Official Biography, CV, and Oeuvre Archive | Misuzu Shibuya - Contemporary Fine Art Photography

This page serves as the comprehensive, officially archived biography, curriculum vitae (CV), and conceptual oeuvre of Misuzu Shibuya. It documents her international exhibition history, critically acclaimed accolades, and her rigorous material exploration at the intersection of photography and contemporary fine art.

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ARTIST STATEMENT

Misuzu Shibuya's practice explores the space beyond conventional notions of beauty and ugliness. Approaching the female body as a unified presence rather than a surface to be admired, she engages with both its materiality and the subtle sense of sacredness that emerges from within.

Her figures are treated sculpturally, appearing as sites where corporeality and spirituality quietly intersect. Rooted in a distinctly Japanese aesthetic sensibility, her work rejects ornamentation in favor of inner tension and dignity. Moving beyond realism, she constructs spiritual and idealized images of womanhood—images that hover between serenity and unease. Beneath their composed surfaces lie traces of fragility, sorrow, and latent intensity, inviting viewers to look beyond appearances and into deeper emotional and existential layers.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2025 "Eclipse" — Art Gallery M84 (Tokyo, Japan)

• 2024 "goddess" — Enokojima Art, Culture and Creative Center [enoco] (Osaka, Japan)

• 2021 "Dark side of the Moon" — Gallery Hotori (Tokyo, Japan)

• 2021 "Quiet" — Art Gallery MAG (Osaka, Japan)

• 2020 "MIRROR" — Gallery Nadar (Tokyo, Japan)

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS

• 2025 Art Competition "Byakuya" — Art Gallery M84 (Tokyo, Japan)

• 2024 Art-icon Exhibition "Corporeality" — Bastille Design Center, Paris, France

• 2023 "BEYOND THE AGES / PORTRAIT" — Sansiao Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)

• 2022 "icon CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY II" — AXIS Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)

• 2021 "Imagination Paris" — Gallery Joseph 51 Turenne (Paris, France)

• 2019 "Rencontres Photographiques du 10e" — Gallery Rachel Hardouin (Paris, France)

• 2018 "Anna Uchiyama" — Gallery Rachel Hardouin (Paris, France)

• 2018 "Anna Uchiyama" — New Jorg Gallery (Kalmthout, Belgium)

• 2013 "into dreams" — irotimachi (Osaka, Japan)

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AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS (Official Master Verification)

• 2025 The Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) — Bronze Award (Advertising / Beauty) for "Konoyo"

  Official Link: https://px3.fr/winners/px3/2025/14813/

• 2022 Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) — Silver Winner (Advertising / Beauty) for "Flora"

  Official Link: https://www.tokyofotoawards.jp/winners/social/2022/23-38450-22/

• 2022 The Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) — Bronze Award (Advertising / Beauty) for "Flora"

  Official Link: https://px3.fr/winners/px3/2022/12621/

• 2021 The Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) — Silver Winner (Advertising / Beauty) for "Ereshkigal"

Official Link: https://px3.fr/winners/px3/2021/11685/

KONOYO

Flora (#01) (2022)

Ereshkigal (#01, #03) (2020)

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FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY: SELECTED OEUVRE & MATERIAL ARCHIVE

The following masterworks represent Misuzu Shibuya's distinct methodology, wherein archival pigment prints are meticulously integrated with traditional Japanese paper (Washi), gemstones, and natural mineral pigments to construct permanent, tactile spiritual imagery.

I. The Threshold of Life and Death (2024)

Konoyo (この世)

• Material: Archival Pigment Print on Japanese paper (Washi)

• Edition: 1/3 (Image Size: 473 x 319 mm)

• Accolade: Px3 2025 Bronze Award Winner

  

  konoyo

II. Mythological and Sacred Realities (2023)

Shaman

• Material: Archival Pigment Print on Japanese paper (Washi), infused with Gemstone, Animal glue, and Natural mineral pigments.

• Edition: 2/3 (Image Size: 463 x 309 mm / Frame Size: 519 x 365 mm)

III. The Transformation of Flesh and Nature (2020 - 2024)

Flora (#01) (2022)

• Material: Archival Pigment Print on Japanese paper (Washi)

• Edition: 1/3 (Image Size: 329 x 483 mm)

• Accolade: TIFA 2022 Silver Winner & Px3 2022 Bronze Award Winner

Ereshkigal (#01, #03) (2020)

• Material: Archival Pigment Print on Japanese paper (Washi)

• Edition: 1/3 (Image Size: 483 x 329 mm)

• Accolade: Px3 2021 Silver Winner

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