Art Exhibitions and Others:

2008 New internet website of Kensuke Shimizu (2nd Version, made by Kensuke Shimizu himself) started to be opened in internet:
http://www4.ocn.ne.jp/~kensuke/sub1.html

2007 Florence Biennale, Firenze, Italy. Exhibited 3 mixed media art works.

2007 Exhibition of Peace Machine. Artists: Sibel Kantola, Kensuke Shimizu, and Elena Hynninen. Producer: Petri hman. Viikinsaari in Tampere, Finland.

2007 Presentation entitled Natural and Artificial Lights as Part of the Japanese Landscape', at the international conference of the 18th Japan Anthropology Workshop (JAWS), held at the University of Oslo, Norway.

2006 Solo exhibition Dreams, Shoes & Bicycles, Finland - Japan'. Gallery Togeisha, Tokyo, Japan

2006 Exhibition of Peace Machine. Artists: Sibel Kantola and Kensuke Shimizu. Producer: Petri hman. Outdoor garden at the Botanical Garden of the University of Turku at Ruissalo, Finland.

2006 Exhibition of Peace Machine. Sibel Kantola, Kensuke Shimizu and Petri hman. Kaisaniemi Park, Helsinki. World Village Festival (Maailma kylss festivaali)

2005 As a model, appearance in the collage art work, Aleksis Kivi ja 7 Kensukea, in the multicultural paper called EtnoMoi (EtnoMoi, Seventh Issue 2005. Suuntana Suvaitsevaisuus ry. p.2.)

2005 Solo exhibition Toimistotarina Turku', Galleria Arsnet, Turku, Finland.

2005 Art installation Turku Peace Machine'. Sibel Kantola and Kensuke Shimizu. Kauppatori (Market square), Turku, Finland. In the event, Mahdollisuuksien tori (Markets of Possibilities)'.

2005 Illustrations in the Annual Report 2004 of the Ulkomaalaisvirasto (Directorate of Immigration, subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior, Finland).

2005 Solo exhibition Dream & Ecology - Unelma ja ekologia', Corridor Gallery, International Cultural Centre Caisa, Helsinki, Finland.

2005 Television appearance in the program Lauantaivekkari'(TV1(Yle1)) as the program`s viikon taiteilija (artist of the week) on February 5th.

2005 Solo exhibition Dream & Mind - Unelma ja mieli', Galleria Ulaani, Helsinki, Finland.

2005 Solo exhibition Dream & Talk - Unelma ja keskustelu', Mansikkapaikka (Cafe), Turku, Finland.

2004 In the event Taiteiden y (Night of the Arts)', Bird-theme art works (3 artists: Sibel Kantola, Sergei Arhipov, Kensuke Shimizu). International Meeting Point, Turku Cultural Centre, Turku, Finland.

2004 Exhibition of five artists (Sibel Kantola, Qi Hua Zhu, Raed Abu Askar, Muhsin Azzawi and Kensuke Shimizu). International Meeting Point, Turku Cultural Centre, Turku, Finland.

2004 May 6: Literature event, Monikulttuurinen kirjallisuusilta. Short lecture (presentation) on graphic poems. Kynnys ry and International Meeting Point organized together with TARU-project this literature evening event. Place: Kynnys ry, Turku.

2004 Solo exhibition Dreams and Thoughts', International Meeting Point, Turku, Finland.

2004 Solo exhibition 100 Bicycles', Galerii 36, Tallinn, Estonia.

2002 Collective Exhibition (Contest) Zen-nihon Art Salon Kaiga Taishou-ten, Osaka, Japan. Acrylic painting Double on Root (size: F20; 72,7cm X 60,6cm) selected to be exhibited.

2001 Three very short stories (2 in English: Mannequin Mechanical, Kyoto Higashiyama Visit, and 1 in Japanese: London-dedeatta-kanojotachi, all these with some illustration works also made by Kensuke Shimizu) and 1 poem Hummingbird Life (the English-only Version & the Original Version), in the internet website Kensuke Shimizu himself made:
http://members.aol.com/YTKMSHIMIZ/sub1.htm

1992 Group exhibition of three artists Sanninten', Gallery Miharaya, Tokyo.

Education:
2005- European Ethnology, University of Turku, Finland. Postgraduate student studying for a doctoral degree. Research topic: Lights in Finland and Japan.

2002-2005 University of Turku, Finland. Master of Arts in Ethnology/Baltic Sea Region Studies (2005).
Master's thesis (2005, TYKL archive): CHRISTMAS SEASONS OF TURKU IN 2002-2004. Events, Visual Effects, Foreigners' Views, and Comparisons among Europe, Japan and Turku

1999-2000 University College London / School of Slavonic & East European Studies (UCL / SSEES), University of London, UK. Studied Finnish Literature, Finnish language, Hungarian Language and Hungarian Culture.

1997-1999 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. Studied Finnish Language.

1992-1996 Waseda University, Japan, B.A. in Human Sciences (1996), major: Health Sciences, Studied Psychology of Fine Arts, Environmental Psychology, and so on.
BA Thesis (1995): Kaiga no inshou hyouka ni kansuru kenkyuu (The Evaluation of the Impressions of Art)
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