Shiraishi was born in Tokyo in 1956 and moved to London to study painting at Chelsea School of Art in 1978. She is recognised for her often large and minimal abstract canvases exploring the formal properties of colour and compositon.
Bands of contrasting colours and tones ranging from delicate layered organic brushwork to sections of heavier grainy and combed surfaces interplay to create formal rather than illusionistic space.
Shiraishi’s stunning use of colour, tone and composition make her works seductive to the eye and the senses yet at the same time fascinate as intellectual explorations into the formal language of painting.
Alongside her paintings, Shiraishi is also known for her architectural and conceptual projects such as Space Elevator Tea House (2009) and Netherworld (2013).
Shiraishi has exhibited widely across Europe, Japan, and the UK, and her work is held in major international public collections.
In this special collaboration, Shiraishi will join Sakata and Nakajima with spoken words.
