Mari Katayama is a Japanese multimedia artist known for her sculpture and photography work.
12 Facts About Mari Katayama
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Mari Katayama's work focuses on themes such as body image, identity, and her experience as an amputee.
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Mari Katayama later moved to Gunma Prefecture, where she grew up.
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Mari Katayama was born with congenital tibial hemimelia, which caused her to have club feet and a cleft left hand.
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Mari Katayama's show On the Way Home, which consisted of all new work, took place in 2017 at The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma.
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From October 2019 to January 2020, Mari Katayama displayed her photography, as well as a textile piece made of twine, pillows, pantyhose, seashells, and her own hair, at the University of Michigan Museum of Art.
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Mari Katayama spoke through an interpreter as part of the Penny Stamps Speaker Series.
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Mari Katayama's work has been shown in multiple group exhibitions, starting with the Gunma Biennale for Young Artists in 2005 when she was 18 years old.
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In 2019, Mari Katayama's work was featured in both the Arsenal and Central Pavilion exhibiting areas of the 58th Venice Biennale, an international art exhibition in Venice, Italy.
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Mari Katayama's work was presented by Sage Gallery booth at Paris Photo later that year.
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Mari Katayama won the Higashikawa New Photographer Award in 2019 and the 45th Kimura Ihei Award in 2020.
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Mari Katayama is married and has one daughter, born in 2017.