Moko Fukuyama
Born in Chiba, Japan
Lives and Works in Brooklyn, New York
RECENT ACHIEVEMENT & FORTHCOMING EVENTS
2025
New public sculpture commission by Public Art Fund, New York, NY
Remembering the Memphis College of Art, 1936-2020, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
2024
NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Work
New public sculpture commission by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
New public sculpture commission by Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, New York
NADA (New Art Dealers Alliance) New York participation via Sphinx
Upstate Art Weekend participation via Stoneleaf Retreat, Kingston, New York
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, New York, New York
2023
Artist in Residency, Art Omi, Ghent, New York
The Philip Guston and Musa McKim Residency at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York
2022
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
The Studio Honoree, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), Brooklyn, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
A Kind of Pain, the Filling Station at Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY
2022
Streaming Surface, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2021
American Recordings, The Kitchen, New York, NY
2018
La Bohème, Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN
2018
Untitled (Diorama), commissioned by +/- Project, SOHO20, Brooklyn, NY
2017
You Never Know What Idea You Might Have, Recess, New York, NY
2016
All Depends On The Source Of Light, SLA307 (Undercurrent), New York, NY
COMMISSIONS & PUBLIC ART (SELECTED)
2024
See the Forest for the Sea, commissioned by Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, New York
2022
Ashes to Ashes, Al Held Foundation, Boiceville, New York, commissioned by River Valley Arts Collective
2021
Tackle Box, commissioned by Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota
Shrine (Hell Gate Keepers), commissioned by Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York
2019
A Kind of Pain, commissioned by The Shed, New York, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2024
Artists & Recipes, curated by Abby Lloyd, Marvin Gardens, Ridgewood, New York
2023
Melvins: Never Say You Are Sorry, curated by Bob Nickas, Public Access, New York, New York
2022
Field Day, curated by Emily Noelle Lambert and Maureen Cavanaugh, Peterborough, New Hampshire,
Benefit exhibition, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York
2021
Sanctuary, Socrates Annual, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York
Shopping at Argo, collaboration with Aki Onda, The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA), Portland, Oregon
The Holder, The Story, curated by Bella Anastasio, The Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, New York
Virtually Perfect, curated by Kevin Wu, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
2020
The Earth is Blue Like an Orange, International Studios & Curatorial Program (ISCP), Brooklyn, New York
2019
Open Call, The Shed, New York, New York
Mezzanine, Pfizer Building Ground Floor Gallery, curated by Min Sun Jeon and Jennifer Ho, Brooklyn, New York
2017
Monument, The Gowanus E-Waste Warehouse / The Lower East Side
Ecology Center, organized by Penelope Umbrico, Brooklyn, New York
2014
Infinitude, in collaboration with Virginia Overton, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angels, California
2013
Virginia Overton at Kunsthalla Bern (Storyteller, a collaborative work with Overton was shown as a part of her solo exhibition)
Street Trash, organized by Motoko Fukuyama, Aaron Suggs, and Virginia Overton, Memphis, Tennessee
2012
Creature from the Blue Lagoon, curated by Bob Nickas, Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
Bred and Fed, curated by Mary Grace Wright, BS Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
Guns ‘N Fucking Roses, curated by Jan Van Woensel, Monty ABN, Antwerp, Belgi
Street Trash, Greenpoint, organized by James Campbell, Sadie Laska, and Virginia Overton, Brooklyn, New York
PERFORMANCES (SELECTED)
2021
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD for American Recordings, Act I: American Harvest, QueensLab/ The Kitchen, New York, New York
American Recordings, Act II: American Frequency, in collaboration with Yo! Vinyl Richie, QueensLab/ The Kitchen, New York
2019
Bells, live performance with Aki Onda and Lucie Vítková, Roulette, Brooklyn, New York
2017
Tabletop Music, performance with Annea Lockwood, Aki Onda, and Akio Suzuki commissioned by Blank Forms, performed at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, New York
2015
Milky Way, in collaboration with Silver Process, curated by Chuck Bettis, performed at The Stone, New York, New York
SCREENINGS & FILM FESTIVALS (SELECTED)
2023
American Recordings, Act II: American Frequency, in collaboration with Yo! Vinyl Richie, Blank_Lab, Innovation Hub, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
A Kind of Pain, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
2021
American Recordings, Act I: American Harvest, Act II: American Frequency, online screening, The Kitchen, New York
2017
Daisy Chain, organized by David Matorin, JOAN, Los Angeles, California
2016
Travelogues The Geology of Thought, organized by Connor Owens, Light House Studio, Charlottesville, Virginia
Travelogues The Geology of Thought, organized by Connor Owens, Anthology Film Archives, New York, New York
2014
Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival, Yubari, Japan
Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival, Muskogee, Oklahoma
Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, Brooklyn, New York
Japan Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany
2013
Premiere of PAN, Anthology Film Archives, New York, New York
CINEMATOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE (SELECTED)
2023
New film commission by Stanford University for Jean Shin’s Sea Change, Stanford, California
2022
Filming and editing of Greetings and Theses by Lorraine O’Grady, presented at:
–Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
–Loophole of Retreat: Venice, United States Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
–Museum of Modern Art as part of Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces
Filming and editing of In Search of Paik by Aki Onda for National Gallery Singapor
Filming of Beau Bree Rhee: Shadow of the Sea, performance commissioned by the Kitchen
2020
Filming and editing of Stack Until It Falls Down by Aki Onda for Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
2016
Filming and editing of Dennis Oppenheim: Terrestrial Studio for Storm King Art Center
LECTURE, TALKS, TEACHING
2023
Seeing The Forest, Seeing The Tree, Visiting Artist Lecture, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
ATOA (Artists Talk On Art), panel discussion on Grace Roselli’s Pandora’s BoxX Project for American Art of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C.
