ABOUT

Biography

KAZ SHIRANE (白根昌和)

International renowned artist KAZ SHIRANE (Masakazu Shirane), operates in spatial art and interior design.

Trained as an architect, KAZ SHIRANE has worked in several architectural offices in Tokyo, London, and Shanghai and he was honored to design the Tokyo Tower Top Deck that has been selected “Interior Design of the Year” by The Architecture Master Prize 2018. His work has been exhibited in various locations around the world such as the USA, China, Australia, Italy, Belgium, Hong Kong, Singapore, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Russia, and Japan. KAZ SHIRANE has collaborated with prestigious brands such as Roger Dubuis, Rolls-Royce, Tiffany & Co., Sony, Capital One, TikTok, Philip Morris, and K-Player to create astonishing bespoke installations.

Representation:
Worldwide: Machas

Award

– Interior Design of the Year, The Architecture MasterPrize™ 2018 (USA)
– Special prize, Japan Stainless Steel Association Prize 2019 (Japan)
– Gold prize, A’Design Award 2018 (Italy)
– Merit Winner, Nippon Display Federation Awards 2018 (Japan)
– Silver prize, Asia Pacific Design Awards 2018 (Hong Kong)
– Merit Winner, CODA Award 2018 (USA)
– Certificate of Excellence, A&D Trophy Awards 2018 (Hong Kong)
– Gold prize, A’Design Award 2016 (Italy)
– Winner, German Design Awards 2016 (Germany)
– shortlisted, darc Awards 2016 (UK)
– Silver prize, A’Design Award 2014 (Italy)
– Bronze prize, Design For Asia Award 2014 (Hong Kong)
– CS Design Award, The 18th CS Design Awards 2014 (Japan)
– Winner, Iconic Awards 2014 (Germany)
– Honorable mention, The 7th IDA International Design Awards 2014 (USA)
– 2nd prize, 23rd International biennale INTERIEUR 2012 (Belgium)
– 1st prize, ENDO Lighting Corp. Furniture competition 2008, Jury: Toyo Ito (Japan)
– Winner, 30th Lemon company excellent student’s Diploma award 2007 (Japan)

Grant / Scholarship

2021
– Pola Art Foundation (Japan)
– Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation (Japan)
– Union Foundation (Japan)
2020
– Nomura Foundation (Japan)
– Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
2016
– Nomura Foundation (Japan)
– Arizona Commission of the Arts (AZ, USA)
2015
– Nomura Foundation (Japan)
2014
– overseas study program by JIA(Japan Architect Associate) (Japan)

Selected Exhibitions

SOLO EXHIBITION
– “mirror land Christmas Tree“, Beijing. Dec 08 2018 to Jan 2 2019
– “EVOLVE”, New York, USA. May 2017 powered by SONY
– “Joy of Lights“, Hong Kong. Nov 10 2016 to Jan 2 2017

COMMISSION WORK
– “Iris Ceramica Group “The Art of Being a Group”,  Italy. Sep 2023
– “Roger Dubuis -Superbia-”, worldwide. Sep 2020-2021
– “Tokyo Tower Elevator design”, Tokyo, Japan. Sep 2019
– “Tokyo Tower Main Deck-floor design”, Tokyo, Japan. Sep 2019
– “Tokyo Tower Top Deck”, Tokyo, Japan. Mar 2018
– “Tik Tok -2nd Aniversary event”, Tokyo, Japan. Nov 2018
– “Hearst Beauty Festival 2018”, Tokyo, Japan. Oct 2018
– “Rolls Royce -CULLINAN-”, all over China. June 2018-2019
– “K-player@Alfa Future People”, Moscow/Nizhnij Novgorod, Russia. Aug 2018
– “iHeart Radio Jingle Ball 2017 ”, Las Angels, USA. Dec 2017
– “iHeart Radio Music Award 2017 ”, Las Vegas, USA. Sep 2017
– Tiffany & Co. “Prism Wall”, Tokyo, Japan. Oct 2016
– Byobu no.1 (folding screen), Kyoto, Japan. 2016

COLLABORATION WORK
– Line Live: “SAYURI Special Live performance”, Tokyo, Japan. Mar 14, 2017

GROUP EXHIBITION
– “Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival 2023-24”, Khor Fakkan, UAE Dec 2023-Jan 2024
– “A call to travel, Bois de la Cambre“, Brussels, Belgium,  Dec 2022-Dec 2023
– “Noor Riyadh 2022”, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Nov 2022
– Venice Biennial Art exhibition 2022: “PERSONAL STRUCTURES”, Venice, Italy
– “The Light House @Villa Empain”, Brussels, Belgium Oct 2020-Apr 2021
– “Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival 2019”, Sharjah/Khor Fakkan, UAE Dec 2019-Jan 2020
– “Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival 2018”, Sharjah, UAE Dec 2018
– “Bahrain Light Festival 2017”, Manama, Bahrain Nov 2017
– “Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival 2016”, Sharjah, UAE Dec 2016
– “WAVE: Light + Water + Sound“, Breckenridge, CO, USA. June 2016
– “iLight Marina Bay 2016“, Singapore. Mar 2016
– “Canal Convergence 2016“, Scottsdale, USA. Feb 2016
– “Fukagawa gatharia”, Tokyo, Japan. Jan 2016
– “Vivid Sydney 2015”, Sydney, Australia. May 2015
– “Meet d3”, Dubai, UAE. Apr 2015
– “SIG”, Oklahoma City, USA. Jan 2015
– “Tokyo Designer’s Week 2014”, Tokyo, Japan. Oct 2014
– “Kobe Biennale 2013”, Kobe, Japan. Oct 2013
– “The INTERIEUR 2012 Design Awards”, Kortrijk, Belgium. 2012
– “2nd Design Tokyo”, Tokyo, Japan. Aug 2011