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Tomoko Mukai


 
1991 Bachelor of Arts, the Department of Scenography, Display and Fashion Design at Musashino Art University, Tokyo / Japan
1992-99 Lived in Düseldorf (-1993) and Cologne (1993-99), Germany
1993-95 Scholarship of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
1996 Master of Fine Arts, the Key Area of Media Design, the Audio-Visual Media Programme at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany
2000 Arts internship of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
2000-01 Part-time lectureships for the Course of Media Zokei Major in the Department of Design at the Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo / Japan
2001 Part-time lectureship for the the Department of Media Arts of College of Art and Design Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo / Japan
Since 2001 Curatorial associate for the Art Information Section at the University Art Museum, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and part-time lectureship for the Department of Information Design at the Tama Art University, Tokyo / Japan
 
Creative activities
Since 1995 Started the multimedia space project "Noch weiss schon weiss (Only white deep white)" focusing on spatial perception through computer-generated images. Presented various forms of experimentations as a series such as multimedia installations by projected images and sounds, video, CD-ROM.
Management for some art projects between Japan and Geramny since her stay in Germany.
 
Selected Exhibition / Presentations
1995 Installation by projected images "Only white deep white" at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany
1997 Multimedia Installation by projected images and sounds "Only white deep white - Between Darkness and Light"at the Trinitatischurch, Cologne/Germany
1997 The artist presentation for the project "Only white deep white", 'The 8th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA97)', Chicago/USA
1997-98 Multimedia Installation "Only white deep white - beyond the eye" in the exhibition 'mitteln raum vor ort' , Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn/Germany
1998 CD-ROM "Only white deep white - perceived space" in the presentation of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, milia98, Canne/France
1999 Screenings of the video clip "drum case" in the 3rd field 'virtual exhibition' and the documentation video work of the installation "Only white deep white - between darkness and light" in the 6th field 'installation' as the presentation of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne in the exhibition 'Digital Bauhaus - A vision of Education and Creation for the New Century', NTT InterCommunication Center (ICC), Tokyo/Japan
 
Awards
1995 Awarded the grand prix with video clip "drum case (tsuzumibako)" for Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne, for the category of Junior Special, 'Die Klappe 95, 17 Internationaler TV-Spot-Werbefilm-Wettbewerb und Junior Special', Cologne/Germany
1996 Awarded as a fine work with installation "Only white deep white" for the category of installation and as a MAF collection work with video work "Only white deep white 1995" for the category of video,'the 4th Fukui International Youth Media Art Festival', Fukui/Japan
1997 Award a grand prix with video work "Only white deep white1995" for the category of experimental video, 'The 7th International Bochumer Video Festival', Bochum / Germany

 





Multimedia Installation by projected images and sounds "Only white deep white - Between Darkness and Light" , at the Trinitatischurch, Cologne / Germany, 1997
photo by Oliver Schwabe, 1997