Shigeko kubota biography examples

Shigeko Kubota (–) was an avant-garde artist whose works spanned video, sculpture, performance, and text, as a pioneer of video art. Born in Niigata prefecture, Japan, Kubota graduated from the Tokyo University School of Education in with a degree in sculpture.

She started performing and exhibited at the Japanese experimental art scene in early s. In , she was deeply inspired by Nam June Paik’s performance at Sogetsu Art Center, Tokyo and was highly absorbed in Fluxus. In the same year, Kubota moved to New York City at the invitation of Fluxus impresario George Maciunas.

Kubota became a fixture of Fluxus community, participated in various Fluxus events including her infamous Vagina Painting () and produced her own Fluxus objects.

Kubota also became a member of experimental music group Sonic Arts Union.

In the early s, Kubota began exploring video as a new media, and her practice bore video sculpture, which unified video and three-dimensional sculptural forms.

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