MARIKO SUGANO (b.1967)
artist/painter
Works in the mediums of painting, printing, artist books, and in collaboration with sound artist "yxetm+ (Yurihito Watanabe)".
Lived and worked in Duesseldorf, Germany, on a fellowship from Japanese Culutural Affairs 0ct.2001 to Sep.2002.
Stayed and Showed in Insel Hombroich Raketenstation, Neuss-Holzheim and Ateliers Hoeherweg, Duesseldorf Sep.to Nov.2003.
Now based and worked in Tokyo. Group show "VoCA 2007(Vision of Contemporary Art 2007)" in Ueno Royal Museum, "Heyri Asia Project II-Japanese Contemporary Art Festival 2007" in Heyri Art Valley, Paju, Korea, and many other solo and group shows mainly in Tokyo.
Contributed to an illustrated page of David Toop's "Haunted Weather" (Serpent's Tail, 2004) and to the cover art of Toop's album "SOUND BODY"(samadhisound 009) with original artworks.
David Toop's "SOUND BODY" RELEASED 19TH FEBRUARY 2007
http://www.samadhisound.com/davidtoop/
To see art works of Mariko;
official site
http://hw001.gate01.com/yxetmplus/arbor_inversa/index_e.html
{samadhisound.com} artfile
http://www.samadhisound.com/artfile/mariko_sugano.html
SOUND BODY 01
2006, 18.5x20.0cm, acrylic&pigment on card board
original artwork for David Toop's album "SOUND BODY"
"mille comedies - le double inaudible/music for three installations".
http://www.airplanelabel.com/yxetmplus/ap1015.html
Sound works by Yurihito Watanabe
Music for three installations;
"Radical Fashion"(2001, V&A museum, London)
"The Door Practice"(2001, collaboration with M.Suzuki, alternative art Space KAI/ZEN, Tokyo)
"Ju-Jikan"(2001, San Francisco MoMA)
Cover art and poetry reading for track 4-7 by Mariko Sugano
