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Moko Fukuyama

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Artist ✦ New Yorker ✦ Japanese ✦ Memphian
Works on view @decordova_museum @longhousereserve @brooksmuseum
New project @publicartfund 🏓 @smackmellon 🎣
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Ping-pong in the city where the heat is on ☀️🏓 After a joyful summer of play, ping-pong, and participatory public art, Public Art Fund is excited to bring “Between Tides” to Miami Beach during Miami Art Week (@miamiartweek) and Art Basel Miami Beach (@artbasel). “Between Tides” brings together six artists—Moko Fukuyama, Ilana Harris-Babou, Las Hermanas Iglesias, Carlos H. Matos, Amalia Pica, and the collective SUPERFLEX—to rethink ping-pong tables as playable sculptures. Initially commissioned in response to the diverse cultural and ecological landscape of Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York, the exhibition will be presented in a new context, at Collins Park in the heart of Miami Beach. “Between Tides” is presented by Public Art Fund in association with The Bass Museum of Art, with the support of Kenneth C. Griffin and Griffin Catalyst and KHR McNeely Family Foundation. #BetweenTides
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🌱🎨 MEET THE ARTIST SEED GRANT WINNERS — PART 3! Last but certainly not least, meet the final group of artists and designers supported through the Artist Seed Grant program! Each recipient received a $2,000 grant to help with the creation and logistics of their ArtPrize 2026 project. ✨ Search Engine Vision: State of the Nation, Eric Souther, Ferris State University's Kendall College of Art and Design ✨ Seaside, William Chatlosh, OTONO & Cafe OTONO ✨ See the Forest for the Sea, Moko Fukuyama, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel ✨ The Forest, Evan Verrilli, Sixth Street Park ✨ The Glass Between Us, Amelia Volwiler-Stanley, Waters Center & Homewood Suites by Hilton Grand Rapids Downtown ✨ The River Nocturne, Jesse Olwen, DeVos Place Convention Center ✨ The Wound is the Place, Cary Okoro, 1101 Godfrey ✨ The Shape of Care, Mari Barros, Cūra Gallery ✨ Tomorrow, Seejon Czaplicki and Isabella Werschky, Lyon Square ✨ Yours Truly, Robert Sharp, Symplicity Communications Building Visit these amazing pieces before they are gone! #ArtPrize2026
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Thank you again, @split_level_fair / @jaquelinecedar for including us and so much thanks to all who came by! Loved connecting with those who came through and honored to be in such good company at @split_level_fair 💛. And thank you @happy_mountains for collaborating with @__the__sphinx__ a second time. And thank you again @katyhamer for teaming up!
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At the second edition of @split_level_fair Art Fair, 17 galleries took over Rimadesio New York’s showroom for a pop up 3-day art fair. _ To keep the showroom pristine, all works were required to be placed on tables or shelves. Holes were strictly prohibited. The space asked for the use of bumpers, leather mats, or paper under any objects that could potentially scratch a surface. _ This is a collection of documentation showcasing how artists and gallerists maneuvered around these rules and regulations.
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LAST DAY of SPLIT LEVEL Fair 🙌 SATURDAY Oct 3 / 11am - 6pm Please join us for VIP highlight tours, public tours, and performances ⚡️ Full schedule & ticketing linked in bio 🔗👆 www.splitlevelfair.com/visit2026 See you soon 💛💛💛
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SPLIT LEVEL is back for its second edition, bringing together 17 galleries, dealers, and projects inside a design showroom. Instead of traditional booths, the art is installed throughout the furniture-filled space, creating a really fun intersection of contemporary art + design. Open through Oct 3! #artfairs #splitlevel #nycart #nycartexhibit #contemporaryart
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Fabulous opening of @split_level_fair last night and thanks to all who came through! We’re open today and tomorrow 12-6 pm, come on by and see works by Moko Fukuyama happy_mountains, presented by @__the__sphinx__ . We’re on the lower level next to @katyhamer ‘s presentation of works by @maxrazdow and @jjjjeeerremy / @fermi.nyc. Split Level, hosted by Rimadesio 102 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK NY 10016
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@__the__sphinx__ is thrilled to present sculptures by Moko Fukuyama @happy_mountains at @split_level_fair, opening tomorrow. Come on by! Moko Fukuyama at SPLIT LEVEL Curated by The Sphinx Rimadesio NY 102 Madison Avenue New York, NY October 1-3, 2026 VIP PREVIEW THURSDAY, OCT. 1ST / 3 - 6 PM OPEN HOURS THURSDAY, OCT. 1ST / 6 - 8 PM FRIDAY, OCT. 2ND / 12 - 6 PM SATURDAY, OCT. 3RD / 12 - 6 PM We’re excited for the performances (by @mfreemanwriter and more) and the curatorial presentations throughout the fair, and we’ll be next to @katyhamer’s presentation of @maxrazdow and @jjjjeeerremy / @fermi.nyc. Thanks again @jaquelinecedar / @split_level_fair for including us!
