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As of September 2026<\/em><\/p>\nusaginingen is an artist collective consisting of Shinichi Hirai, Emi Hirai, and Minagu Hirai. Founded in Berlin in 2011 and based on Teshima, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, since 2016, the collective works across live performance, installation, sculpture, painting, ceramics, publishing, and the operation of cultural spaces. usaginingen has performed in 30 countries and has participated in exhibitions, residencies, and collaborative productions in Japan and internationally.<\/p>\n
Unless otherwise noted, entries are credited to usaginingen. Activities by individual members or other combinations of members are indicated in parentheses.<\/em><\/p>\nEXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS<\/h2>\n2026<\/h3>\n\n- Tonbi and the Rabbit, Beside the Bustle #1<\/em> (Takamatsu Art Museum, First-floor Entrance Hall, Kagawa, Japan), February 10\u2013March 8<\/li>\n
- Tonbi and the Rabbit, Beside the Bustle #2<\/em> (Marugamemachi Shopping Street Branch Gallery, Kagawa, Japan), through April 19<\/li>\n
- Original Illustrations from the Picture Book I’m<\/em> (Kaiju to Tane, Setouchi, Okayama, Japan), March 20\u201321 (Emi Hirai)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2025<\/h3>\n\n- Okayama Station South Underground Passage Vision (Okayama, Japan), June 27\u2013late September (Emi Hirai)<\/li>\n
- Summer Days<\/em>, solo exhibition (YUI Gallery & Caf\u00e9 + Bar, Teshima, Kagawa, Japan), August 1\u201331 (Emi Hirai)<\/li>\n
- Original Illustrations from the Picture Book I’m<\/em> (YUI Gallery & Caf\u00e9 + Bar, Teshima, Kagawa, Japan), April 25\u2013May 25 (Emi Hirai)<\/li>\n
- Picture Book I’m<\/em>: Reading and Painting Exhibition (knot, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan), February 16 (Emi Hirai)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2024<\/h3>\n\n- Setouchi Art Harmonia, Circus of the Harbor Breeze<\/em> (Park beside Ushimado Yacht Harbor, Setouchi, Okayama, Japan), installed November 25<\/li>\n
- ART FORMOSA 2024 (Taipei, Taiwan), August 30\u2013September 1 (Emi Hirai)<\/li>\n
- Living with the Invisible<\/em>, solo exhibition (Ya Book Arts, Taichung, Taiwan), September 3\u2013October 10 (Emi Hirai)<\/li>\n
- Exhibition and Sale of Original Illustrations from I’m<\/em> (FLYING GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan), December 1\u20133 (Emi Hirai)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2022<\/h3>\n\n- Invisible Things Are Alive<\/em>, solo exhibition (Gallery Book Marute, Kagawa, Japan) (Emi Hirai)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2018\u20132021<\/h3>\n\n- Yambaru Art Festival 2018\u20132019, 2019\u20132020, and 2020\u20132021 (Former Shioya Elementary School, Ogimi, Okinawa, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
PERFORMANCES<\/h2>\n2026<\/h3>\n\n- FORCHESTRA 2026, usaginingen \u00d7 Kenichiro Fujii (KRANK), Hug<\/em> (Snow Peak Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan), January 17\u201318<\/li>\n
- Live Performance at Takamatsu Art Museum (Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan), March 7<\/li>\n
- Kazuhisa Uchihashi (music) \u00d7 Emi Hirai (live painting) (Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan), March 5<\/li>\n
- Setouchi Merry Go Round Vol. 2 (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan), March 14<\/li>\n
- Teshima usaginingen Theater (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan), Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, and public holidays, April\u2013November<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2025<\/h3>\n\n- BICT on the MOVE 2025, Black Kite<\/em> (One Bangkok Park, Bangkok, Thailand), August 9; organised by the Japan Foundation, Bangkok<\/li>\n
- BICT on the MOVE 2025, Black Kite<\/em> (Ang Thong, Thailand), August 12\u201313<\/li>\n
- BICT on the MOVE 2025, Black Kite<\/em> (Loei, Thailand), August 19\u201320<\/li>\n
- BICT on the MOVE 2025, Black Kite<\/em> (Jingjai Market, Chiang Mai, Thailand), August 23<\/li>\n
- Babel FAST International Theatre Festival (Targoviste, Romania), June 13<\/li>\n
- Puppet Theatre Festival (Pinerolo, Italy), June 27<\/li>\n
- Setouchi Merry-Go-Round Vol. 1 (ShinAiKan, Teshima, Kagawa, Japan), February 1\u20132<\/li>\n
- Island Birthday Celebration (Karato Community Hall, Teshima, Kagawa, Japan), January 19<\/li>\n
- Teshima usaginingen Theater (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan), Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, and public holidays, April\u2013November<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2024<\/h3>\n\n- PESTA BONEKA (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)<\/li>\n
