UESHIMA MUSEUM The 3rd Collection Exhibition “The Image Burns, Distorts, and Sublimates into Light” 2026.9.2 —

AKI INOMATA

I Remember That Sky 1932.12.12

All works in the collection (2)

  • Thinking of Yesterday’s Sky Nagi town(Okayama), 14th June 2024 Title: Thinking of Yesterday’s Sky Nagi town(Okayama), 14th June 2024
    Year: 2025
    Medium: archival print
    Dimensions: 33 x 49.5 cm (13 x 19 1/2 in.)
  • I Remember That Sky 1932.12.12 Title: I Remember That Sky 1932.12.12
    Year: 2024
    Medium: digital type-C print, stereoscope
    Dimensions: 23 x 18 x 33 cm (9 x 7 1/8 x 13 in.)
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1983. Inomata completed the Department of Intermedia Art at the Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts in 2008. By incorporating creation by non-human organisms (sometimes including non-living things) into her works, Inomata offers a critique of anthropocentric forms of art. In 2017 she stayed in New York with a grant from the ACC (Asian Cultural Council). Major solo exhibitions include NTT InterCommunication Center ("emergencies!", 2015), Musée d'arts de Nantes (France, 2018), Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art ("guest room," 2019), Towada Art Center (2019), 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa ("Aperto," 2022) and the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (London, 2023). She took part in "Broken Nature" at MoMA (NY) in 2020 and has exhibited at many major contemporary art museums in Japan and abroad, as well as in many international exhibitions, including the Thailand Biennale (2018), the XXII Triennale di Milano (2019), Aichi Triennale 2022, the Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama: Clear-skies Country (2024) and the 15th Shanghai Biennale (2025). Her works are in the collections of MoMA (NY), Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea (Italy), The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, among others. Since 2025 she has been a visiting professor in the Department of Sculpture at Musashino Art University.
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