

| Birth | Born in 1972 in Osaka, Japan |
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| Residence | Lives and works in Berlin, Germany |
| Education | 2011 - California College of the Arts (Guest Professor) 2010 – 13 Kyoto Seika University (Guest Professor) 1993 – 03 Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany 1997 – 99 Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Braunschweig, Germany 1993 – 94 exchange semester at The Australian National University School of Art, Canberra, Australia 1992 – 96 Kyoto Seika University, Japan |
| 2026 | The Soul Trembles, Musée des beaux-arts, Montréal, Canada |
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| Threads of life, Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom | |
| Return to Earth, Gana Art Center, Seoul, South Korea | |
| Silent Emptines, Red Brick Museum, Beijing, China | |
| Home Less Home, ICA Watershed, Boston, USA | |
| In the Light, Museum für Kunst + Geschichte, Fribourg, Switzerland | |
| My House is your House, Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao, Spain |
| 2026 | Kaihō: Japanese Women Artists after 1945, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg Summer Show, TEMPLON, Brussels, Belgium Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy, Art Science Museum, Sigapore |
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| 2024 | High Five, Fondation Opale, Lens, Switzerland The Extended Line, Art Basel Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland A Personal View of Japanese Contemporary Art: Takahashi Ryutaro Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan How Did You Come into the World?, Hirosaki Museum Contemporary Art, Aomori, Japan |
| 2023 | KAFKA: 1924, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany |
| Number, Schloß Tarasp, Switzerland | |
| Kyoto Seika University 55th Anniversary Exhibition : FATHOM, Kyoto Seija University Gallery Terra-S, Kyoto, Japan | |
| Nuqta, interactive Toninstallation, Chiharu Shiota und TRANSIENT Interdisciplinary Research Ensemble, Jeremias Schwarzer, Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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| Raumschiff Hubertusburg. Ein Schloss im Wandel, Schenkung Sammlung Hoffmann, Schloss Hubertusburg, Wermsdorf, Germany |
| 2026 | Mudec Museo delle Culture di Milano, Milano, Italy |
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| 2024 | Idomeneo, re di Creta, stage design dramma per musica by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; directed and choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui in co-production with Dutch National Opera Amsterdam and Théâtres de la ville de Luxembourg dancers from the Ballet du Grand Théâtre and Eastman Grand Théaâtre de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2023 | Carmen Rhapsody, scénographie Institut Culturel Japonais, Cologne, Germany |
| 2022 | Nuqta – The beginning, stage design TRANSIENT Interdisciplinary Research Ensemble Konzept and artistic direction by Jermias Schwarzer (Recorder), Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2018 | Götterdämmerung, stage design with Anna Myga Kasten Opera by Richard Wagner, directed by Daniel Karasek, production by Theater Kiel, Opernhaus Kiel, Germany |
| 2017 | Siegfried, stage design Opera by Richard Wagner, directed by Daniel Karasek, production by Theater Kiel, Opernhaus Kiel, Germany |
| 2016 | Das Wintermärchen, stage design, play by William Shakespeare (The Winter’s Tale), directed by Daniel Karasek, production by Theater Kiel, Schauspielhaus Kiel, Germany alif::split in the wall - a musical exhibition space, installation, artistic direction by Jeremias Schwarzer, production by Zafraan Ensemble, bastille musique, Sebastian Solte Radialsystem V, Berlin, Germany |
| 2019 | The Kyoto Prefecture Akebono Award Academy of Fine Arts Prize of the Simone Foundation and Cino Del Duca 4th BVlGARI Rolla Award (Japan) |
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| 2018 | The 11th Bacon Prize 2018, the A.R.T. foundation (Japan) |
| 2012 | The Audience Choice, at the First Kyiv International Biennale of Contemporary Art (Ukraine) |
| 2009 | Distinguished Service Medal, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan Docks Art Fair – Prix de la culture Montblanc, Lyon, France |
| 2008 | Encouragement award for the new artists of the Ministry of Culture, Japan Award Sakuya Kono Hana, Osaka, Japan |
| 2005 | Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunka-cho), Japan |
