MAHO HIKINO is a creator of video installations and art projects exploring themes of the reproduction and loss of senses, memories, textures, movement. She was born in Hyogo, Japan. Her B.A. in Liberal Arts was received from Doshisha Women's College, Kyoto in 2008 and earned a Master of Arts degree from Tama Art University, Tokyo in 2010. Subsequent to that She lived and worked in Tokyo, producing video installations and art projects. And she moved to New York City in 2013 for working and exhibiting her-self art project.
She made a Japanese artist collective; ART BEASTIES(http://artbeasties.com/) in NYC 2013. Through hosting pop-up shows and curating an online registrar of Japanese artists, seeks to broaden and deepen the understanding of contemporary Japanese art to an international audience.
Statement:
What I wish to capture is the beauty that originally exists in the world: texture, movement, sense, memory. From moment to moment they undergo continuous change, and invariably they will be lost.
Media art, to me, is an attempt to reproduce and reconstruct them. And media is the vehicle connecting me with the world. Digital video, for instance, theoretically enables perpetual preservation and reproduction, and yet how are we to play back or reproduce the senses and feelings that ought to have been there as well?
Through beauty/Art (Geijutsu), I pursue our fundamental desire to know the truth.
Because in this world where everything changes, where everything will be lost, it is this desire and this desire alone that has the potential to answer the question, Why must we be here?
"We have art in order not to die of the truth." Friedrich Nietzsche
ART BEASTIES Exhibition (Organize and Show) :
2025
“FENAMENA” (KOBO (at HIGO) in Japantown/ID / Seattle)
2023
“and then. ART BEASTIES 10th anniversary” (EV Gallery / NY)
2020
"ART BEASTIES @ Cornish College of the Arts : Art Incubator Residency" Public Viewing（ Cornish College of the Arts /Seattle）
2018
"Butterfly Flutter – Time Difference 時差 vol.3 New York-Seattle-London-Tokyo"（Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum /Tokyo)
"IN THE SHADOW OF OLMPUS" (SOIL Gallery /Seattle)
2016
"Time Difference 時差 vol.2 New York-Seattle-Tokyo-Kobe" (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art /Hyogo)
2015
"Time Difference 時差: Seattle–New York–Tokyo" (SOIL Gallery /Seattle)
"Art Beasties: Japanese Artist Collective Pop-Up Exhibition"（Prole Drift Gallery /Seattle)
2014
"ART BEASTIES 1st Anniversary!!! Open Studio" (Dumbo Arts Festival 2014 /NY)
"Fluid Destination -ART BEASTIES EXHIBITION"（Culturefix /NY)
"ART BEASTIES EXHIBITION"（Brooklyn Fire Proof /NY)
Selected Exhibition and Event:
2023
“It’s All Lies” (Akibatanabi 21, 3331 Arts Chiyoda / Tokyo) *Organize and Show
“Akibatanabi 21 Relocation Pre-Event: The Past and Future 3 – Discussing Connections Among Artists” (YAU STUDIO / Tokyo)
2021
“Yanbaru Art Festival” (Former Shioya Elementary School, Ogimi Village / Okinawa)
2016
"KONICA MINOLTA Social design award 2016" (KONICA MINOLTA plaza /Tokyo)
“Ugoku ten 2nd”(Cinema maebashi / Gunma)
"Noseden Art Line cafe", artist talk（Aste Citizen’s plaza）
2015
"Noseden Art Line myoken-no-mori 2015 (Art Biennale, 90days)" (Wedge Gellry and Kawanishi Citizen’s Gallery /Hyogo, Japan)
"NyamaNyama @Salle de Ciné" (Theater in Diébougou /Burkina Faso,West Africa)
2014
"J_ART 4th" (Williamsburg Art & Historical Center /NY)
2012
"J_ART 2ND" (Williamsburg Art & Historical Center /NY)
"ARTLABO X 2012"（The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo /Tokyo)
2011
"ART STYLING with NOS AoyamaⅥ" (NOS Aoyama /Tokyo)
"Holiday Vol.6" (Gallery KINGYO/Tokyo)
2010
"Tama Art University & Universität der Künste Berlin Exhibition" (Gallery LE DECO /Tokyo)
"Degree show 2014/ Master's Degree Program" (Tama Art University/Tokyo)
"Holiday Vol.5" (Gallery KINGYO/Tokyo)
2009
"IDD TAMACOM'09 - Thinking Bubbles -" (Bank ART Studio NYK/Yokohama)
