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Mariko Stephenson Sugita │ 杉田真理子

Completed Urban Studies at the Free University of Brussels in 2016, since 2021 she has been co-chair of the design studio for urban experiences, for Cities, and co-chair of Hohoza Jodo-jiza. In addition to writing and editing in the fields of cities, architecture and urban development for the publishing label Traveling Circus of Urbanism, she manages the Bridge Studio, an art complex in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, which was renovated from a 1934 Western-style building, and is involved in urban development activities. She has lived abroad in Europe, North America, Africa and other countries, and is active in research, curation in the field of culture and the arts, producing new programmes, directing, facilitating and expressing herself as an artist in a light-hearted way, both in Japan and abroad.
 
2016年ブリュッセル自由大学アーバン・スタディーズ修了。2021年より都市体験のデザインスタジオ(一社)for Cities共同代表理事、(一社)ホホホ座浄土寺座共同代表理事。出版レーベル「Traveling Circus of Urbanism」にて都市・建築・まちづくり分野における執筆や編集ほか、京都左京区にて1934年築の洋館を改修した複合アート施設「Bridge Studio」の運営やまちづくり活動を行う。これまでヨーロッパ、北米、アフリカなどでの海外生活の経験を活かし、リサーチほか文化芸術分野でのキュレーションや新規プログラムのプロデュース、ディレクション、ファシリテーション、アーティストとしての表現活動などを、国内外を軽やかに横断しながら活動を行う。