born : Kobe, Japan Bachelor of Fine Arts ( Kyoto city University of Art )
Doctor of Humanities Honoris Causa Anaheim University (formerly Lambert University)
Japanese multi-disciplinary public artist
Mariyo Yagi is an environmental sculptor
Mariyo Yagi is a painter, performer and poet
Mariyo Yagi is a licensed landscape engineer and contractor
Mariyo Yagi is a designer of lighting and interior objects
Mariyo Yagi is a construction contractor of her original parks, water gardens, and
monumental earthworks
Mariyo Yagi defies categorization, and has an canny ability to transform communities and the built environment through her unconventional interactive art practice.
1986
Guest Artist, Banff Art Center ( Canada )
1988
Guest Professor, Concordia University ( Canada )
1995-98
Professorship at Kobe Women's University
1991
Delegate Survival of The Arts Sundance ( USA )
1992
Delegate "Omame Project" Earth Summit Arts ( Brazil )
1997
DAAD Grant ( Germany )
1998
Japan Foundation Fellowship Grant ( Estonia)
1977
The Italian Good Design Award (Italy)
1984
Copper Prize Award World Print/San Fransisco Museum of Art ( USA )
1995
Urban Design Award ( Toyonaka City, Japan )
1995
Urban Art Award ( Mauberge, France )
2002
Spain/ Foundation Valparaiso fellowship
2003
The 21st Kyoto prefecture culture prize merits prize
2007
Italy/ Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship
