Since the very start of his artistic career, Norio Imai has challenged the dogma of artistic convention. He attracted attention with his white reliefs with protrusions and holes made on the surface of canvas, and his works using industrial materials brought a new style to Gutai, the Japanese avant-garde artist group. He began working in photography and video in the late 1960’s and he is also recognized as one of the leading early video art artists in Japan. Public collections include Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, and Getty Research Institute, L.A., and others.
