Sho Shibuya
B.1984 Based in New York City, USA
Introduction
Born in Japan in 1984, Sho Shibuya has lived in New York City since 2011. Shibuya is an artist, graphic designer, and founder of the creative studio Placeholder. His Sunrise from a Small Window series is Shibuya’s most characteristic work, which began as a daily meditation on the contrast between the steady morning sky and the increasingly chaotic news. The idea transformed into a visual, emotional interpretation of the political and environmental landscape presented on the front page of the New York Times, hiding the individual details beneath a layer of paint. Taken over time, it creates a visual record of each day, capturing the natural beauty of the sunrise as well as the significant events that punctuate the timeline.
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Month, Unit, London, UK
2022
Sunrise from a Small Window: A Selection from 2020, Isetan the Space, Tokyo, Japan
2021
55 Sunrises, curated by Anthony Vaccarello, Art Basel Miami x Saint Laurent, Miami, USA
2018
Week, +81 Gallery, New York, USA
Group Exhibitions
2022
Headlines: Mondo Reale, 23rd International Exhibition Triennale, Milano, hosted by Fondation Cartier, Milan Italy
2021
E/Motion. Fashion in Transition, MoMu, Antwerp, Belgium
Special Projects & Collaborations
2021
55 Sunrises, collaboration with Anthony Vaccarello, Creative Director at YSL for Yves Saint Laurent’s at Art Basel Miami
Black Rain, artwork in collaboration with Craig Costello (known as KRINK)
2020
This is the Daily, collaboration with Michael Barbaro for The New York Times Daily podcast
It’s in Our Hands, artwork in collaboration with Patti Smith
Publications
2022
’55 Sunrises’, by Sho Shibuya, Published by Saint Laurent Rive Droite
2021
‘Sunrise from a Small Window’, by Sho Shibuya, Published by Just an Idea
Collections
Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art