1976　Born in Ibaraki Prefecture

1997　Sep   Studies under Shozo SHIMAMOTO

1998　May　“String-telephone” performance with 1000 persons at Kobe’s Harbour Circus Space Theater
　　　Jun　Invited to THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE in Finland 
　　　　　 10000 floating-cup performance in the Finland’s sea
　　　Sep   Invited to the PAPER ART exhibition, Hamburg(Germany)

1999　Jun   Personal exhibition in Helsinki (Finland)
　　　 Jul   Performance in Germany with other 200 artists
　　　 Sep  Invited to the Avant-garde Fashion Congress in Georgia  Cup-Man performance with 18 top models
　　　　　  Invited to a performance in Paris organized by the English BBC

2000　Jan   Every Monday (for half a year) writes an assay in the newspaper Osaka Shinbun
　　　 Jun　Invited to the Biennale of Yugoslavia 2000
　　　 Jul    Exposition at Art Now organized by the Modern Art Museum of Hyogo Prefecture
　　　Aug    Cup-Man Marriage Performance in Kobe’s International Hall.
　　　　　   Appears on FOCUS
　　　　　   Begins Loco’s string-telephone Corner at Sakura FM
　　　Nov    Invited to the 60-year Itami municipal commemoration event,
　　　　　   crane-performance in collaboration with Shimamoto 
　　　　　   Realization of the biggest painting in the world discharging Loco`s “rockets”
　　　Dec    Installation in 17 shops in Koshienguchi (greengrocer, dentist, hardware shop...) and, for the first time,
　　　   　　even in a taxi. Loco creates the first moving museum! She founds a new concept of art

2001　Jan    Interviewed in the January number of Art Note (Bijutsu techo),
　　　　   　which is the most famous Japanese art magazine
　　　Apr     Special guest at NHK BS2 television
　　　Aug    First prize at Imadate Modern Art Paper Exhibition
　　　Nov    Realization of a painting at the London Japanese Year Exhibition using LOCO CUPs. Cup-Man performance
　　　Dec    Cup Man Exhibition at Hokkaido Modern Art Museum

2002　Mar   Exhibition at the Voice Festival in Osaka
　　　Apr    Exhibition and installation of string-telephone at the Voice Festival in Tokyo
　　　　　  Appears at Japanorama, the English program (BBC) that presents the features of Japan
　　　　  　Reported in the April number of Art Note
　　　Jun   Invited to Takeshi Kitano’s program. Cup-man marriage performance with Takeshi Kitano 
　　　　 　Cup Man performance on Kyoto Station’s huge escalator
　　　　　 Cup Man exhibition, workshop and opening performance at Gunma Prefecture Modern Art Museum (Japan)

2003　Apr   Cup Man Promotion Video『LOCO　white』(Director Daisuke MIKI)
　　　Jun   Invited to Venice Biennale 2003
　　　Aug   Invited to the NHK live program “Kansai Genki Sengen"
　　　　 　Speaker at the symposium “Contemporary Art is so funny" (Takarazuka University)
　　　 　　70 Cup Men performance at Himeji Castle
　　　Oct  "Shozo Shimamoto X LOCO" exhibition at Maison d`art Gallery (Osaka)
　　　　 　Exposition at Kyoto Biennale
　　　Dec  Joins Proxima, the group founded by Guglielmo Di Mauro

2004　Apr  Loco`s first assay "LOCOMOTION-the things that only you can do"is published by Seishinsha
　　　　　"Cup-Man gondola-marriage performance" in Venice Ca' Pesaro International Gallery

2005　Jan  String-telephone installation and Human-sized string-telephone performance at the
　　　　 　Workshop Collection 2005 organized by the Japanese Future Museum of Tokyo
　　　Feb  Lecture at Kyoto Sagabi University
　　　Mar  Workshop at Nishijin School “Children and Artists together”, Kyoto
　　　　　 Workshop in Fukusaki, Hyogo Prefecture
　　　Aug  Invited to EXPO 2005 AICHI JAPAN

2006　Mar  Invited by the Japanese Government to show her activity at the Kandosuru Keizaikan inside the Tokyo Tower
　　 　　　Invited by the Japanese Government to do a string-phone workshop in Sendai
　　　May  Cup Man performance at Fondazione Morra, Naples
　　　Jun   Workshop at Awaji Art Festival, Awaji Island
　　　Dec   Solo exhibition at Spazio Arte dei Mori Gallery, Venice

2007　~Feb  Solo exhibition at Spazio Arte dei Mori Gallery, Venice

　　　Mar  Workshop at Gastenani by Tokyo Gas

　　　Jun  Invited to Venice Biennale 2007 Performative Paper Project

　　　       Workshop in Keio University (Tokyo)

　　　Dec  Vento D'Oriente- Group Exhibition at Spazio Fisico Gallery, Modena, Italy

2008　Apr  LOCO's Cup Men are published on Towada Art Center's pamphlet

　　　May  Performance at Punta Campanella, Sorrento, Italy

　　　        Vento D'Oriente- Group Exhibition at St. James Charterhouse, Capri, Italy

　　　Aug  Shows her works at Hotel des Pecheurs, Corsica, France

2009　Jun  Shows her works at Spazio Arte dei Mori Gallery during Venice Biennale

　　　       Becomes mother of two boys

2010　Mar  Introduced on the website specialized for supporting women's enterprise

2012　Nov  Solo exhibition at Tachibana Gallery, Osaka

2013-14    Production of Rain Works

2015　May  Solo exhibition at Spazio Arte dei Mori during Venice Biennale

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LOCO has appeared at NHK about 10 times, more than 50 times at other television stations. She contributed more than 20 times to radio’s programs and has been reported in over 100 newspapers (not to say the 5 times she is cited on Art Note Bijutsu Techo). The number of lectures held is more than 10 and the number of events exceeds 100 by far.

LOCO's concept of art

I create my artworks using paper-cups. I like to make my works with many people, because, even if in any museum we are said not to touch, I think that art is close to man. If you touch the work, the whole body enjoys it. Recently, in Japan the differences in level in many towns are disappearing for permitting wheelchair users to access everywhere. This is called “Barrier Free”. What art needs now is this freedom.