- Papermoon Puppet Theatre \u00d7 usaginingen, international co-production (Museum of Art, Kochi, Hall, Kochi, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Cirko Balkana #12 (Zagreb, Croatia)<\/li>\n
- Peculiar Families Festival (Split, Croatia)<\/li>\n
- BABEL Festival (Targoviste, Romania)<\/li>\n
- Flatpack Festival (Birmingham, United Kingdom)<\/li>\n
- Parade of Music and Imagination (Kazoku no Atelier, Tokyo, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Chichibu usaginingen Theater (Chichibu-no-miya Memorial Civic Hall, Saitama, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Tomi usaginingen Theater (Kodama Family Residence, a nationally registered tangible cultural property, Nagano, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Teshima usaginingen Theater (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2023<\/h3>\n\n- Asian Film Archive (Oldham Theatre, Singapore)<\/li>\n
- Gulari Festival #2 (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)<\/li>\n
- Henkame Presents CAMP10 (Kawasaki Chidori Park, Kanagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Kitakyushu usaginingen Theater (ZATTA ZISSE, Fukuoka, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Nakatsu usaginingen Theater (Hirata Residence Storehouse, Oita, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Kumamoto usaginingen Theater (TSUKIMI, Kumamoto, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Shiranui usaginingen Theater (Shiranui Museum and Library, Kumamoto, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Miyakonojo usaginingen Theater (Fujitaka Design Atelier, Miyazaki, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Teshima usaginingen Theater (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2022<\/h3>\n\n- Mapping Festival 2022 (Geneva, Switzerland)<\/li>\n
- 24th Nippon Connection Film Festival (Frankfurt, Germany)<\/li>\n
- usaginingen Performance (Stuttgart, Germany)<\/li>\n
- 14th Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan)<\/li>\n
- KANEYAMA RETREAT (Sch\u00f6nes Heim Kaneyama, Yamagata, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Higashikawa Art Switch (Sent Pure Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan)<\/li>\n
- TOBIU CAMP (Shiraoi, Hokkaido, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Performance at Joshibi University of Art and Design (Sagamihara Campus, Kanagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Niseko usaginingen Theater (Niseko Central Warehouses, Hokkaido, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Hakodate usaginingen Theater (Aoyagi Hall, Hokkaido, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Sapporo usaginingen Theater (Gl\u00fcck no Mori, Hokkaido, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Toyoura usaginingen Theater (Toyoura Hall, Hokkaido, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Utazu usaginingen Theater (Baton, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Matsuyama usaginingen Theater (Wako Hall, Ehime, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Ushimado usaginingen Theater (Ushimado Telemork, Okayama, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Naoshima usaginingen Theater (Naoshima Hall, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Shodoshima usaginingen Theater (moksha_coffeestand, Shodoshima, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Teshima usaginingen Theater (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2021<\/h3>\n\n- Japan Tour 2021: 38 performances at 30 venues, from Hokkaido to Okinawa; supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs\u2019 Arts for the Future! (AFF) programme<\/li>\n
- Theater Donut (Okinawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Kitahama umie (Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Takogura (Kochi, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Amua no Mori, Amua Hall (Kagoshima, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Hita Libert\u00e9 (Oita, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Saiki Lupanda House (Oita, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Ifukumachi Nursery School (Fukuoka, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Itoshima SALT (Fukuoka, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Former Yame District Office (Fukuoka, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Green\u2019s Baby (Shimane, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Minagarten (Hiroshima, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Kissa River (Nagoya, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Shirasagi Bijutsu (Ishikawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Hotori-za (Toyama, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Comsan Minamihorie (Osaka, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Shioya heso. (Kobe, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Tachikawa Roba House (Tokyo, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Yama Bagel Factory (Yamagata, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Ishinomaki IRORI (Miyagi, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Satoyama Caf\u00e9 Ninigi (Akita, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Studio Kaikon (Sendai, Miyagi, Japan)<\/li>\n
