Mio Okido (born in 1986, Japan) is interested in miscommunication and conflicts between people, especially those caused by difference in social class, ideology, nationality, cultural and political identity. She uses a variety of media and techniques, including two-dimensional art, installation art, action pieces and art projects, to produce works questioning these themes.
Currently her focus is on the role of tragedies caused by political conflicts and wars which play in damaged communities and a potential that they could create new problems: What kinds of narratives originate from them, how they support the ideology of people and would reinforce their hostility.
She has recently completed works and projects on the history of the Japanese Empire as non-white imperialist and colonialist in Asia, the current assessment of it by Japan and other Asian countries, Asian Germans’ understanding of modern Asian history and their cultural identity, and fragmentation of German national identity due to the division of the country.
Study
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Institut for Art in Context, Berlin University of the Arts
Master of Arts, 2021
(Focus: theories of public art and culture of remembrance)
Fine Art, Weissensee Academy of Art Berlin
Diplom of Arts, 2017
Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts
Bachelor of Arts, 2014
Selected group exhibitions
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Ambivalent Landscapes: More than Representations
Museum of Asian Art of Berlin State Museums, 2022
40 Jahre Kunst im Kontext
neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK), Berlin, 2019
Kunst im Untergrund 2018: Plakat politisch machen
neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK), 2018
KUNST + PROJEKTE Sindelfingen — ZEITKAPSEL
City Museum Sindelfingen, Germany, 2016
In'ei Raisan
Japanese-German Center Berlin, 2016
Selected solo exhibitions
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Galerie Irrgang, Leipzig, 2022
SOMA Art Space Berlin, 2022
SOMA Art Space Berlin, 2021
Grants
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Promotion of projects for contemporary history and culture of remembrance
Senate Department for Culture and Europe of Berlin, 2023
Project grants
Friedrich Naumann Foundation, 2022
Elsa Neumann Scholarship
State Berlin, 2022
Graduation scholarship for international students
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2020
Project grants
Commission for Artistic and Scientific Projects at Berlin University of the Arts, 2020
Grants for overseas training of young artists
Pola Art Foundation, Japan, 2020