Nobuhiro Shimura

Born in 1982 in Tokyo, Japan. Currently lives and works in Chiba, Japan.

Completed his master’s degree in Imaging Arts and Sciences at Musashino Art University in 2007. Based in Koganecho, Yokohama, from 2010 to 2012 following a residency at Yokohama Art Museum (Artist in Museum Yokohama 2009), and in Yamaguchi from 2013 to 2015 following a residency at Akiyoshidai International Art Village (AIAV). From 2016 to 2018, he was a visiting researcher at INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales) in Paris under the overseas study program for upcoming artists of the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Shimura has created a number of video installations that employ images of everyday objects and landscapes. In recent years he has been engaging in film works with a documentary approach based on his fieldwork. He has been involved in projects that focus on social issues and histories that are difficult to visualize from a local perspective.