“Kaoru Shibuta (b. 1980) is a Kyoto based artist. Born and raised in Hokkaido, Shibuta grows freely in the great nature of Hokkaido. As a painter, Shibuta has an interest in sound, and improvises paintings based on how sounds appear in the form of colors and shapes. The senses such as the five senses, and the amount of information that we can “see” like sight, which is said to have a large amount of information, and the information that we can “hear” like sound, are integrated and recognized within us. Sometimes feedback comes back through other senses, and each sense is not closed by itself. In such a synesthesia state, Shibuta senses “colors” and “shape”. Through the five senses and perceptions, we receive and grasp the influence of the environment (outside world and others) that surrounds us every day. It cannot be said that there is only something that remains. This time, as if inspired by them and sympathized with them, they are expressed by “sounds”, “voices”, “shapes”, “colors”, and “materials”. Although the key to the beginning is different, by arranging and circulating each other’s expressions in space, it may be possible to create an environment where new sympathies arise. Through his work, Shibuta constructs his expression in space and circulating it on the time axis, creating an environment that symphatizes and resonates with new senses.”