Mayuko Inui (she/they)
Mayuko Inui is an artist based in Tokyo, Japan.
Her work explores feminism and queer theory through video and performance art using her own body as the material of the artwork. In recent years, she has been interested in representations of gender in folktales, and in songs and stories that change as they are told and retold.
Education
2025
Doctoral Course in Contemporary Japanese Studies, Department of Foundational Japanese Studies, Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University
2023
M.F.A in Inter-media art, Department of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2021
Exchange student in Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art, Aalto University, Helsinki
2020
B.F.A in Inter-media art, Department of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
Solo Exhibition
2023
“Tamamayu (Double Cocoon)” EUKARYOTE, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2024
“Clima Fitness”, Matadero Madrid, Intermediate Matadero, Madrid, Spain
“Art Basel HongKong”, Hong Kong
Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
“1st BUG Art Award finalists exhibition”, BUG, Tokyo
2023
“Here Comes Everybody!” Akita City Cultural Creation Center, Akita, Japan
2022
“KUMA EXHIBITION 2022 Part.02” ANB Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2021
“Megane Kaetemiru?” Art Lab Aichi, Nagoya, Japan
“YOUNG ARTIST EXHIBITION 2021” EUKARYOTE, Tokyo, Japan
http://eukaryote.jp/en/exhibition/young-artist-exhibition-2021/
2020
“Listen to Her Song” The Chinretsukan Gallery in Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
https://listen-to-her-song.geidai.ac.jp/
“Heisei Geijutsu Awards group exhibition” Heisei Memorial Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
https://www.heiseikensetu.co.jp/gallery/recipients.html
“The 68th Tokyo University of the Arts Graduation Works Exhibition” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Performances
2023
“Stilllive 2024: Kinetic Net”, CCO Osaka, Osaka, Japan
2022
“Stilllive Village：Life of Arena”, Toyooka Art Festival, Hyogo, Japan
“Stilllive Performance Art Summit Tokyo 2022──Tribute of Performance Anthology”, Goethe Institute Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2020
“Stilllive 2020 Contact Contradiction”, Goethe Institute Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2019
“Stilllive 2019”, Goethe Institute Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2016
Participated to “Hibi” by Mum&Gypsy
http://mum-gypsy.com/wp-mum/hibi
Talks
2023
Stilllive Talk #Vol.1 – What is Performance Platform, YAU STUDIO
2020
Listen to Her Song – Junya Utsumi×Mayuko Inui×Insook Kim×Aya Momose, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Writings
2022
Eureka, Poetry and Criticism, (December issue), Seidosha
Bijutsu Techo, (Febuary 2022 issue), BIJUTSU SHUPPAN-SHA Co., Ltd.
2021
Harper’s BAZAAR, Women in Art(November 2021 issue), Hearst Fujingaho Co., Ltd.
vanitas, No.oo7 issue, Adachi Press
Reviews
2023
Nodoka Odawara “Mayuko Inui: Queer Reading and Art, On Tireless Practice”, Kuma Foundation Interview Series
Yoko Uchida “Drag Queen Moche and Mayuko Inui…Talking about Gender through Art@Akita City Cultural Creation Center”, Akita Sakigake
2021
Bijutsu Techo, Febuary 2021 issue, BIJUTSU SHUPPAN-SHA Co., Ltd.
Bijutsu no Mado, “New Artists Selected by the Gallery”, (May 2021 issue), SHUFUNOTOMO Co., Ltd.
Art Collectors, “Nude love and the power of beauty”, (No.148 issue), Seikatsu no Tomo Co.
2020
“Representation of women’s experiences and circumstances: Listen to Her Song”, Asahi Shimbun
Awards
2024
1st BUG Art Award finalists
2021
CAF Award, Kodama Kanazawa Jury Prize, Contemporary Art Foundation
Nikon Photo Contest 2020-2021, Short Film Competition Grand Prize, Nikon
2020
The 6th Heisei Geijutsu Awards, Tokyo University of the Arts & HEISEI Corporation
Qualifications
2020
Nationally Certified Curator of Japan