Chikako Yamashiro


Chikako Yamashiro is a Japanese filmmaker and video artist. Her works in photography, video and performance create visual investigations into the history, politics and culture of her homeland Okinawa. Particularly salient are themes related to the terrible civilian casualties incurred on the ground in Okinawa during World War II and the on-going troubles surrounding the U.S. military presence in Okinawa. Since 2019 she is Associate Professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts.

Early life

Chikako Yamashiro was born and raised in Okinawa. In 1999 she received her bachelor's degree in Oil painting from the Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, went on to study at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, U.K. In 2020 she completed the Graduate Course at the Environmental Design, Graduate School of Formative Arts at the Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts.

Exhibitions

Chikako Yamashiro's recent exhibitions include: From Generation to Generation: Inherited Memory and Contemporary Art, SEVEN JAPANESE ROOMS, 2016 Aichi Triennale, the 8th Asian Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, East Asia Feminism: FANTasia, MAM Project 018:Chikako Yamashiro. Selected publications include: Circulating World: The Art of Chikako Yamashiro, Chikako Yamashiro.
She won the 2017 Asian Art Award.