Meg Shirayama is a London based artist exploring geometric language through minimal painted forms. Her work draws inspiration from elemental geometries found in everyday utilitarian objects. Taking interest in the clarity of basic forms where she sees the economy of design and repurposing possibilities by shifting the perspective of orientation.
Education
2007 Slade School of Fine Art, MFA in Painting
2005 Wimbledon School of Art, BA (Hons) in Fine Art Painting
2001 Central St.Martins College of Art and Design, BTEC Diploma in foundation studies in Art and Design
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Portals (colour / form / function), Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize Sculpture Award winner’s exhibition, Emerging Artist Gallery, London
2008 L-series paintings, Rocket Gallery, London
Group Exhibitions
2023 …the parts/…the sum, Zembla Gallery, Hawick, Scotland
2023 Splitting the square, Galerie Abstract Project, Paris
2022 Colour/Structure, Thames-Side Studios Gallery, London
2021 WOMERSLEY, Zembla Gallery, Hawick
2021 Light unlocked, Rocket Gallery, London
2020 Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize Shortlist Exhibition, Emerging Artist Gallery, London
2019 Miniscule Venice Biennale, Castello, Venezia
2019 Miniscule Part 2, Cross Lane Projects, Cumbria
2018 Protocol, Q Park, London
2017 The Crash, Q Park, London
2015 Silent movies, Q Park, London
2013 Compilation, Rocket Gallery, London
2010 The Art of Function, Oriel Sycharth Gallery, Wrexham
2009 The Sculpture Show, V22, London
2009 Don’t give up ‘til the world is square, Museum Ritter Collection, Berlin
2008 Minimalism and Applied I, DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin
Awards / Residency
2020 Sculpture Award, Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize
2007 West Dean College Fellowship Scholarship - one year residency
2002 Prunella Clough Scholarship
Selected Reviews / Articles / Interviews / Publications
2020 Made In Bed Magazine, Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize Sculpture Award winner’s interview, 2nd November 2020 - madeinbed.co.uk/sculpture-winner-2020
2011 Disclosure in Art, Renate Wiehager for the Daimler Art Collection, Hatje Cantz Ostfildern
2011 Wallpaper Magazine, Space/Russian around, p.158, 162, January 2011 issue 142
2009 Homage to the Square, Museum Ritter Collection
2008 The Week, exhibition review for L-series paintings, September 2008
2007 Minimalism and Applied I, DaimlerChrysler Contemporary
Collections
Daimler Art Collection, Berlin, Germany
Museum Ritter Collection, Waldenbuch, Germany