Birth Name:

Shigeko Kubota

Female

Birth Date:

Mon, Aug 02, 1937

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Niigata, Niigata, Japan

Age:

87

Zodiac Sign:

Leo

Astrology Data:

Sun

9°

Leo

24'

About Shigeko Kubota

Shigeko Kubota (久保田 成子, Kubota Shigeko) (2 August 1937 – 23 July 2015) was a Japanese video artist, sculptor and avant-garde performance artist, who mostly lived in New York City. She was one of the first artists to adopt the portable video camera Sony Portapak in 1970. Kubota is known for constructing sculptural installations with a strong DIY aesthetic, which include sculptures with embedded monitors playing her original videos. She was a key member and influence on Fluxus, the international group of avant-garde artists centered on George Maciunas, having been involved with the group since witnessing John Cage perform in Tokyo in 1962 and subsequently moving to New York in 1964. She was closely associated with George Brecht, Jackson Mac Low, John Cage, Joe Jones, Nam June Paik, and Ay-O, other members of Fluxus. Kubota was deemed "Vice Chairman" of the Fluxus Organization by Maciunas.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• EAI: Biography of Shigeko Kubota and a list of video works by the artist.

• Shigeko Kubota in the Video Data Bank

• Kubota performing one of her Vagina Paintings

• Interview with Phong Bui in Brooklyn Rail from September 2007

• http://www.fungcollaboratives.org/ny-gallery/artists/sexual-healing/exhibition-description/

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Shigeko Kubota

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Shigeko Kubota: Sun 9 Leo, Moon 10 Gemini, Mercury 1 Virgo, Venus 26 Gemini, Mars 27 Scorpio, Jupiter 20 Capricorn, Saturn 4 Aries, Uranus 13 Taurus, Neptune 17 Virgo, Pluto 28 Cancer, Sun Square Uranus, Sun Trine Saturn, Sun Semi Square Venus, Mercury Square Mars, Venus Quincunx Mars, Venus Semi Square Uranus, Venus Semi Sextile Pluto, Mars Trine Pluto, Jupiter Trine Neptune, Uranus Trine Neptune

Categories related to Shigeko Kubota: 2015 deaths, August 2 births, Japanese women sculptors, The New School alumni, Japanese contemporary artists, 20th-century Japanese women artists, 1937 births, Fluxus, Japanese performance artists, 21st-century Japanese women artists, Japanese video artists, Artists from Niigata Prefecture