Susumu Shingu Japanese, b. 1937

 Susumu Shingu (b. 1937) creates sculptures that move by the power of wind. Although originally trained as a painter, Shingu became interested in sculpture when he saw one of his shaped canvases turning softly in the wind. The work that followed relied on natural forces to make movement and sound, and he began using more sophisticated materials for outdoor works.  His work walks the fine line between complementing nature and existing as a natural integration. The pieces, though large, colorful, and usually made of modern materials, adopt nature's rhythms in their movement.

Comissions and Public Collections:

1970  Path of the Wind (Senrikita Park, Osaka, Japan)

1975   Message from across the Ocean (JR Kobe Station Plaza, Japan)

1977  Zasso Forest School (Kyotanabe-shi, Kyoto)

1978  Neverending Dialog (Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan)

1979  Distant Rhythm (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan)

1981  Time Traveler (Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan)

            Astral Portrait (Flower Road, Kobe, Japan)

1985  Sky Image (Cultural Center of Suita, Osaka, Japan)

           Gift of the Wind (Porter Square MBTA Station, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)

1988  Rainbow Tree, Time Prism (Fukada Park, Sanda, Hyogo, Japan)

          Sky Beat (Yomiuri Television, Osaka, Japan)

          Wings' Breath (Olympic Park, Seoul, Korea)

1989  Wind Musical Notes (Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan)

1990  Meadow of Clouds (Sapporo Sculpture Garden, Japan)

1991  Wings of the Waves (Ikuchi Island, Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan)

            White Constellation (Nunobiki Park, Kobe, Japan)

1992   Rowing across the Milky Way (Murasaki River, Kitakyushu, Japan)

          Wind Kaleidoscope (Brain Center Inc., Osaka, Japan)

            Columbus's Wind (Port of Genoa, Italy)

          Water Tree, Astral Statue (Aono Dam Park, Sanda, Hyogo, Japan)

1994  Boundless Sky (Kansai International Airport, Japan)

          Memory of the Waves (Tempozan, Osaka, Japan)

1995   Locus of Rain (Lingotto, Turin, Italy)

         Dialog with the Sun (Queens Criminal Court, New York)

1997   Poem of the Earth (JR Shinsanda Station Plaza, Hyogo, Japan)

         Portrait of the Sun (Nishiumeda Park, Osaka, Japan)

          Reflection of Rainbow (Itaú Bank, São Paulo, Brazil)

           Ocean of Light (Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan)

1998  Duet of Water (Montecatini Terme, Italy)

            Dialogue with Clouds (Centro Commerciale Meridiana, Lecco, Italy)

          Astral Traveler (Seiwa Corporation, Osaka, Japan)

1999  Resonance of Life (Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan)

         Luminous Wind (Kobe Design University, Kobe, Japan)

         Water Flower (Banca Popolare Italiana, Lodi, Italy)

2000  Memory of Landscape (Nanakita Park, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan)

            Wind Travelers (East Port Park, Boston, U.S.A.)

2001  Hommage au Cosmos (Maison Hermès, Ginza, Tokyo)

2003  Silhouette of Time (Tokiwa Park, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan)

2004  Birth of Rainbow (Nankang Software Park, Taipei, Taiwan)

2005  Symphony of the Sea, Wind Navigator

            (Happy Village, Marina di Camerota, Italy)

           Greetings of the Sun (Pinnacle Land, Asan, Korea)

          Wings of the Earth (Château d’Arsac, Margaux, France)

2006  Tree of the Sun (Château d’Arsac, Margaux, France)

2007   Silent Conversation (National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan)

          Water Beat (Banca Popolare di Milano, Legnano, Italy)

2008   Echo of Light (Hekinan City Tatsukichi Fujii Museum, Aichi, Japan)

2011   Forest of Light (The Central Library, Fukuoka University, Japan)

            Horizon (Tanimatsuya Toda gallery, Osaka, Japan)

2012   Forest of the Wind (JR Yoshikawa-minami Station Plaza, Saitama, Japan)

            Distant Sky (Mercedes House, New York, N.Y.)

2015   Wind Tree (View Point of Udatsuyama Park, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan)

            Wind Planet (JUT Headquarter, Taipei, Taiwan)

2016   Water Planet (Mitsukan Museum, Handa, Aichi, Japan)

            Cosmos, Epic, Myth (Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Greece)

2017   Astral Dialogue ( Sanda City Hall, Sanda, Hyogo, Japan)

2018   Wings of Poetry ( University of Kochi, Kochi, Japan)

2021   Infinite Journey (Foyer, Luxembourg)

2021   Rainbow Leaves (565 Broome SoHo, New York)