Mami Kataoka

Born in Aichi, Japan. Served as researcher of cultural policies and urban planning at a private think tank prior to taking position of chief curator at the Tokyo Opera City Gallery in 1997. Joined the Mori Art Museum in 2003. Also served as Joint Artistic Director of the 9th Gwangju Biennale (2012), Guest Curator for the Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past (2012) at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, and International Curator at the Hayward Gallery in London from 2007 to 2009 where she curated Laughing in the Foreign Language (2007) and Walking in My Mind (2009). Curated exhibitions at the Mori Art Museum include, MAM Research 002: Who Was Roberto Chabet? (2015), Roppongi Crossing 2013: Out of Doubt (2013), Lee Bul: From Me Belongs to You Only (2012), Makoto Aida: Monument for Nothing (2012-13), and Ai Weiwei: According to What? (2009, U.S. Tour 2012-14). Lives in Tokyo.