- Tokyo Polytechnic University
- Chelsea College of Art and Design
Lieko Shiga creates intensely staged and documentary photographs rooted in specific communities and landscapes, especially Kitakama in northern Japan. Her images combine folklore, trauma, ritual and ordinary life into a highly saturated visual world.
Photography
Artist Films
Lieko Shiga on Kitakama village and the 2011 tsunami
San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2007Canary
- 2013Rasen Kaigan / Spiral Coast
- 2009Blind Date
- 2007Lilly
- 2008 onwardKitakama
- 2009Blind Date portrait series
- 2019Human Spring
- 2010sSpiral Shore
- 2000sNight Photographs
- 2010sCommunity Archive Works
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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