Lun*na Menoh is a Japanese born Renaissance artist who lives in Los
Angeles. Her work deals with fashion, clothing and exposing the
invisible thread between performance and fabric by making
sculpturisque dresses, paintings, and a series of fashion shows with
her conceptual but wearable outfits.
One of her dresses is in the permanent collection of the Victoria and
Albert Museum in London. Also one of her original dresses/artwork
was part of the "Addressing the Century: 100 Years of Art and
Fashion" exhibition that took place at the Hayward Gallery, London in
1998.
Her multi-disciplinary art project "Dirty White Shirt Collars" which
includes paintings, music, DVD, and a fashion show/performance
received a grant from the Peter S. Reed Foundation in New York in
2005. The presentation of this project took place at Track 16
Gallery in Santa Monica.
Menoh also has done many design works including event costumes at
MOCA for Takashi Murakami and Andy Warhol as well as designing
Uniforms for the Japanese styled cafe/shop/art space "Royal/T" which
focuses on Contemporary art and Pop Culture Japanese artifacts.
Since 2001, Menoh started working in music. Participated in a band
called "Seksu Roba (Eenie Meenie Records) who were nominated by LA
Weekly Music Award in 2003 and 2004. Toured in Europe, Japan and the
U.S.A., including MOCA, LACMA, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
In 2006 Menoh started her own band called "Jean Paul Yamamoto"
featuring her costumes with a combination of art performance, rock n'
roll theatrics and intense sounds with the aid of fellow band members
ex DEVO drummer Alan Myers and avant-guitarist Shin Kawasaki plus
back-up singers/dancers Ayako and Moeko that flirts adventurously
with the sound of Pop, Punk, Electro-Funk and Enka.
Lun*na Menoh Year-by-Year Timeline
1992
-fashion show " Dress for Poet," Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center,
Venice, California
1993
-group exhibition "Salon de Lun*na," Sue Spaid Fine Art , Los Angeles
1994
-solo exhibition "Boutique Mystique," Laguna Art Museum Satellite,
Cosa Mesa, California
1995
-group exhibition "Action Station Exploring Open Systems," Santa
Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California
-group exhibition "Felicity," Jan Baum, Los Angeles
1996
-group exhibition "Lovers Labors Lost, " Site Gallery, Los Angeles
1997
-fashion show " He(ad)dress," Jan Baum, Los Angeles
-group exhibition "Yard Sale" Special k Exhibition, Los Angeles
1998
-group exhibition "Precious," Jan Baum, Los Angeles
-fashion show " Spring-Summer 1770-1998," Art Share, Los Angeles
-group exhibition "Addressing the Century - 100 Years of Art &
Fashion," Hayward Gallery, London, UK
1999
-group exhibition "Primordial/Soup to Nuts," Dirt Gallery, Los Angeles
2001
-joined a band "Seksu Roba" and toured in Europe ( Germany , Italy,
France )
-fashion show " Ring Around the Collar," ARC Studio, Los Angeles
-group exhibition "East" Norwich gallery, Norfolk, UK
-design work , costume for opera " The Woman Who Forgot Her
Sweater," The Ford Theater, Los Angeles
2003
-group fashion event at MOCA opening for "Andy Warhol
Retrospective," Los Angeles
-Seksu Roba, LA Weekly music award nominated Best Dance Music
-Seksu Roba performed at MOCA opening party for "Lucian Freud", Los
Angeles
2004
-group exhibition "the Leopard Spots: Between Art , Performance and
Club Culture" 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
-Seksu Roba, LA weekly music award nominated the best album
-Seksu Roba performed at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Side
Street Project." Los Angeles
2005
-group show "Nouvelle Nuptials New Visions in Wedding Traditions"
San Francisco Museum
-Seksu Roba performed at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara
-formed the band "Jean Paul Yamamoto"
-group exhibition "Twisted Christmas," BGH Gallery Los Angeles
-received an art grant for "Ring Around the Collar" fashion show,
Peter S. Reed Foundation, New York
2006
-Jean Paul Yamamoto performance " Re Cut ,Tribute To Yoko Ono," LACE,
Los Angeles
-solo exhibition " 1998-2006" and fashion show "Ring Around the
Collar." Music by Jean Paul Yamamoto, Track 16 Gallery , Los Angeles
-group exhibition "Queen of the Night," Berman / Turner project ,
Los Angeles
2007
-group exhibition for Paper magazine
" Fulfull Your Sexual Desire In The Playmate's Confession Tent,"
LACE, Los Angeles
design work for a opening event for "Takashi Murakami" at MOCA,
Los Angeles
2008
-Jean Paul Yamamoto, art performance " Improvising Sewing"
Royal/T, Lallure, Los Angeles
-Jean Paul Yamamoto, art performance "Improvising Sewing," Royal/T,
Culver City, California
-design work " Maid Cafe Uniforms" Royal/T, Los Angeles
If you'd like to contact me.Please e-mail
lunna@lunnamenoh.com
