Born in 1976 in Tokyo, where he continues to live, Hikaru Fujii graduated with a DEA in Aesthetics, Sciences and Technology of the Arts from University of Paris 8. In Paris, he started his career in new media art field, before returning to Japan in 2005. He is known for his work that draws on archive materials with a focus on video and film media to present reinterpretations of social events, history, memory and relationships as well as new hope for the future. His output encompasses not only installations and video, but also workshops, documentaries, and writing and directing for theater and film. His exhibitions include “MOT Annual 2016: Loose Lips Save Ships” (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2016), “Aomori City Archives Exhibition: The construction of history is dedicated to the memories of the unnamed” (guest director; Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, 2015), After the Symposium (director, text; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, 2015), “Records and Recollections: Walking Through House of Images” (Sendai Mediatheque, 2014), Japan Syndrome – Art and Politics after Fukushima (HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, 2014), and Film Festival for Creating Our Own Media (supervisor; Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, 2011).