Toshio Shibata


Toshio Shibata is a Japanese photographer known for his large-format photographs of large-scale works of civil engineering in unpopulated landscapes.
Shibata was born in Tokyo. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a B.A. in 1972 and an M.F.A. in 1974 in which he concentrated primarily on painting. Shibata received a fellowship from the Belgian Ministry of Education to study at the Royal [Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent)|Royal Academy of Ghent] in Belgium from 1975 to 1977 and begin his study of photography during this period. He held his first solo exhibition of photography in 1979 and has exhibited prolifically since; from 1987 he has also taught photography in Tokyo.

Awards

Books

  • Nihon tenkei / Photographs by Toshio Shibata. Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1992..
  • With Yoshio Nakamura. Tera: Sōkei suru daichi: Shashinshū / Terra. Tokyo: Toshi Shuppan, 1994..
  • Landscape. Tucson, Ariz.: Nazraeli, 1996..
  • Toshio Shibata: October 11, 1997 through January 4, 1998. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1997..
  • Shibata Toshio Visions of Japan. Kyoto: Korinsha, 1998..
  • Type 55. Tucson, Ariz.: Nazraeli, 2004..
  • Dam. Nazraeli, 2004..
  • Juxtapose. Kamakura, Kanagawa: Kamakura Gallery, 2005.
  • Landscape 2. Portland, Ore.: Nazraeli, 2008.. Color photographs.
  • Still in the Night. Koganei, Tokyo: Soh Gallery, 2008. Black and white night views, 1982-86 of expressways in Japan. Captions and text in Japanese and English.
  • Randosukēpu: Shibata Toshio. Tokyo: Ryokō Yomiuri Shuppansha, 2008.. Black and white and color photographs.
  • Contacts, Poursuite Éditions, 2013,