Born in 1982 in Tokyo, Japan

Lives and works in Chiba, Japan

 

2016-18　Guest-researcher at INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales), Paris, France

2007　Musashino Art University, M.A. in Imaging Arts and Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

2005　Musashino Art University, B.A. in Imaging Arts and Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

 

Solo Exhibitions

2024　beads, two meet coffee room, Tokyo

2024　Afternote: In the Shade of Cinema, The Japan Foundation, Sydney, Australia

2023　Afternote: Memories and Archives of Cinema in Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM], Yamaguchi

2022　MIZUKAGE, Inae, Chiba

2022　Kashin-an and Contemporary Artsits: #1 Shimura Nobuhiro, Koganei City Hakenomori Art Museum, Tokyo

2022　HEART Special Exhibition: Shimura Nobuhiro, Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi

2021　Interplay, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Kanagawa

2021　Art Lab 02 Shimura Nobuhiro: Projection, Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba

2019　Contemporary Artist in Chiba vol.1 SHIMURA Nobuhiro: Time after time, Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art, Chiba

2019　Land, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo

2018　Mono no ke, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia

2016　Ring Ring, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo

2015　JAPANESE CATTLE, READAN DEAT, Hiroshima

2015　SHOW-CASE project No.2 Lucent Case, Keio University Art Center, Tokyo

2014　Izumo Yaoyorozu Art Project vol.3 Sound of Rainbow, Bells of Earth, Kamimukae St. and Old Taisha Station, Shimane

2014　Palimpsest: Superimposed Memories vol.5 Shimura Nobuhiro, cur. Koichi Wada, gallery αM, Tokyo

2013　Slow Sculpture, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo

2012　Beautiful Blow, Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo

2012　Pocket, Lamp harajuku gallery, Tokyo

2012　Dress, TRAUMARIS｜SPACE, Tokyo

2010　Swing, Sakshi Gallery Art Salon, Taipei, Taiwan

2010　Erase the subject, Art Center Ongoing, Tokyo

2009　Artist in Museum Yokohama 2009 Shimura Nobuhiro: UKABE, Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa

2005　Somariyuku-utsuroi, site, Tokyo

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025　Hashiwowatasu: Farewell Old City Hall Project, Former Yamaguchi City Hall, Yamaguchi

2024　τὰ μετὰ τὰ φυσικὰ, Mikke Gallery, Tokyo

2024　Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama: Clear-skies Country, PORT ART & DESIGN TSUYAMA, Okayama

2024　Katori Art Time, Yokuraya Earthen Storehouse and Mitsubishi Building, Chiba

2023　COSMIC WONDER with Kogei Punks Sha NONO OMIZUE, Center for COSMIC WONDER, Tokyo

2023　Art Lab 12 Misawa Atsuhiko The Connections: Filling the Void/ Creating the Void, Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba

2023　Millet and  4 Contemporary Artists, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamanashi

2023　From the museum collection 2023: first period, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi

2023　elective affinities, agnès b. galerie boutique, Tokyo

2022　Design Scope, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art & Design, Toyama

2022　3331 ART FAIR 2022 , 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo

2022　Flower of Life, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka

2022　The Connections, Odawara Sannomaru Hall, Kanagawa

2021　Taking a Walk Through Yokohama City, Koganecho Manegement Center, Kanagawa

2021　Ambient Reflexion​, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo

2021　KINAN ART WEEK 2021​, Tanabe / Shirahama, Wakayama

2021　DIVERSITY​, IMS of Modern Artland, Beijing, China

2021　COSMIC WONDER with Kogei Punks Sha NONO a native spirit of Kami and Cloth, Iwami Art Museum, Shimane

2020　Garden of Life: Eight Contemporary Artists Venture into Nature, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo

2019　21st DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow, The National Art Center, Tokyo

2016　The world precedes the eye, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, Singapore

2016　KAAT Totsuzen Museum 2016, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Kanagawa

2016　Roppongi Crossing 2016: My Body, Your Voice, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

2016　SAPPORO YUKITERRACE 2016, Sapporo Kita 3-jo Plaza Akapla, Hokkaido

2015　Germination Play, Do a Front, Yamaguchi

2015　COSMIC WONDER with Kogei Punks Sha kamino-hikarino-awa Water Ceremony, Center for COSMIC WONDER, Tokyo

2015　CAFE in Mito R, Art Tower Mito, Contemporary Art Gallery, Ibaraki

2015　The Cutting-Edge Japanese Video Art: The Daisuke Miyatsu Collection, The Gallery of The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo

2015　Constellations: Practices for Unseen Connections/ Discoveries, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo

2014　Epiphany Garden, Do a Front, Yamaguchi

2013　Towada Oirase Art Festival: SURVIVE, Former Kasaishi Residence and Hoshino Resort Oirase Keiryu Hotel, Aomori

2013　CANDLE NIGHT 2013 Jikan no Niwa, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka

2013　Summer Group Show 2013, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo

2013　WITH ART: Exhibition for Children and Adults, The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma

2013　Watashitachi ni datte iibun ga aru, NADiff Gallery, Tokyo

2013　The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum Collection: on this planet, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka

