Title
Interviewee
David Yonamine
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-7-2018
Abstract
Artist Bio:
Mitsu Salmon creates original performance and visual works, which fuse multiple disciplines. She was born in the melting pot of Los Angeles to a Japanese mother and American father. Her creation in different mediums, the translation of one medium to another, is connected to the translation of differing cultures and languages.
Salmon received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2014. In 2005 she graduated from NYU where she majored in Experimental Theater, studying theater and visual arts. She has lived in India, England, Germany, Amsterdam, Japan, and Bali.
She has performed solo work at places such Performance Space 122, Dance Theater Workshop, Highways Performance Space and internationally at Hebbel Am Uffer, the Berlin Performance Art Festival, London Performance Art Festival and Urbanguild in Kyoto, Japan.
She has collaborated with England based theatre group, the Solvents, John Jesurun and extensively with Open Gate Theater. She has been awarded Los Angeles Getty Multicultural Internship Grant, Tisch Scholarship, SAIC MFA Grant and artist residencies at Earthdance in Massachusetts and at Villa Pandan Harum in Bali, Indonesia.
Recommended Citation
Yonamine, David. (2018) Mitsu Salmon Interview.
https://via.library.depaul.edu/oral_his_series/113
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Comments
Mitsu Salmon interview by David Yonamine.