Born and Raised in Japan
Lives and Works in Brooklyn, New York
COMMISSIONS & PUBLIC ART (SELECTED)
2025
Between Tides, public sculpture commission by Public Art Fund, New York, NY
2024
Menagerie, public sculpture commissioned by the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield CT
See the Forest for the Sea, commissioned by Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY
2022
Ashes to Ashes, Al Held Foundation, Boiceville, NY, commissioned by River Valley Arts Collective
2021
Tackle Box, commissioned by Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
Shrine (Hell Gate Keepers), commissioned by Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY (Currently presented at LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY
2019
A Kind of Pain, commissioned by The Shed, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
A Kind of Pain, 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, Undercurrent, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2026
Remembering the Memphis College of Art, group exhibition, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
2024
Artists & Recipes, curated by Abby Lloyd, Marvin Gardens, Ridgewood, NY
2023
Melvins: Never Say You Are Sorry, curated by Bob Nickas, Public Access, NY
Benefit exhibition, International Studios & Curatorial Program (ISCP), Brooklyn, NY
2022
Field Day, curated by Emily Noelle Lambert and Maureen Cavanaugh, Peterborough, NH
Benefit exhibition, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Sanctuary, Socrates Annual, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
Shopping at Argo, collaboration with Aki Onda, The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA), Portland, OR
The Holder, The Story, curated by Bella Anastasio, The Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY
Virtually Perfect, curated by Kevin Wu, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2020
The Earth is Blue Like an Orange, International Studios & Curatorial Program (ISCP), Brooklyn, NY
2019
Open Call, The Shed, New York, New York
Mezzanine, Pfizer Building Ground Floor Gallery, curated by Min Sun Jeon and Jennifer Ho, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Monument, The Gowanus E-Waste Warehouse / The Lower East Side Ecology Center, organized by Penelope Umbrico, Brooklyn, NY
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, TN
2012
Creature from the Blue Lagoon, curated by Bob Nickas, Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Bred and Fed, curated by Mary Grace Wright, BS Gallery, Iowa City, IA
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, NY
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS (SELECTED)
2024
NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in interdisciplinary category
Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant
2023
Finalist for Work Space Residency at Baxter St at the Camera Club, New York, NY
Nomination for Adobe Creative Residency at Museum of Modern Art (MoMa), New York, NY
2022
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
Studio Honoree, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), Brooklyn, NY
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, NY
Franconia Sculpture Park Fellowship, Shafer, Minnesota
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
2019
Finalist for Jerome Foundation Artist Fellowship
White Columns Artist Registry, White Columns, New York, New York
2017
Session Artist at Recess, New York, NY
2015
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant, New York, NY
RESIDENCIES (SELECTED)
2024
Artist in Residency, Stoneleaf Retreat, Kingston, NY
2023
The Philip Guston and Musa McKim Residency at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
Art in Residency, Art OMI, Ghent, New York
2022
Artist in Residency at Stoneleaf Retreat, Kingston, New York in collaboration with River Valley Arts Collective
2021
Artist in Residency at International Studios & Curatorial Program (ISCP), Brooklyn, NY
Artist in Residency at The Kitchen, Queenslab, Ridgewood, Queens, NY
2019
The Milton and Sally Michel Avery Residency at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2017
Artist in Residency at MacDowell, Peterborough, NH
ART FAIRS
2025
Art Fair Tokyo, presentation at the special project booth Tales of New York, Tokyo, Japan
2024
Upstate Art Weekend, Stoneleaf Retreat, Kingston, NY
NADA (New Art Dealers Alliance), outdoor sculpture presentation via The Sphinx, Boston & NYC
PERFORMANCES (SELECTED)
2021
LEVEL PLAYING FIELD for American Recordings, Act I: American Harvest, QueensLab/ The Kitchen, New York, NY
American Recordings, Act II: American Frequency, in collaboration with Yo! Vinyl Richie, QueensLab/ The Kitchen, NY
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, NY
2015
Milky Way, in collaboration with Silver Process, curated by Chuck Bettis, performed at The Stone, New York, NY
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, OH
A Kind of Pain, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2021
American Recordings, Act I: American Harvest, Act II: American Frequency, online screening, The Kitchen, New York, NY
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, VA
Travelogues The Geology of Thought, organized by Connor Owens, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2014
Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival, Yubari, Japan
Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival, Muskogee, OK
Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Japan Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany
2013
Premiere of PAN, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
CINEMATOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE (SELECTED)
2023
New film commission by Stanford University for Jean Shin’s Sea Change, Stanford, CA
2022
Filming and editing of Greetings and Theses by Lorraine O’Grady, presented at
-Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
-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 Singapore
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
2024
Visiting Artis, Fall 2024 Semester, School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York, NY
Public talk with Jean Shin, Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY
All Fishermen are Liars, public talk with Tommy Doyen, Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY
2023
Seeing The Forest, Seeing The Tree, Visiting Artist Lecture, Kent State University, Kent, OH
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, NY
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, NE
2021
Visiting Artist, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey
Visiting Artist, Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers, New York, NY
Visiting Artists, Dinner & Discussion lecture series at Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
Mentorship for Five Emerging Artists in Residency, Franconia Sculpture Shafer, MN
2020
Virtual Open Studios, International Studio and Curatorial Program), Brooklyn, NY
2019
Public talk on Agnes Denes: Absolutes and Intermediates, The Shed, New York, NY
Panel discussion Asian Women Artists in the Context of the Social and Institutional, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Artist, Columbia University, MFA program, New York, NY
2015
Visiting Artist, NYU, BFA program, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
10 Essential Land Art Pilgrimages to Make Across the United States This Summer, Cultured Magazine
Moko Fukuyama Creates Microcosms From a Tickle Box, written by Jess Wilcox, Boston Art Review
Artist Spotlight: Moko Fukuyama, written by Allie Kickhofer, NeueHouse Journal
Upstate Art Weekends Offers Year’s Worth of Art in Four Days, written by Will Heinrich, The New York Times
2022
Upstate of Mind: the Evolving concept of art in New York’s Hudson Valley, written by Sophie Landres, Art Basel Stories
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
EDUCATION
2004
BFA, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2003
AICAD: New York Studio Program, New York, NY
2002
School of The Museum of The Fine Art, Boston, MA