About The Work

In Four Eggs Shimoda performed a series of futile yet meaningful acts with utmost concentration and effort, speaking about human presence, poetry, and essentially - the very rudiments of performance art.

About The Artist

Born in 1953, Nagano, Japan
2000 - Performs in Switzerland, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, Macau, Hong Kong and Thailand; the first Asia-based artist to receive the Bessie Award (New York Dance and Performance Award), U.S.A.
1999 - Performances in Korea, Switzerland, China, the Philippines, Myanmar, Italy, U.S.A., Poland, Germany, Finland, Austria and Spain; organises NIPAF tour of Japanese Artists in 10 cities in the U.S.A., Poland, the Philippines, Germany and Spain
1995 - Initiates the Asian Series, a summer seminar
1993 - Founds NIPAF
1980s - Organizes several art festivals in Japan

Four Eggs