- cotton boy (Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Mori-machi Haru Hut (Hokkaido, Japan)<\/li>\n
- TOBIU CAMP (Hokkaido, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Kyoto International Film Festival (Tamano-yu, Kyoto, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Yambaru Art Festival 2020\u20132021 (Former Shioya Elementary School, Ogimi, Okinawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Hajimari Art Center (Fukushima, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Tagajo City Library (Miyagi, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Arte Piazza Bibai (Hokkaido, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Teshima usaginingen Theater (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2020<\/h3>\n\n- 20th Nippon Connection 2020 (online, Frankfurt, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Kageoka usaginingen Theater (Kageoka no Ie, Tokyo, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Online Live Performance (Teshima usaginingen Theater, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2019<\/h3>\n\n- Live Performance (Sacramento Church, Kaunas, Lithuania)<\/li>\n
- Japan Festival (St. Catherine\u2019s Church, Vilnius, Lithuania)<\/li>\n
- Punto y Raya Festival 2019 Junior (CeTA, Wroclaw, Poland)<\/li>\n
- Gozo\u2013Japan Friendship Event 2019 (Citadel, Gozo, Malta)<\/li>\n
- Kaleidoscope (Shanghai Children\u2019s Art Theatre, Shanghai, China)<\/li>\n
- Matsue Suitoro (Hiunkaku, Shimane, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Yambaru Art Festival 2019\u20132020 (Former Shioya Elementary School, Ogimi, Okinawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Teshima usaginingen Theater (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2018<\/h3>\n\n- One Dream 2018 (Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Yambaru Art Festival 2018\u20132019 (Former Shioya Elementary School, Ogimi, Okinawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Teshima usaginingen Theater (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2017<\/h3>\n\n- 3rd OMOSIROI Award (Grand Front Osaka, Osaka, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Onomichi Ran-hansha (Storehouse, Hiroshima, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Live Cinema Show (Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino, Kanagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Live Cinema Show (Zentsuji First High School, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Live Cinema Show (Naoshima Shimago-ya, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Teshima usaginingen Theater (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2016<\/h3>\n\n- Inshadow Festival 2016 (National Museum of the Orient, Lisbon, Portugal)<\/li>\n
- Fantoche Film Festival (Royal Baden, Baden, Switzerland)<\/li>\n
- Barents Spektakel 2016 (SnowHotel and Andresgrotta, Kirkenes, Norway)<\/li>\n
- Barents Spektakel 2016 (Nikel Art School, Nikel, Russia)<\/li>\n
- Made in Japan 2016 (Vilnius and Kaunas, Lithuania)<\/li>\n
- Live Cinema Show (Museum MMK f\u00fcr Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Live Cinema Show (Stone Theater, Taichung, Taiwan)<\/li>\n
- Live Cinema Show (Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Performing Arts Selection (Aichi Prefectural Art Theater, Aichi, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Kitahama Umie 15th Anniversary Presents (Umie, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Hidehiko Kuramoto Two-Person Exhibition Closing Party (Sakaide City Museum of Art, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Michiakari Project (Kamaboko Warehouse, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Live Cinema Show (Kinco., Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Michishirube Project (Fukushima Parking Lot, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Hei Tanaka Presents (Vio, Aichi, Japan)<\/li>\n
- JUCO. 10th Anniversary (Tokyo, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Tokai Tour 2016 (Kawa no Ie, Gifu, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Teshima usaginingen Theater (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2015<\/h3>\n\n- NEoN Media Art Festival 2015 (Bonar Hall, Dundee, Scotland)<\/li>\n
- Antimatter Media Art (Gallery Deluge, Victoria, Canada)<\/li>\n
- BAM 2 Festival (Man\u00e8ge FONCK, Li\u00e8ge, Belgium)<\/li>\n
- Live Cinema Show (Cinema Nova, Brussels, Belgium)<\/li>\n
- Digital Big Screen 2015 (DDT, Trbovlje, Slovenia)<\/li>\n
