Moko (Motoko) Fukuyama, born and raised in Japan, is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Her diverse practice encompasses large-scale sculptural installations, experimental film, and collaborative projects. Fukuyama immigrated to the United States from Japan in her early twenties and has pursued her version of the American Dream ever since.

Fukuyama’s work has been supported by prominent non-profit institutions, such as Recess, The Shed, SOHO20, Socrates Sculpture Park, Franconia Sculpture Park, River Valley Arts Collective, Al Held Foundation, LongHouse Reserve, Smack Mellon and The Kitchen. Her collaborators include Aki Onda, Chuck Bettis, Virginia Overton, and Yo! Vinyl Richie. Her work has been recognized with grants from  the Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and Jerome Foundation. Fukuyama has held residencies at MacDowell, Stoneleaf Retreat, Art Omi, and Yaddo, which named her the recipient of the Milton and Sally Michel Avery Residency in 2018, the Philip Guston and Musa McKim Residency in 2023. From 2020 to 2022, Fukuyama participated in International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), where she was celebrated as their studio honoree in 2022. That same year, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Fukuyama has engaged with many universities in various roles, including as a visiting artist, lecturer, panelist, and screening host, at institutions such as Kent State University, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Montclair State University, New York University, School of Visual Arts (SVA) and Pratt Institute. With extensive training in filmmaking, she frequently documents renowned performance artists, including Tamar Ettun, Maja Bekan, Beau Bree Rhee, Sacha Yanow, and Aki Onda during his collaboration with Annea Lockwood and Akio Suzuki. In 2022, Fukuyama served as the cinematographer for Lorraine O'Grady's Greetings and Theses, which was screened at Brooklyn Museum, MoMA, and during Loophole of Retreat at 2022 Venice Biennale. In 2023, she traveled to Kenya to create a short film that captures Jean Shin's Sea Change, collaborating with Stanford University to explore the intersection of art, environment, and science.

In 2024, Fukuyama completed two major public sculptural commissions: See the Forest for the Sea for Lighthouse Works in Fishers Island, NY, and Menagerie for the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT. She was also granted the 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship for her interdisciplinary practice.

Looking ahead, Fukuyama will participate in Art Fair Tokyo in spring 2025 as part of the fair’s project booth titled Tale of New York. In summer 2025, she will debut a new public artwork commissioned by Public Art Fund at Rockaway Beach, Queens, NY.