Mariko Kuwahara, NL/JP
Lives and works in Amsterdam, NL
EDUCATION
2008-2011 Graphic Design, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2007-2008 Graphic Design, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
PERFORMANCES
2016 “Para Para”, Lost & Found, De Waag, Amsterdam
2014 “Being (color)”, Volksroom, Brussels
2014 “Art Behavior”, Lost & Found, The Cat Cabinet, Amsterdam
2014 “Let Us Sing, Dance and Praise the Highest”,
Open Garden Days, Herengracht 480, Amsterdam
2014 “Rehearsal”, Trade School, W139, Amsterdam
2013 “Light Us Up Again”, W139, Amsterdam
2013 “Enlightening”, FLAM, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsetdram
2013 “Working Together”, Nieuwe Dakota, Amsterdam
2012 “Light Us Up”, outLINE, Amsterdam
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Between a Rock and a Hard Place”, Oda Park, Venray
2019 “De Best Verzorgde Boeken”, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
2017 “Future of What”, Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam
2017 “Projects for the Page”, The Center for Contemporary Art & Culture
at PNCA, Portland, US
EVENTS
2017 “Big in Japan”, Performance Bar, Rotterdam
2016 “The Showcase”, Sauna Deco, Amsterdam
PRESENTATIONS
2024 “高温注意40do”, Screening, Blue Bird, Beppu, Ōita, JP
2017 screening “Blue Stone”, Plan B, Amsterdam
2016 “Stone Dealer”, San Serriffe, Amsterdam
2016 “Stone Dealer”, Shibaura House, Tokyo
2016 screening “Blue Stone”, 888 books, Tokyo
2015 screening “Blue Stone”, Shiro Oni, Gunma, JP
RESIDENCIES
2024 Beppu Project, Beppu, Ōita, JP
2017 Shimizusawa Community Gate, Yubari, Hokkaido, JP
2017 La Confection Idéale, Tourcoing, FR
2015 Shiro Oni, Gunma, JP
PUBLICATIONS
2019 “Burning Love”, torch press
2016 “Stone Dealer”, torch press
GRANTS
2024 travel grants, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tokyo
2019 travel grants, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tokyo
2017 project grants, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Paris
2016 travel grants, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tokyo
2016 publication grants, Creative Industries Fund NL
2014 project development, AFK (The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts)
2013 project development, AFK (The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts)
2012 project development, AFK (The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts)