Ai Makita Bibliography
SELECTED BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2026
Ai Makita and Sizhu Li: Synthetic Mobility (exhibition catalogue). New York: Fou Gallery, 2026.
2025
Ai Makita: The Coming World 2025-2075 (exhibition catalogue). Tokyo: GYRE Omotesando, 2025.
2023
Ai Makita: What Is Real? (exhibition catalogue). Fukuoka: Kurume City Museum, 2023.
2018
18th. Taro Okamoto Award (exhibition catalogue). Kanagawa: Okamoto Taro Museum, 2018.
SELECTED NEWS AND PERIODICALS
2026
“Ai Makita and Sizhu Li: Synthetic Mobility” (Fou Gallery exhibition preview). MutualArt, October 2026. https://www.mutualart.com/galleries/fou-gallery/exhibitions/ai-makita-and-sizhu-li--synthetic-mobili/e0446607b0d390e2
“Exhibition Synthetic Mobility” (Fou Gallery exhibition preview). Asian American Arts Alliance, October 2026. https://www.aaartsalliance.org/events/synthetic-mobility
2025
Faulkner, Timea. “Ai Makita on Animism, AI, and the New Materiality of Her Latest Work 'Metabolizing Machine'” (Baert Gallery exhibition review). Baert Gallery, 26 November 2025.
https://www.baertgallery.com/press/62-ai-makita-on-animism-ai-and-the-new/
Makita, Ai. “Sublime in the digital age.” Interview by Yosuke Takahashi. Bijutsutecho online, 24 May 2025.
https://bijutsutecho.com/magazine/interview/30760
Zellen, Jody. “Ai Makita ‘Metabolizing Machine’” (Baert Gallery exhibition review). ART NOW LA, 18 October 2025.
https://artnowla.com/2025/10/16/ai-makita-metabolizing-machine/
2023
Makita, Ai. “Dialogue for ART vol.14.” Interview by Hiroyasu Yamauchi. Bijutsutecho online, 14 August 2023.
https://bijutsutecho.com/magazine/interview/oil/26795
2022
Leuzzi, Linda. “A fascination with motorcycles becomes art.” Long Island Advance, 15 June 2022.
https://www.longislandadvance.net/stories/a-fascination-with-motorcycles-becomes-art,90527
Makita, Ai. “Interview: Ai Makita 2022 NYC.” Interview by Robert Anton Patterson. Leafbox, 29 January 2022.
https://www.leafbox.com/interview-ai-makita-2022/
2019
Kitahara, Toru. “Drawing A Wonderful Light.” PLEASE, 12 September 2019.
2017
Mabanag, Ronald, and Juan, Christopher. “'Sublime rage against the machines: Ai Makita'” (Manifesto Gallery exhibition review). Hand Picked by Ron and Chris, 27 January 2017.
https://handpickedbyronandchris.blogspot.com/2017/01/sublime-rage-against-machines-ai-makita.html
2013
Shimanuki, Taisuke. “Contemporary Sublime.” ART NAVI, October 2013.