Born in Tokyo in 1990.
Tokyo University of the Arts and Music, M.A, Design in 2015.
Held numerous solo exhibitions including "Shiki Taira" at Seibu Ikebukuro / Tokyo in 2018.
Participated to various group exhibitions and Art Fair including "Art Fair Tokyo" in 2018 and 2019, "Thirty-four Views of Mount Fuji of Heisei" at Seibu Ikebukuro / Tokyo, "Hyakki Yagyo" at Geidai Art Plaza / Tokyo in 2019.
Collaborated with fashion brand "STRAWBERRY-FIELDS."

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Works

I make silk paintings with nihonga pigments that depict the power and phenomena of things invisible to the eye.
I paint the gods and creatures from old Japan in an exploration of the spirit of people who anthropomorphized supernatural phenomena.
To make these motifs more identifiable to the viewer, I imbue the works with empathy and the kind of charm that invites a laugh.
I also paint things like fantasy animals, humans, plants, and sceneries.
I like an antique-feel reminiscent of old Japanese artmaking techniques, ink washes, and old Chinese painting, and I often paint atop a surface that I have purposefully stained to exude the weightiness and depth that comes with time.
I often investigate sixth-sense accounts and collect old folklore stories, and instill them in my paintings.

PROFILE

1990　Born in Tokyo
2015　Received a master’s degree from the Graduate School of the Tokyo University of the Arts in drawing and decorative art

Solo Exhibition
2018　Nichigetsu-ten (Seibu Ikebukuro / Tokyo)

Group Exhibition
2014　O Plus Exhibition (Shinseido Gallery / Tokyo)
2014　ShinPA!!!!!!!!! (The Obuse Museum & Nakajima Chinami)
2014　Ato wo Asobu (Let’s play with Art) Exhibition (Awazu Gallery / Tokyo)
2015　O Plus Exhibition (Shinseido Gallery / Tokyo)
2015　ShinPA!!!!!!!!! (The Obuse Museum & Nakajima Chinami)
2015　Rin-90-nendai Umare no Sakkatachi (Artists Born in the 90s) (Awazu Gallery / Tokyo)
2015　Tanzaku Exhibition (Arai Gallery, Isetan Shinjuku Store / Tokyo)
2015　YOKAI TOUR Night 2015 (Park Hotel Tokyo)
2015　ShinPA 10th Anniversary Exhibition (Gallery Art Morimoto / Tokyo)
2015　Hatou no Kai (Matsuzakaya Ueno, Matsuzakaya Nagoya, Izutsuya Kokura, Fukuoka Mitsukoshi)
2016　Sora-Fujin, Raijin (Wind Deity and Thunder Deity) (Seibu Ikebukuro / Tokyo)
2016　Tanzaku Exhibition (Isetan Shinjuku Store / Tokyo)
2016　Mitsukoshi & University of the Arts (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store / Tokyo)
2016　Yokai Exhibition (Gallery Little House / Kyoto)
2016　Uroko-kai (Kyobashi Gallery / Tokyo)
2016　10th Exhibition (Gallery Ekoan / Tokyo)
2016　Art Art Art (Matsuzakaya Nagoya / Aichi)
2016　Art Aquarium (Park Hotel Tokyo)
2016　Yokai no Ochakai (Yokai Tea Party) (Seizan Gallery / Tokyo)
2016　20th Exhibition (Seizan Gallery / Tokyo)
2016　Something Special (Seizan Gallery / Tokyo)
2017　RED (Seizan Gallery / Tokyo)
2017　Something Special (Seizan Gallery / Tokyo)
2019　Heisei no Fugaku Sanju-yon Kei (Thirty-four Views of Fugaku in Heisei) (Seibu Ikebukuro / Tokyo)
2019　The Tokyo University of the Arts "Mononoke" Festival: Hyakki Yagyo (Geidai Art Plaza / Tokyo)

Art Fair
2018　Art Fair Tokyo
2019　Art Fair Tokyo

Collaboration
STRAWBERRY-FIELDS "Calendar Project"

Collection
"Japanese Zodiac" (Kodomo kyoiku Shuppan)

ONBEAT vol.12 features Shiki Taira