PROFILE
The landscape remembers and contains a myriad of elements.
Enchanted by the worldview emanating from within, I began to gradually decipher the memories that linger there.
Ways of life, culture, religion, and events of mingled joy and sorrow—each carries the lives and thoughts of individuals and those who came before us. They echo through the landscape, seeping into thevery air and earth layer upon layer.
Sensing, respecting, and imagining them, I seek to carefully trace the subtle scenes that emerge, using my brush and paint.
Mai Shibata
OutermostNAGOYA
Biography
- 1979
- Born in Aichi, Japan
- 2002
- Graduated from the Printmaking Course, Division of Arts, Nagoya University of Arts
- 2004
- Completed the Master's Program in Contemporary Art Practice, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Nagoya University of Arts
Solo Exhibitions
- 2025
- Cloud Thickness, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
- 2024
- capitalism, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
- 2023
- ideology, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
- 2022
- Lost...Written on the Sky, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
- 2021
- ride off into the sunset, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
- 2020
- make or break, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
- 2019
- culture, Gallery Garaku, Aichi »
- 2018
- exuding from landscape, Gallery Garaku, Aichi »
- 2017
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Layered Landscapes, Dai-ichi Life Gallery, Tokyo »
hollyhock, Gallery Garaku, Aichi »Layered Landscapes, Dai-ichi Life Gallery, Tokyo
- 2015
- Mai Shibata Exhibition, O Gallery eyes, Osaka »
- 2014
- snowy field, Gallery Garaku, Aichi »
- 2013
- Mai Shibata Exhibition, O Gallery, Tokyo
The reconsidered sight, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
Mai Shibata Exhibition, O Gallery eyes, Osaka » - 2012
- Mai Shibata Exhibition, O Gallery eyes, Osaka »
- 2011
- storja, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
- 2010
- through the grass, Gallery SUZUKI, Kyoto
- 2005
- revived the view, Galerie DECO, Aichi
- 2004
- through the view, Galerie DECO, Aichi
culture, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
exuding from landscape, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
hollyhock, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
Mai Shibata Exhibition, O Gallery eyes, Osaka
snowy field, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
Mai Shibata Exhibition, O Gallery eyes, Osaka
Mai Shibata Exhibition, O Gallery eyes, Osaka
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2023
- The Collection, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
- 2019
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Depth and Shallowness of Emotion, The Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art, Aichi »
Depth and Shallowness of Emotion, The Yamazaki Mazak Museum of Art, Aichi
- 2018
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ART NEXT No.3 When Opaque Medium Turns Transparent, Denki Bunka Kaikan, Aichi »
ART NEXT No.3 When Opaque Medium Turns Transparent, Denki Bunka Kaikan, Aichi
- 2014
- Seeking Freedom, My One Piece, Oribe-tei, Aichi
Enk De Kramer and Mai Shibata, O Gallery eyes, Osaka »
REVIEW, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Yada, Aichi - 2013
- ART NAGOYA 2013, The Westin Nagoya Castle, Aichi
VOCA Exhibition 2013, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo »
Dense Moments, My One Piece, Oribe-tei, AichiVOCA Exhibition 2013, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
REVIEW, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Yada, Aichi - 2012
- Garaku Miniature Exhibition, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
- 2011
- REVIEW, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Yada, Aichi
CROSSING OVER THE SEA, Aichi Art Center,Aichi
The gardarden of the ray IV, Portable Translucent, O Gallery eyes, Osaka »
Garaku Miniature Exhibition, Gallery Garaku, AichiThe gardarden of the ray IV, Portable Translucent, O Gallery eyes, Osaka
December, GALLERY APA, Aichi - 2010
- K109 Exhibition, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Yada, Aichi
Aichi Art Forest - Horikawa Project, Toyo Logistics Building, Aichi
After Remisen #11 Mai Shibata × Asuka Hirata, Art&Design Center/Gallery BE&be. , Aichi
Garaku Miniature Exhibition, My Work, My Pleasure, Gallery Garaku, Aichi - 2009
- K109 Exhibition, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Yada, Aichi
outopos , GALLERY APA, Aichi
Duo Exhibition Satoko NaritaｘMai Shibata, GALLERY APA, Aichi - 2008
- K109 Exhibition, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Yada, Aichi
Art Exhibition: Life and Hope, Gallery Kikyu, Aichi
Garaku Miniature Exhibition, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
December, GALLERY APA, Aichi - 2007
- Methodology of Printmaking from Kyoto and Nagoya, Seaside Gallery CASO, Osaka
Methodology of Printmaking#4 And the Way Forward, Art&Design Center/ Gallery BE&be., Aichi
Blackboard Family and Christmas, Gallery Anri SIX, Aichi
Garaku Miniature Exhibition, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
December, GALLERY APA, Aichi - 2006
- Woven Painter, Galerie DECO, Aichi
Garaku Miniature Exhibition, Gallery Garaku, Aichi - 2005
- Garaku Miniature Exhibition, Gallery Garaku, Aichi
- 2004
- Nagoya University of Arts Graduate School of Fine Arts Master's Exhibition, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Sakae, Aichi
K109 Exhibition, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Yada, Aichi
Garaku Miniature Exhibition, Gallery Garaku, Aichi - 2003
- K109 Exhibition, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Sakae, Aichi
Duo Exhibition Pakalolo＋Cherry, Galerie DECO, Aichi
Happy Tunes, Esprit Nouveau Gallery, Okayama
prints hormone Next-generation Prints, Art&Design Center/ Gallery BE&be., Aichi
INDEX #1 Gallery Garaku #2 Mitsubishi Motors Showroom Nagoya Sakae, Aichi - 2002
- K109 Exhibition, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Sakae, Aichi
Nagoya University of Arts Graduation Exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art Gallery
The 27th National University Print Exhibition, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo - 2001
- K109 Exhibition, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Sakae, Aichi
The Quest Of The Press, Exploring the Possibilities of Printmaking, Meisei University, Tokyo
Artist-in-Residence Exhibition
- 2012
- Nordic House Exhibition, Nordic House in the Faroe Islands, Denmark »
- 2010
- Japanischer Blick: Künstler aus Japan, Pumpwerk in Siegburg, Germany
- 2009
- International visual artists workshop, Remisen academy in Brande, Denmark
Nordic House Exhibition, Nordic House in the Faroe Islands, Denmark
Awards
- 2026
- Nagoya City Arts Encouragement Award
- 2013
- VOCA Exhibition 2013 Encouragement Award
Public Collections
- Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
- Dai-ichi Life Holdings