KUBO Hiroko

KUBO Hiroko currently lives and works in Hiroshima. In 2013, she completed her MFA in Sculpture at Texas Christian University. The main sources of inspiration for her practice are theories about prehistoric art, folk art, and cultural anthropology, and in recent years she has created works on the theme of the relationship between agriculture and art through using materials in her daily life.
Her major exhibitions include “AGROTOPIA –When life becomes art through local agriculture” (Aomori Museum Of Art, Aomori, 2019), “Ascending Art Annual Vol.2 –Matsuri, Matsuru” (Spiral Garden, Tokyo, 2018), “Art Setouchi Triennale 2016” (Shodo Island, Kagawa), and “OSOREISM” (Hajimari Museum, Fukushima, 2016). In 2017 she was awarded the Grand Prize at “Rokko Meets Art.”
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