Yoshinori Niwa’s practice takes the form of social interventions, executed through performance, video and installation. Through the construction of absurd scenarios, Niwa deploys a nonsensical vernacular to examine systems of exchange that drive contemporary society, as well as disjunctures in collective conceptions of history, ideology and value —an artistic strategy whose roots can be traced to the post-war Japanese avant-garde. Niwa graduated Tama Art University’s Department of Moving Images and Performing Arts in 2005. Niwa’s work has been exhibited internationally. His latest exhibitions in 2016 include: solo exhibitions at Minatomachi Art Table (Nagoya, Japan) and 1335MABINI (Manila, Philippines); and group shows at Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (Marugame, Japan) and Setouchi Triennale 2016 (Naoshima Island, Japan).Niwa was selected as one of ArtReview’s Future Greats in 2014.