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Hiroko Okada

b. 1970

Japanese artist (born 1970)

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Born 1970. Hiroko Okada is a Japanese painter and conceptual artist.

Hiroko Okada (; born 1970) also known as Okada Hiroko, is a Japanese contemporary artist, known for her provocative work that challenges societal standards around the construct of family, love, childbirth, and child-rearing. She works within the mediums of video art, photography, painting, installation, and performance.

Biography Hiroko Okada was born in 1970 in Tokyo, Japan. The family formed an art performance group called "Aidake", in which they mocked the traditional family roles of children in a 2015 performance "Recital" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Okada and Aida have also worked collaboratively on alternative puppet theater troop called "Gekidan Shiki".

"The Delivery by Male Project" (2002) is a video work by Okada about a pregnant man named "S.K." who doesn’t want a family but does want a baby. Okada's artwork was part of the group exhibition "Global Feminisms" (2007) at Brooklyn Museum, curated by Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin.

Her work is part of public museum collections, including at the Brooklyn Museum.

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1970, Setagaya
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Tama Art University
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Okada Hiroko

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Who is Hiroko Okada?

Japanese artist (born 1970)

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Hiroko Okada was born in 1970 in Setagaya.

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Hiroko Okada is a painter and conceptual artist.

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Hiroko Okada is Japanese.

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