Black wool in a web stretched across a museum gallery floor, with white numbers sitting in random parts of it. There's a path through it for people to walk through.

Chiharu Shiota

‘I want the viewer to reflect on their inner self, on their life – past, present, and future…’

Dive deeper into the world of Chiharu Shiota.

Portrait of Chiharu Shiota sitting at her desk in her studio. Above her hangs the red frame of a sailing boat frame with red wool being threaded across it

About Chiharu Shiota

Read Chiharu Shiota’s biography.

Chiharu Shiota standing among The web of time

‘Because of Covid-19, numbers have become even more powerful’: An interview with Chiharu Shiota

Chiharu Shiota talks to Curator Contemporary Art Nina Tonga about the significance of numbers and colour, her beginnings in art, and what she hopes visitor take away from exploring The web of time.

Still from a video. It shows a large pavilion in the middle of a room, three scissor lifts, and multiple strands of black wool hanging from the ceiling mid-installation

Watch: Installing a Chiharu Shiota artwork

Hundreds of threads of wool. Multiple scissor lifts. Many, many hours. See the intricate details that go into installing an artwork by Chiharu Shiota.

Burnt piano and chair stand in a room. Behind them are an array of chairs connected to each other and the stairs via black wool

Slideshow: The art of Chiharu Shiota

Browse a selection of installations and exhibitions by Chiharu Shiota from the past 20 years.