Artist duo Tamaki Ono (b.1973) and Kiyohito Mikami (b.1973) make up “MOUHITORI”. Using site-specific installations the pair contemplate an unseen presence in contemporary society, generated through the process of a city’s metabolism. The duo are also directors and founders of the international artist-in residence program AIR Onomichi and Artist-run gallery Komyoji-kaikan.
Tamaki Ono (Artist, Director of AIR Onomichi,Associate professor of Onomichi City University) 1973 Born in Hokkaido Japan 1998 Completed postgraduate studies at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
Kiyohito Mikami (Artist, Director of Komyoji-kaikan and Nakata Museum of Art) 1973 Born in Kagoshima Japan. 1999 Completed postgraduate studies at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
selected exhibition：
2019 “Scab” From Here To Beyond, Onomichi City Museum of Art,
2019 “site-spacific installation” ONLY CONNECT Osaka, COC Creative Center Osaka, 2018 “In A CITY: Mouhitori Investigates”, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK /Residency “Painters” Nakata Museum, Onomichi
2017 “DR/OP: Beyond Boundaries”, Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore “Scab”, Former book store's warehouse, Onomichi 2016 “ONLY CONNECT: DR/OP”, Komyoji-kaikan, Onomichi 2015 “CHEMCRAFT- INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION”,Espacio Gallery, London “ONLY CONNECT: Dogs in a Room”, Komyoji-kaikan,Onomichi 2014 “100 Ideas on Tomorrow's Island - What art can do for a better society” Momoshima Island, Onomichi “The Standstill of Painting”, Nakata Museum, Onomichi 2013 “In progress 1.1.” CH9, Geneva 2013 “A glacial erratic block at Utopia”, Utopiana, Geneva, Swizzerland /Residency 2013 “ni jyu ra sen” IEie, Osaka 2012 “UTOPIA - An Anonymous Place”, Momoshima Island, Onomichi “Uyama DNA”,Higashihiroshima 2011 “AIR VIEW”, Onomichi Yamate Area, Onomichi “22 Suites” gallery Tsukiyo to Shonen, Osaka “Sakatomichi”, gallery Tsukiyo to Shonen, Osaka 2009 “Wind-ow” komyoji-kaikan&Sangenya Apartment, Onomichi 2008 “tina.b The Prague Contemporary Art Festival”, Alternative Space, Prague, Czech Republic /Residency “Hiroshima Art Document 2008”, The former Bank of Japan Hiroshima Branch, Hiroshima 2007 “Void”, Onomichi City University Museum, Onomichi “AIR ONOMICHI”, Onomichi, 2006 “Akitsu DNA”, Higashihiroshima “Onomichi Hamp Exhibition-past and present”, Gallery Space Han, Onomichi
2019 “Scab” From Here To Beyond, Onomichi City Museum of Art,
2019 “site-spacific installation” ONLY CONNECT Osaka, COC Creative Center Osaka, 2018 “In A CITY: Mouhitori Investigates”, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK /Residency “Painters” Nakata Museum, Onomichi
2017 “DR/OP: Beyond Boundaries”, Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore “Scab”, Former book store's warehouse, Onomichi 2016 “ONLY CONNECT: DR/OP”, Komyoji-kaikan, Onomichi 2015 “CHEMCRAFT- INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION”,Espacio Gallery, London “ONLY CONNECT: Dogs in a Room”, Komyoji-kaikan,Onomichi 2014 “100 Ideas on Tomorrow's Island - What art can do for a better society” Momoshima Island, Onomichi “The Standstill of Painting”, Nakata Museum, Onomichi 2013 “In progress 1.1.” CH9, Geneva 2013 “A glacial erratic block at Utopia”, Utopiana, Geneva, Swizzerland /Residency 2013 “ni jyu ra sen” IEie, Osaka 2012 “UTOPIA - An Anonymous Place”, Momoshima Island, Onomichi “Uyama DNA”,Higashihiroshima 2011 “AIR VIEW”, Onomichi Yamate Area, Onomichi “22 Suites” gallery Tsukiyo to Shonen, Osaka “Sakatomichi”, gallery Tsukiyo to Shonen, Osaka 2009 “Wind-ow” komyoji-kaikan&Sangenya Apartment, Onomichi 2008 “tina.b The Prague Contemporary Art Festival”, Alternative Space, Prague, Czech Republic /Residency “Hiroshima Art Document 2008”, The former Bank of Japan Hiroshima Branch, Hiroshima 2007 “Void”, Onomichi City University Museum, Onomichi “AIR ONOMICHI”, Onomichi, 2006 “Akitsu DNA”, Higashihiroshima “Onomichi Hamp Exhibition-past and present”, Gallery Space Han, Onomichi
Workshop：2014 “A glacier erratic block soap” Nakata Museum, Onomichi / Theatre neco, Matsuyama / GoGoshima island, Matsuyama, Ehime 2014 “AIR Dive Tour”, Onomichi 2013 “Scab”, Utopiana, Geneva, Swizzerland 2011 “hibernation at Osaka”, gallery Tsukiyo to Shonen, Osaka 2009 “hibernation at abandoned house”, Onomichi 2008 “hibernation at the town” Onomichi 2007 “fingding one another in Yamate Area” Onomichi 2006 “fingding one another in town” Higashi-Hiroshima “fingding one another in town” Onomichi Shopping street, Onomichi 2005 “fingding one another in town” Onomichi Shopping street, Onomichi
Public Collection ：NPO Onomichi Reclamation Project
Curation：2019 “ONLY CONNECT Osaka", COC Creative Center Osaka, 2016 “ONLY CONNECT: DR/OP”, Komyoji-kaikan, Onomichi 2015 “ONLY CONNECT: Dogs in a Room”, Komyoji-kaikan,Onomichi “AIR Onomichi 2015”, Onomichi 2013 “AIR 4”, Onomichi 2012 “OPEN STUDIO ONAIR”, Onomichi 2011 “AIR Onomichi 2011”,Onomichi