SHIMAUCHI Mika

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Graduated from Sojo university Graduate school of Art Master course Masters degree in 2013.

Recent 5 main activities (personal exhibitions, group exhibitions, concerts) are
"Vermont Studio Center" Artist in residence, Vermont USA,　2018
"Big Romance" Solo Exhibition, Shun Art Gallery, Shanghai CHINA, 2018
"A Landscape seen from the border" Solo Exhibition , WHITE SPACE ONE, Fukuoka JP, 2018
"WAKABA LUSTER" Group Exhibition, Blue Roof Museum of Chengdu ,CHINA, 2018
"Kyusyu Art Zennin syugo" Group, GelleryⅢ,Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto JP, 2012

Other activities (including awards received) are
"Vermont Studio Center" Vermont Displaced artist program Scholarship USA
"Okashi no kobai Art award Encouragement Award" 

Born in Kumamoto JP
Artist in residence
2018 “TIGER HOUSE STUDIO” Shanghai
2018 “Vermont Studio Center” USA 

About works / performance

I get ideas from my doodles. It is better for me not to think in depth when I draw. Unexpected lines, vague shapes and errors lead me to what I really wanted to do. In other words, this can be considered intuition. In society we are required to behave as rationally and ordered like plywood or an artificial flower.
However, sometimes we naturally make mistakes, we are imperfect, uncertain and vague. Also, I believe these can recover our humanity from the demands of society. I want to reproduce those things in my work and express our existence to re-recognize.