent 6 months traveling across the Japanese islands to make the world’s largest proposal to his girlfriend. It was his the first GPS art.

ACTIVITIES

The first work is authorized as “Largest GPS Drawing by Individual” by Guinness World Records.
And his actual largest work is 60794.07km (PEACE on Earth) unofficially.

Later, he became fascinated by GPS art and started drawing all over the world.
As a pioneer in the GPS art world, he has achieved many world firsts and largest achievements.
Currently, he is active as a professional GPS artist.

More than 1,400 works.
Drawn more than 100,000 kilometers in 24 countries.
Featured in over 3,000 media outlets.

WORKS

EVANGELIST OF GPS ART

Not only making GPS art, but also challenging to create a culture of drawing with GPS.
He strives to promote the appeal of GPS art and supports the activities of latecomers.

AUTHORIZE

PUBLICATION

Featured in over 3,000 medias in over 100 countries. (As of December 2021)
He has been published more times than any other GPS artist in the world.

DOCUMENTARY

A number of stories have been produced through GPS art.

BIOGRAPHY / AWARD

1977  Born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan
2004  Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts (Inter Media Art Course)
2008  Start GPS Drawing series.
2010  Guinness World Records (Largest GPS Drawing)
2015  Geo-located Gadget & Application Award (Idea Section)
2021  Certified as the first certified crypto artist of nanakusa, Japan’s first registration-based NFT marketplace
2021  Launched GPSART.info, a portal site for GPS art
2024  Founded Japan GPS Art Association and became the representative director chairman

EXHIBITION / WORKSHOP / PROJECT

1999  Koshirakura Landscape Workshop (Kawanishi, Japan)
1999  Toride Re-cycling Art Project (Toride, Japan)
2000  Slow Box / After image (Kawanishi, Japan)
2001  Lodging Tokyo / London (Tokyo & London)
2001  Fujino International Art Symposium (Fujino, Japan)
2002  Rhythm of Town, Rhythm of People (Kobe, Japan)
2002  Reisbureau MIMASU @FAXX (Tilburg, Netherlands)
2012  C-Depot @Spiral Gallery & Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse (Tokyo & Yokohama, Japan)
2013  Shin Ikebukuro Montparnasse @C-depot Gallery (Toshima, Tokyo)
2013  Tokyo Designers Week @Jingu Gaien (Minato, Tokyo)
2013  Randy Art Hills @Randy Café (Minato, Tokyo)
2014  Art Fair C-Depot –Shapes of Heart @Seibu Shibuya (Shibuya, Tokyo)
2014  T-Depot @C-Depot Gallery (Toshima, Tokyo)
2014  Soccer Ball Art Exhibition @Seibu Shibuya (Shibuya, Tokyo)
2014  Sonicart @Makuhari Messe (Chiba, Japan)
2014  313×313 Dreaming ART @Royal Park Hotel the Haneda (Shinagawa, Tokyo)
2014  Tokyo Designers Week @Jingu Gaien (Minato, Tokyo)
2015  Shin Ikebukuro Montparnasse @Tobu Ikebukuro (Toshima, Tokyo)
2015  Hagoita Art Project @Takashimaya Shinjuku (Shinjuku, Tokyo)
2015  PEACE on Earth Project (around the World)
2016 Taste of Kawaii Japan @Harbour City (Hong Kong)
2016  Walkshop @Shintaku Juku (Funabashi, Japan)
2016-  Walkshop @Azalee Academia (Edogawa, Tokyo)
2017  Astro-boy Art @Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Toshima, Tokyo)
2019  Wandering Mapping @Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (Kōtō, Tokyo)
2020  Restruction @Aoyama Studio (Aoyama, Tokyo)
2022  Future Artists Tokyo @Cube.Moscow (Moscow, Russia)
2022  Future Artists Tokyo @Tokyo International Forum (Yurakucho, Tokyo)
2022  RANPO WANTED @Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space & WACCA Ikebukuro (Toshima, Tokyo)
2022  Independent Tokyo @Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center Hamamatsucho-Kan (Hamamatsucho, Tokyo)
2022  Wunderkammer Show @WONDER Yoyogi Park (Tokyo)
2023  Ninjalympic Kanazawa Castle Games 2023 @Kanazawa Castle Ruins Park (Kanazawa, Japan)
2023  ONE TEAM Daisakusen @Japan & France
2024  Pale-Challenge! 3 FINAL @Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Aichi & Kyoto

AWARD

2010  Guinness World Records (Largest GPS Drawing)　*Currently hold as “Largest GPS Drawing by indivudual”
2014  313×313 Dreaming ART
2015  Geo-located Gadget & Application Award (Idea Section)
2021  1st Kyoto Marathon GPS Art Collection
2021  2nd Kyoto Marathon GPS Art Collection
2021  Banathon
2022  3rd Kyoto Marathon GPS Art Collection

SPONSORED CONTENTS

2013  Seiko Epson – WristableGPS Weblog
2014  HI-TEC – Walkumentary
2015  Japan Airlines – PEACE on Earth
2016 – 2019 Hokkaido Television Broadcasting – ”GPS Art Journey” on “Onigiri Atatamemasuka”
2019  Google – Search on.
2021  Aisin Health Insurance Association – GPS Art Concour
2022  Kanazawa City Sports Foundation – Kanazawa Marathon GPS Art Contest
2022  Kandenko – Kandenko x Hirose Toshiaki’s SDGs Project
2023  Ishikawa Prefectural Office – Ishikawa Prefecture Litter Pickup and GPS Art Contest
2023  Mitsubishi Estate – ONE TEAM Daisakusen
2023  Kanazawa City Sports Foundation – Kanazawa Marathon GPS Art Contest
2024  PLAYYTE – Pale-Challenge! 3 FINAL
2024  CARE Internationl Japan – Walk in Her Shoes 2024
2024  HiRAKU – COLORFUL FIFTEEN
2024  Casio Computer – Watch Company 50th Anniversary NFT Collection
2024  Sabae City Office – Walk, Run, and Draw Glasses in Your Town! Contest
2024  Saitama City Office – SAITAMA Walking Award 2024

PUBLICATION

Shall we try? GPS ART – Gijutsu-Hyoron Co., Ltd.

COLLECTION

JINS HOLDINGS Inc.
The Royal Park Hotel Tokyo Haneda