Yukako Shibata

Yukako was born in Hokkaido, Japan, and has lived and worked in London since 1993.

Yukako has a MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art. She has exhibited in numerous solo shows and group shows in the UK, Canada, Germany and Japan. Her work is in many public and private collections worldwide, including Doris Lockhart Saatchi, The Tim Sayer Collection (bequeathed to Hepworth, Wakefield), Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, Braintree District Council, Poplar HARCA, and the Royal College of Art Collection.

My work is a hybrid of sculpture, painting and installation.

I explore the subliminal colours of both the natural and man-made world and question the complex interplay of light, atmosphere and the way in which we perceive these things. Finding beauty in all things mundane interests me, and it is these moments of reverie that are embodied in the work.

Artist Statement:
Colour is integral to my work. Some of my painted surfaces are deliberately hidden so that what is visible is their reflection. The reflected colours in my work are understated, and quiet and reveal themselves slowly.

The placement and viewing points of my work are important considerations. The environment in which the artwork is located ...

2002-05 : Royal College of Art, MA
1999-01 : Painting City & Guilds of London Art School, MA, Fine Art
1998-99 : Byam Shaw School of Art, Post Graduate Diploma, Fine Art
1995-98 : City & Guilds of London Art School, BA, Fine Art (First Hons)

Solo Shows:
2018: Light in Plenty, Shadow in Plenty, White Conduit Projects, London (two women show)
2014: Ethereal, GALLERY MoMo, Tokyo, Japan
2013: Colour Shadow, Light Gallery, London
2011: ArtNW10, Acme Harrow Road Studios, London
2008: Luminescence, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London
2006: Percepts, Atrium Gallery, Price Waterhouse Copper, London

Group Shows:
2022: Like there is hope and I can dream of another world, Hauser & Wirth, London
2021: A generous Space, Hastings Contemporary, Hastings
2021: Lucky Cat by Gordon Ramsay, London
2021: Pacific Breeze II, White Conduit Projects, London
2021: Flowers of Romance III, White Conduit Projects, London
2020: Bluebird House by Hospital Rooms Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
2019: The Salon, White Conduit Projects, London
2019: Fund Raising Auction Event by the Hospital Rooms, Hauser & Wirth, London
2018: SPACE / LCN Showcase 5th Edition, Space Studios, London
2018: Summer Show 2018, Unit 1 Gallery | Workshop, London
2018: Wild, The Wanstead Quaker Meeting House Garden, London
2017: The Collector Curates, The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire
2017: Concrete Dance, curated by Lavinia Rosen, Kunstvoll Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2017: Beyond, cura...