1985
Accepted for the 2nd International Biennale Video CD ’85, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
1987
Second Prize in the Video Art Section at the American Film & Video Festival, New York
1987
Accepted for The 21st Annual New York Film-Video Exposition, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1989
Accepted for ARTEC ’89: The First Nagoya International Biennial, Nagoya City Science Museum
1997
First Prize, L’Oréal Grand Prix for research combining art and science
1999
Accepted for Transmediale ’99, Berlin, Germany
2000
Honorary Mention in Interactive Art, Ars Electronica 2000, for Unconscious Flow
2000
Accepted for VIDA 3.0 Artificial Life, Fundación Telefónica, Spain, with Unconscious Flow
2016
Appointed Cultural Envoy by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
2017
Selected for Times Square Arts “Midnight Moment” with Sound of Ikebana
2020
Selected for the Art and Science Award by the Society for Art and Science