Chiharu Shiota

b. 1972, Osaka, Japan. Chiharu Shiota is a Berlin-based artist Confronting fundamental human concerns such as life, death and relationships. Shiota explores human existence throughout various dimensions by creating an existence in the absence either in her large-scale thread installations that include a variety of common objects and external memorabilia or through her drawings, sculptures, photography and videos. (Courtesy of the artist).