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.
b. 1989, Kumamoto, Japan
Graduated from Traditional Arts Super College of Kyoto, Bamboo Craft major
Studied under Tanabe Chikuunsai III and Chikuunsai IV
Completed apprenticeship and was granted the artist’s name “Shiun”
MIA Exhibition, Italy
Admitted to the 49th Western Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition for the first time
78th Kyoto Antiques Fair
Finalist, Mingei Bamboo Prize 2021, Musée National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet, Paris, France
Finalist, Mingei Bamboo Prize 2023, Parcours des Mondes, Paris France
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
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.