CURATED DOSSIER / MASUMI SHIOHARA
A short route for editors, curators, collectors, and maison teams.
This dossier reduces the site to a refined first selection. It is meant for quick high-level review before a publication, exhibition, acquisition, image request, or cultural collaboration enquiry.
Black Ground Botanical WorksVIEWING NOTE
Designed to read as a quiet visual dossier, not a large archive.
The selection favors negative space, botanical silhouette, material surface, and a measured sense of rarity. It is intentionally restrained so the work can be assessed for editorial placement, curatorial context, acquisition interest, or maison-level visual alignment without visual noise.
SELECTED SERIES
Nine entry points with strong visual identity.
Black Ground Botanical Works
Cultivated fruit and plant forms isolated against black ground.
Canvas Botanical Studies
Canvas sheet studies of cultivated fruit and botanical form.
Vellum Fruit Studies
Fruit works printed with a vellum-like sensibility.
Antique Botanical Studies
Classical fruit and botanical compositions with an antique atmosphere.
Growth Process
Works tracing the agricultural time of fruit.
Selection Studies
Works revealing the selection process of breeding.
Cultivated Fruit Compositions
Compositions made from fruit cultivated and selected by Masumi Shiohara.
Portraits: Single Variety
Portraits composed from a single fruit variety.
Portraits: Composite Forms
Composite fruit portraits where multiple cultivated forms become one presence.
Publication, image direction, interview, and feature review.
AcquisitionsCollector, gallery, and artwork availability enquiries.
CollaborationsMaison, cultural partner, installation, and project conversations.
DIRECT CONTACT
Send a precise enquiry with the page or series URL.
contact@masumishiohara.com