Shoso Shimbo

Class Location: Murrumbeena

Web: https://www.shoso.com.au

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Shoso Shimbo, PhD

Ikebana Artist | Sculptor | Garden Designer | Shinto Priest

Dr Shoso Shimbo  is a certified Sogetsu Ikebana teacher, award-winning sculptor, garden designer and Shinto priest with more than 30 years of experience in ikebana. He began his studies in the 1980s in Hiroshi Teshigahara’s Men’s Only Class at Sogetsu Headquarters in Tokyo, and has since developed a distinctive multidisciplinary practice exploring the intersections of ikebana, contemporary art, environmental design and performance.

Based in Melbourne, Shimbo’s work has been presented nationally and internationally, including collaborations with musicians Paul Grabowsky and the Grigoryan Brothers at the Melbourne Recital Centre and in Vietnam. His floral art has been featured in International Floral Art (Stichting Kunstboek, Belgium), and he was named one of Australia’s six leading floral designers by Belle magazine. His numerous awards include a Gold Award at the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show and the Arnold Bloch Leiber Prize at the 2017 Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition.

Shimbo is the founding director of the Melbourne Ikebana Festival and the Ikebana Gallery Award, the world’s first online international ikebana competition. He is also Vice President of the International Society of Ikebana Research and founder of Ikebana Dojo, an online platform dedicated to ikebana education.

Holding an MA in Japanese Studies, a Master of Fine Art and a PhD in Education, Shimbo has published with Springer and UNESCO and regularly contributes to the International Journal of Ikebana Studies. His recent research examines the relationship between ikebana and contemporary environmental art.

2026 Shimbo, S.. Environmental Art: Ikebana Meets Contemporary Art. In: Joubert, L.A. (eds) Craft—Tradition and Invention. Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 40. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-0485-5_19

2023 Shimbo, S., & Lo, S. (Eds.). (2023). Hanadayori 2023, Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival, 2023, ISBN 979-8-88-069527-0. https://au.blurb.com/b/11809837-hanadayori-2023

Publication of Works

新保逍滄　略歴　

日本語ブログ
新潟県五泉市出身。早大卒。Monash大学日本研究科修士、 Monash大学美術修士（彫刻）、RMIT大学教育学部博士号取得。華道師範、庭園デザイナー、神職資格取得。

メルボルン国際フラワー・ガーデンショー金賞受賞、イェーリング・ステーション現代彫刻展ABL賞受賞他。

現在、オーストラリア、メルボルンにて華道家、彫刻家、ガーデンデザイナー、華道研究家として活動。RMIT大学公開講座「日本の美学：生花から現代芸術へ」担当。アレキサンドル・ヨアン・クザ大学（ルーマニア）、京都芸術大学で特別講師。国際いけ花学会副会長。

いけ花ギャラリー賞、メルボルン生け花フェスティバル、生花道場（オンライン講座）の創設に関わる。井上治・森田都紀 編集「伝統文化　研究編 (はじめて学ぶ芸術の教科書)」京都芸術大学, 第一章「第二次大戦前後の生け花場における自由花運動の相対的位相」 他出版物多数。