Entanglements (tentative title) [solo]

Centro Botín Curator: Bárbara Rodríguez Muñoz.
Pirelli HangarBicocca Curators: Fiammetta Griccioli and Vicente Todolí.

Exhibition organised by Pirelli HangarBicocca (Milan) and Fundación Botín

Yuko Mohri (Kanagawa, Japan, 1980; lives and works in Tokyo) is known for her intricate and original compositions which were recently presented in Italy at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024) in the Japan Pavilion. Inspired by Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), Mohri creates site-specific kinetic sculptures that incorporate found items, as well as reworked musical instruments connected to electronic circuits. Her works respond to imperceptible, transient, and ephemeral phenomena, such as gravity, magnetism, heat, and humidity. Random and unstable environmental elements—such as air, dust, debris, and temperature—shape her assemblages, transforming them into organic ecosystems where the sound component is central.
Entanglements is Yuko Mohri’s most extensive solo exhibition to date at a European institution. The title evokes the invisible links and complex interactions that exist between objects, forces, sounds, and people. The show explores how each element belongs to an interconnected system in which nothing acts independently, and everything is part of a vast, ever-evolving network of relationships. Mohri’s delicately balanced sculptures reveal the latent complexity of the natural and artificial structures that constitute our world and the constant flow of energy surrounding us. Through the materials she employs, Mohri introduces subtle irony and a nearly hidden ludic dimension, drawing on cultural references, including those from philosophy to pop culture, as well as iconographic and sonic influences ranging from kinetic art to sound experimentation.
The exhibition is accompanied by the most comprehensive monograph to date on Yuko Mohri’s practice.
As part of Fundación Botín´s Artistic Support programme, each major exhibition at Centro Botín is connected to an Art Workshop organised by Fundación Botín and led by the exhibiting artist for a group of selected artists and creative practitioners. These immersive, residency-style sessions foster a communal environment for living, thinking, writing, and creating under the guidance of the host artist. Over 2026, Yukowill direct a Fundación Botín Art Workshop, encouraging a group of participants selected via an open call to engage in collaboration and creative exchange.
Mohri’s works have been exhibited at many leading institutions, including the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), Seoul (2025); Artizon Museum, Tokyo (2024–25); Aranya Art Center, Hebei (2024); Atelier Nord, Oslo (2021); Japan House São Paulo (2021); Ginza Sony Park, Tokyo (2020); Camden Arts Centre London (2018); Towada Art Center, Aomori (2018–19); National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (2018); Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2012).
The artist represented Japan at the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024. She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including the Gwangju Biennale (2023); Biennale of Sydney (2022); Asian Art Biennial, Taichung (2021); Bienal de São Paulo (2021); Glasgow international (2021); Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong (2021); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2018); Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane (2018); Centre Pompidou-Metz (2017); Biennale de Lyon (2017); Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2016); Yokohama Triennale, Kanagawa, 2014).