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Shigeo Kubota, who trained as a weaver, uses the humblest materials, sisal for the weft and ramie as the warp, and the most basic technique, plain weave. The long thin woven strips are then sewn together to create complex three-dimensional structures. The sounds and rhythms of nature have been starting points, as in ‘Echo of the Wind No. X’, with space, light and shadow important elements in the work. ‘Woven Corridor - From Italy’ marks a new phase in his work, inspired by the architecture of the churches and cathedrals he visited in Italy. The gold warp links the two cultures, referring to the interior of the churches and to the light within and the light which is drawn from the shadows.
Studied
- Kyoto Municipal Art University BA 1971
- Graduate School of Kyoto Municipal Art University MA 1973
Current Teaching Status
- Professor, Seian College of Art and Design
Awards
- 1973 25th Kyoto Art Exhibition - First Prize
- 27th Kyoto Art & Craft Exhibition - Grand Prize
- 1975 29th Kyoto Art & Craft Exhibition - New Talent Prize
- 1981 35th Kyoto Art & Craft Exhibition - Grand Prize
- 3rd Japan New Crafts Exhibition - Kyoto Prefectural Governor's Award
- 1983-4 Agency for Cultural Affairs Overseas Fellowship in USA
- 1985 New Talent Prize from Kyoto Municipality
- 1986 38th Kyoto Art Exhibition - Supreme Prize
- 1996 Osaka Triennale 1996-Painting - Special Prize
- 1998 International Art Exhibition Tenri Biennale - Grand Prize
- Osaka Triennale 1998 - Sculpture - Special Prize
Recent Exhibitions Include
Solo
- 1995 Gallery Maronie, Kyoto/Wacoal Ginza Art Space, Tokyo
- 1996 Gallery Maronie, Kyoto
- 1997 Wacoal Ginza Art Space, Tokyo
- The Harmony Contrasts, Edinburgh College of Art, UK
- 1998 Gallery
Maronie, Kyoto/Wacoal Ginza Art Space, Tokyo
Group
- 1995 Japanese Studio Crafts: Tradition & The Avant-Garde, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
- Soft Sculpture, Dong-ah Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
- Osaka Triennale 1995-Painting
- 1996 Osaka Triennale 1996 -Sculpture
- 1998 Osaka Triennale 1998-Sculpture
- Imaginations '98' Gastuiskapel, Poperinge, Belgium
- Folding' Japanese Miniatures Canberra Museum Australia
- 1999 The 20th Century Textile Artist, The Art Institute of Chicago, USA
- Kyoto's Dyeing & Weaving Exhibition, Nakatomi contemporary Crafts Museum
- Yamanashi
- The Genealogy of Craft Objects, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
- Also 1975, 77, 83, 87, 89 Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie, Lausanne, Switzerland
Public Collections
- Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
- The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
- The Art Institute of Chicago, USA
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
- Kyoto Sogoshiryokan, Kyoto, Osaka Prefecture
Commissions Include
- Kameido Station Building Tokyo, Asahi Plaza Hotel Osaka, Kogajuin University Tokyo, Sony Technical Centre Kanagawa, Kurito Building Co. Ltd. Kyoto, Hotel Hakuunkaku, Gunma, North Point Golf Club Hokaido, Hanshin Racecourse Hyogo, P.S. East Shinagawa Building, Tokyo, Tokyo Welfare Centre, Societe Generale Bank Tokyo, ZEE King Co. Ltd. Hong Kong
Category of work
- Wall hung and free standing constructions
Materials
- Sisal, Ramie [top]
