is a

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known for his large-format photographs of large-scale works of

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in unpopulated landscapes. Shibata was born in

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. He graduated from

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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 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

*1975, 1976 **Fellowship, Ministry of Education, Belgium *1992 **The 17th

Kimura Ihei Award The is a Japanese photography award. The award has been given every year since 1975 (except 1983) by the Asahi Shimbun Company, publisher of ''Asahi Shimbun'' and the magazine '' Asahi Camera'', in honor of the photographer Ihei Kimura was a J ...

, Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co.

Books

*''Nihon tenkei'' () / ''Photographs by Toshio Shibata.'' Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1992. . *With Yoshio Nakamura (, ''Nakamura Yoshio''). ''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.Announcement
from the Kamakura Gallery. *''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,

Notes

References

*Nakamura Hiromi (). "Shibata Toshio". In ''Nihon shashinka jiten'' () / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers.'' Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. . P.165. *Takeuchi Mariko (, Mariko Takeuchi). "Shibata Toshio", in

Kōtarō Iizawa "Kōtarō" is the form used in ''The History of Japanese Photography'' (2003). Iizawa often has his name romanized as "Kohtaro"; "Kotaro" also appears. is a Japanese photography critic, historian of photography, and magazine editor. Born in Senda ...

, ed., ''Nihon no shashinka 101'' (, 101 Japanese photographers). Tokyo: Shinshokan, 2008. . P.162.

External links

Toshio SHIBATA gallery
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