松田マイケ直穗 | Maike Naho Matsuda
Naho is a German-Japanese visual artist based in Germany and the UK. Her work examines forms of languages, modes of communication and investigates every-day power structures. Current projects explore how men apologise, when dogs can are weaponised and how we use our hands to imitate animals.
Naho works process-oriented, site-specific often involving local people and the ‘more-than-human’ environment. Inspired by her findings, she invents false solutions, escape routes and substories. These translate into a variety of media and materials: from drawings, prints and websites to video works, installations and performances.
Her works are shown in public spaces, exhibitions and also outside of traditional art spaces. Naho has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at South by Southwest in Austin TX, 'O, Miami' Festival in Miami FL, You & AI of the Onassis Foundation in Athens, Qatar British Festival with the British Council in Doha, Great Exhibition of the North in Newcastle, UK. Her solo exhibition 'The Hardest Word' was shown at Kunsthalle Kempten in 2023.
Naho has been working with sociologist Dr. E. Gladkova since 2022. Their collaborative project 're:pig' is currently part of the 'Vital Signs' group exhibition at Science Gallery London.
She was part of the 'Art as Social Practice' program at HFMDK Frankfurt, the NRW Kunstmentorat with mentor Evamaria Schaller and Venice Biennale Research Fellow with the British Council in 2025. She is currently a fellow at the Künstlerdorf Schöppingen.
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