Hiroko Kubo

Hiroko Kubo graduated from Hiroshima City University, completed her MFA Sculpture at Texas Christian University.

Drawing on research into theories of prehistoric art, folk and indigenous art, and cultural anthropology, Kubo creates sculptural works using industrial materials such as wire mesh, agricultural sheets, and windbreak nets. Her practice explores themes such as the threat of nature, cycles of destruction and regeneration of relics, and representations of marginalized women. Through her work, Kubo invites contemporary reconsideration of the beauty embodied in idols shaped by myth and prayer, and in utilitarian objects rooted in daily life.

She received the Hiroshima Newcomer Award for Culture in 2022, and the Grand Prize in the Rokko Meets Art Competition in 2017. Her large-scale works are included in the collections of KAMU Kanazawa (Ishikawa), the Osaka-based Chishima Foundation for Creative Osaka, and IZAK Corporation (Toyama), among others.