Migiwa Orimo

Migiwa Orimo
In 2012
Born1957 (age 68–69)
Tokyo, Japan
CitizenshipUnited States

Migiwa Orimo (born 1957) is a Japanese-born American mixed-media installation artist based in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Early and personal life

Orimo was born in Tokyo in 1957,[1] the only child of an artist mother and writer father. Raised among a number of creative adults, Orimo was immersed in art from a young age.[2] She attended college in Japan, where she studied literature and graphic design.[3] She immigrated to the U.S. in 1981,[4] after initially planning to spend two years in the country learning English. She traveled to Ohio to meet up with her aunt. There, she met her husband, Tony Dallas; the two married so Orimo could extend her visa to stay in the U.S.[2] She received U.S. citizenship in 2003.[5]

Career

Orimo's art often intersects with language,[4] particularly Japanese and English,[2] and transcriptions such as morse code.[6] She also considers texture to be an important aspect of her work.[2] Her installations tie together "disparate elements" of "painting, drawing, sculpture, video and sound".[3] She also creates screen-printed banners, which she produces through the Peoples Banner Project.[2]

In addition to presenting her art in a gallery setting, Orimo has also installed art in public places, such as a phone booth set up in Yellow Springs in 2009.[7]

She is based in Yellow Springs, Ohio.[3]

Exhibitions

Solo

Group

  • Nuclear Fallout: The Bomb in Three Archives (2018), Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio[5]
  • Elongated Shadows (2020), apexart, New York City[8]
  • Enactive Architecture (2022), Columbus, Ohio[9]
  • Women to Watch (2024), National Museum of Women in the Arts[10]
  • Memory Fields (2024), Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio[11]
  • BOOK (2025), Beeler Gallery of Columbus College of Art and Design[12]

Awards

  • Individual Creativity Excellence Award (2008, 2013, 2021[13]), Ohio Arts Council[3]
  • Headlands Center for the Arts Residency Award (2012)[3]

References

  1. ↑ Ruiz, Jessica (2018). "Migiwa Orimo Interview". DePaul University.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Durgans, Cheryl (September 21, 2023). "Building Community | 'Encoded' meaning, identity in Migiwa Orimo's work". The Yellow Springs News. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Migiwa Orimo". www.spacescle.org. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Migiwa Orimo: Proximity of Syllables". Cincinnati Arts. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Bachman, Megan (September 27, 2018). "Performance, exhibit at Antioch — Bringing A-bomb history to light". The Yellow Springs News. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Jimenez, Paloma (January 29, 2024). "]MARGINS[". DARIA: Denver Art Review, Inquiry & Analysis. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  7. ↑ Hannah, James. "Artist hopes to make connection with phone booth". Canton Repository. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  8. ↑ Novick, Ilana (October 20, 2020). "In the Shadow of the Atomic Bomb, Artists Respond". Hyperallergic. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  9. ↑ Gilson, Nancy. "Visual arts: New Columbus gallery features exhibit exploring six artists' concepts of 'home'". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  10. ↑ "New Worlds: Women to Watch 2024 | Exhibition". National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  11. ↑ Arts, Cincinnati. "Memory Fields". Cincinnati Arts. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  12. ↑ Hambrick, Jennifer (April 1, 2025). "Art exhibition offers new perspectives on the power of books". WOSU Public Media. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Several local artists receive top award and $4K in funding from Ohio Arts Council". dayton-daily-news. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
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