Notable Works
Sorayama's work Sexy Robot, published by Genko-sha in 1983, made his organic robotic forms famous around the world. For the work, he used ideas from pin-up art, which in the book then appear as chrome-plated gynoids in suggestive poses. His next book, Pin-up (Graphic-sha, 1984), continue in the same line. A number of his other works similarly revolve around figures in suggestive poses, including highly realistic depictions in latex and leather. His pinups appeared monthly for in the pages of Penthouse magazine and Playboy TV made a special show on Soryama arts. The period from 2000 to 2012 has included Sorayama's organic design of Sony AIBO robotic pet dog co-winning (with Sony) Japan's Grand Prize of best design awards (the highest design award conferred by Japan); Sorayama's Sony AIBO robotic pet design was placed into the permanent collections of MOMA and the Smithsonian Institute Museum; MOMA's published book "Objects of Design" by Paola Antonelli included Sorayama's and Sony's AIBO along with other noteworthy designs where form and function combine in harmony. AIBO is the first ever artificially intelligent robot pet. The NIKE "White Dunk Project" included Sorayama arts within 25 most inspiring Japanese artists.
In 1985 Sorayama published the video Illustration Video, his first work apart from the books of illustrations. This includes works in the movies "Brain Dead" (1992), "Timecop" (1994) and "Space Trucker" (1995), design of trading cards, limited edition prints, CD Roms, art exhibitions and the initial industrial design for Sony's AIBO robotic pet, as well as the cover art for Aerosmith's 2001 album Just Push Play.
From 1985 to 2012 has been a very busy period for Sorayama who released his new book Master Works in late spring of 2010 and is again working with movie makers in Hollywood, CA, USA on fantasy science fiction projects to be announced in 2012.
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