Mosaic Cat (aka. Maomao) is a rope artist & educator in Shanghai, China. She has taught over 500 students & done 100+ performances in ropes.
Artistic Statement
Mosaic Cat (Maomao) began her Shibari journey in Taiwan in 2017. She immersing herself in both classical Japanese traditions and contemporary European techniques under Maya, Soa, and Kobayashi Nawagiri. Her practice combines both classical Japanese-inspired kinbaku and contemporary European rope approaches.
After returning to Shanghai in 2019, she became an active force in the rope community, organizing workshops, curating events, and nurturing a growing network of rope practitioners. To date, she has taught over 500 students and performed in more than 100 Shibari shows. She has also been invited by the German rope education organization Karada House for online teaching and performance collaborations.
Her style is marked by precision, versatility, and a drive for continuous innovation.
Seamlessly blending rope with narrative, experimental performance, and installation art, Maomao ensures that each of her presentations delivers something new, challenging expectations and expanding the possibilities of rope as an artisti nedium. Beyond performance, she creates rope-based installations an hotographic artworks that have been exhibited in cities throughout China, as well a n Germany and the UK. Her artistic voice navigates a compelling space between tradition and experimentation, offering work that is both rooted and radically original.
She will give an intimate performance evening with tea service and light refreshments, farm to table grazing. This will be at our new property location in Vista. Address will be provided upon registration.
Mosaic Cat (MaoMao) from Shanghai will travel to us for performance and a weekend of education. She will give an intimate performance evening with tea service and light refreshments, farm to table grazing. This will be at our new property location in Vista. Address will be provided upon registration.