Mariko Mori b. 1967
Mori’s practice explores universal questions at the intersection of life, death, reality, and technology. Mori gained international recognition for her interactive installation Wave UFO, which debuted at Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria in 2003. The installation was subsequently shown in New York with Public Art Fund in Genoa, Italy, and was included in the 51st Venice Biennale. It was also featured in “Oneness,” a survey of Mori’s work that opened at the GroningerMuseum, Netherlands, then traveled to the ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum in Aarhus, Denmark and the Pinchuk Art Centre in Kyiv, Ukraine. “Oneness” also traveled to Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil in 2011, topping as the most visited contemporary art exhibition in the world that year. Mori draws inspiration from the ways in which every civilization has honored nature and the unity of mankind through artistic form.
Her solo exhibitions include “Pure Land,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2002); "Wave UFO," Public Art Fund, New York and Kunst Haus Bregenz, Bregenz (2003); "Rebirth,” Royal Academy of Arts, London (2012). She has participated in group exhibitions such as "São Paolo Biennale" (2002); "The 51st Venice Art Biennale" (2005). Her work is collected by major prvate and public institutions, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Pompidou Centre, Paris; Fukutake Foundation, Kagawa among others.