(Artist, Japan)
Nishio Yoshinari lives and works in Nara. After obtaining a Ph. D. in Fine Arts from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2011, Nishio stayed in Nairobi, Kenya for two years as a grantee of the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs. He currently works as Junior Associate Professor at Nara Prefectural University. His works have consistently referred to relationships between fashion and communication, as he has developed art projects with the cooperation of citizens and students around the world.
His group exhibitions include Socially Engaged Art (3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, 2017), Aichi Triennale (Aichi, Japan, 2016), In Progress (Zendai Contemporary Art Space, Shanghai, China, 2015), Invisible Energy (ST PAUL St Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 2015), You reach out – right now – for something: Questioning the Concept of Fashion (Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Japan, 2014), Biennale Benin (Cotonou, Benin, 2012), Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial (Niigata, Japan, 2009) and Media City Seoul (Seoul Museum of Art, Korea, 2006).