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Chiharu Shiota

1972 - Today

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Chiharu Shiota (塩田 千春, Shiota Chiharu) (born 1972) is a Japanese performance and installation artist and belongs to a generation of artists who have gained international attention in the twenty-first century for body-related art. Shiota has lived and worked in Berlin, Germany since 1996. Educated in Japan, Australia, and Germany, Shiota interweaves materiality and the psychic perception of the space to explore ideas around the body and flesh, personal narratives that engage with memory, territory, and alienation. Her signature installations, which consist of dazzling, intricate networks of threads stretching across gallery rooms, made the artist rise to fame in the 2000s. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Chiharu Shiota is the 96th most popular artist, the 1,652nd most popular biography from Japan and the 8th most popular Japanese Artist.

Chiharu Shiota is a Japanese artist best known for her intricate installations that often incorporate threads and found objects, creating immersive environments that explore themes of memory, absence, and the human experience. Her work frequently invites viewers to engage with the physical and emotional spaces she creates.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Chiharu Shiota ranks 96 out of 125. Before her are Renzo Eusebi, Leonid Shvartsman, John Howe, Eric Gill, Martha Rosler, and Borka Pavićević. After her are Cassandra Austen, Art Babbitt, Edward Kienholz, John Butler Yeats, Vik Muniz, and Joseph Smit.

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Among people born in 1972, Chiharu Shiota ranks 279. Before her are Fabrice Santoro, Ngô Bảo Châu, Maya Rudolph, Ai Iijima, Kelly Chen, and Shuntaro Furukawa. After her are Yogi Adityanath, Nikka Costa, Craig Jones, Roosevelt Skerrit, Takeshi Watanabe, and Ramon Menezes.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Chiharu Shiota ranks 1,652 out of 6,245. Before her are Ai Iijima (1972), Tsuru Morimoto (1970), Tomo Sakurai (1971), Shuntaro Furukawa (1972), Takao Sakurai (1941), and Kunio Hatoyama (1948). After her are Takahiro Sakurai (1974), Toshio Masuda (1959), Seiji Ueda (1952), Yuji Horii (1954), LiSA (1987), and Nikka Costa (1972).

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Among ARTISTS In Japan

Among artists born in Japan, Chiharu Shiota ranks 8. Before her are Yoko Ono (1933), Hiroshige (1797), Akira Yoshizawa (1911), Yoshitaka Amano (1952), Hasui Kawase (1883), and Yoshitomo Nara (1959). After her are Tatsuki Fujimoto (1993).

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