Artists

Ohkojima Maki

  • Formed 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Based in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Ohkojima Maki, born 1987 in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Tsuji Yosuke, born 1983 in Tokyo, Japan.

Ohkojima Maki engages in creative activities with the theme of “life that circulates irregularly, interwining, tangling, and unraveling” and has participated in residency programs in India, Poland, China, Mexico, France, and other countries. As an individual artist, Ohkojima Maki joined the Tara Ocean Foundation’s Tara Pacific project in 2017, where she took part in scientific exploration aboard the research vessel Tara. In 2023, Ohkojima Maki formed an art unit with Tsuji Yosuke, retaining the name “Ohkojima Maki” for the collective. Recently, Ohkojima Maki has been involved in exhibition projects at museums and galleries, as well as in stage art.

Selected exhibitions
2024
The Manifesto of Museum Composting, Aomori Museum of Art (Japan)
2023–24
Solo exhibition, A Thousand Deer Heads, Chofu City Cultural Hall Tazukuri (Tokyo, Japan)
2022
Solo exhibition, Tsukurikake Labo 09: Correspondences, Chiba City Museum of Art (Japan)
2022
Continuous Contours, Sezon Museum of Modern Art (Nagano, Japan)
2018–19
Solo exhibition, L’oeil de la baleine, Aquarium de Paris (France)
  • “Tomorrow’s Harvest” 2017–18
  • Photo: Mari Habaya
  • © Maki Ohkojima with Agros Art Project All Rights Reserved.
  • Deposited at Aomori Museum of Art.