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Mieko Shiomi

Mieko Shiomi

Artist

WA-00029440

Mixed Media

Representation

None documented

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Institutional Exhibitions

112

Works in Collection

222

Assets Indexed

3

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0

Publications Referenced

60%

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WikidataQ6843723 ULAN500125469

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%
LocationArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5403
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Mieko Shiomi is a Japanese artist and composer who develops experimental scores and event-based works treating the human body and everyday action as primary material. Active in the postwar avant-garde, her practice moves fluidly across performance, notation, and conceptual frameworks, collapsing distinctions between music and visual art. Her work emphasizes participatory engagement and the dematerialization of the art object in favor of ephemeral, instruction-based events.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (112)

Fluxfilm no. 4 : "disappearing music for face"

1 volume (unpaged) : all illustrations ; Height: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fluxus Media Opera

Museum of Modern Art

1991 · Glass bottle with offset label, containing liquid

overall: 2 1/2 × 1 3/8 × 11/16" (6.3 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Endless Envelope and Shadow Piece II from Fluxus 1

1976 · Envelope with stamped ink, containing eight envelopes, containing offset card

book: 7 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 1 15/16" (19.1 × 21 × 5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 9 [disappearing event]

1975 · Lithograph

sheet (.a): 7 1/16 x 7 1/16" (17.9 x 17.9 cm); sheet (.b): 2 15/16 x 6 3/4" (7.5 x 17.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 9 [disappearing event]

1975 · Lithograph

sheet (.a.x1): 7 1/16 x 7 1/16" (17.9 x 17.9 cm); sheet (.b.x1): 2 15/16 x 6 3/4" (7.5 x 17.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 8 [wind event]

1974 · Lithograph

sheet: 7 1/16 x 7" (17.9 x 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 7 [sound event]

1974 · Lithograph

sheet: 10 3/16 x 7 1/16" (25.9 x 17.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 7 [sound event]

1974 · Lithograph

sheet: 10 15/16 x 8 7/16" (27.8 x 21.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 6 [orbit event]

1973 · Lithograph

sheet: 7 1/16 x 7 1/16" (17.9 x 18 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 4

1973 · Plastic box containing offset card and microfilm with plastic viewer

box: 2 x 3 1/8 x 2 5/8" (5.1 x 8 x 6.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 4

1973 · Plastic box containing offset card and microfilm with plastic viewer

box: 2 x 3 1/8 x 2 5/8" (5.1 x 8 x 6.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 4

Spatial Poem No. 4

1973 · Plastic box containing offset card and microfilm with plastic viewer

box: 2 x 3 1/8 x 2 5/8" (5.1 x 8 x 6.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 4

1973 · Plastic box containing offset card and microfilm with plastic viewer

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 3

1972 · Offset sheets mounted to leather with four metal bolts

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 3

Spatial Poem No. 3

1972 · Offset printed papers on leather with four metal bolts

overall: 6 7/8 x 5 1/16 x 1 3/16" (17.5 x 12.8 x 3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 4

1971 · Lithograph

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 4 [shadow event]

1971 · Diazotype and screenprint on plastic

sheet (.a): 11 5/8 x 8 3/16" (29.5 x 20.8 cm); sheet (.b): 3 3/8 x 6 7/8" (8.5 x 17.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 4

Spatial Poem No. 4

1971 · Lithograph

sheet (.a): 7 1/8 x 7 7/16" (18.1 x 18.9 cm); sheet (.b): 7 1/8 x 7 7/16" (18.1 x 18.9 cm); sheet (.c): 3 3/8 x 7 1/16" (8.6 x 17.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial poem. No. 3 : a fluxcalender

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Game Around a Revolving Door from Situazione (Second series)

Game Around a Revolving Door from Situazione (Second series)

1968 · Offset lithograph

sheet: 27 1/2 x 19 1/2" (69.9 x 49.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 3

1968 · Wood box with metal clasp, containing offset card and 110 offset sheets

overall (box): 4 15/16 x 5 7/8 x 1" (12.5 x 15 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 4 [panorama of colors]

1967 · Lithograph and mailed envelope

sheet (.a): 6 5/16 x 5 15/16" (16 x 15.1 cm); sheet (.b): 3 9/16 x 6 7/16" (9 x 16.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spatial Poem No. 3 [falling event]

1966 · Lithograph

sheet: 6 3/16 x 10 3/16" (15.7 x 25.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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112 published of 221 catalogued · 109 with image

MoMA
110 publishedof 219 catalogued109 img
The Met
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Museum of Modern Art

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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