CV

Yuko MOHRI
B. 1980 in Kanagawa, Japan. Lives and works in Tokyo.
Yuko Mohri is an artist. She approaches installation and sculpture not to compose (or construct) but to focus on “phenomena” that constantly shift according to various conditions such as their environment. In recent years, she has also explored this idea through video and photography.
In 2015, Mohri received a grant from the Asian Cultural Council for a 6-month residency in New York. In the same year, she received Grand Prix, Nissan Art Award. In 2016, Mohri has undertaken a residency with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and had in residence at Camden Arts Centre, London. In 2018, Mohri, as East Asian Cultural Exchange Envoy, visited 4 cities in China. In 2019, Mohri received a grant from the Institut français for a 3-month residency in Paris.
Recent personal exhibitions include “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), “Voluta” (Camden Arts Centre, London, 2018), and “Assume That There Is Friction and Resistance” (Towada Art Center, Aomori, 2018). She has also participated in numerous international group exhibitions including “23rd Biennale of Sydney” (Sydney, 2022), “2021 Asian Art Biennial” (National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, 2021), “34th Bienal de São Paulo” (Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, São Paulo, 2021), “Glasgow international 2021” (The Factory, Glasgow, 2021), “The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art” (Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2018), “Childhood” (Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2018), “Japanorama: New Vision on Art since 1970” (Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2017) and “14th Biennale de Lyon” (Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, 2017).
Her works are in the collections of Ashmolean Museum (Oxford), Centre Pompidou (Paris), M+ (Hong Kong), Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon (Lyon), Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (Tokyo), The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto (Kyoto), Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts (Taoyuan), Queensland Art Gallery (Brisbane) etc.

Moré Moré Tokyo (Leaky Tokyo). text by Lena Fritsch. Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa, Jan. 2023 (forthcoming)
I/O. text by Tomoko Yabumae. Oslo: Atelier Nord, Sept. 2021
Assume That There Is Friction and Resistance. text by Emma Lavigne, Kazuko Koike, Minoru Hatanaka, Kodama Kanazawa. Interviewed by Taisuke Shimanuki. Tokyo: Getsuyosha, Feb. 2019
After the Echo. Tokyo: After the Echo Project, Oct. 2018
Yuko Mohri. text by Sam Belinfante. London: Camden Arts Centre, July 2018
Grey Skies. poem by Sayaka Ohsaki. text by Hitoshi Nakano, Satoko “Tetta” Sugimoto. Kanagawa: Fujisawa City Art Space, Feb. 2018
Yuko Mohri. text by Richard Wentworth, Mark Rappolt, Edward Ball. London: White Rainbow, Apr. 2017.
ArtReview Asia, Autumn 2016, ArtReview, 2016 [cover, interview]
Yuko Mohri Anmerkung – Art Hack Day Transmediale, BCCKS (Tokyo), 2014 [e-book]
MORE MORE Tokyo [Water Leak Tokyo], BCCKS (Tokyo),2012 [e-book]

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Centre Pompidou, Paris
M+, Hong Kong
Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
The Nissan Art Collection, Kanagawa
Obayashi Foundation, Tokyo
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
S-House Museum, Okayama
Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, Taoyuan
Takahashi Collection, Tokyo
Tokai Tokyo Securities, Tokyo
Towada Art Center, Aomori
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa