Tabaimo

Tabaimo, or Ayako Tabata, was born 1975 in Hyogo, Japan, and is currently based in Nagano. Since her graduation from the Kyoto University of Art and Design in 1999 she has been featured in a large number of solo or group exhibitions.

Tabaimo participated in the triennial in Yokohama in 2001, and the biennials in Valencia in 2001, Sao Paulo in 2002 and Venice in 2007. She was first introduced to a Swedish audience in 2006 with the dance and video piece FURO by Tabaimo and choreographer Ohad Naharin, which had its first performance at the Jewish Theatre in Stockholm.

Selected solo exhibitions

Hara Museum of Art, Tokyo, 2006; Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, 2006; James Cohan Gallery, New York, 2008; Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, 2008.

Selected group exhibitions

How Latitudes Become Form, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2003; ARS 06, Kiasma, Helsinki; Chanel Mobile Art, Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, London, Moscow and Paris, 2008.