Tashima Shiun

Tashima Shiun

At the center of my life is always my child. Thinking of her, who gives me so much love, facing her, I preserve my memories in a form of my own expression. Aiming to create works that are appealing without being decorative, I focus on forms that evoke the lovely and adorable, touchable cheeks, bottom, and belly of my child at this moment.

BIO/CV

b. 1989, Kumamoto, Japan

Education

2010

Graduated from Traditional Arts Super College of Kyoto, Bamboo Craft major
Studied under Tanabe Chikuunsai III and Chikuunsai IV
2020

Completed apprenticeship and was granted the artist’s name “Shiun”

Exhibitions & Accolades

2010

MIA Exhibition, Italy
2020

Admitted to the 49th Western Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition for the first time
78th Kyoto Antiques Fair
2021

Finalist, Mingei Bamboo Prize 2021, Musée National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet, Paris, France
2023

Finalist, Mingei Bamboo Prize 2023, Parcours des Mondes, Paris France
2024

Winner of Osaka Prefecture Board of Education Prize at 53rd Western Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
Tanabe Chikuunsai IV and Apprentices: Tradition and Innovation, TAI Modern, Santa Fe, NM