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@__the__sphinx__ is pleased to present sculptures by Moko Fukuyama @happy_mountains at SPLIT LEVEL at Rimadesio NY. Please join! Thanks @split_level_fair / @jaquelinecedar for including us! Image: Moko Fukuyama, Jig, 22” x 21” x 5”, Fallen timber (oak), acrylic urethane paint, epoxy resin, inkjet print on photo paper, steel, fox tail hair, nylon, 2026 Moko Fukuyama at SPLIT LEVEL Curated by The Sphinx Rimadesio NY 102 Madison Avenue New York, NY October 1-3, 2026 Moko Fukuyama is a multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, installation, experimental film, and collaborative projects. She has exhibited and collaborated with institutions including The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, The Kitchen, Socrates Sculpture Park, Lighthouse Works, The Shed, Recess, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, and Public Art Fund. She is a Guggenheim and NYFA/NASCA Fellow, and has completed residencies at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Art Omi. She is also an International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) honoree. Originally from Japan and now based in Brooklyn, Fukuyama has lived in various cities across the United States, where she closely observed how urban societies interact with nature. Her work addresses the environmental and cultural challenges shaping both American society and her personal experiences. Drawing from her interest in recreational sports fishing, Fukuyama incorporates the concept of “lures” into her sculptures, using them as metaphors for human manipulation of the natural world. Her work, often made from salvaged wood and painted with vibrant automotive finishes, explores the dynamics of attraction among diverse forms of life. Fukuyama’s sculptures reflect themes of overconsumption, consumerism, sustainability, and urbanization, as well as the tension between human desires and environmental impact.
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Get lost in art, find inspiration, discover something new or just bask in a true living canvas. Come to ArtPrize, the international art competition that transforms downtown Grand Rapids and lets the public choose the winners. Running now through Oct. 3. 📍Grand Rapids 🖌️ Catch My Drift - Tina Tabbi 🖌️ See the Forest for the Sea - Moko Fukuyama 🖌️ No Such Thing As Scrap - Erik Cederquist 🖌️ A Spring Visitor - Layton Scarbrough 🖌️ The Shape of Care - Mari Barros 🖌️ The Ultimate Suncatcher - Autumn Hartpence Wooden dragon sculpture displayed on a grassy lawn in downtown Grand Rapids, with city buildings in the background.
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My project Offering at Green-Wood Cemetery is alive and in full bloom with native pollinators. The two elder oak trees that we buried in the Spring is slowly decomposing and feeding the new life above. Join us this Sunday to be among the flowers, bees and birds while we talk about Mortal Matters. All Ends Are Beginnings Time(s): 01:00–02:00pm Sunday Location: The Green-House Atrium What dies becomes what’s next. What happens after something dies? Three speakers working across astrophysics, Natural Organic Reduction, and art approach that question from very different directions. Astrophysicist Shyam Menon of the Flatiron Institute looks to the life and death of stars, whose collapse creates the elements that become the building blocks of planets, ecosystems, and our own bodies. Pablo Metz, co-founder of Meine Erde, brings the conversation back to Earth through his work with human composting, a process that transforms the body into soil. Artist Jean Shin works with another kind of remains: the objects people discard. Through her practice, abandoned materials take on new forms and new meaning. Together, they’ll consider death not only as disappearance, but as transformation: the point at which matter moves from one form into another. #mortalmatters
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One last serve before summer slips away. 🏓 🌞 Make one last trip to Rockaway Beach this weekend for “Between Tides.” Six artists have transformed ping-pong into something unexpected, from sea monsters and musical instruments to maritime flags, an ancient Mesoamerican ballgame, and even a sculpture designed with marine life in mind. Rooted in the cultural and ecological landscape of the Rockaways, “Between Tides” invites you to play, experiment, make up your own rules, and see the beach, and public art, a little differently. 📍 Beach 67, Rockaway Beach 📅 Through Sunday, September 13 🏓 Free paddles + balls available Saturday + Sunday, 12–6pm. Or bring your own and play anytime the beach is open Last weekend. Last chance to play. Come get one more game in!
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