Chiharu Shiota è nata a Osaka, Giappone (1972), vive e lavora a Berlino. Shiota esplora l’esistenza umana nelle sue varie dimensioni, associa performance, body art e installazione in un processo che pone il corpo al centro. La sua pratica artistica rinvia ai concetti di temporalità, movimento, memoria e sogno. Le spettacolari installazioni combinano materiali tessili come lana e cotone con vari elementi e oggetti usati.
Nel 2008 ha ricevuto il premio Art Encouragement Prize dal Ministro giapponese dell’Educazione, Cultura, Sport, Scienza e Tecnologia. Le sue mostre personali in tutto il mondo includono il Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2019); Gropius Bau, Berlino (2019); Smithsonian Institution Arthur M.Sackler Gallery, Washington DC (2014); il Museum of Art, Kochi (2013); e il National Museum of Art, Osaka (2008) tra gli altri. Ha inoltre partecipato a numerose mostre e nel 2015, Shiota è stata selezionata per rappresentare il Giappone alla 56a Biennale di Venezia, confermando la portata internazionale del suo lavoro.
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“Beyond Time”, 2019, metal frame piano, white wool, note sheets, solo exhibition: Line of Thought, Museum Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg, Germany, photos by SunhiMang, copyright Chiharu Shiota
“Me Somewhere Else”, 2019, red wool, rope, plaster, solo exhibition: Me Somewhere Else, Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium, photos by Lotte Hendrickx, copyright Chiharu Shiota
“The Crossing”, 2018, books, white wool, group show: Melbourne Art Fair, represented by Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, photos by Zan Wimberley, copyright Chiharu Shiota
“The Crossing – detail”, 2018, books, white wool, group show: Melbourne Art Fair, represented by Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, photos by Zan Wimberley, copyright Chiharu Shiota
“Everywhere”, 2018, metal house, red wool, solo exhibitionArt Projects 2018: Chiharu Shiota, The Wanås Foundation – WanåsKonst, Knislinge, Sweden, photos by Mattias Givell, copyright Chiharu Shiota
“Uncertain Journey”, 2019, metal frame, red wool, solo exhibition: The Soul Trembles, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea, photos by SunhiMang, copyright Chiharu Shiota
“Connecting Small Memories”, 2019, mixed media, solo exhibition: The Soul Trembles, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea, photos by SunhiMang, copyright Chiharu Shiota
“Absent Bodies”, 2016, wooden chairs, red wool, solo exhibition: Absent Bodies, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, photos by Zan Wimberley, copyright Chiharu Shiota
“In Silence”, 2019, burnt piano, burnt chairs, Alcantara black thread, solo exhibition: The Soul Trembles, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea, photos by SunhiMang, copyright Chiharu Shiota
“In Silence – detail”, 2019, burnt piano, burnt chairs, Alcantara black thread, solo exhibition: The Soul Trembles, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea, photos by SunhiMang, copyright Chiharu Shiota
“Lost Words”, 2017, bible pages in different languages, black wool , solo exhibition: Lost Words, Museum Nikolaikirche, Berlin, Germany, photos by SunhiMang, copyright Chiharu Shiotaì
“Over The Continents”, 2011, old shoes, red wool, group exhibition: Biennale internationale d’art contemporain de Melle: Habiter la terre, du battement de cœur à l’emportement du monde, Melle, France, photos by Atelier Chiharu Shiota, copyright Chiharu Shiota
