Shoko Hori
Shoko Hori's creative process involves cutting fine paper into three-dimensional parts (paper sculptures) using paper scissors, taking a method she has carefully developed. These paper parts are then bonded onto a support structure to complete the artwork. Her works come in a variety of sizes, both large and small.
Driven by a profound reverence for nature and a strong love for world peace, Hori tirelessly creates with paper and scissors day and night, expressing these themes in tangible forms through her art.
Paper has long been a material familiar to Japanese living spaces. Shoko Hori’s paper art is a form of artistic expression born from the relationship between Japanese culture and paper, embodying both traditional and contemporary styles. Through her creations, Hori seeks to express the joy and wonder of daily life, aiming to open the viewer's heart and bring a sense of calm and relief.
Hori resides in Tatebayashi City, Gunma Prefecture, a region blessed with Japan's beautiful natural scenery and abundant water. In her daily life, she is inspired by the seasonal changes in light, wind, and color, as well as the natural phenomena and mysteries of life she observes in plants and living creatures. Using paper as her medium, she channels these impressions into her work.
2014–2019: Selected annually for the Craft Division of the Gunma Prefectural Art Exhibition.
2019: Participated in public production and exhibition for the Japan-Australia Friendship Treaty 150th Anniversary Japan Cultural Festival 2019 (Vienna State Opera).
2019–2020: Exhibited at the kyoto-tokyo Dorado Art Festival (Kyoto Culture Museum).
2021: Selected for the 19th NAU 21st Century Art Collective Exhibition (The National Art Center, Tokyo).
Selected for the 49th Contemporary International AU Exhibition (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art).
2022: Selected for the 60th Commemorative Japan Contemporary Craft Art Exhibition.