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Biography
While studying at Tama Art University and apprenticing under Kuniharu Akiyama, SHINJI SHISHIKURA encountered Fluxus(an international avant-garde group of artists founded in Germany).
After graduation, he travelled to various places around the world. He experienced things such as auto racing and volunteer activities. While studying as an overseas student in Italy, he resumed his artistic activities with the theme of the “Evolution of Everyday Art”. His latest activities have involved talking buckets and going all over the world. He has had performances in Asia, Europe, Oceania, United States.
Starting with China in 2008, he plans to have exhibitions and performances in Europe, Japan and in the United States, too. As well as been getting attention from overseas, he has been introduced in a lot of the mass media.
He has had countless private and group exhibitions. He appeared and performed in the 1st International Triennale Of Contemporary Art in YOKOHAMA 2001 , 2002 FIFA World Cup Commemorative Eventｓ, Embassy of the United states in Japan 2006, the fashion company BEAMS of Art Gallery 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 in Japan and he has been a member of NHK Heart Project in the international broadcasting service of NHK from 2005.
Education
Graduated in TAMA Art University in Tokyo, Japan
Studied Art History in CPV Academy in Florence, Italy (Scholarship Student)
Beginning Art activity from 1999
Selected in Exhibition
2009
Bistro J (Paris)
BEAMS CultuArt (Tokyo)
2008
The Foundry Gallery, ME-JIKARA in Shanghai
Weihailu696 Art Space in Shanghai
BEAMS Gallery, ME-JIKARA5.0 in Tokyo
12th Shanghai Art Fair Opening Performance in Shanghai
MAMUSKA TOKYO at Art Square of Asahi Beer in Tokyo
2007
MAMUSKA TOKYO at Art Square of Asahi Beer in Tokyo
2006
Embassy in the U.S.A. in Japan
Harajuku Quest、BEAMS HARAJUKU in Tokyo
2005
NHK Heart Exhibition（Japan Tour）
2004
Starting the “ME-JIKARA”Series（BEAMS SHIBUYA, BEAMS FUKUOKA）, Japan
2003
Performance by 100 children using 5000 buckets. Putting On! Thrak Thrak! Kicking the buckets! “SHINJI SHISHIKURA meets ARAKAWA＋GINS” in Site of Reversible Destiny Yoro, Japan,
NiCAF at Tokyo International Forum
coba Live! at Harajuku Quest, Tokyo
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Comemmorative Events in Japan
BEAMS gallery, Tokyo
2002
FIFA World Cup Commemorative Events in the Museum of Kanagawa and Everywhere in Yokohama, Japan
C.A.F.E. in Mito” in Mito Museum of Contemporary Art Gallery, Japan
2001
International Art Exhibition YOKOHAMA, Japan
Fluxus Trial（National Museum of Art in Osaka, Japan
[Shinjuku Bucket Street Exhibition（Solo Exhibition and Art Performance at Shinjuku Central Street for one month）] in Tokyo
BEAMS Gallery in Tokyo
2000
Beginning “Bucket Project”
Cinema Complex Rotterdam, Netherlands, Champs Elysees Street, Paris in France, Bali Island in Indonesia, Delhi in India、Venice in Italy, Melbourne in Australia, Antwerp in Belgium, Warsaw in Poland and more
1999
Painting Mozart, Tokyo
Living in Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy
Carrying Buckets by Shinkansen（From Tokyo For Shin-Osaka)
Korea-Japan Exchange Art Exhibition in Culture Center in Pusan, Korea
International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Kanagawa Kenmin Gallery
Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Annex Gallery
Selected Workshop, Lecture Meeting
2003
Musashino Art University
2002
Women Art University, the Renaissance Academy
2001
Asagaya Art College
Selected Media, Critic
2008
上海东方卫视Channel “The City“, China
2004
NHK “Good Morning Japan” (Guest Appearance)
TV Tokyo “Bijutsu wa Tanoshii !” (Guest Appearance)
NHK “Itto Rokken” (Guest Appearance)
2003
TBS “Live-Love-La Vita”（Guest Appearance）
2002
NHK “Top Runner”（Guest Appearance）
2001
NHK “New Midnight Kingdom”（Guest Appearance on a TV program）
NHK World -Premium（International TV program）
TBS “Sketch of my Heart”（Guest Appearance）
J-Wave, Inter-FM
Bijutsu Techo （Feature Article）
The Japan Times （Feature Article）
Asahi Newspaper (Feature Artcle), Yomiuri -Newspaper for Children (Feature Article), MAINICHI Newspaper, Sankei Newspaper, Asahi Chugakusei Newspaper
2000
CX “TOKUDANE”
The Daily Yomiuri (Feature Article)
Sankei Newspaper (Feature Article), Mainichi Newspaper
1999
ASAHI Newspaper, Sankei Newspaper
