Mari Ohno is a sound artist, based in Tokyo.

She composes with matter to explore the boundary between the natural and the artificial, which is becoming increasingly blurred around us. She reinterprets natural elements and processes from post-anthropocentric view and harnesses the unexplored potentials of matter for her sonic and visual expression. Her practice represents the interdisciplinary explorations of co-composition between natural and artificial matter as otherworldly phenomena, by integrating current theories and methodologies in art, design, science, and philosophy.

Her works have been exhibited and performed in public, including the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Science Gallery London, MU, SARC Belfast, EMPAC New York, Centro Cultural FIESP Sao Paulo and Hong Kong Arts Centre. She has been awarded Sound and Music Embedded with Cafe OTO in the UK, the Jury Selection of Japan Media Arts Festival, and others.

サウンドアーティスト。「人間の知覚」や「自然／生命現象」をテーマに、インスタレーションやパフォーマンスなど、音を軸とした作品を発表している。東京藝術大学大学院修了。ロンドン大学ゴールドスミス・カレッジMA（Computational Arts）、同PhD（Music）。現在、武蔵野美術大学、東京電機大学、玉川大学非常勤講師。

Science Gallery London、MU Hybrid Art House、Hong Kong Arts Centre、東京都現代美術館、トーキョーアーツアンドスペースなど、国内外にて作品を発表。Cafe OTO/Sound and Music Embedded （イギリス）、文化庁メディア芸術祭審査委員会推薦作品選出など。

2021: Finalist, The 26th ifva Awards - Media Art Category, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2016: Short Listed, BLOOOM Award by Warsteiner, Germany
2015: Cafe OTO/Sound and Music Embedded, United Kingdom
2015: Honorable mention, Space Under: Sound & Space Reciprocity, Greece
2013: Jury Selection, Japan Media Arts Festival - Art Division, Japan
2013: Jury Selection, Japan Media Arts Festival - Animation Division, Japan
2013: Nominations (two works), 19th Campus Genius Award, Japan
2013: Selection, Tokyo Experimental Festival vol.8, Tokyo Wonder Site, Japan
2013: Selection, CCMC 2013, Japan
2012: Prize award, The International Composition Competition and Workshop Adelaide 2012, Australia
2012: Nomination, 18th Campus Genius Award, Japan
2012: Grand prix, Tokyo Sonic Art Award, Japan
2012: Finalist of Le Prix ACSM116, CCMC 2012, Japan

Aug - Nov 2017: Science Gallery London, United Kingdom
Aug - Sep 2016: SymbioticA, The University of Western Australia, Australia
May 2015 - Mar 2017: Cafe OTO/Sound and Music Embedded, United Kingdom