Hiroko Okada

Hiroko Okada (Japanese: 岡田裕子; born 1970) also known as Okada Hiroko, is a Japanese contemporary artist,[1] known for her provocative work that challenges societal standards around the construct of family, love, childbirth, and child-rearing.[2] She works within the mediums of video art, photography, painting, installation, and performance.

Hiroko Okada
岡田裕子
Born1970 (age 52–53)
Tokyo, Japan
Other namesOkada Hiroko
Alma materTama Art University
OccupationVisual artist
SpouseMakoto Aida
Children1

Biography

Hiroko Okada was born in 1970 in Tokyo, Japan.[1] She attended Tama Art University, where she graduated in with a BA degree in painting (1993).[1]

She is married to artist Makoto Aida.[3] Together they have son Torajiro Aida (born in 2001), who is a blockchain software engineer.[3] The family formed an art performance group called "Aidake", in which they mocked the traditional family roles of children in a 2015 performance "Recital" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.[4][5][6] Okada and Aida have also worked collaboratively on alternative puppet theater troop called "Gekidan Shiki".[7][8]

"The Delivery by Male Project" (2002) is a video work by Okada about a pregnant man name "S.K." who doesn’t want a family but does want a baby.[9] Okada's artwork was part of the group exhibition "Global Feminisms" (2007) at Brooklyn Museum, curated by Maura Reilly, and Linda Nochlin.[10][11]

Her work is part of public museum collections, including at the Brooklyn Museum.[12]

References
  1. Reilly, Maura; Nochlin, Linda (2007). Global Feminisms: New Directions in Contemporary Art. Merrell. ISBN 978-0-87273-157-8.
  2. Zohar, Ayelet (2009). Postgender: Gender, Sexuality and Performativity in Japanese Culture. Cambridge Scholars. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-4438-0990-0.
  3. "会田誠一家の息子 寅次郎（17）を高校生エンジニア・アーティストに育てた、"無理をしない子育て術"｜草野絵美とスーパーティーンの「わかってくれない親の口説き方講座」#003". NEUT Magazine (in Japanese). 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  4. "Artist". Koganecho Bazaar 2016 (in Japanese). 2016. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  5. "会田誠、東京都現代美術館による撤去要請の経緯明かす クレームは1件だった". ハフポスト (in Japanese). 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  6. McKirdy, Andrew (2015-07-28). "Artist Aida defiant over latest work". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  7. "岡田裕子+会田誠の劇団の映画、飯村隆彦のライブもあるアートフェス「IAFT16/17」" [Art festival "IAFT16/17" with a movie by Yuko Okada + Makoto Aida and a live performance by Takahiko Iimura]. webDICE (in Japanese). November 6, 2016. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  8. Freedman, Alisa (2018-01-02). Introducing Japanese Popular Culture. Routledge. p. 502. ISBN 978-1-317-52893-7.
  9. "Hiroko Okada "Double Future"（Mizuma Art Gallery - Ichigaya）". Tokyo Art Beat. 2019. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  10. Armstrong, Carol. ""Global Feminisms" at Brooklyn Museum". Artforum.com. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  11. Schjeldahl, Peter (April 9, 2007). "Women's Work: Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum". The New Yorker.
  12. "Future Plan #2, Hiroko Okada". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
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