"ART & DESIGN CRITIQUES in TOKYO 2009" (Tama Art University/Tokyo)
"Cross×Counter vol.3"(Kichijyouji WAPP/Tokyo)
"TOKYO SCREENING -Japanese Emerging Artists' Video Art Exhibition" (Monkey Town and About Floor/NY)
2007
“Koto to Koto no Aida” (msc Gallery, Kyoto)
2006
“Sanjo-Akarikeshiki” (Project for Takase river, Kyoto)
”彩〜primary colors” (Doshisya Rohm Plaza, Kyoto)
“Kotonoha hirari” (Kansai Research Establishment, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute/ Kyoto)
“Kotonoha hirari” (Keihanna international forum / Kyoto)
Solo Exhibition :
2019
"Shirogane 5cyoume Award finalist Exhibition vol.2 : HIKINO MAHO Exhibition, Absence Exists" (OFS Gallery/Tokyo)
2015
"Seeds program 12th: HIKINO MAHO Solo Exhibition, Dream Drawing" (Sukiwa Gallery/Tokyo)
2012
"HIKINO MAHO Solo Exhibition"(The Art complex Center of Tokyo /Tokyo)
"MIRROR"(Pepper's Gallery/Tokyo)
2011
"HIKINO MAHO Video Exhibition"(double tall cafe Shibuya /Tokyo)
"MIRROR: HIKINO MAHO Video Art Exhibition"(Gallery cafe bar [enyen] /Tokyo)
2009
"MIRROR#2~chilll out"(Pepper's Gallery/Tokyo)
2008
"MIRROR#2"(Shinjuku Ganka garou /Tokyo)
2007
"Drawing Piano"(AD&A gallery /Osaka)
Publication:
2024 “It's All Lies”, It's All Lies
2019 “Time Difference 時差 vol.3 New York‒Seattle–London–Tokyo”, Art Beasties
2018 “Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2018”, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
2019 “Time Difference 時差 vol.3 New York‒Seattle–London–Tokyo”, Art Beasties
2018 “Time Difference 時差 vol.3 New York‒Seattle–London–Tokyo”, Art Beasties
2016 “Time Difference 時差 vol.2 New York-Seattle-Tokyo-Kobe”, Art Beasties
2015 “Noseden Art Line myoken-no-mori 2015”, Noseden Art Line myoken-no-mori 2015 executive committee
2010 "ARTBOX Vol.8 Contemporary-Artist File Contemporary ART", ISBN 978-4-87298-848-2, Art Box International
2010 "Hyper Art Catalogue", Tama Art University
Prize:
2023 “It’s All Lies” Akibatanabi 21, Exhibition proposal selected and shown
2021 “Nostalgia” Yanbaru Art Festival, Exhibition work selected and shown
2019 “Absence Exists” Shirokane 5-Chome Award (Art Division), Finalist and shown
2016 "ART FOR IT" KONICA MINOLTA Social design award 2016, Finalist and shown
2015 "ART FOR IT" Noseden Art Line myoken-no-mori 2015, Exhibition work selected and shown
2010 "MIRROR#4" ARTLABO X 2012 Contest, Finalist and shown
2010 "MIRROR#3" 16th Student CG Contest, Finalist and shown
2008 "MIRROR#2" 6th North Shinano Obuse Film Festival and 60-Second Cinema Competition, Finalist and shown
2007 "MIRROR" Art & Technology Northeast 2007,Special Jury Prize
Media:
2018 Web site “the stranger”, Recommended by Joule Zelman, https://www.thestranger.com/events/25546927/in-the-shadow-of-olympus
2016 Web magazine "ethica", http://www.ethica.jp/25984/
2016 PARCO "Booster", https://www.booster-parco.com/project/56
2014 Web site “Bushwick Daily” listed as one of 5 best shows in Bushwick
2016. 6. 01 Japanese newspaper "Senken Shinbun",Japan
2016. 5. 19 Japanese newspaper "Kobe Shinbun",Japan
2016. 5. 07 Japanese newspaper "Shukan NY Seikatu",NY
2015. 3. 27 Japanese newspaper "Yomi Time",NY
2016. 1. 30 Web site "ethica" http://www.ethica.jp/25984/
2015. 3. 10 Japanese newspaper “Soy Sauce”, Seattle
2014. 9. 20 Japanese newspaper "Shukan NY Seikatu",NY
2014. 3. 15 Japanese newspaper "Shukan NY Seikatu",NY
2014. 1. 30 Web site “Bushwick Daily” listed as one of 5 best shows in Bushwick
http://bushwickdaily.com/bushwick/categories/arts-and-culture/1993-bushwick-is-the-right-place-for-art-6-must-see-art-shows-this-weekend
2014. 1. 24 Japanese newspaper "Yomi Time"
2014. 1. 24 Japanese newspaper "NY E Japion"
2014. 1. 11 Japanese newspaper "Shukan NY Seikatu"
She made a Japanese artist collective; ART BEASTIES(http://artbeasties.com/) in NYC 2013. Through hosting pop-up shows and curating an online registrar of Japanese artists, seeks to broaden and deepen the understanding of contemporary Japanese art to an international audience.
