YANAGI Miwa
“Wind swept women”, 2009 53rd Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition, Japan Pavilion
Photo by Sansei Kimura
Outdoor Pilgrimage Play “Wings of the Sun” 2019 Kobe Central fish Market Marine Stage Organized by Art Project KOBE 2019: TRANS-
Photo courtesy of Art Project KOBE 2019: TRANS-
Taiwan Opera ""Aphrodite"" 2021 Taiwan Kaohsiung City Weiwuying National Arts and Culture Center
Provided by: Taiwan Cultural Foundatio"
YANAGI Miwa
Born in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, resides in Kyoto.
Artist and theater director. Yanagi has staged numerous exhibitions in Japan and elsewhere since her first solo
outing in 1993, which featured works on the theme of elevator girls. Represented Japan at the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009. Began working in theater in 2011, staging pieces dealing with the dawn of modern art, at art museums and theaters, including a tour of North America. In 2019 Yanagi toured museums with her exhibition Myth Machines, and in 2021 she wrote and directed Taiwanese Opera: Aphrodite Orchid. Since 2016 she has been touring outdoor theater using a vehicle custom-built in Taiwan, including undertaking a performance on water in the Hyogotsu district of Kobe. Recent ventures include the launch of a project “YUYAKU” to research traces of the monk Ippen Shonin,founder of the Jishu sect, and his performances.
Major Exhibitions
Taiwanese opera ""Aphrodite"" Direction and art Organized by Taiwan Cultural Foundation, 2021
Outdoor pilgrimage play ""Wings of the Sun"" Direction and art Organized by Art Project KOBE 2019: TRANS-
Solo exhibition "Wind Swept Women" 53rd Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition, Japan Pavilion, 2009
Major Awards
Kobe City Cultural Award, 2019
Hyogo Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award, 2004
VOCA Award, 1999