Mariko Mori

Mariko Mori (森万里子, Mori Mariko, b. 1967 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese video and photographic artist. While studying at Bunka Fashion College, she worked as a fashion model in the late 1980s. This strongly influenced her early works, such as Play with Me, in which she takes control of her role in the image, becoming an exotic, alien creature in everyday scenes. In 1989, she moved to London to study at the Chelsea College of Art and Design.

Exhibitions and Works

The juxtaposition of Eastern mythology with Western culture is a common theme in Mori's works, often through layering photography and digital imaging, such as in her 1995 installation Birth of a Star. Later works, such as Nirvana show her as a goddess, transcending her early roles via technology and image, and abandoning realistic urban scenes for more alien landscapes.

External links

• Mariko Mori at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin [[1]]
• Mori's Birth of a Star at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
• Exclusive Mariko Mori video
• Her sculpture Tom Na H-iu, driven by the Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory
• Mori's "Wave UFO"
• Mori interview at the Journal of Contemporary Art
• Shibuya River Mori Profile with links
• Tea With Mariko at artnet.com
• Mariko Mori compared to Salvador Dali
• Mori profile at deitch.com