Born in Tokyo, Japan
ARTISTS
Nobuhiro Shimura
Nobuhiro Shimura’s early works consist of video projection installations of familiar motifs projected on to particular places and materials, transforming the meaning of the space in which the work was installed. In recent years he engages in film and documentary methodologies, employing a sociological approach to investigate histories of lands and regions through field work. In doing so Shimura seeks a new method of expression that traverses different historical descriptions, from histories of livelihood to cultural and political histories.
Born 1982, Tokyo. Shimura completed his master’s degree in Imaging Arts and Sciences at Musashino Art University, now lives and works in Chiba. He was a visiting researcher at INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales) in Paris for 2 years (2016-18) under the overseas study program for upcoming artists of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Recent solo exhibitions include Mono no ke (Warrnambool Art Gallery, Australia, 2018), group exhibitions include The World Precedes the Eye (ICA Singapore, 2016), Roppongi Crossing 2016: My Body, Your Voice (Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2016) and CONSTELLATIONS: Practice for Unseen Connections/ Discoveries (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, 2015).
WORKS
EXHIBITIONS
NEWS
CV
- Nobuhiro SHIMURA
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1982
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2007
MA Imaging Art Course, Musashino Art University, Japan
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2016-
INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales), France
- SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2022
HEART Special Exhibition Nobuhiro Shimura, Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum
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2021
Interplay, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater, Yokohama
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2019
Land, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo
Emerging Artist in Chiba vol. 1 Nobuhiro Shimura Afterglow, Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art, Chiba -
2018
Mono no ke, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Australia
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2016
Ring Ring, YUKA TSURUNO Gallery, Tokyo
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2015
JAPANESE CATTLE, READAN DEAT, Hiroshima
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2014
Palimpsest Overwritten – Memories / Superimposed Memories – vol.5, gallery αM, Tokyo
Sound of Rainbow, Bells of Soil, Kamimukaenomichi, Izumo, Shimane -
2013
Slow Sculpture, YUKA TSURUNO Gallery, Tokyo
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2012
Beautiful Blow, Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo
Pocket, Lamp harajuku gallery, Tokyo
Dress, TRAUMARIS|SPACE, Tokyo -
2010
Swing, Sakshi Gallery Art Salon, Taipei
Erase the subject, Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo -
2009
UKABE, Yokohama Museum of Art, Grand Gallery and Art Information Center, Yokohama
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2005
somariyuku-utsuroi, site, Tokyo
- SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2022
The Connections, Odawara Sannomaru Hall
Flower of Life, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka -
2021
Taking a Walk Through Yokohama City, Yokohama
KINAN ART WEEK, Shirahama town, Tanabe city, Wakayama
DIVERSITY, IMS OF MODERN ARTLAND, Beijing -
2020
Garden of Life: Eight Contemporary Artists Venture into Nature, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
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2019
21st DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow, The National Art Center, Tokyo
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2017
KLEX・Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival, Checkmate Creative/ RAW Art Space, Kuala Lumpur
Nimman Film Festival 2017, Chiang Mai University Art Center, Chiang Mai (Film screening) -
2016
The World Precedes the Eye: An Affiliate Project of Singapore Biennale 2016, ICA Singapore
Roppongi Crossing 2016: My Body, Your Voice, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo -
2015
germination play, Do a Front, Yamaguchi
Cafe in Mito R, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki
Kamino-hikarino-awa Water Ceremony, Center for COSMIC WONDER, Tokyo
