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By Fanny Revault <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Chiharu Shiota is a Japanese artist born in 1972 in Osaka. Since 1996, she lives and works in Berlin. The artist is represented Templon Galler<\/a><\/strong>y<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Where did your passion for art come from?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

My parents owned a business manufacturing fish boxes in Osaka. I did not like the life they were living. The factory was always restless. By eight in the morning you could hear the machinery, the employees set to work, and the machines ran until six in the evening, producing a thousand wooden boxes a day.<\/p>\n

I knew very early in life that I wanted to pursue art, because I was opposing the life my parents. They were working like machines; I hated this sense of living, I hated the factory itself. I wanted to pursue something more spiritually fulfilling, something that would satisfy me in a spiritual sense. Art was my calling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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How has Occident welcomed you? And your art ?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I never thought much about my Japanese heritage when I lived in Japan. But when I moved to Europe, I was more confronted with my heritage than ever before. I was meeting and working with people from all over the world. And I began to be aware of my cultural identity. However, I also feel trapped by it. When I am exhibiting my art in Europe, I am presented as a Japanese artist; but when I am showing my work in Japan, I am seen as a European artist. I would prefer to be seen as Chiharu Shiota: artist with no tags whatsoever.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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What do you feel you are bringing to society through your art? What are the ideas \/ ideals you defend ? <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I am very much fascinated by human communication. It is fascinating how we have developed consciousness and are able to interact with each other but still struggle very much in doing so. We have deep emotional connections with our partners, parents and children but we still have a hard time fully understanding each other. There is still a limited understanding of each other feelings and thoughts. I want to convey this struggle in my installations. I want the viewer to self-reflect on their way of communication when they see the art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n