Erika Shiba is a Japanese printmaker and drawer who was born and raised in Hong Kong. Erika's artwork has been displayed internationally, with exhibitions held across the United States, including in New York, Philadelphia, Illinois, Georgia, and California, as well as in the Philippines (Quezon City), Germany (Hamburg), the Netherlands (Eindhoven), Indonesia (Jakarta), and Hong Kong. Record-keeping, home(s), cryptology, and memory are at the core of Erika’s research.
Erika recollects the past and records the present. She creates untouchable landscapes and places obscure forms that represent memories within them to give them physical space to exist in. In this series, Erika reimagines structures, scenes, shapes, and spaces that have remained in her camera roll for the past five years. She enclosed these external discoveries into internal rooms that function as a world of protection. By encapsulating them in a new place that can be held by one’s hands, Erika invites viewers to intimately contemplate the memories that surround us.