Lieko Shiga

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