Aiko Shimotsuma
Born in Japan / Lives and works in Berlin Germany
Education
2020-2021         Weißensee academy of art Berlin, Meisterschuelerin, Fine art/ Sculpture (Berlin, Germany)
2017                  Chelsea college of art, Department of Fine art, Erasmus  (London, UK)
2014-2019         Weißensee academy of art Berlin, Diploma, Fine art / Sculpture (Berlin, Germany)
2006 - 2011       Ryukoku University, Department of sociology BA (Kyoto, Japan)
Awards / Scholarships / Grants 
2022-2023          NaFöG (Elsa-Neumann-Stipendium), Germany
2021                   Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation (Grant for 2021) , Japan
2020                   Bernhard-Heiliger-Stiftung (Award of 2020), Germany
2019-2020          Atelierstipendium (Atelier Scholarship), Mart Stam Stiftung für Kunst + Gestaltung, Germany

Residency          
2024                  Panorama (Venice, Italy)
2020                  an• other here residency (Berlin,DE)
Selected exhibition
2024                  PALE BOUNDARIES, Panorama (Venice, Italy)
2023                  Displays: On the Surface, Galerie Met  (Berlin, Germany)
                          we felt that we were left in limbo wondering what was happening, HAUS 1 (Berlin, Germany)
2022                  2.0,Solo exhibition, Hosek contemporary (Berlin, Germany)
2021                  Oh Spring, an other here residency (Berlin, Germany)
                          Ubiquity (Berlin, Germany)
                          IPSO FACTO, Kuhlhaus (Berlin, Germany)
                          poros, Lobe Block (Berlin, Germany)
2020                  Bernhard-Heiliger-Stiftung (Award of 2020)  intervention at Kunsthaus Dahlem (Berlin, Germany)
                          High Noon, Wanjahack gallery (Linz, Austria)
                          3 Speakers 3 Sounds 3 Artists, Collective sound work at großen Wasserspeicher (Berlin, Germany)
2019                   Hinterm Wald, Kunstraum Postdamerstrasse (Berlin, Germany)
                           Perfekte Zustände, X lane (Berlin, Germany)  
　　　                Art Zagreb, Technical Museum Nikola Tesla (Zagreb, Croatia)
                           GLATT, West Germany (Berlin, Germany)
2018                   Internationale windkunstfestival (Nordhessen, Germany)
                           Hinterm Wald, AGORA (Berlin, Germany)
                           Tun und Lassen, Greenhouse (Berlin, Germany)
                           going underground, StudierendenWERK BERLIN (Berlin, Germany)
                           Accept (London, UK)
2017                   Synesthesia, Wiensowski & Harbord Gallery (Berlin, Germany)
                           Incognito, Tomashoehe park (Berlin, Germany)
2016                   Wollt Warm +up, Museum Woli (Warsaw, Poland)
                           48 Stunden Neukoelln (Berlin, Germany)
                           In'ei raisan, Japanese-German center Berlin (Berlin, Germany)