Biography

Mayumi Okabayashi
1995	Graduates Kyoto Seika University (Faculty of art), Japan
1997 - 2004	Studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Prof. Alfonso Hüppi and Prof. Klaus Rinke, Germany
2004	Graduates at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
since 2006	Lives and works in Berlin

Solo/Double Exhibitions (Selected)
2023	uralter Atem in reversal gap, show room in Ōkyu, Stuttgart, Germany
2020	Ato_Traces_Spuren, Gallery Grünstraße, Berlin, Germany traces of existence, Galerie Claeys, Freiburg, Germany
2019	Atemfragmente, Kleine Orangerie by Castle Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany Between track and imprint, Galerie F6, Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Germany
2018	Bubble Shadows, Machkado Gallery, Kochi, Japan spiral sensibility, Minnano Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Treibende Wirklichkeiten, Gallery in Stammelbach-Speicher, Hildesheim, Germany shifted opposition, Galleri Gotland, Sweden
2017	trace of, Ferme Asile, Sion, Switzerland Formentanz (double exhibition with Marion Menzel), Kunstraum neuruppin, Neuruppin, Germany
2016	Inneres und Äußeres, Kunstverein Eislingen, Eislingen, Germany Utakata, Sezon art gallery, Tokyo, Japan dimensions of existence, in PAIR2, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2015	memory of planktons, Humboldt-Library, Berlin
2014	Röst, Skansen, Gotland, Sweden
2013	der wurzel aeste, Galerie Vero Linzmeier, Berlin
2012	innere empfindungen ~ pukupuku, Japanese - German Center Berlin, Berlin Heimatspuren, Alte Feuerwache, cultural office -friedrichshain-kreuzberg Berlin
2010	overflow, Galerie Vero Linzmeier, Berlin
2002	Unter der Linde, Leverkusen, Germany

Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2024	Linienwerk , City gallery Neunkirchen, Neunkirchen, Germany urbanity meets nature , Atelierhof Kreuzburg, Berlin, Germany ALLES IV , studio im HOCHHAUS, Berlin, Germany
2023	Elf stellen sich vor , Humboldt-Bibliothek-library, Berlin, Germany Art Kamiyama , Shibuya B, Tokyo, Japan ALLES V , studio im HOCHHAUS, Berlin, Germany
2022	VOR DEN BILDERN. _düsseldorf photo+ 2022 , Neuer Kunstraum, Düsseldorf, Germany Die Grosse , Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany ALLES VI , Studio im HOCHHAUS, Bezirksamt Lichtenberg Berlin, Germany Künstlerinnen der Galerie _ 10 Jahre , Gallery Claeys, Freiburg, Germany
2021	Line on Surface - Drawing 1 , GalerieETAGE im Museum Reinickendorf, Berlin, Germany Nominiert Losito Kunstpreis 2021 , Stiftung Starke, Berlin, Germany COPPELIA1 ...and at the beginning of water , Inselgallery, Berlin, Germany KARL MOSTBÖCK - ASIATISCHE REFLEXIONEN , Castle Steyr, Austria aquamediale 14 , Schlepzig, Germany Künstlerinnen der Galerie _ part one , Gallery Claeys, Freiburg, Germany
2020	Phase 2 , Shibuya B, Tokyo, Japan Cosmic Dance , Biwako Biennale, Shiga, Japan
2019	Dornumer Kunsttagen 2019 , Kunst- und Kulturfreunde Dornum und Umgebung e.V.
2018	8. Drawing Biennale , Kunstverein Eislingen, Eislingen, Germany
2017	Le grand Festin - Bandjoun Station , Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Vienna , Austria Art festival Europe - Japan, Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin, Tokyo Metropolotan Theatre 5F Gallery, Japan 3 Tage Kunst , Kommunale Galerie Berlin
2016	A4, Tennoz Central Tower, Tokyo dimensions of existence, PIAR2, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2015	Forum, Burg Vischering, Lüdinghausen, Germany Huckepack ins Zentrum, Art Room “Auf Zeit”, Berlin Une nouvelle génération d’artistes japonais, ITEM éditions, Gallery BOA, Paris, France unbekannte Wesen, „Super bien!“ Greenhaus project, Berlin Wegepunkte, International Club at the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
2014	Kunstdetektor, Charlottenburg, Berlin The collective of Japanese Emerging Artists, Law firm von Zanthier&Schulz, Berlin
2013	sub/kutan, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin
2011	ETANENO, Museum of Modern Art, Freiburg, Germany  The Lounge, Dandans Exhibition Nr.7, Bulgari Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2010	Hagita / Take-uchi / Okabayashi, Haus der Modernen Kunst in Staufen - Grunern, Germany Cities in flux, Whiteconcepts Gallery, Berlin Dandans at No Mans Land, The Embassy of France in Japan, Tokyo, Japan We are the islands, Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin
2009	Animamix Biennial, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China  Space Matrix - Invention of Spaces 1, Whiteconcepts Gallery, Berlin ZENSORS Performance Jam, Bencab Museum, Baguio, Philippines International Drawing Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center, Korea
2008	Aquamediale 4, Hafen 1, Lübben, Germany Concert in the Domain - video collaboration with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australia
2007	Between Places, Academy of Arts, Berlin Heilig 1, Gloriahalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
2005	59th. Bergische Kunstausstellung, --Part1: Museum Baden, Solingen, Germany --Part2: Municipal Gallery, Remscheid, Germany Große Kunst Ausstellung NRW, Messe Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
2001	Junge Künstler der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Municipal Gallery Kaarst, Germany

Prizes and Scholarships
2024	Artist in Residence in Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik Norway
2022	working Grant, Neustart Kultur Stipendium, Kunstfond, Bonn
2021	working Grant, Scholarship Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bild-Kunst
2020	a year-working Grant, Foundation Kunstfonds, Bonn
2019	Stipendium Künstlerdorf in Schöppingen
2017	Artist in Residence at the Ferme-Asile, Travel Grant, Sion, Switzerland
2016	Artist in Residence in Kunstnarhuset Messen, Norway
2015	Artist in Residence, fellowship in Kaohsiung City Government PIAR 2, Taiwan
2007/2010	Etaneno Museum in the Bush: Forum for New Art - fellowship in Namibia
2006	Young Academy, work fellowship in Academy of Arts, Berlin, Germany
2005	Audience Award, 59th. Bergische Kunstausstellung Museum Baden, Germany
2000	Travel Grant, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany