Shimizu Jio

Shimizu Jio Transparent elements (positive) 2012
Laser module, motor, wine glass, Dimensions variable

志水児王

ABOUT

Born in Tokyo 1966. Lives and works in Hiroshima and Saitama. Received his MFA at the Tokyo University of the Arts. From 1994 to 1996, participated in WrK label. Shimizu moved to Copenhagen in 2008 as an Emerging Artists Overseas Training from the Agency for Cultural Affairs, until 2010. Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts, Hiroshima City University. Major exhibitions include “Roppongi Crossing” Mori Art Museum (Tokyo, 2004), the Busan Biennale 2008 at the Busan Museum of Art (Busan, 2008), “Simple Interactions. Sound Art from Japan” Museum of Contemporary Art Roskilde (Copenhagen, 2011), “On the edge 2012” Tungenes Fyr (Norway, 2012), “Elements” MISA SHIN GALLERY (Tokyo, 2012) and “Open Space 2014” NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC] (Tokyo, 2014-2015), “Re-actions” MITSUBISHI ESTATE ARTIUM (Fukuoka, 2017), “Japan Media Art Festival 2018” The National Art Center (Tokyo 2018), “Tsushima Art Fantasia” (Nagasaki 2018). Currently, Shimizu is participating in “Setouchi Triennale 2019” (Kagawa 2019).

BIOGRAPHY

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Born in 1966, Tokyo, Japan
Lives and works in Hiroshima, Japan
Received M.F.A. from Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music

– Selected Solo Exhibitions –

2019　 window, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2017　 threshold, Art Gallery Miyauchi, Hiroshima, Japan
2017　 Re-actions Jio Shimizu/Kanta Horio, ARTIUM Art Gallery, Fukuoka
2016　 Diaphanes, Hiroshima City University Art Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
2015　 landscape, MISA SHIN GALLERY,Tokyo, Japan
2014　 :threshould, Gallery Aube, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan
2012　 Queens Gallery, British Council, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Delhi, India
2012　 Elements, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2010　 World Models, Fabrikken studio og art and design, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010　 Claisen Flask Version 4, BKS GARAGE(Ny Carlsberg Vej), Copenhagen, Denmark

– Selected Group Exhibitions –

2019　 Setouchi Triennale 2019, Shodoshima, Kagawa
2018　 Tsushima Art Fantasia 2018, Former branch of Tsushima city Kuta Naiin Elementary School and Junior High school, Nagasaki
2017　 Sound Mark, SNYK, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015　 Private Private: From the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, The Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Japan
2015　 Collection Exhibition, Kawagoe City Art Museum, Saitama, Japan
2014　 OPEN SPACE 2014, NTT Inter Communication Center (ICC), Tokyo, Japan
2013　 Thermodynamics of the Sun, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi, Japan
2013　 MOMAS Collection I, The Museum of Modern Art, Sitama, Japan
2012　 ON PHOTOGRAPHY, MISA SHIN GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2012　 On the edge 2012, Tungenes Fyr, Randaberg, Norway
2011　 sound art from Japan / simple interactions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark
2010　 Vibrations of Entities, NTT Inter Communication Center (ICC), Tokyo, Japan
2010　 Copenhagen Photo Festival, Rhode Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010　 City + Beats Live Explosions, Bank Art NYK, Yokohama, Japan
2010　 mef: jio shimizu ＋ Rune Søchting, BKS GARAGE (Ny Carlsberg Vej), Copenhagen, Denmark
2010　 CFV 4, BKS GARAGE (Ny Carlsberg Vej), Copenhagen, Denmark
2010　 PhoneBox, , IMO (Ny Carlsberg Vej), Copenhagen, Denmark
2010　 Dazzling, Garando, The University Arts Museum Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2009　 BKS GARAGE Concert (Ny Carlsberg Vej), Copenhagen, Denmark
2009　 Wundergrund Music Festival Copenhagen, Denmark
2009　 MOMAS Collection I, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
2009　 whilewaitingformicheal,, Project Denmark, Denmark
2009　 Tokorozawa Biennale 2009 SINDING RAILROAD, Saitama, Japan
2008　 Busan Biennale 2008 EXPENDITURE, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, Korea
2007　 New Vision Saitama, THE Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
2007　 SUSTAINABLE ART PROJECT, Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music, Tokyo, Japan
2007　 CrL Store House, Kagamiyama Syuzo, Saitama, Japan
2006　 PIANO PIANO, Red Brick Warehouse, Osaka, Japan
2005　 Writing Line & Lighting Line, Kawasaki City Museum, Kanagawa, Japan

– Selected Discography –

2008　 a, b, Multiple Works
2007　 4 fragment landscapes Document Works
2005　 improvised music from Japan, Japan

– Selected Lectures and Performances –

2016　 Diaphanes, Hiroshima City University Art Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
2014　 Lecture, Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, Aichi, Japan
2012　 Lecture, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto, Japan
2012　 Performance, CE QUI ARRIVE 2012, Super Deluxe Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
2012　 Performance, of interest, I-e, Tokyo, Japan
2012　 Performance, Sound Screening, pool, Tokyo, Japan
2012　 Performance, Juku Box Vol1: Concerning “light” Curated by Takashi Azumaya, Super Deluxe Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
2011　 Lecture, The Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Saitama, Japan
2011　 Lecture, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan
2011　 Sound performance, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark
2011　 Lecture, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011　 Artist talk with Minoru Hatanaka and Tsunoda Toshiya, performance -?world models/ 72.75, NTT Inter　Communication Center (ICC), Tokyo, Japan
2010　 Lecture and artist talk, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010　 Lecture, Fabrikken Studio og art and design, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010　 Sound performance with Rune?Søchting, BKS GARAGE (Ny Carlsberg Vej), Copenhagen, Denmark

– Selected Grants and Residence –

2012　 Asahi Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
2011　 Asahi Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
2010　 CPH AIR, Fabrikken studio og art and design, Denmark
2010　 Nomura Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
2009　 Grant of Statens Værksteder for Kunst og Håndværk / Gammel Dok, Denmark
2009　 Grant of National Danich Bank, Copenhagen Denmark
2008　 Japanese Government Overseas Research Programme Grant for Artists, Denmark