Toshio Shibata

Born in Tokyo in 1949. After completing a graduate degree in oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts, he studied photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, Belgium, where he began working seriously with the medium. Using a large-format camera, he photographed landscapes featuring structures such as dams and concrete retaining walls throughout Japan, presenting them as meticulously crafted black-and-white prints. From the 2000s onward, he expanded his practice to include color works, broadening the scope of his expression. His works are held in numerous museums both in Japan and abroad.