She had her both legs amputated when she was a 3rd grader. Then she bumped into a huge wall against her classmates who were in the most susceptible period of life, and she struggled in vein to break it through logically. Eventually she stared to express herself visually like by drawing on her prosthetic legs.
Ms. KATAYAMA Mari, was born tibial hemimelia, a deficiency in which the major and larger leg bone is absent. She had her both legs amputated when she was a 3rd grader. Then she bumped into a huge wall against her classmates who were in the most susceptible period of life, and she struggled in vein to break it through logically. Eventually she stared to express herself visually like by drawing on her prosthetic legs. She says, ‘I do not care about things beyond my control’ without hesitation but with a smile. She never sets limits on what she wants to do. For example, she accomplished her High Heel Project (performing in high-heels), which had been considered impossible. Currently she is embodying her unique creativity by working on a wide range of activities such as producing her self-portraits wearing high heels on her ornamented/decorated artificial legs, singing and modeling at concerts, giving lectures at universities.
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