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Miyuki Okuyama – From Safe Playground
Miyuki Okuyama was born in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, in 1973. She received both a BA and MA in Studio Art from the University of Alabama in the US, and has been based in The Netherlands for the last few years. Her work has been exhibited in the US, Europe and at home, and was recently part of a three-person exhibition at The Empty Quarter in Dubai. In 2006, she was a finalist for the Hitotsubo-Ten prize (previous winners include Rinko Kawauchi, Mika Ninagawa, and Shin Suzuki).
See also our extended gallery with work by Miyuki Okuyama.
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