Lun*na Menoh is a Japanese born Renaissance artist who lives in Los Angeles. Her work deals with fashion, clothing and exposing the invisible thread between performance and fabric by making sculpturisque dresses, paintings, and a series of fashion shows with her conceptual but wearable outfits.

One of her dresses is a part of London's Victoria and Albert Museum's permanent collection. Another one of her original dresses/artwork was part of the "Addressing the Century: 100 Years of Art and Fashion" exhibition that took place at Hayward Gallery in London in 1998.

Since 2001, Menoh started working in music. She was half of a band called Seksu Roba (Eenie Meenie Records) who were nominated for an LA Weekly Music Award in 2003 and 2004. The band toured in Europe, Japan, and the U.S.A., including MOCA, LACMA, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

In 2005, her multi-disciplinary art project called "Dirty White Shirt Collars," which includes paintings, music, and a fashion show/performance, received a grant from the Peter S. Reed Foundation in New York. The presentation of this project took place at Track 16 Gallery in Santa Monica.

Menoh has also done many design works, including event costumes at MOCA for Takashi Murakami and Andy Warhol, as well as designing uniforms for the Japanese styled cafe/shop/art space, Royal/T.

In 2006 Menoh started her own band called Jean Paul Yamamoto. Performances feature her costumes along with rock n' roll theatrics, and intense sounds with the aid of fellow band members - former DEVO drummer, Alan Myers, avant-guitarist Shin Kawasaki, and back-up singers/dancers Ayako and Moeko. Their music flirts adventurously with the sound of pop, punk, electro-funk, and enka.

If you'd like to contact Lun*na Menoh, please e-mail info [!at] lunnamenoh.com.