Noriko Yamaguchi (JP)

Noriko Yamaguchi (born 1983) graduated from the Kyoto University of Art And Design where she is currently doing a post-graduate course. She works with different forms of expression and various media, including performance, photography, video, sculpture and drawing. In 2004 she was awarded the Panel of Judges Prize at the 21st Century Asia Design Competition, her photographs were also featured in the prestigious The Sovereign Asian Art Prize Competition (2008-2011). Yamaguchi exhibited in Kyoto, Tokyo, Paris, Hong-Kong and Taiwan, as well as in Wrocław where she presented the Pillow Talk#2 performance during the 14th Media Art Biennale WRO 2011 Alternative Now and her Peppermint Mother solo exhibition at the WRO Atelier (2012). Her video animations, photographs, drawings and performances, rigorous in their form and composition, stem from intimate experiences, thoughts, and references to personal memories and cultural encounters. Her work concentrates on the human body and its relation to nature, tradition, social environment and technology.

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