Born 1989 in Gifu, Japan, Mami Hirano graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with an MFA in Intermedia Art in 2014. By choosing subject matters that are both real and imaginary–such as a unicorn and her beloved dog who was battling an illness–and faithfully producing all the elements that make up those life forms including bones, innards, muscles, and skin, Hirano creates works about the structures of these life forms, the preservation of life, and the topic of resuscitation. Her works are a deep reflection on absence and death, preservation and creation, and recognition and existence; and invites viewers in this modern age to ponder on how we should face these contemplations.

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1989
Born in Gifu

2012
Nagoya Zokei University, BFA

2014
Tokyo University of the Arts, MFA, Intermedia Art

[Solo Exhibitions]

2023
Imaginary Lesson, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo

2021
METAMORPHOSES, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, 3331 Gallery, Tokyo

2018
Artist in Museum: Mami Hirano Meets Gifu Prefectural College for the Blind, Gifu Prefectural College for the Blind, Gifu
Revived a Unicorn, Galley MARUHI, Tokyo

[Group Exhibitions]

2021
Collectors’ Collective Vol.5, biscuit gallery, Tokyo
ab-sence/ac-cept, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu

2019
Second Flush, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
Media Cosmos shinsyun bijyutsukan 2019, Gifu Media Cosmos, Gifu

2018
Frankenstein in 2018: Bio-art throws light on art, science, and society today, EYE OF GYRE, Tokyo
Artist in Museum: Mami Hirano Meets Gifu Prefectural College for the Blind, Gifu Prefectural College for the Blind, Gifu

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Gallery Exhibitions

Mami Hirano “Imaginary Lesson“

February 4 – March 5, 2023