top of page
IMG_2467.jpg

mumuko

Mumuko, born in China, is a Japanese citizen currently.

Abandoned her country and home to seek freedom, she continues to live out of one single suitcase. A seasoned nomadic visual artist who has visited 60+ countries in South America, Europe, Asia etc. Riding the waves of the times, Mumuko sublimates suffering and cruelty into a brilliant form of entertainment and continues to search for possibilities in photography, video, installation, spatial experience, and expression.

 

“To see the sky that only those who have reached a high place, like my favorite artists Francis Bacon and Picasso, could see" – that’s the beginning of her art.

 

Winner of numerous Japanese and international awards, and solo exhibitions in London, New York, Beijing, Tokyo, and other major cities. Recently her photobook<Dreamless> was published in Japan and exhibited at Paris Photo Fair. She is said to be a gem who will lead the next generation of Japanese photography.

Publishment

2022    First Mumuko Photobook「DREAMLESS」published hy Genkosha

Exhibitions

2022    Photobook「DREAMLESS」exhibited at Paris Photo Fair / Paris, Japan

2021  「Wrinkle up」Solo Exhibition Canon Gallery Tokyo+Osaka/Tokyo+Osaka, Japan

2021  「And now...   Solo Exhibition Sony Imagining Gallery Ginza /Tokyo, Japan

2020  「Role&Me」Solo Exhibition IWEI Art Museum/Yunnan, China

2017  「十面埋伏・Under Siege」 New York Time Square/New York, USA

2016   「Surviving」,  National Museum of Ethnology (30 works in the permanent collection)/Beijing, China

2016   「Raw」 La Galleria Pall Mall/London, UK

Awards

2024      Newcomer's Award of Photographic Society of Japan Awards/ Tokyo, Japan

2021      The Editor's Photo Award ZOOMS JAPAN 2021  / Tokyo, Japan

2019      Grand Prix, 2nd Canon SHINES Photo Awards  (Selected by Kanayo Egawa and Yasushi Kawamoto) / Tokyo, Japan

2019      Judges’Encouragement Award, 21st 1-WALL Photo Contest  (Selected by Kimi Himeno) / Tokyo, Japan

2016     Best Photo, Photography Category, EWAAC / London, UK

bottom of page