Asako Shiraki(1979 - )
Artist
1979 Born in Tokyo, Japan
＜Educations＞
2003 B.F.A. in Metal Carving, Department of Crafts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2005 M.F.A. in Woodworking, Tokyo University of the Arts
2008 Ph.D. Tokyo University of The Arts
2008–2011 Worked as an assistant lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2011–2013 Worked as a lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2009–2013 Worked as a lecturer at Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
2013 Fellowship under the Pola Art Foundation Overseas Study Programme
2013 Visiting scholar at Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
2013 Participates in the International Studio Programme in Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2015–2016 Fellowship under the Japan Government Overseas Research Programme
Currently Lives and works in Berlin and Tokyo
＜Thesis＞
2008 Scenery of “fluctuation”, Tokyo University of the Arts
＜Grants & Awards＞
2022 NEUSTART KULTUR / Stiftung Kunstfonds, Germany
2020 Exhibition grant from Nomura Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Exhibition grant from Nomura Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Award of the Cultural Center of Belgrade, 56th October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia
2015 Fellowship under the Japanese Government Overseas Research Programme, Agency for Cultural Affairs
2013 Exhibition grant from Nomura Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
2013 First prize, New Artists Exhibition, Kawaguchi City Art Gallery ATLIA
2013 Fellowship under the Pola Art Foundation Overseas Study Programme, Tokyo, Japan
2010 Selected artist, Toyota Art Competition 2010, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
2005 Cum laude, Salon du Printemps prize, Tokyo University of the Arts
＜Residencies＞
2022 UNBOUND, Berlinklusion, Berlin, Germany
2014 Danish Art Workshops・SVFK, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014 MALT AIR, Ebeltoft, Denmark
2013 International Studio Programme in Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
＜Solo Exhibitions＞
2022 The wind blows in, Daiwa foundation Japan House Galley, London, UK
2020 A warm trail, M100, Odense, Denmark
2019 Your Voice, Echoed, Cultural Center of Belgrade Art Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2014 On the Floor, Behind the Window, Künstlerhaus Bethanien・Exhibition Spaces, Berlin, Germany
2014 Exhibition of Upcoming Artists 2014, ATLIA, Kawaguchi Art Gallery, Kawaguchi, Japan
2011 Statements from Galleries "Focusing on a new generation in Tokyo 2011:
Replaying the World – The Understanding of Life, gallery 21yo-j, Tokyo, Japan
Touching Uncertainty, SKKY | iTohen, Osaka, Japan
Solo Exhibition, Gallery NAO MASASKI, Aichi, Japan
2009 between here and there, SAN-AI GALLERY +contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2007 MARUZEN Nihonbashi shopwindow, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Scenery of the fluctuation − Transparent complex −, GALLERY HANA, Tokyo, Japan
＜Selected Group Exhibitions＞
2022 Short short of the somthing long, (PLACE) by method, CIRCLE, Tokyo
2021 PLAY MUSEUM, Schmuck2, Gutspark, Glashagen Hof, HOCHsitz, Retschow, Germany
2019 Pump up the Volume, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
21st DOMANI - The Art of Tomorrow, The National Art Center, Tokyo
2018 Neighborhood Seen through Art, Community Engagement Program, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2017 The Other Face of the Moon, Asia Culture Center (ACC), Gwangju, South Korea
2016 56th October Salon - The Pleasure of Love, Belgrade City Museum, Belgrade, Serbia
Sie müssen keine Meinung haben, seien Sie einfach nur schön!, SCHAU FENSTER, Berlin, Germany
Contiguous notes - Asako Shiroki & Liv Strand, Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2015 evergreen, AXIS Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
E&Y edition HORIZONTAL Fill by Asako Shiroki, DESIGN MUSEUM, London
Pola Museum Annex Exhibition 2015, Pola Museum Annex, Tokyo, Japan
Seeing from Wood, Tsung-Yeh Arts and Cultural Center, Taiwan
2014 Friends with Books: Art Book Fair Berlin, Café Moskau, Berlin, Germany
Schwarze Sauberei, tête, Berlin, Germany
4th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art – Time for Dreams, The Museum of Moscow, Moscow
