The Japan Foundation Award 2024 - Feierliche Veranstaltung mit der Preisträgerin Chiharu Shiota

In the organizer's words:

Lecture by the award winner Chiharu Shiota

Since 1973, The Japan Foundation Award has been presented to individuals and organizations that have made a significant contribution to the promotion of international mutual understanding and friendship between Japan and other countries through academic, artistic and other cultural activities. In 2024, the prize was awarded to the outstanding artist Chiharu Shiota.

Born in Osaka in 1972, Chiharu Shiota lives and works in Berlin and explores the fundamental questions of human existence, such as life and death, in her works. "What does it mean to live?", "What does it mean to exist?". In addition to large-scale installations with everyday objects, which she wraps in huge nets of thread, she creates sculptures, drawings, performance videos, photographs and paintings.
Her works have been shown in numerous solo exhibitions worldwide, and in 2015 she represented Japan at the 56th Venice Biennale. Her largest solo exhibition to date, "The Soul Trembles", was shown at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, in 2019.

In her lecture, Chiharu Shiota gives a personal insight into her extensive work and talks about her self-image as an artist today. The lecture will be held in Japanese with consecutive interpretation.

Price information:

Admission free