Biography

Miu Shinoda is a Japanese artist born in 1988 in Shizuoka, Japan. She has a Bachelor of Education degree from Aichi University of Education in Aichi, Japan. Currently residing in Lyon, France, Miu has exhibited her artwork in group and solo exhibitions in Lyon, Paris, New York, and Tokyo. Apart from exhibitions, she has also worked on projects like designing artwork for champagne labels and creating murals for restaurants. Miu is actively involved in teaching art to children and collaborating with other artists.

Artistic Approach

Miu explores the interconnectedness of “joy” and “escape” as two facets of the same emotional coin. Using art as a therapeutic outlet, she creates works that reflect her unconscious choice to paint as a means of escaping negative emotions, finding pleasure in the process. Observing the abundance of entertainment in modern society, especially in Japan, she believes it stems from a collective desire to escape suffering. Influenced by Buddhist philosophy emphasizing the ubiquity of suffering, she confronts societal inequalities and contradictions, acknowledging that joy and escape can be both positive and negative. Miu uses the motif of “flowers” in her art to symbolise joy, expressing the fleeting moments of both “joy” and “escape” through a blend of figurative and abstract elements, inviting viewers to contemplate their own lives and society.

Exhibition

• 13-18/02/2024 – Solo exhibition in Ginza’s Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• 6-21/01/2024 – Group exhibition Kurumart Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• 16/12/2023 – 14/01/2024 – Group exhibition at Nikawa’s Koya, Japan
• 5-10/12/2023 – Chau & Co Gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam
• 16-17/09/2023 – Group exhibition, La Cité des Halles, Lyon, France
• 06-23/04/2023 – Galerie L’Alcove, Lyon, France
• 3/10 – 28/11/2022 – The Japanese Consulat in Lyon, France
•  22/11 – 16/12/2022 – Mairie du 6ème, Lyon, France
• 1 – 14/12/2022 – Espace Yoga Korner, Lyon, France
• 06/08 – 07/08/2022 – Independent Tokyo 2022, Tokyo, Japan
• 08/07 – 31/07/2022 – RIEN, Kota, Japan
• 27/05 – 27/06/2022 – MONAT gallery, Madrid, Spain
• 29/03 – 09/04/2022 – Mairie du 6ème, Lyon, France
• 4/12/2021-24/01/2022 – Maison Magenta, Lyon, France
• 01-23/10/2021 – KoToPo, International Cultural Space, Lyon,France
• 26-28/11/2021 – Brussels Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
• 25/05 – 01/06/2021 – Group exhibition, Galerie Etienne de Causans, Paris, France

Artworks

Le Banquet en l’Honneur II (2023)

Oil painting on canvas

30 cm diameter

Hymn for the weekend (2023)

Oil painting on canvas

80 × 80 cm

Le Banquet en l’Honneur (2022)

Oil painting on canvas

30 cm diameter

Le bouquet III (2022)

Oil painting on canvas

80 × 80 cm