1992 Diplomado del San Francisco Art Institute (B.A.)

1990 Diplomado del Osaka College of Art, Osaka

2005 From High in the Sky to the Bottom of the Sea, NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona
Catching octopus with self-made ceramic pots, Air de Paris, Francia

2004 Yoko on the Moon, Maejima Art Center/Yume-R, Okinawa
Born as a box, Wilkinson Gallery, Londres

2003 Watching the River Flow, Shugoarts, Tokyo, Japón
Swansea Jack Memorial Dog Swimming Competition, Glynn Vivian Art
Gallery, Swansea, Inglaterra (libro de artista)

2002 Then, I decided to give a tour of Tokyo to the octopus from Akashi, Gallery Yvon Lambert, París
Then, I decided to give a tour of Tokyo to the octopus from Akashi, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, Inglaterra
Frog's Sky, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Austria

2001 The Octopus Returns, Kobe Art Village Center / Suma Rikyu Park, Kobe, Japón (libro de artista)
Passing through the rubber band, Air de Paris, Francia

1999 I'm traveling with 165-metre mermaid, DAZIBAO, Montreal, Canada (libro de artista)
Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere, Air de Paris, Francia

1998 In Search of Deer, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japón (libro de artista)

1996 Shimabukuro-Shimafukurou, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japón

1994 America, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japón

1993 KONNICHIWA, Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japón (folleto)

2006 Bienal de Liverpool
XXVII Bienal de Sao Paolo

2005 Le invasioni barnariche, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italia

2004 MixMax, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Corea (cat.)
Expat -Art Centre, ICA, London – Musee de Art Contenporain, Lyon, Francia
Utopia Station, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Alemania (imm C)
Video Dictionary, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, España
Intersection of 4 criticism, Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo

2003 Time After Time, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisico, U.S.A.
25 Hrs, International Video Art Show,Barcelona, España (cat.)
Utopia Station, 50th Venezia Biennale, Italia (cat.)
SPREAD IN PRATO 2, Prato, Italia (cat.)
U-Topos, Tirana Biennale 2,Tirana, Albania (cat.)
Biennale of Ceramics in Contemporary Art 2nd edition, Riviera Ligure, Italia (cat.)

2002 C'est pas du cinema!, Le Fresnoy, Studio National,Tourcoing, Francia (cat.)
Art in the home, Edinbourgh, Inglaterra
Radiodumb, Zero Arte Contemporanea, Italia
La part de l'autre, Carre d'Art, Nîmes (cat.)
Upstream, Amsterdam/Hoorn (cat.)
Busan Biennale, Busan, Corea

2001 Encounter, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japón (cat.)
The Beginning of Things, The 6th Kitakyusyu Biennale, Kitakyusyu Municipal Museum of Art, Kita Kyusyu, Japón (cat.)
Ikiro-be alive, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, los Países Bajos (cat.)
Traveller's Tale (proyecto web), Institute of International Visual Arts, Londres
Mega Wave, Yokohama 2001:International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japón (cat.)
Facts of Life, Hayward Gallery, Londres (cat.)
Rendez-Vous No.3, Collection Lambert, Avignon, Francia

2000 Elysian Fields, Centre Georges Pompidou, Francia (cat.)
COUNTER-PHOTOGRAPHY, Moscú (international touring exhibition)(cat.)
As it is, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, Inglaterra (cat.)
Transformer, Raum aktueller Kunst Martin Janda, Vienna, Austria
do it digital (proyecto web), Kassel, Alemania
Gift of Hope, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japón (cat.)

1999 And / Or, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
Space, Witte de With, Rotterdam, los Países Bajos
Ivresse, Ateliers d'Artistes de la Ville de Marseille, Francia
Extra et Ordinaire, Printemps de Cahors, Francia (cat.)
Empty Garden, Watari-Um,the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japón (libro de artista)

1998 Every day, 11th Biennale of Sydney, Australia (cat.)
Memorealism, Museum City Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japón (cat.)
La Table, Air de Paris, Francia
Donaiyanen!, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Francia (cat.)

1996 Displacement-31st Today's Artist, Yokohama Citizens' Gallery, Yokohama, Japón (cat.)
Public Art Project - Sound Art, Iwakura, Aichi, Japón (folleto)
Survival Tool, Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japón (cat.)
The Stream from the South, Kaseda, Kagoshima, Japón
Place for Survival, Kurumi Kindergarten, Shizuoka, Japón

1995 Rolywholyover a Circus John Cage, Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japón (cat.)
From Duchamp to Duchamp, Kita Kanto Museum Of Fine Arts, Gunma, Japón

Cucumber Journey (children's book), Shogakukan, Japón, 2004
Swansea Jack Memorial Dog Swimming Competition, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, U.K., 2003
SHIMABUKU 2001, Kobe Art Village Center, Japón, 2001
Mitsuda,Yuri, COUNTER-PHOTOGRAPHY - Japan's Artists Today, The Japan Foundation, 2000, p.64
In Search of Deer, 2000
Kermode, Deborah, Shimabuku, As It Is, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 2000, p98-99
Shimabuku, Continuing research for 'Mountains and valleys never meet, but people do', From #1, Witte de With, 1999, p.84
Macel, Christine, Shimabuku, Extra et Ordinaire, Printemps de Cahors, 1999, p.80
I'm traveling with a 165-metre mermaid (Je voyage avec une sirène de 165 mètres) Lani Maestro/Shimabuku), Dazibao, Montreal, 1999
With Birds at Dawn On Sundays, Tokyo, 1999
Kiho, Mikito, Shimabuku, 11th Biennial of Sydney: every day, the Biennial of Sydney, 1998, p.200
Hara, Makiko, La réalité de la relation avec l’art aujourd'hui: Etude du cas de la societé Japonaise, Mézil, Éric, Shimabuku, Donai yanen! Et maintenant!, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris, 1998, pp.25-30, 31-36, 276-277, 280
I'm traveling with a 165-metre mermaid, Museum City Project, 1998