| 2004 | Arbeitsstipendium Bildende Kunst Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur, Berlin, Germany |
| 2026 | Rückblicke / Flashbacks, published by Hatje Cantz Editions and Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, Switzerland |
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| 2024 | Chiharu Shiota, Collection Milestones : At the Heart of Creation, SKIRA éditions |
| 2024 | Chiharu Shiota, Collection Milestones : At the Heart of Creation, SKIRA edition. |
| 2022 | Chiharu Shiota, The Invisible Line, published by ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark |
| Carte Blanche à Chiharu Shiota, Musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet, RMN – Grand Palais editions, Paris | |
| Chiharu Shiota, Multiple Realities, published by Frederiksberg Muserne, Denmark | |
| 2021 | The Soul Trembles, Mori Art Museum Editions, Tokyo, Japan |
| Centre Pompidou, Paris, France | |
| Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia | |
| Centre PasquArt, Bienne, Switzerland | |
| Detached, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | |
| Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan | |
| Jupiter Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China | |
| Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland |
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La vie sur un fil
Chiharu Shiota Fair tanguer le Grand Palais, a Paris
Chiharu Shiota, The Soul Trembles, une exposition au Grand Palais
Valérie Guédot
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Chiharu Shiota: Memory Under the Skin
Le fil rouge de la mémoire
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L'attrape rêve de Chiharu Shiota
Sleeping is like death
Venise 2015
A global 'parliament of forms'
Venise inondée d'art contemporain
Une Biennale de Venise placée sous le signe de la nature
Biennale de venise, l'Asie en force
56th Venice Biennale review - more of a glum trudge then an exhilarating adventure
First look at the pavillons: seven national presentations of note in the Giardini
Chiharu Shiota
12 pavillons à ne pas manquer
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Dans les filets de Chiharu Shiota
Solo Show
Vincom Center for Contemporary Art, Vietnam
Until March 31, 2024
On the occasion of her solo show at the Vincom Center for Contemporary Art in Vietnam, Chiharu Shiota is presenting her installation A Tide of Emotions until March 31, 2024.
Solo Show
Shenzhen Art Museum, China
Until January 14, 2024
Chiharu Shiota’s solo show The Soul Trembles first curated by Mami Kataoka at Mori Art Museum, in Tokyo has been traveling throughout Asia-Pacific since 2019 and has now arrived in Shenzhen Art Museum in China. Presenting works from the last 25 years, including multiple large-scale installations as well as sculptures, performance videos, photographs, drawings, and documentary footage of different stage designs for dance and opera.
VILLA STUCK museum, Munich
From October 26, 2023 to February 11, 2024
On the occasion of the group show Kafka: 1924, curated by Dr Helena Perena, Chiharu Shiota is exhibiting her installation During Sleep at the VILLA STUCK museum in Munich from October 26, 2023.
Permanent Collection
Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
Chiharu Shiota’s installation The Ship of Memories has joined the permanent collection of the Fukuoka Art Museum in Japan.
Solo Show
Kunstraum Dornbirn, Austria
From July 7 to November 12, 2023
Chiharu Shiota’s solo exhibition Who am I Tomorrow opens on July 7, 2023 at the Kunstraum Dornbirn.
Solo Show
Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich
From June 1 to September 10, 2023
Chiharu Shiota’s solo show Eye to Eye, including an in-situ installation, at Museum Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich opens on June 1, 2023.
Installation
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Until August 27, 2023
To inaugurate the redesigned lobby of the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Chiharu Shiota is exhibiting an installation through August 27, 2023.
Moody Center for the Arts, Houston
From January 13 to May 13, 2023
As part of the group show Narrative Threads: Fiber Art Today at the Moody Center for the Arts, Chiharu Shiota and Billie Zangewa will exhibit their works from January 13 to May 13, 2023. The artists featured in the exhibition speak to contemporary issues of identity, gender, race, sexuality, and power through a medium with deep, multicultural roots that predate written history.