Summer Shimizu
Photographer, Visual Artist
She is interested in the perspective of individuals in relation to wider current social, cultural and political systems. The conversations the artist has with others become triggers which are transformed into the fundamentals of a work’s structure. Their recent practice has been focussed on the act of translating cultures towards overcoming intercultural barriers. By highlighting aspects of one’s own culture and exhibiting this work in a range of cultural contexts, international exchange is intended to progress shared understandings. She employs a range of media and materials as required and as in relation to the subject. Her work often manifests in photography and sculpture and site specific installation.
Her love/interests: people, different cultures, society, multiculturalism, biculturalism, nationalism, minimalism, Shinto, philosophy, ideology, Zeami, Noh, home, family, friends, heart, spirits, Socrates, people relationship, lights, colour, eyes, tea ceremony, kimono, Japanese Calligraphy, food, cricket, environment, global warming, and population ageing, belief, human's insatiable desire for discovery, animals, 공지철 Gong Yoo, 서인국 Seo In Guk, Go Ayano, UNICORN (musician).
Live and work in Auckland, New Zealand
Skill - Barista
Summer Shimizu
写真家、現代美術家、文筆家
異文化や社会性、主体性、帰属意識、環境性を概念とした作品が多く、日常会話や身の回りの出来事での疑問や葛藤、探究心から生まれることが多い。それらの社会性と哲学性の不調和を作品基盤とし、作成手法は、作品のコンセプトによって変化するが、写真と現代彫刻、インスタレーションアートを主とする。
関心事：人、異文化、文化、故郷、家族、友達、心、精神、ソクラテス、哲学、思想、世阿弥、能、光、色、目、茶道、着物、書道、食、クリケット (スポーツ)、次の日でも心に残る写真、環境、温暖化、高齢化、動物、コン・ユ、ソ・イングク、綾野剛、ユニコーン (音楽)
ニュージーランド・オークランド在住