Yoshie Kris

Yoshie Kris

Born in Tokyo in 1977. From the age of seven, Kris began taking classes in creative dance. As a high school student she was inspired by the Lillehammer Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony and decided to enter the Tokyo Zokei University of art and design. From 2006 to 2007 she studied at the Domus Academy in Italy and received a Master’s Degree in Business Design. In 2010, Kris was diagnosed with malignant fibrous histiocytoma and due to this ailment completely lost lower limb function in her right leg. In 2011, she established and served as director of Slow Label, an enterprise to create products through collaborative work between people with disabilities and artists from Japan and abroad. Since then, she has worked consistently through programs such as establishing the Yokohama Paratriennale 2014 and programs that bring together people with disabilities, artists and people from the general public with the goal of building social platforms that help people live creative lives regardless of whether they are disabled or not. Kris is the winner of the “Contribution to the Arts and Culture Award” of the 65th Yokohama Culture Awards and the “Face of Tokyo” award of the Time-out Tokyo LOVE TOKYO AWARDS 2016.