Curator KATAOKA, Mami
Photo：Photo: Shintsubo Kenshu
- Department
- Graduate School/Arts Studies
Institute of Contemporary Arts Kyoto - Position
- Professor
- Specialization
- Contemporary Art
- Degrees Earned
- B.A
- Affiliated Academic
Arganizations - NA
- Profile
- Director of Mori Art Museum, Executive Advisor of the National Center for Art Research (NCAR) Japan, and Director of ICA Kyoto at Kyoto University of the Arts Graduate School. Kataoka has led the curatorial team at Mori Art Museum since its inauguration in 2003 and was appointed Director in 2020. She served concurrently as International Curator at the Hayward Gallery, London (2007–2009). She has held the roles of Co-Artistic Director of the 9th Gwangju Biennale (2012), Artistic Director of the 21st Biennale of Sydney (2018), and Artistic Director of Aichi Triennale 2022. She is Co-Curator of the Helsinki Biennial 2027. At CIMAM (International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art), she served as Board Member from 2014 to 2022, including as President from 2020 to 2022. She serves as Senior Director of the Mori Contemporary Art Foundation and Representative Director of the Fukushima Tomioka Art Foundation, among other roles. She is widely active as a member of numerous committees related to culture and the arts, juror for international art awards, and speaker at lectures and symposia.
