DANCE NEW AIR

Tomoko Mukaiyama

Born in the city of Shingu in Wakayama Prefecture, Tomoko Mukaiyama is a pianist and artist who now resides in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Following her victory in the competition for the Gaudeamus International Interpreters Award in the Netherlands in 1991, she performed as a pianist with internationally active orchestras. At the same time, she collaborated with film directors, designers, architects, photographers, and choreographers. More specifically, she has thus far worked with parties including Jiří Kylián, MERZBOW, Marina Abramović, Nicole Beutler, Kim Itoh, Masafumi Sanai, Daisuke Iga, and Yokomizu Makoto. In recent years, she has also been active as artist in her own right, and exhibited many installations at various venues, including “for you” (Yokohama Triennale 2005), “you and bach” (Biennale of Sydney 2006), “wasted” (Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2009), “Nocturne” (Setouchi Triennale 2012), and “Falling” (Aichi Triennale 2013). In Japan, she performed in the concert series “Multus” (2011 – 2013) and the dance concert “SHIROKURO” (Dance Triennale Tokyo 2009). In 2007, she established the Tomato Mukaiyama Foundation in the Netherlands. For the purpose of verbalizing femininity and clarifying connections with society through artistic works, she established the foundation Multus in Japan in 2015, and is exercising her creativity in the field of production as well. She is scheduled to participate in the Saitama Triennale 2016 held in this fall, and is going to show “Home,” a newly created installation there.　
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