"etude no.12 variation for Toni's Schaftmilch Joghurt" photo: (C) 2009 eSeL

mamoru (Mamoru Okuno)

1977 born in Osaka, Japan.

EDUCATION
2001
B.F.A. (major: music performance, jazz piano) The City University of New York / The City College of New York

SELECTED SOLO WORKS
2011 “etude no.39 instant noodle” (Yuka Contemporary, Tokyo)video installation
2010 “etude for orange −soda”(Yuka Contemporary, Tokyo)video installation, performance
2009 "etude no.12 variations" (Museum Quartier, Vienna) installation
2008 "etude" (La Chambre Blanche, Quebec) installation
2007 “otozure”(BankART NYK Hall, Yokohama)sound performance
2006 "something remain" (National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan) sound performance series
2005 "sound performance" (Espace Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vallemcienne) performance
2004 "more silent" (Belgium Flanders Center, Osaka) performance
2003 "echo - meaning - self" (O-gallery Tops, Tokyo) sound installation

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION/COLLABORATED WORKS
2011 “TOKYO STORY 2010” (Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo) group exhibition
2010 “Tokyo Experimental Festival” (Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo) performance festival
2009 "10ms / Perspective on microsound" (Diapasson Gallery, New York) group exhibition
2009 "etude for everyday objects" (SHELTEMA, Leiden) art festival
2009 "etude for everyday objects" (MUKOK, Vienna) art festival/ performance, workshop
2009 "to rest"(Nagi Musuem of Modern Art, Okayama) collaboration with dance
2007 "Fire Squid"(De Young Museum, San Francisco) collaboration with video
2006 "City of London Festival" (All Hallows, London) collaboration with video
2003 "wearing the eyes opened" (Avanza, Osaka) sound performance for Flanders Festival
2000 "happening"(James Chapel, New York City)performance with video, script reading

PUBLIC COLLECTION
2003 "procedure 22:05" (Izumi City) sound work

AWARD / GRANT / RESIDENCY
2010 Tokyo Wonder Site (Tokyo) 1 year Artist in Residency program, and grant
2010 Tokyo Experimental Festival, First Prize (Tokyo) performance
2009 quartier21 (Vienna) 1 month Artist in Residency program, and grant.
2009 Kunstmeile Krems (Krems) 2 month Artist in Residency program, and grant.
2008 La Chambre Blanche (Quebec) 6 weeks Artist in Residency program, and grant.
2006 Cafe Live Series 2006, Prize (BankART NYK, Yokohama) performance