[Education]
B.S. Biochemistry, Kobe University, Japan
[Exhibitions]
2020 MOT Annual 2020 Invisible Powers, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
2020 Quantum Questions | EFECT exhibition, Centrul Cultural Clujean, România
2020 PHYTOPIA, Science Gallery Bengaluru, India
2019 Biodesign Lab Exhibition, NARS Foundation, New York
2019 India Design ID – Harvest Exhibition, New Delhi, India
2018 Matsudo International Science Art Festival, Japan
2018 Future Tunnel, Tokyo Gaikan Expressway Tunnel
2017 Berlin Science Week, Germany
2017 Link of Life, Shiseido Gallery, Japan
2017 steirischer herbst festival, Austria
2017 SingularityU Japan Summit, biotech exhibition, National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Japan
2017 Shibuya Cast Grand Opening, Japan
2017 Yoko Shimizu Exhibition “Layers of Life,” LAD GALLERY, Japan
2017 Science Inspires Art: Biodiversity/Extinction, The Silva Gallery of Art, USA
2016 Yoko Shimizu Exhibition “Anatomy of Flora,” LAD GALLERY, Japan
2016 Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
2016 Glacial Forest, NARS Foundation, New York, USA
2015 Science Inspires Art: Biodiversity/Extinction, New York Hall of Science, USA
2015 Celestial Sunset, NARS Foundation, New York, USA
2015 Yoko Shimizu Exhibition “Photosynthegraph,” LAD GALLERY, Japan
2015 Yoko Shimizu Exhibition “H2O,” PIgallery, Japan
2015 Yoko Shimizu Exhibition “The Clean Room,” LAD GALLERY, Japan
2014 Secret Garden, NARS Foundation, New York, USA
2014 Yoko Shimizu Exhibition, 5/R HALL & GALLERY, Japan
2013 The Garden, NARS Foundation, New York, USA
2012 Nagoya Art Fair, Westin Nagoya Castle Hotel, Japan
2012 Yoko Shimizu Exhibition, GALLERY APA, Japan
2012 On the Road, Changdong Art Studio, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
2012 Tokyo Art Fair, Japan
2012 Kyoto Art Fair, Japan
2012 AR Festival, Paju, South Korea
2012 Playing On, Changdong Art Studio, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
2011 Yoko Shimizu Exhibition, GALLERY APA, Japan
2011 Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2011 VARIA NAGOYA ART FAIR
2011 Art Slope Exhibition, Shibuya Seibu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Japan Earthquake Charity Show, GALLERY APA, Nagoya, Japan
2011 New Year Exhibition, GALLERY APA, Nagoya, Japan
2011 December Show, GALLERY APA, Nagoya, Japan
2010 Yoko Shimizu Exhibition, GALLERY APA, Japan
2010 +PLUS Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan
2010 December Show, GALLERY APA, Nagoya, Japan
2010 APA Contemporary Art Auction, GALLERY APA, Nagoya, Japan
2010 Yoko Shimizu “Bloom” Exhibition, Shibuya Seibu Gallery, Japan
2010 Shibuya Style, Shibuya Seibu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Yoko Shimizu Solo Exhibition, GALLERY APA, Japan
2009 Yoko Shimizu Lab Exhibition, Gallery Introart, Japan
2009 Nagoya Contemporary Art Festival, Japan
2009 Shibuya Style, Shibuya Seibu Gallery, Japan
2009 December Show, GALLERY APA, Japan
2008 Yoko Shimizu Solo Exhibition, Aichi Art Center
2008 Mitsubishi-Jisho ARTIUM Award Exhibition, Japan
2008 Geisai Museum 2, Japan
2008 White Exhibition, Gallery Introart, Japan
2007 Tokyo Wonder Seed, Tokyo Wonder Site, Japan
2007 Tokyo Wonder Wall, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
2007 CNACC (Czech-Japan Art) Exhibition
[RESIDENCIES]
2013 New York Art Residency & Studios Foundation, New York
2012 Changdong Art Studio, Changdong Art Studio, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
[AWARDS]
2012 Aichi Art and Culture Award
2009 Aichi Bank Art Grant
2009 Grand Prize, Nagoya Contemporary Art Festival
2008 Grand Prize, Mitsubishi-Jisho ARTIUM
2008 Nominated, Geisai Museum 2, Mori Art Museum Chairman, Keiko Mori Award
2008 Selected, Tokyo Wonder Seed
2007 Selected, Tokyo Wonder Wall
2007 Selected, CNACC (Czech-Japan Art) Exhibition
[Media]
– Regular Shows (host)
2010 “Yoko Shimizu – Sunday Music Walk”, Aichi International Broadcasting, Live show, Every Sunday, 6 AM – 11 AM
2007 – 2009 “Yoko Shimizu – Cosmo Style”, Aichi International Broadcasting, Live show, Every Sunday, 5 PM – 9 PM
– Talk shows (guest appearance)
2009 Aichi Television “NEWS FINE AI”
2014 MID-FM FM76.1
2014 Tokai Television “Super News”
2015 MID-FM FM76.1
2015 TEDxTokyo “Integration of Art and Science”
2016 FITC Tokyo “Integration of Art and Science”
2016 Japan Television SENSORS, Shibuya Fashioncode Week
2016 Japan Television, Megaten, Science Art
2016 Asahi Television “Design Code”
2017 FM4, Austria “Biodesign lab at steirischer herbst”
2018 Daily News J:COM “Matsudo International Science Art Festival”
2018 Science World
2019 TV series “Inhand” – bioart production
Judging Panel
2018 Knowledge Innovation Awards, Japan
2019 Knowledge Innovation Awards, Japan
[Creative director / Global business support]
– Creative director/consultant
Panasonic, Teijin, Kokuyo, Daikin, Osaka Gas
– Global project/service support
Toyota, Honda, IBM, Fast Retailing (Uniqlo), Denso, Walt Disney Japan, Tesco