Lieko Shiga

Lieko Shiga (志賀理江子; born 1980) is a Japanese photographer. She is best known for her "Rasen Kaigan" (spiral coast) series.

Career

Shiga was born in Okazaki, Aichi in 1980.[1] After graduating from high school she enrolled in Tokyo Polytechnic University. She left school halfway through the term and enrolled at Chelsea College of Arts in London in 1999. She graduated in 2004.[2] From 2007 to 2008, Shiga was part of an Agency of Cultural Affairs program for young artists that allowed her to continue studying in London. While participating in the program she published Lilly, a photograph collection of people living in her apartment building. She also won the Kimura Ihei Award for Canary, a photograph series taken in Australia and Sendai.[1] In 2009 she won an Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography in New York City.[3]

After returning to Japan, Shiga moved to Kitakama, Miyagi, where she partnered with a local cameraman to photograph festivals and sports days while recording oral histories with residents. While there, she and the other people who lived in Kitakama were devastated by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The earthquake destroyed Shiga's studio, but more importantly it killed sixty people in the small village.[4] Her "Rasen Kaigan" (spiral coast) series was inspired by the events of that day.

In 2012 Shiga won the Higashikawa Prize for new artists.[5]

Style

Shiga has been compared to Rinko Kawauchi, one of her contemporaries, but her style is more expressionist.[6] Her photographs have been called "dreamscapes" by Marco Bohr (in Time magazine), who also compared her to Masatoshi Naito.[7] Her images are surreal and gloomy, but mostly inspired by the places around her.[8]

Bibliography
  • Shiga, Lieko (2008). Lilly. アートビートパブリッシャーズ. ISBN 9784902080131.
  • Shiga, Lieko (2008). Canary. 赤々舎.
  • Shiga, Lieko (2013). 螺旋海岸 notebook. 赤々舎. ISBN 9784903545912.
  • Shiga, Lieko (2013). 螺旋海岸 album. 赤々舎. ISBN 9784903545929.

Collections

Shiga's work is held in the following permanent collections:

References
  1. "2009 Infinity Award: Young Photographer". International Center of Photography. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  2. 志賀理江子によるアーティスト・トーク
  3. "Past Recipients". International Center of Photography. 2016-05-16. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  4. "Lieko Shiga | 1000 Words". www.1000wordsmag.com. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  5. "受賞作家名: SHIGA Lieko – 志賀 理江子". 東川町国際写真フェスティバル (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  6. Badger, Gerry. "Lieko Shiga | Rasen Kaigan/album (Spiral Coast/album)". www.1000wordsmag.com. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  7. Bohr, Marco (May 6, 2013). "Dreamscapes: The Fantastical Photographs of Lieko Shiga". Time. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  8. Famighetti, Michael (March 14, 2016). "Outside of Time - Lieko Shiga". Objektiv. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  9. "Lieko Shiga | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  10. "Lieko Shiga (Japanese, born 1980) (Getty Museum)". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  11. "Lieko Shiga · SFMOMA". www.sfmoma.org. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
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