Koji Shiroshita 城下浩伺

Biography

Koji Shiroshita

Artist


Photo by Yoshikazu Ooka

Born in Kyoto. Graduated from Kyoto University of the Arts, Department of Information Design. Among 4186 entries from 52 countries, he had won the 5th prize (the 3rd in Japan) at Art Olympia 2015, an International Open Art Competition. He’s an active member and co-founder of the Kansai-based creative group “_act_” since its formation in 2014.

In his fine, dense artworks that are created with ink from a pen or a brush, he sets a contradictory limit of abandoning titles or motifs to establish complete freedom in the picture. In 2020, he released a series of pictures using photography to try to freely move around the essence of pictures.

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Education

1993-1997

Kyoto University of the Arts, Department of Information Design, Bachelor degree

Exhibitions

2023

VR public production, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto

2022

PICTURE–FOCUS, Online Exhibition and at Hitoto, Osaka

2021

PICTURE Online Open Studio, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto

PICTURE FUKUOKA, Online Exhibition and at TAGSTÅ, Fukuoka

PICTURE IBARAKI, Online Exhibition and at Okeeffe, Ibaraki

2020

FOCUS Koji Shiroshita Exhibition, Kousagisha Gallery, Kyoto

PICTURE, Online Exhibition and at Hitoto, Osaka

_act_RELATE, Toyonaka Public Gallery, Osaka

2018

act_exhibition SUN, Sangmi Otemachi, Tokyo

_act_ LAYER Koji Shiroshita + TACO Exhitibition, Itohen, Osaka

act_Tomo ni Egaku: Painting Together, Open MUJI, Grand Front Osaka, Osaka

2017

Koji Shiroshita Exhibition, O’keeffe, Tokyo

_act_Draws, DMOARTS, Osaka

2016

Koji Shiroshita Exhibition, GALLERY b. TOKYO, Tokyo

Koji Shiroshita Exhibition: Glan Fabrique 13th Anniversary, Glan Fabrique, Osaka

asianeye, DMOARTS, Osaka

act_FUKUOKA, TAGSTÅ, Fukuoka

2015

Koji Shiroshita Exhibiton, millibar gallery, Osaka

ART OLYMPIA 2015, Toshima City Office, Tokyo

UNKNOWN ASIA, Osaka City Central Public Hall, Osaka

2014

act_ACTION, millibar gallery, Osaka

act_STAND, Itohen, Osaka

act_GROW, La Galerie, Osaka

2013

Koji Shiroshita Exhibiton, Itohen, Osaka

Koji Shiroshita Exhibiton, La Galerie, Osaka

Awards

2015

Art Olympia 2015 The 5th Prize

Unknown Asia Hiroshi Koike (IMG SRC CEO) Judge Prize

Collection

The Living National Treasure Museum

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