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
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. Wada Koichi, 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
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
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, 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, Nobuhiro Shimura×Shuta Hasunuma, 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
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
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
2015 Overseas Study Program for Artists by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japanese Government (2 years)
2010 Tokyo Wonder Site Exchange Program
Awards
2007 NHK Digital Studium Digista Awards 2007 Interactive/Installation section, Grand prix
Commisioned Works
2016 Cartier: Fujingaho. Hearst Fujingaho. No. 1357, August 2016
2012 Canon: NEOREAL IN THE FOREST, Milano Salone, Milan, Italy
Public Collections
Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka, Japan
RMIT University Art Collection, Melbourne, Australia
Publications
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
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