Over the last decade, Tokyo born bamboo sculptor Shigeo Kawashima's small sculptures have entered more than 30 collections throughout Japan, Europe, and the United States, including the San Francisco Asian Art Museum. His work has been included in a dozen shows featuring new work by emerging contemporary artists.

Selected exhbitions and awards below:

Selected Exhibitions
1981
Beppu City Art Exhibition, Beppu (also 1982-84)

1983
Oita Prefectural Art Exhibition, Oita Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Western Division, Fukuoka, Oita and Kumamoto (also 1984-85)

1987
Solo exhibition, Gallery Momiyama, Kanagawa

1989 Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Osaka and Tokyo

1990
Odawara Open-Air Maquette Exhibition, Kanagawa

1992
Solo exhibition, Plaza Gallery, Tokyo (also 1994)

1993
Solo exhibition, Gallery Space You,
Kanagawa (also 1998)

International Tannan Art Festival,
Fukui (also 1996)

Shinobazu Object Festival, Tokyo
(also 1994–95)

Humor Art and Environmental
Sculpture, Chiba (also 1994–95)

1994
Park and Sculpture—Origin of Public Space, Kanagawa (also 1996–2004)

Sculpture in Living Space, Kanagawa
B. P. F. ART ’94, Chiba

1995
Mitsukoshi House Pavilion—Bamboo Arts, Tokyo
Fieldwork in Fujino, Kanagawa (also 1996–97)

1997
Chiba Art Flash ‘97, Chiba

1998
Fieldwork and Sculpture, Puurs, Belgium

Fujino International Art Symposium,’98 Summer Art Festival, Kanagawa Art on the Street, Kanagawa

1999
NAN-O-TUBE (solo exhibition with catalogue), Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo

2000
Bamboo Fantasies, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

SOFA New York (also 2002–04)

SOFA Chicago (also 2002–03, 2005)

2002
Inside Outside, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
The Next Generation, Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Solo exhibition, Okabe Gallery, Tokyo

2004
Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Arts, Visual Arts Center of Richmond

2005
Solo exhibition, Ono Gallery, Tokyo Sculpture Exhibition: 11 Artists, Shimin Gallery,
Kanagawa Ashigara Outdoor Art Exhibition, Kanagawa

2006
Art Miami, Miami, FL

Awards
1982
Beppu City Art Exhibition Prize (also 1983–84)

1983
Oita Prefecture Art Exhibition Prize

Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition Prize, Western Division

1993
Funabashi Environmental Sculpture Prize (also 1994–95)

1994
Shinobazu Object Festival Prize

U.S. Commissions
2002
Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA

2003
Private commission, Lincoln, NE

2003
TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2004
Private commission, Pound Ridge, NY