Chiharu Shiota opens The Soul Trembles in Montreal
Published on 08/19/2026 at 15:29 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Chiharu Shiota is bringing The Soul Trembles to Montreal this fall. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts says the show opens September 26, 2026 and presents the artist's largest solo exhibition to date, with a touring run that starts in North America.
The Montreal debut
The museum describes the presentation as a broad survey of more than 30 years of Shiota's work. It includes thread installations, sculpture, performance videos, photographs, drawings, and stage-related material.
A second free source, Tourisme Montréal, also identifies the exhibition as Shiota's largest solo show to date and lists the same opening date. That makes the peg easy to verify across institutional and local-cultural coverage.
Why the tour matters
Shiota's own website lists the Montreal presentation among her current and upcoming projects, alongside The Moment the Snow Melts in Milan and Glasstress 2026 in Murano.
The same page shows how central touring exhibitions remain to her practice. Her work moves between museums, biennials, and special projects without losing its core language of thread, objects, and spatial immersion.
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How Shiota works
Shiota, born in Osaka in 1972 and based in Berlin since the mid-1990s, is known for monumental thread environments that turn architecture into a field of memory and absence.
The museum notes that her installations often combine everyday objects with dense red, black, or white thread. In Montreal, that visual vocabulary will expand across multiple media and formats.
Where she stands now
Chiharu Shiota currently has an announced exhibition date in the 30-day window: The Soul Trembles opens on September 26, 2026 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Chiharu Shiota at a glance
- Artist: Chiharu Shiota
- Medium / Genre: Installation art, sculpture, performance, drawing
- Born: 1972, Osaka, Japan
- Place(s) of practice: Berlin, Germany
- Active since: 1990s
- Key work groups: The Soul Trembles, Uncertain Journey, In Silence, Where Are We Going?
- Current/last exhibition: The Soul Trembles at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, September 26, 2026 - February 14, 2027
- Major collections: Mori Art Museum, Towada Art Center, Fukuoka Art Museum, Asian Art Museum
- Next date: September 26, 2026, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Frequently asked questions about Chiharu Shiota
When does Chiharu Shiota's The Soul Trembles open in Montreal?
It opens on September 26, 2026 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and runs through February 14, 2027.
What is the main focus of the Montreal exhibition?
The museum says the show spans more than 30 years of work and includes installations, sculpture, video, photographs, drawings, and stage-related material.
Where is Chiharu Shiota based?
The Asian Art Museum press release identifies her as Berlin-based and born in Osaka in 1972.
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