An interdisciplinary artist, Migiwa Orimo primarily works in installation consisting of text, drawing, objects,
video and sound that explores the notions of gap, slippage, and “a realm of disjunction.” Using the concept of
storage/archive as her framework, Orimo explores the relationship between public memory and private space
by examining: how memories are shared and internalized; how they are stored and become stories; and, how
memories and history collide.
A four-time recipient of the Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship/Individual Creativity Excellence
Award for her interdisciplinary art projects, she was awarded residencies at the Headlands Art Center in 2012
and SPACES Gallery’s SPACES World Artist Project in 2014. Her work has been shown extensively, including at
the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC; San Bernardino Art Museum, CA; and in Ohio, the
Springfield Art Museum, Dayton Art Institute, OSU’s Urban Arts Space, Riffe Gallery (Columbus), Oberlin
College’s Baron Gallery, and Weston Art Gallery (Cincinnati).
Orimo was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. After receiving her degree in literature and studying graphic design
in Japan, she immigrated to the US in the 1980’s. Orimo lives and works in Yellow Springs, Ohio.