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Announcement: Chiharu Shiota – The Soul Trembles at Le Grand Palais

The comprehensive touring exhibition The Soul Trembles opened December 11, 2024, at the Grand Palais in Paris. Following its journey through Asia-Pacific since 2019, this exhibition invites visitors into the immersive world of Chiharu Shiota.
Presented in the monumental setting of the Grand Palais, The Soul Trembles offers an extraordinary opportunity to experience Shiota’s most extensive collection of works to date. Spanning over 25 years of artistic practice, the exhibition features several large-scale installations alongside sculptures, performance videos, photographs, drawings, and documentary footage of her stage designs for dance and opera.
Through her intricate installations and diverse mediums, Shiota reflects on the fragility of human existence and the tumultuous emotions that shape our lives. The exhibition invites visitors to explore the depths of consciousness, relationships, and the essence of life itself.

The new French edition of the exhibition catalogue The Soul Trembles is now available for purchase at the Grand Palais Museum Shop. Featuring stunning images of the original exhibition at the Mori Art Museum in 2019 in addition to a QR Code, allowing online access of in situ images of the exhibition at Le Grand Palais as well as insightful texts by curator Mami Kataoka and the artist herself. This beautifully designed book delves into the profound themes of Chiharu Shiota's work, capturing the emotional depth of her art.

Views of the exhibition Chiharu Shiota The Soul Trembles, Grand Palais, Paris 2024,
Scenography Atelier Jodar © GrandPalaisRmn 2024 / Photo Didier Plowy © Adagp, Paris, 2024 and the artist

 

>> New Solo Catalogue

Chiharu Shiota - I to Eye

The Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka, have published the exhibition catalogue I to Eye, in conjunction with the extensive new exhibition of the same name. This catalogue documents the creative journey and the memories of connection, from Shiota's past works to the pieces featured in the current exhibition. It includes reflections on the emotional and sensory experiences of facing oneself during formative times.

With the new exhibition catalogue, Shiota invites viewers into a world of interconnectedness, perception, and the profound bonds that shape human experience. The catalogue features stunning photographs of the works displayed in the exhibition, alongside insightful essays and interviews that reflect on the themes of memory, and the intersections of self and others that are central to Shiota’s practice.

With detailed images of her installations, sculptures, and drawings, I to Eye provides a deeper understanding of Shiota’s creative process and the emotional resonance of her art. The catalogue also includes personal reflections from the artist, offering unique insights into her artistic evolution and the inspiration behind this particular body of work.

This beautifully designed catalogue is now available for purchase at the museum shop and online

 

>> New Solo Catalogue

Chiharu Shiota - Beyond Consciousness

Aix-en-Provence has published the catalogue Beyond Consciousness on the occasion of the solo exhibition of the same name. It is a beautiful collection of photographs of the solo show including images the installations 'Collecting Feelings', 'The Network', and 'Living Inside' together with insightful texts by Chiharu Shiota and Christel Pélissier-Roy.

Available at the museum shop.

For more information visit Biennale de-Aix

 

Current

 

until 16.02.2025
Another Planet, solo show, A4 Art Museum, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

until 19.03.2025
The Soul Trembles, solo show, Le Grand Palais, Paris, France [touring exhibition]

until 20.03.2025
Perhaps Sunny Days, group show, Podo Museum, Jeju Island, South Korea

until 20.04.2025
Between Worlds, solo show, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey

28.11.2024  – 28.04.2025
The Unsettled Soul, solo show, Kunsthalle Praha, Prague, Czech Republic

open end
Duo Exhibition: Song Dong x Shiota Chiharu, two person show, Yuelai Art Museum, Chongqing, China


Upcoming

 

24.01. - 23.05.2025
The Soul’s Journey, solo show, Fundacion Calosa, Irapuato, Mexico

01.02.2025 - 01.01.2026
The World is Yours, solo show, Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido, Mexico

07-23.02.2025
Idomeneo, re di Creta, stage design, Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam, Netherlands

15.03 - 13.06.2025
Dreischritt, stage design, Saarländisches Staatstheater, Saarbrücken, Germany

22.05. - 01.09.2025
Home Less Home, solo show, ICA Watershed, Boston, MA, USA 


Permanent Installation

The Ship of Memories, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

Passage, WinX Tower, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, commissioned by WinX GmbH & Co Immobilien KG, Bad Homburg

In the beginning was..., PLANTA, Balaguer (Lleida), Spain

Memory of Water, Collection at Towada Art Center, Aomori, Japan [open end]