Toshio Shibata
Toshio Shibata is a Japanese photographer known for his large-format photographs of large-scale works of civil engineering in unpopulated landscapes. Shibata was born in Tokyo. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a B.A. in 1972 and an M.F.A. in 1974 in which he concentrated primarily on painting.
Toshio Shibata
- Born
- 1949 · Tokyo.
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- photographer · artist
- Fields
- photography · visual arts · painting · architectural photography
- Education
- Tokyo University of the Arts
- Honours
- Kimura Ihei Award
- Languages
- Japanese · English
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Toshio Shibata is a Japanese photographer known for his large-format photographs of large-scale works of civil engineering in unpopulated landscapes. Shibata was born in Tokyo. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a B.A. in 1972 and an M.F.A. in 1974 in which he concentrated primarily on painting.
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• Nihon tenkei / Photographs by Toshio Shibata. Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1992.. • With Yoshio Nakamura (Nakamura Yoshio). Tera: Sōkei suru daichi: Shashinshū / Terra. Tokyo: Toshi Shuppan, 1994.. • Landscape. Tucson, Ariz.: Nazraeli, 1996.. • Toshio Shibata: October 11, 1997 through January 4, 1998. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1997.. • Shibata Toshio Visions of Japan. Kyoto: Korinsha, 1998.. • Type 55. Tucson, Ariz.: Nazraeli, 2004.. • Dam. Nazraeli, 2004.. • Juxtapose. Kamakura, Kanagawa: Kamakura Gallery, 2005. • Landscape 2. Portland, Ore.: Nazraeli, 2008.. Color photographs. • Still in the Night. Koganei, Tokyo: Soh Gallery, 2008. Black and white night views, 1982–86 of expressways in Japan. Captions and text in Japanese and English. • Randosukēpu: Shibata Toshio. Tokyo: Ryokō Yomiuri Shuppansha, 2008.. Black and white and color photographs. • Contacts, Poursuite Éditions, 2013,
Awards
Shibata received a fellowship from the Belgian Ministry of Education to study at the Royal Academy of Ghent in Belgium from 1975 to 1977 and begin his study of photography during this period. He held his first solo exhibition of photography in 1979 and has exhibited prolifically since; from 1987 he has also taught photography in Tokyo.
Toshio Shibata studied at Tokyo University of the Arts. The recorded working language is Japanese and English. The field of work recorded is photography, visual arts and painting. Work by Toshio Shibata is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Tate, National Gallery of Canada, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Photography Collection. Distinctions recorded are Kimura Ihei Award.
• 1975, 1976 • Fellowship, Ministry of Education, Belgium • 1992 • The 17th Kimura Ihei Award, Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co.
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