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Mai Ryuno
Socially Engaged Artist & Educator

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Participatory & Performance Works

Live and time-based works that unfold through participation. These performances invite movement, choice, and presence, with the work taking shape through the actions of those involved.

Artist Mai Ryuno shaking hands with a gallery visitor, activating the LED lights on her dress during Mode of Interactions performance.

Artist Mai Ryuno shaking hands with a gallery visitor, activating the LED lights on her dress during Mode of Interactions performance.

Participants of the 2020 Monterey Bay Women’s March writing names of inspirational women on the suffragette-inspired sash worn by Mai Ryuno.

Participants of the 2020 Monterey Bay Women’s March writing names of inspirational women on the suffragette-inspired sash worn by Mai Ryuno.

A participant using water bottles to paint on the artist’s white dress during the Color Me Rainbow performance, transforming it into a colorful collaborative artwork.

A participant using water bottles to paint on the artist’s white dress during the Color Me Rainbow performance, transforming it into a colorful collaborative artwork.

Mai Ryuno interacting with gallery visitors during c-o-n-n-e-c-t, exchanging cards and engaging in conversation.

Mai Ryuno interacting with gallery visitors during c-o-n-n-e-c-t, exchanging cards and engaging in conversation.

The artist seated at a table in the Diego Rivera Gallery talking with a visitor as part of the Hello! participatory project, 2010, San Francisco.

The artist seated at a table in the Diego Rivera Gallery talking with a visitor as part of the Hello! participatory project, 2010, San Francisco.

Invitation card for the Picnic participatory performance, featuring playful upside-down text referencing the indoor/outdoor reversal.

Invitation card for the Picnic participatory performance, featuring playful upside-down text referencing the indoor/outdoor reversal.

Participatory performance of Untitled (Self Portrait), 2008, guests seated at long table interacting with artist, communal dining in progress, San Francisco.

Participatory performance of Untitled (Self Portrait), 2008, guests seated at long table interacting with artist, communal dining in progress, San Francisco.

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