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Yuko Mohri Wins 2025 Calder Prize With $50,000 Award and Atelier Calder Residency

Fresh recognition caps a post–Venice Biennale surge, with major museum stages from Milan to upcoming presentations in Miami and London.

Overview

  • The Calder Foundation named the Tokyo-based artist the 2025 laureate, granting $50,000 and a three-month stay at Atelier Calder in Saché, France.
  • One of her works will be placed in a public collection that has not yet been named.
  • Foundation president Alexander S. C. Rower praised her real-time, chance-driven installations while underscoring her distinct voice in relation to Calder’s legacy.
  • Her large HangarBicocca exhibition in Milan is slated to travel to Centro Botín in March.
  • Her first U.S. gallery presentation opens this month at Tanya Bonakdar in New York, with solo exhibitions later in 2026 at the Bass Museum in Miami and London’s Barbican Centre.