Slideshow: The art of Chiharu Shiota

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

In Silence, 2019

Installation: burnt piano, burnt chair, Alcantara black thread. Installation view: Shiota Chiharu: The Soul Trembles, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019. Photo by Sunhi Mang. Courtesy of the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo. © Copyright Agency, 2020 and the artist

Lifelines, 2019

Performance/Installation: red wool, wooden chairs. Kulturprojekte Berlin, Germany. Photo by Sunhi Mang. © Copyright Agency, 2020 and the artist

Accumulation-Searching for the Destination, 2019

Installation: suitcase, motor, red rope. Installation view: Shiota Chiharu: The Soul Trembles, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019. Photo by Sunhi Mang. Courtesy of the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo. © Copyright Agency, 2020 and the artist

Counting Memories, 2019

Wooden desks, chairs, paper, black wool. Silesian Museum in Katowice, Poland. © Copyright Agency, 2020 and the artist. Photo by Sonia Szeląg. © Silesian Museum

The Key in the Hand, 2015

Installation: old keys, old wooden boats, red wool. Japan Pavilion, 56th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy. Photo by Sunhi Mang. © Copyright Agency, 2020 and the artist

Uncertain Journey, 2019

Installation: metal frame, red wool. Installation view: Shiota Chiharu: The Soul Trembles, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019. Photo by Sunhi Mang. Courtesy of the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo. © Copyright Agency, 2020 and the artist