岛内 美佳
Mika SHIMAUCHI

Selected Works

Lesson
Lesson
FRP
68H×280W×190D cm
2012
Dog Head
Dog Head
Bronze
45.5H×21W×21D cm
2017
Drawing for Solid objects 4
Drawing for Solid objects 4
Copperplate etching
37.8×28.7cm,ED15
2017
Ambiguous boundary - Sadness
Ambiguous boundary - Sadness
Plaster
26H×15.5W×14D cm
2018
Pieta series A girl with dog
Pieta series A girl with dog
FRP
68H×42W×20D cm
2015
Pieta series Hunter
Pieta series Hunter
FRP
55H×15W×20D cm
2015
Pieta (Sleep)
Pieta (Sleep)
FRP
19H×8W×7Dcm
2015
Soft object
Soft object
FRP
35H×25W×25D cm
2017
Soft Object series1-7
Soft Object series1-7
Terracotta
19H×6W×6D cm
2018
A Nonsensical object
A Nonsensical object
FRP
30H×27W×30D cm
2018
Soft Object-5
Soft Object-5
FRP
16H×12.5W×7.5D cm
2018
Soft Object series 3-5
Soft Object series 3-5
Terracotta
16.3H×12W×6D cm
2018
Soft Object series 3-12
Soft Object series 3-12
Terracotta
21H×18W×17D cm
2018
Notes of my mind [Exlibris-1]
Notes of my mind [Exlibris-1]
Copperplate etching
9×10cm /image size
2018
 Notes of my mind [Exlibris-2]
Notes of my mind [Exlibris-2]
Copperplate etching
9×10cm /image size
2018
 Notes of my mind [Exlibris-3]
Notes of my mind [Exlibris-3]
Copperplate etching
9×10cm /image size
2018
Notes of my mind [Exlibris-4]
Notes of my mind [Exlibris-4]
| Mika SHIMAUCHI
銅版画 | Copperplate etching
9×10cm /image size
2018
Notes of my mind [Exlibris-5]
Notes of my mind [Exlibris-5]
Copperplate etching
9×10cm /image size
2018

Bio

Mika Shimauchi is eager to touch the reality of this world and wants to leave a trace that can be touched. As artists’ most commonly used material, clay can be directly touched with hands, evoking childhood memories and touching real sense. In particular, the exploration of life and death is one of the themes that the artist cares most about. She believes that this is very important to understand who we are and how we should live. Unfortunately, even without such thinking, we still live in this world.

The artist develops motifs from her own landscapes and exhibits them as sculptures and various works. The imperfections visible within the works are a motion to humorously represent the irony of the over-efficiency of our lifestyles under the weight of globalization created by mankind, and yet how we are unable to fully adapt.

  • 1987 Born in Kumamoto, Japan
    2013 Master of Fine Arts (Sculpture), Sojo University, Japan
    2013 Obtained Kobai Art Award
    Currently based in the Kikuchi Ryu-mon Artist’s Studio inside a former elementary school in Japan.
  • Solo Exhibition

    2022 Picture of Fire, Under Construction Center, Fukuoka Japan
    2021 “SHIMAUCHI Mika “Quivering flames,ardent earth.”,Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori Japan
    2020 “On Being independent ” Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka Japan
    2018 “Big Romance”Shun Art Gallery, Shanghai CHINA
    A Landscape seen from the border, WHITE SPACE ONE, Fukuoka Japan
    2017 Mika SHIMAUCHI Works, Galleria Grafica bis, Tokyo Ginza Japan
    2016 DOG, Nakao Gallery, Kumamoto Japan
    2012 About a tree, Lionel Wendit Gallery, Colombo SRI LANKA
    Lesson, Tsunagi Art Museum, Kumamoto Japan
  • Group Exhibitions

    2020   “TOKAS Creator-in-Residence 2020 Exhibition “Daisy Chain” Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo, Tokyo Japan
    “Kyusyu new art ” Hakata Hankyu, Hankyu Japan
    “KIKUCHI Art Festival ​” Kikuchi city, Kikuchi Japan
    2018 WAKABA LUSTER, Blue Roof Museum, Chengdu China
    ART BODY GALLERY, Hakata Hankyu Department Store
    2017 Watashi no Ityuu no Gaka Exhibition, Gallery Ekouan, Tokyo Ginza
    MIRAIBI, Matsubara Souko Kagoshima
    Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, INBE ART SPACE, Tokushima
    Mashiki machi ni ART ga yattekita, Mashiki Hospital, Kumamoto
    2016 Derby – Exhibition, Gallery KINGYO, Tokyo Sendagi Japan
    2014 Okashi no kobai Art award Exhibition, Okashi no kobai, Kumamoto Japan
    2013 Famme Fatale, Shun Art Gallery, Shanghai China
    Graduation Exhibition of Sojo University, Kumamoto Art Museum, Japan
    Graduation Exhibition of Sojo University, Kumamoto Store Gallery, Japan
    2012 Kyusyu Art Zennin syugo, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto Japan
    2011 Blue-Double Exhibition, Kumamoto Art Coffee, Japan
    Art@sazae-Double Exhibition, Sazae, Kumamoto Japan
    2010 The 7th Graduation Exhibition of Sojo University, Kumamoto Art Museum 
    Branch,Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan
    2008 Sculpture Class Exhibition, Sojo University Art Gallery, Japan
    Selected by the Days Exhibition
  • Art Fairs

    2018 ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA Hotel, Okura Fukuoka Japan
    3331 ART FAIR 2018
    3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan
    2016 NAMAIKI – Voice Art Market, Kagoshima Station, Amu plaza Department store, Kagoshima Japan
  • Residencies

    ​2021  “Aomori Contemporary Art Centre”
    ​2019  “Tokyo Arts and Space” Local creator residence program Tokyo JAPAN
    2018  “TIGER HOUSE STUDIO” Shanghai CHINA
    2018 “Vermont Studio Center” Vermont  USA
  • Awards

    2013 Kobai Art Award

Exhibitions