Kaoru Shibuta
Born 1980 in Hokkaido, based Kagawa.
Graduated from Kanebo Make-up Institute, Pan Make-up School.
Raised freely in the wilderness of Hokkaido. He synthetically transforms music and natural sounds into paintings.
He has exhibited his work at various artist-in-residences around the world, including at Institute of Art & Culture Espronceda Barcelona, ARTS Santa Monica(CASM), National Centre for Contemporary Art, Russia(NCCA), and Pebeo brand ambassador, etc.
Awards
2021 13th Paper Art Festival Grand Prize (Fuji Paper Art Museum, Shizuoka)
2021 EX-TEMPORE PTUJ 2021 Special Jury Award (PTUJ, Slovenia)
2021 SHIBUYA AWARDS 2021 Shibuya Sound Music Award (Tokyo)
2019 The 14th Arte Laguna Prize BASU FOUNDATION Award, OUT OF BLUE Award (Arsenal, Venice).
2018 Art Fair Asia Fukuoka 2018 Emerging Artist Exhibition Gallery Award, Audience Award (Hotel Okura Fukuoka)
Solo Exhibition
2024『Kaoru Shibuta Exhibition』Sanyo Department Store Gallery, Japan
2024『THE ART HOUSE feat.Kaoru Shibuta』Tokyo Tower Gallery, Tokyo
2024 “sea sky nature” Shionoe Art Museum, Kagawa Japan
2023 “Sarorun Kamuy” Hasu no hana Gallery, Tokyo
2023 “HAUSMUSIK Ryutouen” Hotel Ryutouen Artist in Residence, Saga
2023 “CHURA KAMUY SONG” ANA InterContinental Manza Resort, Okinawa
2023 “Bokkei” TOMA Gallery, Nara Japan
2023 “on peut” Art Rhizome Kyoto, COCOTO by COCO GALLERY, Kyoto
2022 “Lenny’s” between the arts gallery, Tokyo
2022 “Kaoru Shibuta“ Hyde Gallery Tokyo
2022 “Kaoru Shibuta“ Kawata Gallery Kobe
2021 Rock Fuji (Fuji Paper Art Museum, Shizuoka)
2021 “Hamakaze” BankART Station, Yokohama
2021 『Petite Suite Soil Words』 Teatopia Festival, Kyoto
2020『Cosmically 2020』Tra Travel Gallery, Osaka
2020
『Eine Kleine Nachtmusik』Yurakucho Wall Art Gallery, Tokyo
2020 “Sinfonia” AIR Exhibition (Kamoe Art Center Hamamatsu, Shizuoka)
2019 “St.SONIC” National Center of Contemporary Arts (NCCA), St. Petersburg
2018 “Swing Mozart” Center for Arts & Culture ESPRONCEDA, Barcelona
2018
『Sarod birds』Chander Haat Residency, Kolkata
2018 『Cadenza』 Art Gallery La Dolce Berlin
2013 『Cosmically』Ort Project, Kyoto
Biennalle
2024 “Personal Structures” European Cultural Center Italy, Venice
2023 “LONDON ART BIENNALE 2023” Chelsea Old Town Hall, London
2022 "Chianciano Biennale 2022" (Museo d'Arte Chianciano Terme, Italy)
2022 "The National Collage Society 25th Annual Exhibition" (Summit Art Space, USA)
2021 “LONDON ART BIENNALE” Chelsea Old Town Hall London
2022 “The Fourth International Biennial 2022” Kozara Museum, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Art Fair
2024 ART JAKARTA 2024, Jakarta
2024 Art Tainan, (Kawata Gallery)
Taiwan
2024 Art Marche Kobe, (Kawata Gallery)
Japan
2023 “FOCUS LONDON 2023” Saatchi Gallery, London
2023 “Hankyu Art Fair 2023” Hankyu Umeda Main Store (Kawata Gallery)
2023” ART JAKARTA 2023 (LSD Gallery)
, Jakarta
Art Festival
2024『MUSIC LOVES ART 2024』Nakanoshima Dai Building Entrance Hall, Osaka
2023 “Wind and Wave Music Note” Munakata Miare Art Festival, Munakata City
2023 “Mirai-musik” Shitamachi Art Festival, Hyogo, Japan
2022 ”One Earth” Sado Island Galaxy Art Festival, Japan
2019 "Swing DORA" Kronos Art BCN, Center d'Art Santa Mònica (CASM), Barcelona
2020 “Little Voices” KENSINGTON + CHELSEA ART WEEK 2020 London
2020 “Global Arts Festival” Elisabeth Jones Art Center, Portland
Group Exhibition
2024『Tale Within Threads』ART:1 NEW MUSEUM, Jakarta
2024『Yes, We Can』Bisunjae Gallery、Seoul
2024 『Symphony of Serenity : A Tranquil Ensemble』, Brunswick Art Gallery × Guminggu Gallery, London
2024『Two Expressions』 Contemporary Art Gallery, Hankyu Mens Osaka
2023『Diffusion of Nature』GASBON Metabolism, Kumo-no-daira AIR, Japan
2022『Diffusion of Nature』5th floor Gallery, Kumo-no-daira AIR, Japan
2022 『Here and Now』Kamoe Art Center Hamamatsu, Japan
2022 "Chuo Line Art Festival 2022 Space Sharing Program" (KOGANEI ART SPOT, Tokyo)
2021 IAG AWARDS, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Gallery
2021『REBORN』Lingga, Macau Design Centre, China
2021『ENERGY』SUPER Corp., Center for Arts & Culture ESPRONCEDA, Barcelona
2021
BankART Station Spring AIR Open Studio, Japan
2020
Kensington + Chelsea Art Week 2020『After Greed Became Form』White Rectangle Gallery, London
2020
『Joy of Color』, The Art Guild NewYork
2020
『ART-IN-PLACE』 CNL Project, Chicago
2020
『US』Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC
2020『Post-Covid 19 Era』 Independent Image and Art Space, Chongqing
2020『Coantivirus Exhibition』NY20+ Art Center, Sichuan
2019『Cruixent』Center for Arts & Culture ESPRONCEDA, Barcelona
2018 Asia Design Art Exhibition Phnom Penh 2018
2018『Lines of Thought』 CICA Museum Korea
2018『Peh Khaw』Artist's Point Meghalaya, India
2018『Astro』Cassis Artist Residency, France
『Swan Style』 Lake Studios Berlin, Berlin
2016
Kyoto Field Art Project
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Japan
Collection
Shionoe Art Museum, Kagawa Japan
Barcelona Art and Culture Center Espronceda(Barcelona)
ART:1 NEW MUSEUM(Jakarta)
ANA InterContinental Manza Beach Resort (Okinawa)
Elisabeth Jones Art Center(Portland)
Lake Studios Berlin
Picasso Pupils Art Society (India)
Pebeo Japon(Kobe)
Royal Park Hotel Haneda (Tokyo)
Sado Island Galaxy Art Festival (Niigata)
Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Japan)
Trainart Art Festival, Wakayama (Japan)
