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Megumi Fukuda’s immersive and interactive installations comment on ephemeral elements that are often outside of human control—for example, nature, weather, and our bodies—and the transitory beauty of Japan’s natural environment. At the same time, Fukuda turns a critical eye on Japanese environmental policies and culture—specifically, Japan’s complicated relationship with women and motherhood. In Child Care (2018), she documents her infertility treatments and, later, the round-the-clock care of her newborn. Fukuda was born in 1976 in Hiroshima. She received an MFA from Hiroshima City University Faculty of Art in 2001. She has had residencies at Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien (Tokyo Wonder Site Exchange Residency Program [Berlin–Tokyo], Berlin, 2013), Künstlerhaus Salzwedel (Salzwedel, Germany, 2012), and Künstlerhaus Eckernförde (Eckernförde, Germany, 2011). In 2006, she received one of the Grants for Young Artists from the Pola Art Foundation, Tokyo, Japan. Fukuda lives in Hiroshima.