- 15th Japanese Film Festival (Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany)<\/li>\n
- JDZB Open House 2015 (Japanese-German Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Theater Project Anonymous Trip<\/em> (E-Werk, Freiburg, Germany)<\/li>\n
- LE HUBLOT 2015 (Nice, France)<\/li>\n
- Flatpack Film Festival (Millennium Point, Birmingham, United Kingdom)<\/li>\n
- Live Cinema, First Night in London (I\u2019klectik, London, United Kingdom)<\/li>\n
- Live Cinema, Second Night in London (MKll, London, United Kingdom)<\/li>\n
- Rokko Meets Art 2015 (Rokko Music Box Museum, Hyogo, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Kyushu Tour 2015 (Fukushima Nursery School, Kumamoto, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Kyushu Tour 2015 (Hitoyoshi Mori no Hall, Kumamoto, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Kyushu Tour 2015 (TAGSTA, Fukuoka, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Kyushu Tour 2015 (Hita Libert\u00e9, Oita, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Kyushu Tour 2015 (Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Tokai Tour 2015 (Shikema Gallery, Aichi, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Tokai Tour 2015 (STENPORT, Gifu, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2014<\/h3>\n\n- Reykjavik Visual Music\u2013Punto y Raya Festival 2014 (HARPA, Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland)<\/li>\n
- roBot Festival 07 (Palazzo Re Enzo, Bologna, Italy)<\/li>\n
- Vision\u2019R Festival (Cit\u00e9 des Sciences et de l\u2019Industrie, Paris, France)<\/li>\n
- 30th interfilm Festival Berlin (Gr\u00fcner Salon, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- 30th interfilm Festival Berlin (Volksb\u00fchne, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Kasseler Dokfest #31 (Kassel, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Shiny Toys A\/V Festival #5 (Ringlokschuppen, M\u00fclheim an der Ruhr, Germany)<\/li>\n
- OFNI Festival (Poitiers, France)<\/li>\n
- Fusion Festival 2014 (L\u00e4rz, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Digital Big Screen (Trbovlje, Slovenia)<\/li>\n
- Kein Festival 2014, Facade Projection Only (ORWO Haus, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Audio-Visual Concert (Neue Heimat, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Christmas Concert (KONK, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- KONTAKT #2 (Alena Berlin, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Rabi & Peace Tour (Roba House, Tokyo, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Rabi & Peace Tour (Roppongi Shinsekai, Tokyo, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Rabi & Peace Tour (Harajuku VACANT, Tokyo, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Rabi & Peace Tour (Kurhaus Goten, Yamagata, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Rabi & Peace Tour (Ishinha Yatai Village, Osaka, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Rabi & Peace Tour (YCC, Yokohama, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Rabi & Peace Tour (Awakura Hall, Okayama, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Rabi & Peace Tour (Former Guggenheim House, Kobe, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Rabi & Peace Tour (Cinema CIE\u0301MA, Saga, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Rabi & Peace Tour (TAGSTA, Fukuoka, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Rabi & Peace Tour (Hitoyoshi Mori no Hall, Kumamoto, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2013<\/h3>\n\n- DMY International Design Festival Berlin 2013 (Flughafen Berlin Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Moving Silence Athens 2013, supported by Goethe-Institut (Athens, Greece)<\/li>\n
- 9th Berlin International Directors Lounge (Naherholung Sternchen, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Live Cinema Show (feinkost, Leipzig, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Berliner Adventsmarkt mit Kind (HIMBEER, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Osaka Music Festival 2013 (Osaka Castle Open-Air Music Hall, Osaka, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Yamanami Art Festival 2013 (Sanuki Manno Park, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- usaginingen 2013 Mini Tour in Japan (Kitahama Umie, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- usaginingen 2013 Mini Tour in Japan (TAGSTA, Fukuoka, Japan)<\/li>\n
- \u201cDay Forest Is Lost,\u201d Takuya Kamiike Exhibition Opening Party (Shionoe Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- \u201clittlepopup at HIMBEER magazine\u201d (HIMBEER, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Ichinomiya Across Arts (Ichinomiya Seaside Park, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2012<\/h3>\n\n- Camera Japan Festival 2012 (LantarenVenster, Rotterdam, Netherlands)<\/li>\n
