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Visiting Artists Research Guide : Mariko Mori, 10/23/24

Lecture Details

Title: Visiting Artist Lecture in Photography: Mariko Mori

Date: Wednesday, October 23 at 3:30PM

Location: 1156 Chapel St., the Pool (Room G-10)

Additional Details:  This event is open to School of Art community members only.

Artist Biography

Mariko Mori - UAPMariko Mori (1967) is a multidisciplinary artist from Japan whose works often focus on the themes of life, death, reality, and technology. She studied at the Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo in the late 1980s before moving to London, where she enrolled first in the Byam Shaw School of Art and then the Chelsea College of Art and Design. In 2010, Mori founded the Faou Foundation. This organization aims to increase "awareness of our planet’s natural treasures and promotes the idea, through permanent public art installations and related community-based educational programming, that humanity and nature are of equal value."

Artist's Instagram                            Gallery Representation

Articles and Written Interviews

Sample Artworks

Photograph of artwork titled Radiant Being VI

Radiant Being VI, UV cured pigment, Dibond, and aluminum, 2019, diameter: 68 inches, depth: 3 inches

Photograph of artwork titled Ekypyrotic String VI (Rendering)

Ekypyrotic String VI (Rendering), Glass fiber reinforced polymer, steel, and stainless steel, 2016-2017, 101 5/16 x 202 1/16 x 168 1/8 inches

Photograph of artwork titled Big Brother Africa

Plasma Stone I, Dichronic coated layered acrylic with corian base, 2017-2018, 76 3/8 x 31 1/2 x 44 1/8 inches

Videos

Artist Mariko Mori 森 万里子 : Between the Ancient Gods and the Future | Louisiana Channel

Mariko Mori - Hirshhorn Artist Diaries

Artist Interview: Mariko Mori

Mariko Mori's Fusion of Tech, Spirituality and Nature | Brilliant Ideas Ep. 5

The Artist Project: Mariko Mori

Theses and Dissertations