Chiharu Shiota

Chiharu Shiota
Born	塩田 千春 (Shiota Chiharu) 1972 Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Residence	Berlin, Germany
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Artist
Years active	1992 -
Known for	Installation Art, Performance Art

Chiharu Shiota (塩田 千春, Shiota Chiharu) is a Japanese installation artist born in 1972 in Osaka. She has been living and working in Berlin since 1996.

Shiota studied at the Seika University in Kyoto and at various schools in Germany. While in Germany, she studied with Marina Abramović.

Shiota's oeuvre links various aspects of art performances and installation practices. Mostly renown for her vast, room-spanning webs of threads or hoses, she links abstract networks with concrete everyday objects such as keys, windows, dresses, shoes, boats and suitcases. Besides installation works, she frequently collaborates with choreographers and composers such as Toshio Hosokawa, Sasha Waltz and Stefan Goldmann for opera, concert and dance projects.

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