1959
Born in Tokyo
1982
Completed Scripps College, Ca. U.S.A. (B.A. in Humanities)

Solo Exhibitions
2008
"Bones in Tansu – Family Secrets", Christina Wilson Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Bones in Tansu – Family Secrets", Kingston University gallery, London, U.K.
2007
"Bones in Tansu – Family Secrets", Chiang Mai University Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand
"Bones in Tansu – Family Secrets", Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2006
"Bones in Tansu – Family Secrets", University of Philippines, Manila, Philippines
2001
"Yoshiko Shimada", Centre A, Centre for Asian Contemporary Art, Vancouver, Canada
2000
"Yoshiko Shimada", Kyoto Seika University Gallery, Kyoto
1999
"Yoshiko Shimada", Asia/Pacific Studies Institute, New York University, New York, U.S.A.
1997
"Yoshiko Shimada", Hiraya Gallery, Manila, Philippines
"Yoshiko Shimada", John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong, China
"Yoshiko Shimada", A Space Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1996
"Yoshiko Shimada", Keio University Art Center, Tokyo
1995
"Yoshiko Shimada", Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
"Yoshiko Shimada", Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
"Felt Experience", Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland
"Conceal/Confess", Chiangmai University Art Museum, Chiangmai, Thailand
"Doll House", Shanghai Xuhui Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2006
"Mapping the Body NRLA Festival", Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
"Sex Arbeit", NGBK, Berlin, Germany
2005
"Life, actually", Tokyo Metropolitan Musum of Contermporary Art,Tokyo
"Fantastic Asia", Songkuk Museum, Seoul, Korea
2004
"Borderline Cases", A.R.T. gallery, Tokyo
2003
"Seoul-Asia Art Now", Maronier Art Center, Seoul, Korea
"City-net Asia", Seoul City Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
"Trans-Okinawa", Highways, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2002
"There, Gwangju Biennale project 2", Gwangju, Korea
"East Asian Women and Herstories", Seoul Women's Center, Seoul, Korea
"Empathy", Fujikawa Gallery, Osaka
"Attitude 2002", Kumamoto City Museum of Contemporary Art, Kumamoto
2001
"Sex and Consumerism", Brighton University, Aberythtowyth Art Center, Wales and other venues in U.K.
"The spirits play", Battle Box/ Victoria Theatre, Singapore
2000
"Dark Mirrors from Japan", De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands
"Yume no Ato", Haus am Waldsee Berlin, Berlin / Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
1999
"Windows-inside, outside", Gwangju City Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea
1998
"Made in Occupied Japan", (BuBu＋Yoshiko Shimada), Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
"Attack/Damage", (BuBu＋Yoshiko Shimada), Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo
"Donaiyanen", Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Baux-Arts, Paris, France
1997
"Lord of the Rim-in herself, for herself", Hsing-chong Culture Center, Taiwan
"Flexible Co-existence", Art Tower Mito, Mito
1996
"Gender, beyond memories", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
1995
Age of Anxiety", Powerplant, Toronto, Canada
Public COllection
New York Public Library, New York
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Keio University Art Center, Tokyo
Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto
City University of New York, New York

Others
2008-10
Recipient of British Council PM2 award, residency in London
2008
Recipient of Danish Art Council grant and Sasagawa Scandinavia Foudation
2006-07
Recipient of API Senior Fellowship grant. Residency and research in Manila, Chiang Mai, Yogyakarta (Indonesia)
2006
Recipient of Danish Arts Council grant. Residency in Copenhagen
2002
Lecturer, Keio University, Tokyo
2004
Lecturer, Keio University, Tokyo
2000
Lecturer, Gakushuin university, Tokyo
1998-99
Recipient of Asian Cultural Counsil grant, Residency at P.S.1, New York
1995
Recipient of Berlin City Women Artist Program Award
1994
Residency at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany