Kaoru Shibuta

Born 1980 in Hokkaido
based in Kagawa

Graduated from Kanebo Make-up Institute, Pan Make-up School.
Raised freely in the wilderness of Hokkaido. He synthetically transforms music and natural
sounds into paintings. He has exhibited his work at various artist-in-residences around the world, including at Institute of Art & Culture Espronceda Barcelona, ARTS Santa Monica(CASM), National
Centre for Contemporary Art, Russia(NCCA), and Pebeo brand ambassador for 2023, etc.

Exhibition History

Exhibition
2023 “FOCUS LONDON 2023” Saatchi Gallery, London
2023 “LONDON ART BIENNALE 2023” Chelsea Old Town Hall, London
2023 “Sarorun Kamuy” Hasu no hana Gallery, Tokyo
2023 “Wind and Wave Music Note” Munakata Miare Art Festival, Munakata City
2023 “Hankyu Art Fair 2023” Hankyu Umeda Main Store (Kawata Gallery)
2023 “HAUSMUSIK Ryutouen” Hotel Ryutouen Artist in Residence, Saga
2023 “on peut” Art Rhizome Kyoto, COCOTO by COCO GALLERY, Kyoto
2023 “CHURA KAMUY SONG” ANA InterContinental Manza Resort, Okinawa
2022 “Lenny’s” between the arts gallery, Tokyo
2022 “The Fourth International Biennial 2022” Kozara Museum, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2021 “LONDON ART BIENNALE” Chelsea Old Town Hall London
2021 “Hamakaze” BankART Station, Yokohama
2020 “Global Arts Festival” Elisabeth Jones Art Center, Portland
2020 “Sinfonia” AIR Exhibition (Kamoe Art Center Hamamatsu, Shizuoka)
2020 “Little Voices” KENSINGTON + CHELSEA ART WEEK 2020 London
2019 “St.SONIC” National Center of Contemporary Arts (NCCA), St. Petersburg
2019 "Swing DORA" Center d'Art Santa Mònica (CASM), Barcelona
2018 “Swing Mozart” Center for Arts & Culture ESPRONCEDA, Barcelona

Collection
Barcelona Art and Culture Center Espronceda(Barcelona)
ANA InterContinental Manza Beach Resort (Okinawa)
Elisabeth Jones Art Center(Portland)
Lake Studios Berlin
Picasso Pupils Art Society (India)
Pebeo Japon(Kobe)
Royal Park Hotel Haneda (Tokyo)
Sado Island Galaxy Art Festival (Niigata)

Awards
2021 13th Paper Art Festival Grand Prize (Fuji Paper Art Museum, Shizuoka)
2021 EX-TEMPORE PTUJ 2021 Special Jury Award (PTUJ, Slovenia)
2021 SHIBUYA AWARDS 2021 Shibuya Sound Music Award (Tokyo)
2019 The 14th Arte Laguna Prize BASU FOUNDATION Award, OUT OF BLUE Award
(Arsenal, Venice).
2018 Art Fair Asia Fukuoka 2018 Emerging Artist Exhibition Gallery Award, Audience Award
(Hotel Okura Fukuoka)