“Expression of moving image now“ from Daisuke Miyatsu Collection, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
CONSTELLATIONS: Practice for Unseen Connections/ Discoveries, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo -
2013
Towada Oirase Art Festival “SURVIVE“ -Time hoppers on the planet- , Towada Art Center, Oirase Keiryu Hotel, Aomori
CANDLE NIGHT 2013 CONCET + EXHIBITION (Shimura Nobuhiro x Syuta Hasunuma), Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
Summer Museum for All Ages: WITH ART, The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
watashitachi ni datte iibun ga aru, NADiff gallery, Tokyo
The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum Collection: on this planet, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
Roppongi Art Night 2013, Ryudocho bijutsukan-dori, Tokyo
trans_2012-2013: Residence Support Program Exhibition, Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi -
2012
TERATOTERA Festival 2012, Inokashira Park, Tokyo
Various Drawings, YUKA TSURUNO, Tokyo
Experimenta Speak to Me: 5th International Biennial of Media Art, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Summer Workshop Project 2012 The Land of Secrets, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
Similarities and Differences -Asian Contemporary Media Arts from Daisuke Miyatsu Collection-, BEXCO, Busan
Roppongi Art Night 2012, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo
Michiko Nakatani・Nobuhiro Shimura + Hirofumi Masuda, Hiyori Art Center, Miyagi
RYUGU IS OVER!!, RYUGU BIJUTU RYOKAN, Yokohama -
2011
Lumen・Sonus・Memoria, YUKA TSURUNO, Tokyo
TERATOTERA Festival, Harmonica Yokocho, Tokyo
The Secret Garden~Unlock the memories, Setagaya Catholic Church, Tokyo
Koganecho Bazaar 2011, Kogane-cho area, Yokohama
Touch of Image, Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino, Yokohama -
2010
Koganecho Bazaar 2010, Kogane-cho area, Yokohama
Aichi Triennale 2010, Choja-machi area, Nagoya (Aichi)
AiR, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei -
2009
5+1: Junction Box, VACANT, Tokyo
Koganecho Bazaar 2009, Kogane-cho area, Yokohama -
2008
Akasaka Art Flower 08, former SHIMAZAKI restaurant, Tokyo
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2007
Digital Art Festival Tokyo 2007, Panasonic Center Tokyo, Tokyo
Yokohama Boogie: Under the Influence, ZAIM, Yokohama - COLLECTION
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Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
Daisuke Miyatsu Collection
RMIT University Art Collection, Melbourne - GRANTS AND RESIDENCES
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2018
ETXE NAMI, France
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2013
Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi
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2010
Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei
Taipei Artist Village, Taipei -
2009
Koganecho Area Management Center, Yokohama
- AWARDS
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2011
Koganecho Bazaar Award chosen by the local community
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2007
NHK Digital Studium Digista Awards 2007 Interactive/Installation section, Grand prix
- PUBLICATION
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highlight, YUKA TSURUNO, 2011
Process of visual expression (Co-author), Musashino Art University Press, 2010 - BIBLIOGRAPHY
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[Catalogue]
Garden of Life Eight Contemporary Artists Venture into Nature, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Seigensha, 2020, p.87-94
Yu, Iseki, Cafe in Mito R Exhibition, Mito Arts Foundation, 2015, p. c-26 – p. c-29
Koichi Wada, Palimpsest – Superimposed Memories, gallery aM, 2015, p. 73 – 111
Artist Interview, Touch of Image, Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino, Yokohama, 2011, p. 5 – 6
Yoshida, Yuri, Aichi Triennale 2010 Arts and Cities, Aichi Triennnale Organizing Commitee, 2010, p. 176
Matsunaga, Shintaro, AIMY2009 Nobuhiro Shimura Exhibition: UKABE, Yokohama Museum of Art, 2009
Ashidate, Sayaka, Akasaka Art Flower 08, Akasaka Art Flower 08 Office, 2008, p. 72[Articles]
Aoyama, Shoko, Asahi Shinbun evining edition, 1 October 2008[Others]
Hayashi, Nakako, HYACINTH REVOLUTION issue, here and there vol.13, Nieves, 2018, p.40-41
Natsumi, Oh, Popeye Forum 2016 December Culture Paradise!, POPEYE, November 10, 2016, p.173
Nakako Hayashi, here and there, vol.12 ZOKU KAKUCHO issue, 2015
Nakako Hayashi, Nakako Hayashi’s What’s Art?, GINZA Magazine, Magazine House, April 2015, p. 173 - ARTIST WEBSITE