Marina_Amada Art_Projects

05 — About

Expert in Organized Chaos

Curator and producer working between Japan, France and Hawaii.

Marina Amada partners with artists to expand their footprint and activities in Japan, France and Hawaii — coordinating productions, finding collaborative projects, and dealing and exhibiting their work at galleries, public spaces and art fairs.

She also serves as a guest curator for museums, art festivals, galleries and institutions, researching, selecting, writing and mediating exhibitions and art interventions.

Recent projects include the 30th anniversary exhibition of Villa Kujoyama, SYNCHRONICITY (2022, Kyoto Art Center); Kazuma Obara's solo show Fill in the Blanks (2021, KYOTOGRAPHIE / Nijō-jō Castle); the artistic intervention NÔUS with 64 artists during the national lockdown in France (2020, Nice); Story of a Bridge between Two Worlds by Marie Liesse (2020, KYOTOGRAPHIE); Big Hug Transformation, a group show dedicated to healthcare workers (2019, Galerie 5, Paris); What a Wonderful World by Weronika Gęsicka (2019, KYOTOGRAPHIE / agnès b. galerie, Tokyo); Paysages de Portraits by Makiko Tanaka (2018, Paris); and Seuils de Visibilité with George Brecht, Yona Friedman, Christian Marclay and others (2016, CNEAI=, Chatou). She coordinated the production of Taro Izumi's PAN (2017, Palais de Tokyo) and served as chief operating officer for the 7th edition of KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival.

Selected Curatorial Projects

  1. 2025 REFLECTION—11/03/11 — Ai Iwane, Kazuma Obara, Jun Kanno, Keiko Sasaoka, Mayumi Suzuki, Hikar…
    Landskrona Foto, Landskrona · Co-curator
  2. 2025 In Bloom — Akira the Hustler, Yukio Fujimoto, Shuho Hananofu, Yujin Ju, Kojiro Ki…
    black cat day dream, Kyoto · Co-curator
  3. 2024 All Things Are Delicately Interconnected — Jenny Holzer, Mika Tajima, Miya Ando, Sareena Sattapon
    PACIFICO Yokohama, Yokohama · Co-curator
  4. 2024 REFLECTION—11/03/11 — Takashi Arai, Hikaru Fujii, Ai Iwane, Jun Kanno, Kazuma Obara, Tadashi…
    Espace Van Gogh, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles · Co-curator
  5. 2024 TOKYOSAÏ—Art Festival 2024 — AUTO MOAI, Yuni Yoshida, Sawako Kabuki, Mami Kiyoshi
    Magasins Généraux, Pantin · Co-curator
  6. 2022 L’Ombre de la nourriture — Felipe Ribon, Ryoko Sekiguchi
    Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto · Curator
  7. 2021 Fill in the Blanks — Kazuma Obara
    Nijo-jo Castle, Kyoto · Curator
  8. 2020 NÔUS — Léna Aboukrat, Fabien Adel, Alexandra Allard, Alexandre Ansel, Morgane…
    La Pasaiga, Pizzayolo, Librairie Vigna, a pharmacy, mail art & a virtual space, Nice · Co-curator
  9. 2020 Story of a Bridge between Two Worlds — Marie Liesse
    Atelier Mitsushima Sawa-Tadori, KYOTOGRAPHIE 2020, Kyoto · Curator
  10. 2019 Big Hug Transformation — Gilbert Bensimon, Mathias Bensimon, Gil Bourget, Charley Case, Odonchi…
    Galerie 5, Paris · Co-curator
  11. 2019 KYOTOGRAPHIE 2019 — 7th Edition
    Multiple locations across Kyoto, Kyoto · Chief Operating Officer
  12. 2019 What a Wonderful World — Weronika Gęsicka
    Shimadai Gallery, KYOTOGRAPHIE 2019 (Apr 18 – May 19, 2019), Kyoto · Curator
  13. 2018 Paysages de Portraits — Makiko Tanaka
    Marina Amada Art Projects Space, 113 rue de Turenne, Paris · Curator
  14. 2017 PAN — Taro Izumi
    Palais de Tokyo, Paris · Production coordinator
  15. 2016 Seuils de Visibilité — Aurélie Pétrel, George Brecht, Yona Friedman, Christian Marclay and ot…
    CNEAI = Centre National Édition Art Image, Chatou · Co-curator

Boards & Roles

  • Co-founder, SPECTRUM
  • Japan Representative, AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions)
  • Contracted researcher, Joan Mitchell Foundation
  • 2011–Board member, Artist for a Day — Over 30 art workshops with emerging artists in the Tohoku region since the Great East Japan Earthquake

Residencies

  • 2025Maison Kochimi
    Paris, France
  • 20242023Cité internationale des arts
    Paris, France

Juries & Selection Committees