MINO Arata

Profile

Born in Fukuoka. Works in Tokyo and Kanagawa. Graduated with a Ph.D. in Fine Arts from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2017.
Mino is an interdisciplinary artist and educator. He connects the remaining memories and landscapes of marginalized places and things, and finds various intermediaries between "here" and "there". His research and practice focuses on foregrounding these concepts. He creates fictions based mainly on photographic and video media, and presents them through various media, including his own body and the bodies of others.

Recent exhibitions and activities
2024 “Sapporo Parallel Museum,” around Sapporo city
2023 “Till Things Are Quiet,” Towada Art Center space and other venues, Aomori
2023 “Correspondence,” A83 gallery, New York
2021 “To / From Kuba,” ANB Tokyo
2019 “Exercise of Falling Well,” Kyoto Art Center Auditorium

Awards
2021 Recipient of the Asian Cultural Council New York Fellowship
2020 Recipient of the Special Prize at "the 19th AAF Playwriting Award," Aichi Prefectural Art Theater
2010, 2011 Awarded in the 2nd and 4th "1_WALL" Photography Competitions, Guardian Garden, Tokyo

About works

Previously, his work focused on the theme of "participant/non-participant perspectives," but his interest has expanded to creating works that examine "living with the presence of war" following his residency in New York. Drawing from research on the U.S. military base in Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, he has created works such as the performance of a new play that captures the in-between sensibilities beyond the dichotomy of dominance and subjugation. In these uncertain times, his works aim to stand in the "in-between" spaces among various communities, celebrating the strength and vulnerability of those who live within ambiguity and serving as a symbol of solidarity.