Mariko Mori
Born 1967 in Tokyo; lives and works in New York, Tokyo, and Miyako Island, Japan.
After graduating from the Chelsea College of Art, London in 1992, the following year, she completed the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Mori has received various awards, including the Honorable Mention at the Venice Biennale (1997) and the Honorary Fellow from the University of the Arts London (2014). Her acclaimed work Wave UFO (1999-2002) drew international attention when it was exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2005. She has held solo exhibitions at major art institutions and museums worldwide, including Serpentine Gallery in London (1998), the Brooklyn Museum in New York (1999), Centre Pompidou in Paris (2000), the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (2002), the Royal Academy of Arts in London (2012), and Japan Society in New York (2013). Her works are included in the collections of numerous renowned museums, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and Tate Modern, London.
