

| 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 | Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada |
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| In the Light of Memory, Heredium Daeieong, South Korea | |
| Reflection of Memory, Yi Museum, Hangzhou, China | |
| The Space Between Us, 16th Curitiba International Biennial, Curitiba, Brazil | |
| Two Home Countries, Asian Art Museum, San Fransisco, USA | |
| 2025 | The soul Trembles, Museum of Oriental Art, Turino, Italy |
| Two Home Countries, Japan Society, New York, USA |
| 2026 | Glasstress 2026, Fondazione Berengo Art Space, Murano, Venice, Italy |
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| Japanese Women Artists after 1945, Mudam Luxembourg Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg | |
| Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy, ArtScience Museum, Singapore | |
| 2023 | KAFKA: 1924, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany |
| Franz 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 |
| 2026 | Mudec Museo delle Culture di Milano, Milano, Italy |
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| 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 |
| 2014 | Tristan und Isolde, stage design , Opera by Richard Wagner, directed by Daniel Karasek , production by Theater Kiel, Opernhaus Kiel, Kiel, Germany |
| 2011 | Matsukaze, stage design with Pia Maier Schriever, Opera by Toshio Hosokawa, directed and choreographed by Sasha Waltz, production by Sasha Waltz & Guest, commissioned by Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, in cooperation with Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera and in cooperation with Berliner Staatsoper |
| 2009 | Oedipus Rex, stage design, Directed and Choreographed by Constanza Macras, production by Constanza Macras | DorkyPark and HELLERAU Dresden, cooperation with Hebbel am Ufer Berlin and Théâtre de la Place Liege Tattoo, stage design, written by Dea Loher, directed and Choreographed by Toshiki Okada Production by New National Theatre Tokyo, Japan |
| 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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| 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 |
| Chiharu Shiota, Tracing Boundaries, published by Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland | |
| 2019 | Chiharu Shiota Gedankenlinen / Line of Thought, published by Dr. Andrea Firmenich for Museum Sinclair-Haus, Stiftung Nantesbuch, Germany |
| 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 | |
| Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche (collection LVMH), Paris, France |
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Valérie Guédot
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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
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Chiharu Shiota
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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.
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Through April 16, 2023
The solo show “Invisible Line” by Chiharu Shiota has opened at the ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum in Denmark. The artist shows six large scale installations allowing the audience to dive into her distinctive universes.