Shirley Cho is an Australian-Korean interdisciplinary artist with formal training in Jewellery and Object Design, as well as in Sculpture and Installation. Her artistic practice focuses on materials and processes and in her installations, she explores the relationship between objects and their interplay with different spatial qualities. Shirley’s artistic work reflects on childhood memories, the history and influence of her wandering family, and questions of identity and home. This background is woven into her practice and work philosophy, and materials such as gold and silver leaf, ceramics, glass, wood, metal, paper and textiles come together in her work, subtly combining fragments to create a narrative of the artist. 
Shirley is based since 2013 in Stuttgart, Germany.

Education

  • 2014-2017 Diploma of Fine Arts, Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design, Germany

  • 2010-2012 Master of Fine Arts (Sculpture), Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan

  • 2008-2009 Research Student (Sculpture), Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan

  • 2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), Sydney College of the Arts, Australia

  • 2002-2004 Advanced Diploma of Jewellery & Object Design, Design Centre Enmore, Australia

Scholarships / Awards

  • 2016 International Takifuji Art Award, Japan

  • 2012 Australian Artists’ Grant, NAVA (The National Association for the Visual Arts)

  • 2008-2012 Monbukagakusho (Japanese Government) Scholarship, Research Category

  • 2007 Janet Holmes a Court Artists’ Grant, NAVA

  • 2005 Mentorship Grant, Australia Council for the Arts

Artist Residencies

  • 2021 ITO Artist-in-Residence at Langenbachhof, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Black Forest

  • 2019 9 Tage. Schöpfung, Bella Martha Kunsthaus, Grafrath

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2023 as far as the eyes can feel, ITO Raum, Stuttgart

  • 2019 the long way home, ITO Raum, Stuttgart

  • 2018 Der Nase nach, LAR Collection, Stuttgart

  • 2018 make yourself at home, Bridget Kennedy Project Space, Sydney

  • 2012 Grandmother’s Flower Garden, Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo & Gaffa Gallery, Sydney

  • 2011 The Spinning Top, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney & TANA Gallery, Tokyo

  • 2007 Threads, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney

Group Exhibitions (selected)

  • 2023 Floating Employees, Oberwelt, Stuttgart

  • 2022 Vierzig Tage, Galerie Kernweine, Stuttgart

  • 2022 Vierzig Tage – Eine Ausstellung am Rand der Zeit, ITO, Stuttgart

  • 2021 Vierzig Tage – Eine Ausstellung am Rand der Zeit, Langenbachhof, Black Forest

  • 2019 The Neck, Bridget Kennedy Project Space, Sydney

  • 2017 squaredance, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Tuttlingen

  • 2017 KunstraUmtext, #3, Offspace, Stuttgart

  • 2016 Laibhaftig, Kulturwerkstatt HAUS 10, Fürstenfeldbruck

  • 2015 Jamming with the Sun, Westwerk, Hamburg

  • 2014 Colour, Form, Line, Articulate Project Space, Sydney

  • 2012 TRANSIT tunnel to the next world, Operation Table, Kitakyushu

Projects / Public Art

  • 2023 Guest curator, ITO Raum, simul vigilate - Exhibition from Gala Adam, Stuttgart

  • 2019 Presentation in the Installation, „Zwischen / Raum“, & Workshop from Peter Granser (Sparda Kunstpreis), Kunstmuseum Stuttgart

  • 2019 Ceramic & Metal Objects for ITO Raum, Stuttgart

  • 2016 Schwarm, with Caroline Weng, Kunst am Bau: THW Orstverband Igersheim

  • 2014 Experiment Landschaft - Kunst in Herrenwies, Black Forest

  • 2013 Guest Curator, PLATFORM - 6 Exhibitions from International Artists, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney

  • 2012 Toride Street Art Stage Project, Toride