- Live Cinema Night by Pierre H\u00e9bert + usaginingen (K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Masayoshi Fujita + usaginingen (Theater Kapelle, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Brucke Presents Masayoshi Fujita + usaginingen (Prinzessinnengarten, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Taste Festival Berlin 2012 (Direktorenhaus, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- 8th Berlin International Directors Lounge (Naherholung Sternchen, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Nacht der Kunst 2012 (Open Air, Leipzig, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Johannes Marx + usaginingen (Schokoladen, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- flau \u00d7 HUTU Presents: FOUNDLAND (VACANT, Tokyo, Japan)<\/li>\n
- usaginingen 2012 Tokyo 2 Days (Aquvii, Tokyo, Japan)<\/li>\n
- usaginingen 2012 Tokyo 2 Days (Gallery ARATANIURANO, Tokyo, Japan)<\/li>\n
- night cruising Presents Masayoshi Fujita Japan Tour 2012 (Oil, Kyoto, Japan)<\/li>\n
- usaginingen 2012 Mini Tour (NOUKA, Yamagata, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2011<\/h3>\n\n- Sub-tle. + usaginingen (Kunsthalle D\u00fcsseldorf, D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Yusuke Oya + usaginingen (Embassy of Japan in Germany, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- The First Story<\/em> (Galerie 4AM, Brno, Czech Republic)<\/li>\n
- Johannes Marx + usaginingen (Modulor, Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
AWARDS & GRANTS<\/h2>\n2021<\/h3>\n\n- Agency for Cultural Affairs, Arts for the Future! (AFF), selected project; 38 performances across Japan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2019<\/h3>\n\n- JCI Japan, Special President\u2019s Award<\/li>\n
- Takamatsu Human Power Award, Next Standard Award<\/li>\n
- Shikoku Shimbun Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2017<\/h3>\n\n- 3rd World OMOSIROI Award (organised by Knowledge Capital, Osaka)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2014<\/h3>\n\n- Reykjavik Visual Music\u2013Punto y Raya Festival, Live Cinema Competition, Grand Prix (Iceland)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2012<\/h3>\n\n- Asia Digital Art Award, Entertainment Category, Award Winner (Shinichi Hirai)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2011<\/h3>\n\n- Asia Pacific Advertising Festival, Commercial Film Category, Bronze Award (Shinichi Hirai)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2008<\/h3>\n\n- Remarkable Commercial Competition, Award Winner (Shinichi Hirai)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2006<\/h3>\n\n- New York One Show, Silver Award (Emi Hirai)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2004<\/h3>\n\n- Joshibi University of Art and Design Museum, Collection Award (Emi Hirai)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
RESIDENCIES & COLLABORATIONS<\/h2>\n2026<\/h3>\n\n- Yoki! Kanaya (Tonami, Toyama, Japan), artist residency, August 18\u2013September 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2023<\/h3>\n\n- Papermoon Puppet Theatre (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2016<\/h3>\n\n- Transborder Cafe (Kirkenes, Norway)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2015<\/h3>\n\n- Anonymous Trip<\/em>, costume\/art design, music, and visuals (E-Werk, Freiburg, Germany)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
ONGOING PROJECTS \/ SPACES<\/h2>\n2026\u2013<\/h3>\n\n- usaginingen Kunsthaus<\/strong> (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan). An old house next to the theater, continuously modified as we put it to use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2026<\/h3>\n\n- ShinAiKan Historical Archive Room<\/strong> completed (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan), September<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2025\u2013<\/h3>\n\n- Setouchi Merry Go Round<\/strong> (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan). A collaboratively organised festival developed with Tokyo University of the Arts, Kagawa University, and families raising children on Teshima.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2023\u2013<\/h3>\n\n- ShinAiKan<\/strong> (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan). Operation of a former infant-care facility as a space for artist residencies, exhibitions, screenings, shared meals, and workshops.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2016\u2013<\/h3>\n\n- Teshima usaginingen Theater<\/strong> (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan). A former carpenter\u2019s warehouse renovated by usaginingen; regular performances on Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, and public holidays from April to November.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
