Riku Iioka

Riku Iioka is a curator currently serving as Assistant Curator at the Yokohama Museum of Art since 2024. Previously, he was at the Mori Art Museum (2018-2024), where he contributed to several research and curatorial projects, including Listen to the Sound of the Earth Turning: Our Wellbeing since the Pandemic (2022). Iioka’s curatorial practice began by collaborating with emerging artists, curating the exhibition New Rube Goldberg Machine (KAYOKOYUKI, Komagome Soko, 2016) while pursuing studies in art practices at Tokyo University of Art (BA) and art theory at Yokohama National University (MA). His essays include “‘Care’ as Criticism” (Bijutsu Techo, Feb 2022) and “Present Place as Watershed—Fuyuka Shindo and Hanae Utamura” (ART iT, 2022). In addition to his curatorial work, Iioka is involved in international projects, including his role as “co-thinker of gudeul” for the 7th Changwon Sculpture Biennale 2024: silent apple in South Korea.

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