CHIHARU SHIOTA
with these thoughts in mind, in this new installation I would like to use keys provided by the general public that are imbued with various recollections and memories that have accumulated over a long period of daily use. as I create the work in the space, the memories of everyone who provides me with their keys will overlap with my own memories for the first time. these overlapping memories will in turn combine with those of the people from all over the world who come to see the biennale, giving them a chance to communicate in a new way and better understand each other’s feelings.’
“The Key in the Hand”, 2015, The 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, Venice/Italy, photo by Sunhi Mang
Chiharu Shiota Installation
Recent solo exhibitions include “Follow the Line” at the Japan Foundation in Cologne, Germany, “Chiharu Shiota: Works on Paper” at Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery in Beijing, China, and “Seven Dresses” atStadtgalerie Saarbrücken in Saarbrücken. Shiota was born in 1972 in Osaka, and has been living and working in Berlin for the past two decades.
1972 Born in Osaka, Japan
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
- 2011
- California College of the Arts, Guest Professor
- 2010 – 13
- Kyoto Seika University, Guest Professor
- 1999 – 03
- Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany
- 1997 – 99
- Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Germany
- 1996
- Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg, Germany
- 1993 – 94
- Semester Exchange to Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, Australia
- 1992 – 96
- Kyoto Seika University, Japan
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