Naoko Mabon is a Japanese independent curator based in Scotland. She gained an MA from Tama Art University, Tokyo in 2007, and initiated her own curatorial practice WAGON in 2014 after working in contemporary art in Japan and the UK for a decade. Her recent work includes Ilana Halperin: Geologic Intimacy (Yu no Hana), Beppu and Aberdeen (2015-2017); Leaves Without Routes, Taipei (2016); Bushiro Mohri exhibition, AIS, Gunma (2016); Atsuo Hukuda exhibition, Duff House, Aberdeenshire (2016); contribution to Roger Ackling: Between the Lines (2015); among others. She plans to conduct a research residency in Sao Paulo in September 2017. [Creative non-fiction]