Yukiko Shikata (JP)
"Ecosopher", curator/critic based in Towada and Tokyo, Japan. Director of Towada Art Center, Artistic Director of “Forest for Dialogue and Creativity”. Visiting professor at Tama Art University and Tokyo Zokei University, lecturer at Musashino Art University and Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS) and Kyoto University of the Arts. President of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) Japan (2022-2025). Her activities traverse existing fields by focusing on “Information flows”. In parallel, working as a curator of Cannon ARTLAB (1990-2001), Mori Art Museum (2002-2004), senior curator of NTT InterCommunication Center[ICC] (2004-2010), as an independent curator, realized many experimental exhibitions and projects up to now. Published “Ecosophic Art” in 2023, many co-publications.