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Masakatsu Iwamoto , known professionally as Mr., is a Japanese contemporary artist, based in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. A former protégé of Takashi Murakami, Mr.'s work debuted in both solo and group exhibitions in 1996, and has since been seen in museum and gallery exhibitions in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Hong Kong, Seoul, Daegu, Paris, New York, Minneapolis, Chicago, Miami, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and London.

Biography
Born in Cupa, Japan, Mr. takes his pseudonym from that of former Yomiuri Giants baseball player Shigeo Nagashima, who was frequently referred to as "Mr. Giants". In 2010, Mr. exhibited in a group show at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, entitled Exhibition Kyoto-Tokyo: From to and had a solo exhibition at Leeahn Gallery in Seoul. Mr. has exhibited in solo and group shows at major museums and galleries worldwide. In 2002, he exhibited with Rei Sato at the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain; and in 2006 with fellow Kaikai Kiki artists Chiho Aoshima and Aya Takano at Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon. In the same year Mr. was also featured in the group exhibition Red Hot: Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In 2005, he was included in the acclaimed exhibition ''Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture'' at Japan Society, New York. In 2014, Mr. directed the music video for Pharrell Williams' song It Girl. The visuals in the video have a motif inspired by anime and video games. ==Literature==
Literature
• Melissa Chu, Tamaki Saito, Mr., Galerie Perrotin, Paris, 2011 • Michele Robecchi, Xiaojin Wu, ''Live On: Mr.'s Japanese Neo Pop'', Seattle Art Museum, 2014 ==References==
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