2013　Roppongi Art Night 2013, Ryudocho bijutsukan-dori, Tokyo

2013　trans_2012-2013: Residence Support Program Exhibition, Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi

2012　TERATOTERA Festival 2012, Inokashira Park, Tokyo

2012　Various Drawings, YUKA TSURUNO, Tokyo

2012　Experimenta Speak to Me: 5th International Biennial of Media Art, RMIT Gallery etc., Melbourne

2012　Summer Workshop Project 2012 The Land of Secrets, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima

2012　Similarities and Differences -Asian Contemporary Media Arts from Daisuke Miyatsu Collection-, BEXCO, Busan, Korea

2012　Roppongi Art Night 2012, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo

2012　Michiko Nakatani・Nobuhiro Shimura, Hiyori Art Center, Miyagi

2012　RYUGU IS OVER!!, RYUGU BIJUTU RYOKAN, Kanagawa

2011　Lumen・Sonus・Memoria, YUKA TSURUNO, Tokyo

2011　TERATOTERA Festival, Harmonica Yokocho, Tokyo

2011　The Secret Garden~Unlock the memories, Setagaya Catholic Church, Tokyo

2011　Koganecho Bazaar 2011, Kogane-cho area, Kanagawa

2011　Azamino Contemporary vol.1 Touch of Image, Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino, Kanagawa

2010　Koganecho Bazaar 2010, Kogane-cho area, Kanagawa

2010　Aichi Triennale 2010, Choja-machi area, Aichi

2010　AiR, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan

2009　5+1: Junction Box, VACANT, Tokyo

2009　Koganecho Bazaar 2009, Kogane-cho area, Kanagawa

2008　Akasaka Art Flower 08, Former SHIMAZAKI restaurant, Tokyo

2007　Digital Art Festival Tokyo 2007, Panasonic Center Tokyo, Tokyo

2007　Yokohama Boogie: Under the Influence, ZAIM, Kanagawa

2006　Digital Art Festival Tokyo 2006, Panasonic Center Tokyo, Tokyo

 

Screenings

2019　AOYAMA Unlimited vol.6 Nobuhiro Shimura, void+, Tokyo

2019　Nostalgia, Amnesia, Cinéma l’Atalante, Bayonne, France

2017　KLEX 2017: 8th Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2017　Nimman Film Festival 2017, Chiang Mai University Art Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand

 

Residency Programs

2018　ETXE NAMI, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France

2013　Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi, Japan

2010　Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan

2010　Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan

2009　Koganecho Area Management Center, Kanagawa, Japan

 

Grants and Fellowships

2024　Grant for translation of contemporary art, Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation

2021　COVID-19 Emergency Grant, Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation

2020　COVID-19 Emergency Grant, Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation

2015　Overseas Study Program for Artists by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japanese Government (2 years)

2010　Tokyo Wonder Site Exchange Program: Tokyo-Taipei

 

Awards

2007　NHK Digital Studium Digista Awards 2007 Interactive/Installation section, Grand prix

 

Collections

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi

Aura Contemporary Art Foundation, Wakayama

Daisuke Miyatsu Collection, Chiba

Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka

RMIT University Art Collection, Melbourne

Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, Yamaguchi

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Commissioned Works

2023　Tokyo Institute of Technology

2016　Cartier: Fujingaho. Hearst Fujingaho. No. 1357, August 2016

2012　Canon: NEOREAL IN THE FOREST, Milano Salone, Milan, Italy

 

Publications

2022　Kashin-an and Contemporary Artsits: #1 Shimura Nobuhiro, Koganei City Hakenomori Art Museum, Tokyo

2021　KAAT EXHIBITION 2021 Nobuhiro Shimura: Interplay, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theatre, Kanagawa

2019　Contemporary Artist in Chiba vol.1 SHIMURA Nobuhiro: Time after time, Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art, Chiba

2015　good copy, CENTRAL PARK, Tokyo

2011　highlight, YUKA TSURUNO, Tokyo

2010　Process of visual expression (Co-author), Musashino Art University Press, Tokyo

 

Selected Articles

Swagerman, Anna. “In de spotlight: Nobuhiro Shimura” Designplatform Rotterdam. January 2024

Sireekan, Rathsaran. “The world precedes the eye.” ArtAsiaPacific. January 2017

Quek, Bruce. "“The world precedes the eye” at Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore." Art Radar. 5 December 2016

Desai, Pranja. “Roppongi Crossing.” frieze magazine. Issue 180, June - August 2016

Hayashi, Nakako. “Conversation with Nobuhiro Shimura.” here and there vol.12 ZOKU KAKUCHO issue. nieves, 2015

Liddell, C.B. “The flickering of Japan’s contemporary art.” The Japan Times. 6 Mar. 2015