Sputnik Auction, Commune246, MIDORI.SO, Tokyo, Japan
Statements from Galleries "Focusing on a new generation in Tokyo 2014, gallery 21yo-j, Tokyo, Japan
2013 Berlin Art Week, Open Studios, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
10th Anniversary Special exhibitions, SKKY | iTohen, Osaka, Japan
Exhibition of Upcoming Artists, Kawaguchi City Art Gallery ATLIA, Saitama, Japan
2012 Statements from Galleries Focusing on a New Generation in Tokyo 2012, gallery 21yo-j, Tokyo, Japan
Faculty Exhibition, The University Art Museum, The Tokyo University of the Arts, The Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Immediate Issue, CSID showroom Medamothi, Combremont-Le-Petit, Switzerland
Statements from Galleries Focusing on a New Generation in Tokyo 2011, Gallery Natzuka b.p, Tokyo, Japan
Skin＆Map II: “Ways to approach Memory and Time”, Shinjuku Ophthalmologist Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
39ART Nezumi kou, RED CUBE Project Room, Tokyo, Japan
Hitotoki, the former villa of Denbe Kamiya, Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan
2010 Asia Art Fairnale, Haslla Art World Museum, Gangneung, South Korea
Tokyo Art Meeting - Transformation - Tokyo Geidai Trans Weeks, Tokyo, Japan
Temporary modern art museum,Former Fukawa Elementary School, Ibaragi, Japan
Small Size Works – Statements from Galleries Focusing on a New Generation in Tokyo 2010, Gallery Natzuka b.p, Tokyo, Japan
A Chair Taking Shape, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
Toyota Art Competition 2010, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
2009 Nakanojo Biennale 2009, Gunma, Japan
message, Wacoal Art Center − Spiral, Tokyo, Japan
From ○ to □, Geidai Art Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Day by day - daily・journey・dream, Children Museum, Chiba, Japan
2006 Japan – Korea Academic Exchange, Chung-ang University and Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
DIVISION – Related Paragraph, SAN-AI GALLERY+contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2005 From Wood by Hands, Torindo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
International Exhibition, Daegu University, Daegu, South Korea
＜Publications＞
2022 Interview, Poetry of absence - Asako Shiroki & David Elliott, Website of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London, UK
2020 Exhibition booklet "A warm trail", M100, Odense, Denmark
2019 Exhibition booklet "Your Voice, Echoed", Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Serbia
Exhibition Catalog "21st DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow", The National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo
2018 Allotment Art Magazine Vol3. , ALLOTMENT
2017 Monthly art magazine Wolganmisool Vol.395, Published by Wolganmisool, South Korea
Exhibition Catalog "The Other Face of the Moon", Asia Culture Center (ACC), Gwangju, South Korea
2016 "The 56th October Salon - The Pleasure of Love", The Cultural Center Of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Craft 02, Published by Modern Craft Council, Japan
ELLE DECOR Japan June, 2016, Japan
SHOTENKENCHIKU January, 2016, Text by Takahiro Tsuchida, Published by SHOTENKENCHIKU, Japan
2015 Online Magazine – FIGARO・jp, Text by Noriko Kawakami,MEDIA HOUSE, Japan
Online Magazine – CASA BRUTUS, Text by Takahiro Tsuchida, Magazine World, Japan
2014 Be Magazine #21, Text by Wolf Jahn, Published by Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
KUNSTFORUM #228, Text by David Elliott and Von Heinz-Norbert Jocks, Germany
Exhibition Catalog "A TIME FOR DREAMS", National Center for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA) Moscow, Russia
Catalog – ASAKO SHIROKI “On the Floor, Behind the Window”, Published by Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Text by Keisuke Mori, Savannah Gorton, Nora Mayr
Art Magazine – PANEL, Vienna Austria
2013 Interview – Website "SHIFT"
Interview – Website "Young Germany Japan" Managed by German embassy
Catalog – ASAKO SHIROKI "REPLAYING THE WORLD" Published by Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2011 Thinking note “Skin & Map” Text by Sayako Mizuta
Exhibition Catalog “Hitotoki” Chiba City Museum of Art, Text by Shingo Jinno
Conductor’s Temperament by Hikotaro Yazaki (Book cover), Shunjusya Pablishing Company
2010 “Katachi”, shapes by Asako Shiroki – shapes as interface, Text by Yuki Sasaki