Statement:
What I wish to capture is the beauty that originally exists in the world: texture, movement, sense, memory. From moment to moment they undergo continuous change, and invariably they will be lost.
Media art, to me, is an attempt to reproduce and reconstruct them. And media is the vehicle connecting me with the world. Digital video, for instance, theoretically enables perpetual preservation and reproduction, and yet how are we to play back or reproduce the senses and feelings that ought to have been there as well?
Through beauty/Art (Geijutsu), I pursue our fundamental desire to know the truth.
Because in this world where everything changes, where everything will be lost, it is this desire and this desire alone that has the potential to answer the question, Why must we be here?
"We have art in order not to die of the truth." Friedrich Nietzsche
ART BEASTIES Exhibition (Organize and Show) :
2025
“FENAMENA” (KOBO (at HIGO) in Japantown/ID / Seattle)
2023
“and then. ART BEASTIES 10th anniversary” (EV Gallery / NY)
2020
"ART BEASTIES @ Cornish College of the Arts : Art Incubator Residency" Public Viewing（ Cornish College of the Arts /Seattle）
2018
"Butterfly Flutter – Time Difference 時差 vol.3 New York-Seattle-London-Tokyo"（Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum /Tokyo)
"IN THE SHADOW OF OLMPUS" (SOIL Gallery /Seattle)
2016
"Time Difference 時差 vol.2 New York-Seattle-Tokyo-Kobe" (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art /Hyogo)
2015
"Time Difference 時差: Seattle–New York–Tokyo" (SOIL Gallery /Seattle)
"Art Beasties: Japanese Artist Collective Pop-Up Exhibition"（Prole Drift Gallery /Seattle)
2014
"ART BEASTIES 1st Anniversary!!! Open Studio" (Dumbo Arts Festival 2014 /NY)
"Fluid Destination -ART BEASTIES EXHIBITION"（Culturefix /NY)
"ART BEASTIES EXHIBITION"（Brooklyn Fire Proof /NY)
Selected Exhibition and Event:
2023
“It’s All Lies” (Akibatanabi 21, 3331 Arts Chiyoda / Tokyo) *Organize and Show
“Akibatanabi 21 Relocation Pre-Event: The Past and Future 3 – Discussing Connections Among Artists” (YAU STUDIO / Tokyo)
2021
“Yanbaru Art Festival” (Former Shioya Elementary School, Ogimi Village / Okinawa)
2016
"KONICA MINOLTA Social design award 2016" (KONICA MINOLTA plaza /Tokyo)
“Ugoku ten 2nd”(Cinema maebashi / Gunma)
"Noseden Art Line cafe", artist talk（Aste Citizen’s plaza）
2015
"Noseden Art Line myoken-no-mori 2015 (Art Biennale, 90days)" (Wedge Gellry and Kawanishi Citizen’s Gallery /Hyogo, Japan)
"NyamaNyama @Salle de Ciné" (Theater in Diébougou /Burkina Faso,West Africa)
2014
"J_ART 4th" (Williamsburg Art & Historical Center /NY)
2012
"J_ART 2ND" (Williamsburg Art & Historical Center /NY)
"ARTLABO X 2012"（The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo /Tokyo)
2011
"ART STYLING with NOS AoyamaⅥ" (NOS Aoyama /Tokyo)
"Holiday Vol.6" (Gallery KINGYO/Tokyo)
2010
"Tama Art University & Universität der Künste Berlin Exhibition" (Gallery LE DECO /Tokyo)
"Degree show 2014/ Master's Degree Program" (Tama Art University/Tokyo)
"Holiday Vol.5" (Gallery KINGYO/Tokyo)
2009
"IDD TAMACOM'09 - Thinking Bubbles -" (Bank ART Studio NYK/Yokohama)
"ART & DESIGN CRITIQUES in TOKYO 2009" (Tama Art University/Tokyo)
"Cross×Counter vol.3"(Kichijyouji WAPP/Tokyo)
"TOKYO SCREENING -Japanese Emerging Artists' Video Art Exhibition" (Monkey Town and About Floor/NY)
2007
“Koto to Koto no Aida” (msc Gallery, Kyoto)
2006
