Artists
Mayunkiki
- Born 1982 in Hokkaido, Japan. Based in Hokkaido, Japan.
A member of Marewrew and Apetunpe, groups that practice traditional Ainu song, Mayunkiki commenced solo performances in 2021. In 2018, motivated by an interest in aesthetics associated with her Ainu roots, she began to research “sinuye,” a traditional form of tattooing for Ainu women. From a strictly personal perspective, she explores the Ainu existence and presence in our contemporary society, incorporating her discoveries into her art.
- Selected exhibitions
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- 2024
- Where My Words Belong, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (Japan)
- 2022
- Solo exhibition, SIKNURE - Let me live, Ikon Gallery (Birmingham, UK)
- 2021–22
- Reborn-Art Festival 2021–22: Altruism and Fluidity, Central Ishinomaki, Former Sauna Ishinomaki (Miyagi, Japan)
- 2021
- Solo exhibition, Mayunkiki “SINRIT teoro wano aynu menoko sinrici an=hunara” , CAI03 (Hokkaido, Japan)
- 2020
- 22nd Biennale of Sydney: NIRIN (Australia)
- “Siknure - Let me live” 2022
- Photo: Stuart Whipps
- Courtesy of Ikon Gallery.