© Mari Katayama. Courtesy of Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, Yutaka Kikutake Gallery, and Mari Katayama Studio. tree of life #004, #011, #012, #013, #017, and #018 were commissioned by the V&A Parasol Foundation Women in Photography project with support from the Parasol Foundation Trust.

November 2025: See You in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo!(Link to news page) Beginning in October, there will be a full schedule of exhibitions, artist talks, and book signings in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo. I’m very much looking forward to seeing everyone there!

New Book: “Synthesis” – Out September 2025 For purchases in Japan: Twelvebooks. For international orders: MACK.

New York

1-8 November: Solo Exhibition “study for caryatid” at Atelier Jolie
https://www.theinvisibledog.org/all/marikatayama

6 November: Synthesis – Mari Katayama Launch + conversation at Printed Matter
https://www.printedmatter.org/programs/events/2163

7 November: A Talk with artist Mari Katayama at Atelier Jolie
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-talk-with-artist-mari-katayama-tickets-1845089786219?aff=oddtdtcreator

Paris

13-16 November: Paris Photo – Suzanne Tarasieve Paris Stand:C38
https://www.parisphoto.com/en-gb/exhibitor/exhibitors_2025/list/profile.org-c0238740-3abd-4e68-9349-6b7b8a1b28c1.html#/

13-16 November: Paris Photo – MACK Stand:L09
https://www.parisphoto.com/en-gb/exhibitor/exhibitors_2025/list/profile.org-d192d25e-5908-4aa3-98ed-af54536b281d.html#/

15 November: Talk at Paris Photo

London

From 15 November: Commission work on display at Victoria & Albert Museum
Starting November 15, 2025, my new work “tree of life” will be on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London as a commissioned work. This commission is supported by the V&A Parasol Foundation Women in Photography Project and will be on display in The Parasol Foundation Gallery (G97) in the V&A Photography Centre from 15th November 2025 until 29th August 2027. https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/REd7vdxPRRr/mari-katayama-nov-2025

18 November: Special Event at Victoria & Albert Museum
https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/REd7vdxPRRr/mari-katayama-nov-2025

20 November: Mari Katayama Artist Talk at RCA
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mari-katayama-artist-talk-tickets-1818076879889

Until January 2026: Display at the Permission Collection at Tate Modern
https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern/display/performer-and-participant/mari-katayama
My works remain on view in Tate Modern’s permanent collection display Performer and Participant, which has been extended through January 2026.

Tokyo

See you at TABF!

🦄V&A – Commission work on display
15 November 2025 – 29 August 2027
V&A South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
https://www.vam.ac.uk/south-kensington

🦄Atelier Jolie – Solo Exhibition “study for caryatid”
1 November – 8 November 2025
Atelier Jolie 57 Great Jones street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201 United States
https://www.theinvisibledog.org/all/marikatayama

🦄Tokyo Biennale 2025 – “Tokyo Perspective”
17 October – 14 December 2025
Nihonbashi / Bakurocho Area, Etoile Kaito Living Building, Tokyo, Japan
https://tokyobiennale.jp/tb2025/exhibition/tokyo-perspective/?lang=ja

🦄V&A – “Design and Disability”
7 June 2025 – 15 February 2026
V&A South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/design-and-disability

🦄Fotomuseum Den Haag – “I’ll Be Your Mirror: Women’s Self-Portraits from the Collection”
11 October 2025 – 22 March 2026
Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands
https://www.fotomuseumdenhaag.nl/en/exhibitions/womens-self-portraits-collection

🦄Tate Modern – “Performer and Participant: Mari Katayama”
23 October 2023 – ongoing
Blavatnik Building, Level 3, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern/display/performer-and-participant/mari-katayama
[Tate on You tube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V76NP8uj3tU&t=17s

past/
🦄The Hints 2025 10 Perspectives For Looking at The Present and the Future 
February 5, 2025 – February 23, 2025
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building (JP)
https://thehints.jp/2025/en/

🦄THE GUIDING THREAD
January 11, 2025 – March 08, 2025
Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve (FR)
https://www.suzanne-tarasieve.com/current/?lang=en

🦄Taguchi Art Collection + Hirosaki Museum Contemporary Art How Did You Come into the World?
September 27, 2024 – March 9, 2025
Hirosaki Museum Contemporary Art and 4 McDonald’s in Hirosaki city (JP)
https://www.hirosaki-moca.jp/exhibitions/how-did-you-come-into-the-world/

🦄I Hit You With a Flower – sugar-coated art with a punch
November 23, 2024 – May 4, 2025
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam（NL)
Curated by Nanda Janssen
https://stedelijkmuseumschiedam.nl/tentoonstelling/english-i-hit-you-with-a-flower/

🦄I’M SO HAPPY YOU ARE HEREJAPANESE WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM THE 1950S TO NOW
January 18, 2025 – May 5, 2025 
Fotomuseum Den Haag (NL)
https://www.fotomuseumdenhaag.nl/en/press/im-so-happy-you-are-here-japanese-women-photographers-1950s-now

🦄Collection 2: Undo, Redo 
February 15, 2025 – June 1, 2025 
The National Museum of Art, Osaka (JP)
https://www.nmao.go.jp/events/event/collection20250215/?lang=en

🦄MAM Collection 019: Viewpoint – Haruki Maiko, Katayama Mari, Yoneda Tomoko
February 13, 2025 – June 8, 2025
Mori Art Museum (JP)
Curated by Martin Germann 
https://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/mamcollection019/index.html

🦄TOP 30th Anniversary TOP Collection: Continuity and Change
April 5 2025 – June 22 2025
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo (JP)
https://topmuseum.jp/e/contents/exhibition/index-5070.html