“Sanjo-Akarikeshiki” (Project for Takase river, Kyoto)
”彩〜primary colors” (Doshisya Rohm Plaza, Kyoto)
“Kotonoha hirari” (Kansai Research Establishment, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute/ Kyoto)
“Kotonoha hirari” (Keihanna international forum / Kyoto)
Solo Exhibition :
2019
"Shirogane 5cyoume Award finalist Exhibition vol.2 : HIKINO MAHO Exhibition, Absence Exists" (OFS Gallery/Tokyo)
2015
"Seeds program 12th: HIKINO MAHO Solo Exhibition, Dream Drawing" (Sukiwa Gallery/Tokyo)
2012
"HIKINO MAHO Solo Exhibition"(The Art complex Center of Tokyo /Tokyo)
"MIRROR"(Pepper's Gallery/Tokyo)
2011
"HIKINO MAHO Video Exhibition"(double tall cafe Shibuya /Tokyo)
"MIRROR: HIKINO MAHO Video Art Exhibition"(Gallery cafe bar [enyen] /Tokyo)
2009
"MIRROR#2~chilll out"(Pepper's Gallery/Tokyo)
2008
"MIRROR#2"(Shinjuku Ganka garou /Tokyo)
2007
"Drawing Piano"(AD&A gallery /Osaka)
Publication:
2024 “It's All Lies”, It's All Lies
2019 “Time Difference 時差 vol.3 New York‒Seattle–London–Tokyo”, Art Beasties
2018 “Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2018”, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
2019 “Time Difference 時差 vol.3 New York‒Seattle–London–Tokyo”, Art Beasties
2018 “Time Difference 時差 vol.3 New York‒Seattle–London–Tokyo”, Art Beasties
2016 “Time Difference 時差 vol.2 New York-Seattle-Tokyo-Kobe”, Art Beasties
2015 “Noseden Art Line myoken-no-mori 2015”, Noseden Art Line myoken-no-mori 2015 executive committee
2010 "ARTBOX Vol.8 Contemporary-Artist File Contemporary ART", ISBN 978-4-87298-848-2, Art Box International
2010 "Hyper Art Catalogue", Tama Art University
Prize:
2023 “It’s All Lies” Akibatanabi 21, Exhibition proposal selected and shown
2021 “Nostalgia” Yanbaru Art Festival, Exhibition work selected and shown
2019 “Absence Exists” Shirokane 5-Chome Award (Art Division), Finalist and shown
2016 "ART FOR IT" KONICA MINOLTA Social design award 2016, Finalist and shown
2015 "ART FOR IT" Noseden Art Line myoken-no-mori 2015, Exhibition work selected and shown
2010 "MIRROR#4" ARTLABO X 2012 Contest, Finalist and shown
2010 "MIRROR#3" 16th Student CG Contest, Finalist and shown
2008 "MIRROR#2" 6th North Shinano Obuse Film Festival and 60-Second Cinema Competition, Finalist and shown
2007 "MIRROR" Art & Technology Northeast 2007,Special Jury Prize
Media:
2018 Web site “the stranger”, Recommended by Joule Zelman, https://www.thestranger.com/events/25546927/in-the-shadow-of-olympus
2016 Web magazine "ethica", http://www.ethica.jp/25984/
2016 PARCO "Booster", https://www.booster-parco.com/project/56
2014 Web site “Bushwick Daily” listed as one of 5 best shows in Bushwick
2016. 6. 01 Japanese newspaper "Senken Shinbun",Japan
2016. 5. 19 Japanese newspaper "Kobe Shinbun",Japan
2016. 5. 07 Japanese newspaper "Shukan NY Seikatu",NY
2015. 3. 27 Japanese newspaper "Yomi Time",NY
2016. 1. 30 Web site "ethica" http://www.ethica.jp/25984/
2015. 3. 10 Japanese newspaper “Soy Sauce”, Seattle
2014. 9. 20 Japanese newspaper "Shukan NY Seikatu",NY
2014. 3. 15 Japanese newspaper "Shukan NY Seikatu",NY
2014. 1. 30 Web site “Bushwick Daily” listed as one of 5 best shows in Bushwick
http://bushwickdaily.com/bushwick/categories/arts-and-culture/1993-bushwick-is-the-right-place-for-art-6-must-see-art-shows-this-weekend
2014. 1. 24 Japanese newspaper "Yomi Time"
2014. 1. 24 Japanese newspaper "NY E Japion"
2014. 1. 11 Japanese newspaper "Shukan NY Seikatu"