Eiko Otake

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Born and raised in Japan and a resident of New York since 1976, Eiko Otake is a movement–based, interdisciplinary artist. After working for more than 40 years as Eiko & Koma, she now performs as a soloist and directs her own projects collaborating with a diverse range of artists.

After studying with Kazuo Ohno and Tatsumi Hijikata in Japan and Manja Chmiel in Germany, Eiko & Koma created 46 interdisciplinary performance works, two career exhibitions and numerous media works. Since 2014, Eiko has performed her solo project A Body in Places at over 70 sites. In addition, Eiko has performed in post-nuclear meltdown Fukushima for A Body in Fukushima, her collaboration with historian/photographer William Johnston, which has produced many exhibitions, screenings, and performances, as well as a publication of a book and a feature-length film.

In 2017, Eiko launched a multi-year Duet Project, a mutable and evolving series of experiments in collaboration that she directs and performs within. In 2022, Eiko and Elise Butterfield co-curated the first iteration of the installation I Invited Myself at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). The second iteration at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College is Eiko’s first museum solo-exhibition. She is also presenting the installations Mother at the Historic Chapel in the Green-Wood Cemetery and Drawing in Circles with Joan Jonas at the Castelli Gallery.

Eiko regularly teaches at Wesleyan University, NYU, and Colorado College. She received an honorary degree from Colorado College in 2020.