LIEKO SHIGA was born in 1980 in the prefecture of Aichi and lives and works in Sendai, Japan. She studied at Chelsea University of Art and Design, London, graduating with a BA in Fine Arts New Media in 2004. She has been involved in many group and individual exhibitions, including “Rapt! Contemporary Art from Japan”, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2006; “BMW Young Asian Artist Series”, Tyler Print Institute, Singapore, 2008; “Unseen”, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China, 2008; “Roppongi Crossing 2010: Can There Be Art? The Creative Potential of New Japan”, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; “Aichi Triennale 2010: Arts and Cities”, Aichi Arts Center, Aichi, Japan; “Canary”, Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne, 2011; “Close Your Eyes And Tell Me What You See”, Gothenbrug Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden 2011; “Canary”, Photomonth in Karakow, Manggha Center of Japanese Art and Technology, Krakow, Poland, 2012; “Rasen Kaigan”, Sendai Mediatheque, Sendai, Japan, 2012; “Canary”, FOAM Museum, Amsterdam, 2013.
2005 “Miho Photo Award – Jurors Award” (Michiko Kasahara), Japan. In 2008, she was presented with the “Kimura Ihei Photography Award”; in 2009, she received the “Infinity Award (Young Photographer)” from the International Center of Photography, New York; and in 2012 the “28th Higashikawa Award – New Photographer”, Japan.
Publications:
– Lilly. Artbeat, Tokyo 2007
– Canary. Akaaka, Tokyo 2007
– Canary Mon (Canary Gate). Akaaka, Tokyo 2009
– Rasen Kaigan. Akaaka, Tokyo 2013