My Interview Featured in Louvre Unbound Vol. 6

My Interview Featured in Louvre Unbound Vol. 6 hidemishimura, fiberart, contemporaryart Hidemi Shimura

I am pleased to share that an interview with me has been published in Louvre Unbound Vol. 6, an independent contemporary art magazine featuring bold, experimental, and thought-provoking visual art from around the world.

Louvre Unbound provides a platform for emerging and independent artists whose practices often exist beyond mainstream institutions. The magazine places particular importance on artistic freedom, cross-cultural dialogue, and the diverse ways in which contemporary art reflects emotional, symbolic, and social experience.

The interview was made possible following my participation in the two-person exhibition JIKAN, held at Luka Art Gallery in Portugal in 2023. It was produced with the introduction and kind support of the gallery’s curator, Ana Carolina de Villanueva.

In the interview, I speak about the background of my artistic practice, my creative process, the materials and repetitive methods I use, and the ways in which my approach to art has changed over time. I also discuss how viewers often initially mistake my thread-based works for paintings, my recent reflections on time and artistic life, and my experience of having my work presented within an international curatorial context.

I am especially grateful that the interview gave me an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between materials, perception, cultural experience, and the direction I hope my future work will take.

You can read the original English interview in Louvre Unbound Vol. 6.

Being interviewed also gave me an opportunity to reconsider what I want to leave behind through my work, and how I hope to continue developing my practice in the years ahead.

My Interview Featured in Louvre Unbound Vol. 6 hidemishimura, fiberart, contemporaryart Hidemi Shimura
Parallel World (LW_1) Mixed Media 115 × 48 × 4 cm 2025

Contemporary Fiber Artist Hidemi Shimura
An artist who creates artworks mainly using embroidery threads. Majored in fashion design at university, and after graduation began working in 3DCG production. In 2005, she began her career as a contemporary artist. In 2006, she moved to Shanghai, a city she fell in love with after a company trip. Although she did not intend to stay in Shanghai for that long, she ended up living there for almost 7 years due to unexpected matters, such as the closure of art galleries due to the world economy crisis. Returned to Japan in December 2013 and currently resides in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture. Continues to work as a contemporary artist. Currently, she is working on creating many artworks for the 20th anniversary of her career as an artist in 2025.
In this blog, she posts musings on art, culture, and history, as well as reports on her own activities.
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