Mariko Mori (b. 1967, Japan) is an internationally acclaimed artist based between New York and Tokyo. Mori’s solo exhibitions have been exhibited throughout the world, including the Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK; Japan Society, New York, NY, USA; Espace Louis Vuitton, Tokyo, Japan; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan; Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA; Serpentine Galleries, London, UK; and Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, USA. Several renowned museums have presented Mori’s solo exhibitions, as well as acquired Mori’s works in their collections, including Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Prada Foundation, Milan, Italy; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, USA; and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Other museum collections that have acquired Mori’s work include: PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine; ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark; Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA; Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; and Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA. Mori has received various awards, including the prestigious Menzione d’onore at the 47th Venice Biennale in 1997 (for ‘Nirvana’) and the 8th Annual Award as a promising Artist and Scholar in the Field of Contemporary Japanese Art in 2001 from Japan Cultural Arts Foundation.