Yuko Mohri / 毛利 悠子

Born in 1980, in Kanagawa, Japan.
Lives and works in Tokyo.

Education

2006
M. F. A., Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Inter-Media Art
2004
B. F. A., Tama Art University, Department of Information Design

Yuko Mohri is an artist who creates multidisciplinary works including sculpture, installation, and two-dimensional works. Her focus lies not on composition (or construction), but on “events” and “incidents” that constantly change in response to environmental conditions, and on the “movement” inherently present within them. She was born in 1980 in Kanagawa, Japan. She received an MA in Inter-media Art from Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2015, Mohri received a grant from the Asian Cultural Council for a six-month residency in New York. That same year she received the Nissan Art Award Grand Prix. In 2016, Mohri was an artist-in-residence at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and Camden Arts Centre, London. In 2018, she became an East Asian cultural exchange envoy, visiting four cities in China. In 2019, she received a grant from the Institut français for a three-month residency in Paris. She was awarded the Calder Prize 2025.

Recent personal exhibitions include “Entanglements” (Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2025; Centro Botín, Santander, 2026); “Compose” (Japan Pavilion, Venice, 2024); “Piano Solo: 12th January, 1900” (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea [MMCA], Seoul, 2025); “On Physis” (Artizon Museum, Tokyo, 2024); “Moré and Moré” (Aranya Art Center, Hebei, 2024), “I/O (In Oslo)” (Atelier Nord, Oslo, 2021); “Parade (a Drip, a Drop, the End of the Tale)” (Japan House São Paulo, São Paulo, 2021); “SP. by yuko mohri” (Ginza Sony Park, Tokyo, 2020); “Assume That There Is Friction and Resistance” (Towada Art Center, Aomori, 2018); “Voluta” (Camden Arts Centre, London, 2018). She has also participated in numerous international group exhibitions including The 14th Gwangju Biennale (Horanggasinamu Art Polygon, Gwangju, 2023); The 23rd Biennale of Sydney (Pier 2/3 and Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2022); The 2021 Asian Art Biennial (National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, 2021); The 34th Bienal de São Paulo (Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, São Paulo, 2021); Glasgow international 2021 (The Pipe Factory, Glasgow, 2021); The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2018); “Japanorama: New Vision on Art since 1970” (Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2017) ; The 14th Biennale de Lyon (Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, 2017); Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016 (Kochi, 2016) etc.

Her works are in the collections of Albertina (Vienna); Ashmolean Museum (Oxford); Centre Pompidou (Paris); Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (Florida); M+ (Hong Kong); Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon (Lyon); The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto (Kyoto); Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts (Taoyuan); Queensland Art Gallery (Brisbane) etc.