COMMISSIONS<\/h2>\n2024<\/h3>\n\n- Circus of the Harbor Breeze<\/em> (Setouchi, Okayama, Japan), first outdoor installation<\/li>\n
- Music for MUJI BASE TESHIMA (MUJI, Teshima, Kagawa, Japan), opened April 26 (Shinichi Hirai)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
PUBLICATIONS \/ ART BOOK FAIRS<\/h2>\n2025<\/h3>\n\n- Taipei Art Book Fair (Huashan 1914 Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan), November 21\u201323; artist talk, November 22<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2024<\/h3>\n\n- Picture book I’m<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2023<\/h3>\n\n- Art book Blak Kite<\/em><\/li>\n
- Tokyo Art Book Fair (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan), November 23\u201326; BOOK MARUTE booth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2021<\/h3>\n\n- Art zine The Miracle of the Deigo Trees<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
WORKSHOPS \/ LECTURES<\/h2>\n2026<\/h3>\n\n- Painting Workshop (Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan) (Emi Hirai)<\/li>\n
- Yoki! Kanaya, Workshop and Presentation of Works (Tonami, Toyama, Japan), August 30<\/li>\n
- Setouchi Olive Foundation, Children\u2019s Creative Workshop (Teshima, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2025<\/h3>\n\n- BICT on the MOVE 2025, School Programme (One Bangkok Park, Bangkok, Thailand), August 8<\/li>\n
- BICT on the MOVE 2025, School Programme (Wat Muang Khan School, Ang Thong Province, Thailand), August 13\u201314<\/li>\n
- BICT on the MOVE 2025, School Programme (Phra Kaew Asa Witthaya School, Loei Province, Thailand), August 19\u201320<\/li>\n
- Creative Camp for Children on Teshima, Summer 2025, organised by the Setouchi Olive Foundation (Teshima Nature House, Kagawa, Japan), July 29\u201330<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2022<\/h3>\n\n- Joshibi University of Art and Design (Kanagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2020<\/h3>\n\n- Midorigaoka Elementary School, Kurashiki (Okayama, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2019<\/h3>\n\n- Forest School (Templin, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Punto y Raya JUNIOR 2019 (Wroclaw, Poland)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2017<\/h3>\n\n- Light and Shadow Workshop (UNOICHI, Okayama, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Light and Shadow Workshop (Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino, Kanagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Live Cinema Show (Zentsuji First High School, Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2016<\/h3>\n\n- Inshadow Festival 2016 (National Museum of the Orient, Lisbon, Portugal)<\/li>\n
- Takamatsu Kogei High School (Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- mt Tape Workshop (Ittosha, Wakayama, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2015<\/h3>\n\n- Flatpack Film Festival 2015 (Millennium Point, Birmingham, United Kingdom)<\/li>\n
- LE HUBLOT 2015 (Nice, France)<\/li>\n
- Takamatsu Kogei High School (Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Kyushu Sangyo University (Fukuoka, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Stamp Workshop for Children, LittlePopUp (Berlin, Germany)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2014<\/h3>\n\n- Mamurogawa, Ohori, and Akakura Elementary Schools (Yamagata, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Hakemiya Nursery School (Kumamoto, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Fukushima Kindergarten (Kumamoto, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2013<\/h3>\n\n- Setouchi Triennale 2013, mt Tape Workshop (Kagawa, Japan)<\/li>\n
- Braunschweig University of Art (Braunschweig, Germany)<\/li>\n
- Hita East Junior High School (Oita, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2011<\/h3>\n\n- University of Tokyo, Report Meeting on Support for Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake (Tokyo, Japan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
SCREENINGS<\/h2>\n2014<\/h3>\n\n- surPoemas underFilm 2014 (La T\u00e9rmica, M\u00e1laga, Spain)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2013<\/h3>\n\n- JAPAN DAY 2013, \u201cShort Cuts to Japan\u201d (Black Box Cinema at the Film Museum, D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
PRESS \/ MEDIA<\/h2>\n2026<\/h3>\n\n- Shikoku Shimbun<\/li>\n
- Takamatsu Keizai Shimbun<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2025<\/h3>\n\n- Lonely Planet Japan (Teshima usaginingen Theater)<\/li>\n
- KSB Setonaikai Broadcasting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2024<\/h3>\n\n- shado magazine (United Kingdom), interview by Aileen Angsutorn Lees<\/li>\n
- Kochi Shimbun<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2021<\/h3>\n\n- Apple, \u201cBehind the Mac\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n