Mario Abrosius - courtesy Asahi Shimbun Company, Matthias Ley
courtesy Asahi Shimbun Newspaper,
© Matthias Ley, Tokyo

Biography
Mario A. (Mario Ambrosius)
Swiss-German, born 1959 in Baden/Switzerland
Quit Berlin Art University (former HdK), Master of Arts at Free University of Berlin.
Lives in Tokyo and Berlin.
Artist´s website: http://marioa.com/
 
Swiss-German Mario A. became the first so-called "Japanese" artist with non-Asian heritage in the history of Japanese contemporary art. Widely recognized as the most challenging and provocative artist of his generation in Japan, his influence can be traced to a range of fields including politics, news, theater, film, photography, fashion, advertising, underground culture, literature and artist patronage. His works are part of institutional and private collections in Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, South Korea, Switzerland and the U.S.A. 2006: Nominated for the BMW Prize, Paris.

Virtual Gallery
(2000 - death)
http://marioa.com/
 
 
Selected Exhibitions
(S = Solo G = Group)

2008
"Mario A. - Jonathan Meese "Tokyo - Berlin Connection"", G, Elaine Levy Project, Brussels, Belgium

2007
Scope Hamptons, G, Artspace Witzenhausen, Hampton, New York Long Island, U.S.A.
Scope Basel, G, Artspace Witzenhausen, Basel, Switzerland
art cologne, G, Esther Woerdehoff Gallery, Koeln, Germany
art brussel, G, Elaine Levy Project, Brussels, Belgium
art amsterdam, G, Artspace Witzenhausen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
AIPAD, G, Esther Woerdehoff Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Art Paris, G, Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France
"Firstanniversary", G, Elaine Levy Project, Brussels, Belgium
Scope New York, G, Artspace Witzenhausen, New York, U.S.A.
Photo L.A., G, Esther Woerdehoff Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
"la donna è mobile", S, Elaine Levy Project, Brussels, Belgium

2006
BMW Prize - nominated artists, G, "Pleasure. Distilled" Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
Paris Photo, G, Esther Woerdehoff Gallery, Paris, France
art cologne, G, Esther Woerdehoff Gallery, Koeln, Germany
"The World Is Beautiful (DIE WELT IST SCHOEN)", S, Esther Woerdehoff Gallery, Paris, France
"channel83party", G, Ambasciata di Marte, Firenze, Italy
"maurizio: a mice ate gagosian's plate @ berlin biennale" installation Auguststrasse, Berlin, Germany
MS EuropART, G, Esther Woerdehoff Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Scope New York, G, Artspace Witzenhausen, New York, U.S.A.
Photo London, G, Esther Woerdehoff, London, Great Britain
Berliner Liste, G, Artspace Witzenhausen, Berlin, Germany
Art Rotterdam, G, Artspace Witzenhausen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
"Face à Face", G, Photovision Montpellier, Montpellier, France

2005
art cologne, G, Esther Woerdehoff Gallery, Cologne, Germany
FIAC, G, Mizuma Art Gallery, Paris, France
Paris Photo, G, Esther Woerdehoff Gallery, Paris, France
ARCO, G, Mizuma Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
"BOOST IN THE SHELL", G, Buiten Smedenvest, Bruges, Belgium
"10 years Mizuma. Selection" (new paintings), G, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
scopeNewYork, G, Esther Woerdehoff Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
"ma poupée japonaise", S, Artspace Witzenhausen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
"female nudes", G, Galerie argus fotokunst, Berlin, Germany
"Selection", G, Galerie Cornelius Pleser, Muenchen, Germany
Palmbeach Art Fair, G, Esther Woerdehoff Gallery, Miami, U.S.A.

2004
"Dolls of Innocence", G, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Armory Show, G, Mizuma Art Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Art Cologne, G, Esther Woerdehoff Gallery, Koeln, Germany
FIAC, G, Esther Woerdehoff Gallery, Paris, France
Paris Photo, G, Esther Woerdehoff Gallery, Paris, France
"The World Is Beautiful", S, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"ma poupee japonaise", S, Esther Woerdehoff Gallery, Paris, France
"Japanese Cultural Assets", S, Galerie Cornelius Pleser, Muenchen, Germany
"Girl's Attitude", G, Span Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Melbourne Art Fair, G, Mizuma Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2003
"Bombs over Baghdad Cafe" , S, Atom Heart Mother Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"The Passage (Black Happiness) ", G, Daniel Azoulay Gallery, Miami, U.S.A.
FIAC, G, Mizuma Art Gallery, Paris, France
Frieze Art Fair, G, Mizuma Art Gallery, London, G.B.

