Naoyuki TANAKA, also known as NAO, is a Japanese-born digital artist based in France whose work explores the intersections of performance, robotics, and interactive environments. A graduate of the Beaux-Arts with a background in fine arts and programming, his practice fuses retro-futuristic aesthetics with philosophical inquiries into identity, conflict, and the human-machine relationship. Drawing on influences ranging from Japanese animism to 1980s pop culture, he creates immersive audiovisual performances and installations that challenge our perceptions of agency, ritual, and collective experience.