Born in 1981 in Okinawa, lives and works in Tokyo.
After graduating from high school, Futoshi Miyagi moved to New York after living in Osaka and started his career as an artist whilst working in a bookstore specializing in art-related books. Miyagi's works are mostly derived from his personal experiences and memories, and underlying themes such as nationality, ethnicity, and identity. He develops these ideas and experiences in the form of photographs, videos, objects, texts, and installations.
His recent major exhibitions include “Time of Others” (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo／ The National Museum of Art Osaka, 2015), “VOCA: The Vision of Contemporary Art 2015”, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, 2015), “American Boyfriend: Bodies of Water” (Solo Exhibition, Kyoto City University of the Arts Gallery @KCUA and Horikawa Danchi, 2014) and “New Message” (Solo Exhibition, Post, Tokyo, 2013).
Miyagi is currently participating in “Time of Others,” which is at Singapore Art Museum (November 2015 to February 2016), and touring worldwide, including Queensland Art Gallery｜Gallery of Modern Art (June to September 2016). His work will also feature at “Roppongi Crossing 2016” (Mori Art Museum).

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