2002
ARCO Madrid, G, Mizuma Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
"01.09.01.-11. death of www.mauriziocattelan.net ", S, Atom Heart Mother Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Melbourne Art Fair, G, Mizuma Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Art Scope New York, G, Mizuma Art Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Art Cologne, G, Galerie Bodo Niemann, Koeln, Germany
art forum Berlin, G, Galerie Bodo Niemann, Berlin, Germany
Art Basel Miami, G, Mizuma Art Gallery, Miami, U.S.A.

2001
"neo japonisme 1996-2001", S, Gallery Il Tempo, Tokyo, Japan
"ma poupee japonaise", S, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Art Frankfurt, G, Galerie Bodo Niemann, Frankfurt, Germany
"Fuenf Jahre - 30 Fotografen", G, Galerie argus fotokunst, Berlin, Germany
Art Bruxelles, G, Galerie Bodo Niemann, Bruxelles, Belgie
Art Cologne, G, Galerie Bodo Niemann, Koeln, Germany

2000
Art Zuerich, G, Galerie Bodo Niemann, Zuerich, Switzerland
"Verbotene Fruechte", G, Galerie Bodo Niemann, Berlin, Germany
Art Cologne, G, Galerie Bodo Niemann, Koeln, Germany
"Selection", G, Gallery Il Tempo, Tokyo, Japan

1999
"F THE GEISHA", S, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"F THE GEISHA", S, aktionsgalerie, Berlin, Germany
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Video Works

2008
 Kinski - Meese Profile Neurosis Remix "Da kann man nicht meckern! Das geht nicht!" 16 min. 
2007
Japan = Pink (Where are Elsa (von Freytag-Loringhoven) and Marcel (Duchamp)?) 90 min.
2006
"maurizio: a mice ate gagosian's plate @ berlin biennale" 5 min.
2002
"Maurizio e morto" 15 min.
1999
"F THE GEISHA" 60 min.
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Selected Performances
2007
Taking part at the video work of Hiroko Okada "Aizoubento" (Love & Hate Lunch Box), Tokyo, Japan
2006
"The Philosophy of Constructive Laziness"
2003
"Don't kill" Tokyo, Japan
2002
"UXOM @ gagosian" New York, U.S.A.
"The Right Gallery New York" New York, U.S.A.
"Maurizio e morto"Atom Heart Mother Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001
"See ya in N. Y. - Maurizio C. 01.9.1" Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan
"Free Contemporary Japanese Artists!" Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Becoming a Japanese" Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"aida-okada wedding" Yanaka Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan
1999
"F THE GEISHA" Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (with Yumika Hayashi)
"F THE GEISHA" aktionsgalerie, Berlin, Germany (with Claudia Gehrke)
1997
"psycho love sublime" Gallery Delta Mirage, Tokyo, Japan
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Selected Monograph Publications
2006
"The World Is Beautiful (DIE WELT IST SCHOEN)" critic: Kentaro Ichihara, Vice Versa Verlag, Berlin
2004
"Mario A. The Japanese Artist" critic: Kentaro Ichihara, Ronsosha, Tokyo
2001
"ma poupee japonaise" text: Masahiko Shimada, Ronsosha, Tokyo & konkursbuch Verlag Claudia Gehrke, Tuebingen, Germany
2000
"Haniya Yutaka, Inokuma Gen-ichiro, Takemitsu Toru" Shueisha, Tokyo, Japan
1999
"F THE GEISHA" text: Yoko Tawada, Kawade Shobo Shinsha, Tokyo & konkursbuch Verlag Claudia Gehrke, Tuebingen, Germany
1998
"neo japonisme theatral" text: Masahiko Shimada, Mirage, Tokyo, Japan
1996
"Prelude a la Japonaise" text: Rieko Matsuura, Mirage, Japan
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