Born in 1983 in Yokohama (Japan). Lives and works in Tokyo.
She studied illustration and painting at Setsu Mode Seminar, Tokyo.
She also studied graphic research in different schools in Brooklyn (NYC).
She has a BSc in Anthropology from the University of Keio, Tokyo.
She now lives in Donostia-San Sebastián, and works in Arteleku.
She will shortly be moving to Bilbao to work on a project in BilbaoArte until the end of 2008.
www.mariishiwata.comPhotos from the performance and exhibition in Euskalcom, December 2007.