AKI INOMATA

Born 1983 in Tokyo, Japan. Based in Tokyo, Japan.
Focusing on how the act of “making” is not exclusive to mankind, AKI INOMATA creates “collaboratively” with non-human animals, producing artworks that grow from her interactions with living creatures and reflect her observations on the relationship between humans and animals.
Her major works include Why Not Hand Over a “Shelter” to Hermit Crabs?, in which she created elaborate shells for hermit crabs, and I Wear the Dog’s Hair, and the Dog Wears My Hair, in which the artist and her dog wear capes made out of each other’s respective hair.
Her recent exhibitions include Broken Nature, MoMA (2021; New York, USA), AKI INOMATA: Significant Otherness, Towada Art Center (2019; Aomori, Japan), The XXII Triennale di Milano, La Triennale di Milano (2019; Italy), Thailand Biennale 2018 (Krabi), and Aki Inomata, Why Not Hand Over a “Shelter” to Hermit Crabs?, Musée d’arts de Nantes (2018; France).