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 a history talk on Shibari and rope the first hour and then we will have a rope jam. You may get tickets to both the talk and jam or attend the rope jam only. She will also be available for a very limited number of rope experiences to be tied by her. Do not miss this special opportunity to learn from and share space with an incredible international rope artist.
Mosaic Cat (MaoMao) from Shanghai will give a history talk on Shibari and rope the first hour and then we will have a rope jam. You may get tickets to both the talk and jam or attend the rope jam only. She will also be available for a very limited number of rope experiences to be tied by her. Do not miss this special opportunity to learn from and share space with an incredible international rope artist.
Mosaic Cat (MaoMao) from Shanghai will give a history talk on Shibari and rope the first hour and then we will have a rope jam. You may get tickets to both the talk and jam or attend the rope jam only. She will also be available for a very limited number of rope experiences to be tied by her. Do not miss this special opportunity to learn from and share space with an incredible international rope artist.
Have a rope demo and experience being tied with Mosaic Cat (MaoMao) from Shanghai