motoko uda

7/25/07

©Yoriko. D, 2007

＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊: Motoko Uda (本名：Motoko Judge ジャッジ資子) is a London based AMI trained Montessorian. After graduating from Mills College, CA, USA, she moved to Vietnam in 2000 to open and run “Gallery MOCO.” Over an 18 month period, she showcased 14 exhibitions by 22 Vietnamese and international artists. In 2002, she closed the gallery in order to focus more on her practice as a writer. Uda co-founded a little blah blah (albb)together with Sue Hajdu and Nguyen Nhu Huy. This artist’s initiative acts as a platform for interactions in contemporary visual art and other creative practices, and is actively involved with networking and forming collaborative projects throughout Asia and the world in order to promote exposure, connections and information-flow in and out of Vietnam. Uda has also delivered lectures, studies reports and TV programs on Vietnamese Contemporary Art. As an art writer she has contributed to a major Japanese art magazine, 美術手帖Bijutu Techo (BT),ARTiT, Saigon based art magazine AART and Tokyo based website アート遊覧art-yuran. She holds AMI Montessori Assistant certificate for 3-6, AMI Diploma for Assistant to Infancy (Birth to 3) and AMI Diploma for 3-6. She has a 6 1/2 years old son.