ARTIST INFO

mario mandala

mario mandala

Born in Saitama/Japan, grown up in Japan, Paris, Melbourne and Philadelphia — influenced by religious art, philosophical thoughts, trivial and psychedelic art. Now lives and works in Tokyo. Started to create the “mario-mandala” images in 2001. Exhibited and performed in Tokyo and other places in Japan: Published “Mario Mandala Colouring Book” (Trolley Books/UK) in 2007. Exhibited and Performed (action drawing) in London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hong Kong. Picked up by UNIQLO’s T-shirts project. Performs at numbers of live-performing events with various musicians and other kinds of performers. http://www.sukimaweb.com/mario-mandala/

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Works

  • Title
    Reproduce Figure 1
    Size
    970 x 1880 mm
    Year
    2010
    Medium
    Ink on Japanese paper
  • Title
    Reproduce Figure 1
    Size
    970 x 1880 mm
    Year
    2010
    Medium
    Ink on Japanese paper

CV

1973
Born in Saitama
2001
Started painting inspired by Mandala image

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007
Solo show & Live drawing, Trolley Gallery, London, UK
2007
Solo show & Live drawing, Magic Room, Tokyo
2008
Live drawing, Page-one Times Square, Harbour City, Hong Kong
2008
Live drawing, Trolley Gallery and Convent Garden, London, UK
2008
Live drawing, American Book Center, Amsterdam
2008
≪PSYCHE-GA-DELIC 2008≫/void+, Tokyo
2009
grariph garelly fukuoka, Fukuoka
2010
(日本語) 個展 「マリオ曼陀羅」ギャラリーヤマキファインアート (神戸)
2011
(日本語) 個展 「マリオ曼陀羅」Tobin Ohashi Gallery (東京)
2015
(日本語) 個展「マリオ曼陀羅ぐるぐる展 」 FABulous Art Gallery (東京)
2018
Malio Mandala, Gallery Aroma, Saitama
2018
(日本語) 個展 「マリオ曼陀羅」Tobin Ohashi Gallery (東京)
2019
HACO NYC, USA
2020
JR Takanawa Gateway Station Temporary Enclosure Artist Support Project

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007
SFC Gallery, The National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo
2009
Asian Art Collection, Contemporary Art Gallery, Tokyo
2009
≪Moeglichkeit Ⅱ≫ , Röntgenwerke, Tokyo
2010
(日本語) グループ展/コレクション展 ギャラリーヤマキファインアート (神戸)
2011
(日本語) グループ展/WA Gensler (サンフランシスコ)
2015
(日本語) グループ展/MADO 文房堂ギャラリー (東京)
2019
(日本語) グループ展/コレクション展 ギャラリーヤマキファインアート (神戸)
2021
(日本語) グループ展/ In the meanwhile… HACO GALLERY(ニューヨーク)
2022
(日本語) グループ展/ Nebula Protologo (アメリカ)