2022
Celebrate the Studio, honoree speech for International Studio and Curatorial Program benefit at James Cohan Gallery, New York, N
Visiting Artist, Carnegie Mellon University MFA program, Pittsburg, PA
Panel discussion, here before: monuments, memory and place with Nathaniel Ruleaux, Inkpa Mani, Karin
Campbell, “Alternate Currents” series, Amplify Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
2021
Visiting Artist, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey
Visiting Artist, Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers, New York, New York
Visiting Artists, Dinner & Discussion lecture series at Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota
Mentorship for Five Emerging Artists in Residency, Franconia Sculpture Shafer, Minnesota
2020
Virtual Open Studios, International Studio and Curatorial Program), Brooklyn, New York
2019
Panel discussion Asian Women Artists in the Context of the Social and Institutional
Public talk on Agnes Denes: Absolutes and Intermediates, The Shed, New Y
Structure with Furen Dai, Jean Shin, Xin Wang, Pfizer Building Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Visiting Artist, Columbia University, MFA program, New York, New York
2015
Visiting Artist, NYU, BFA program, New York, New York
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021
Art Workers Demand Coverage of Stop Asian Hate, Ocula Magazine
Artists Find Sanctuary at Socrates Sculpture Park, Hyperallergic
2020
Artists & Recipes, organized by Abby Lloyd, featured in Creative Time COVID-19 Responses
2018
The Shed’s Open Call, Artnet News & Hyperallergic
2018
La Bohème, Review, Art Papers
2017
Tabletop Music at Pioneer Works, Review, Brooklyn Rail
Monument at Guwanus E-Waste Warehouse, Review, Hyperallergic
You Never Know What Idea You Might Have at Recess. Review, Downtown Express
2015
20 Emerging Female Artists to Keep on Your Radar, ArtNet News
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
2024
NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Work
Artist in Residency at Stoneleaf, Kingston, New York
Foundation Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
2023
Artist in Residency at Art Omi, Ghent, New York
Artist in Residency at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York
Finalist for Work Space Residency at Baxter St at the Camera Club, New York, New York
2022
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
2022
Artist in Residency at Stoneleaf Retreat, Kingston, New York in collaboration with River Valley Arts Collective
2021
Nomination for Anonymous Was A Woman Award
Nomination for The Keith Haring Foundation Fellowship in Art and Activism at Bard College
Socrates Sculpture Park Artist Fellowship, Queens, New Yor
Franconia Sculpture Park Fellowship, Shafer, Minnesota
Artist in Residency at The Kitchen, Queenslab, Ridgewood, Queens, New York
Finalist for Jerome Foundation Artist Fellowship (awarded)
2020
The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
Finalist for NYFA’s NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre
Artist in Residency at International Studios & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Ground Floor Residency, Brooklyn, New York
2019
Finalist for Jerome Foundation Artist Fellowship
The Milton and Sally Michel Avery Residency at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York
White Columns Artist Registry, White Columns, New York, New York
2017
MacDowell Fellowship, Artist in Residency at Peterborough, New Hampshire
Session Artist at Recess, New York, New York
2015
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant, New York, New York
2014
The Best Horror Short Award, Barebones International Film & Music Festival, Muskogee, Oklahoma
2003
AICAD: New York Studio Program Residency, New York, New York
Myrtle Power Bowld European Traveling Fellowship, Memphis, Tennessee
COLLECTIONS
2022
Shrine (Hell Gate Keepers), LongHouse Reserve, East Hamptons, New York
Ashes to Ashes #1 & #2, Stoneleaf Retreat, Kingston, New York
EDUCATION
2004
BFA, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee
2003
AICAD: New York Studio Program, New York, New York
2002
School of The Museum of The Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts