SHOJI Asami

Profile

Born in Fukushima, 1988. Lives and works in Tokyo. Graduated with an MA in Printmaking course from Tama Art University Graduate School of Fine Arts in 2012.
She says that, “The body is the beginning of painting,” and explores the physical images and sensations that arise from the experience of “looking at a painting.” Using translucent acrylic sheets and canvas as the main supports, her works are characterized by the intuitive process of painting, without assuming a finished form in advance.

Recent exhibitions
2024 “MOT ANNUAL 2024 'on the imagined terrain',” Semiose, Paris
2024 “October, Much Ado About Nothing,” Semiose, Paris
2024 “A Stranger’s Tales” Independent Art Fair with LINSEED, New York
2023 “a Gait Without Foot,” gallery21yo-j,Tokyo
2023 “Body, Love, Gender,” Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2023 “Yearning for Vision,” Taro Okamoto Museum of Art (Kanagawa), and others
2017 “TWS-Emerging 2016 ’during a night’,” TWS Shibuya, Tokyo
2016 “Tokyo Wonder Wall 2015,” Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office, Tokyo

Recent awards
2020 “The 31th Gotoh Memorial Cultural Award,” Newcomer's Prize of Art
2019 “FACE 2019 Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Art Award,” Grandprix
2015 “Tokyo Wonder Wall 2015,” Tokyo Wonder Wall Prize
2015 Selected, “The 18th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art” (participated as art unit, Conceptual Architect)

About works