Aricoco (Ari Tabei), born and raised in Tokyo, is an interdisciplinary artist, living and working in NYC. She earned a MFA from University of Connecticut in sculpture and video performance art in 2007. aricoco was awarded a fellowship from A.I.R. Gallery, where she had her first solo show. She has since participated in numerous artists in residencies including: LMCC Swing Space, Smack Mellon Artist Studio Program, Sculpture Space, AAI Rotating Studio Program, Museum of Art and Design Open Studios, BRIC Media Fellowship, AIM, Institute for Electronic Arts, Target Margin Theater Institute Fellowship, BRIC Visual Artist Residency and Culture Push. In 2013, she participated in a project-based group exhibition at Kawasaki City Museum in Japan. She had a solo show at Sunroom Project Space, Wave Hill in 2015. aricoco was a recipient of NYFA Artist’s Fellowship in the category of Interdisciplinary work in 2015 and Franklin Furnace Fund in 2016/17. She was awarded LMCC Creative Engagement Fund in 2020 and New York City Artist Corps Grant in 2021 to continue working on her socially-engaged collaborative project PIPORNOT. In 2022, aricoco received SU-CASA residency program as well as ChaShaMa Immigrant Artist Fellowship, which supported her solo exhibition at one of their presentation spaces. She was a recipient of Shape-Walentas Studio Program 2022-23.
