Kimura Shigeru
Japanese · b. 1929
Discovery profile: limited tracked signals
Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 12, 2026.
Composite Codex score
Museums/acquisitions may be sparse
Thin auction dataset expected
Recent activity and interest
Gallery and exhibition traction
Signal summary
Kimura Shigeru: limited tracked signals. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (0 tracked lots). No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months. No current primary representation recorded in Codex.
Representation
- No current primary representation recordedNo active gallery relationship in Codex
Institutional holdings
Recent Exhibitions
- No exhibition history recordedConfirm manually before using externally
Market profile
Education & awards
- No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation
Press Signals
- No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage
Publications
- No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex
Peer bands
Peer bands intentionally exclude historical/deceased artists. Each list is a contemporary cohort for one specific question: pricing, career trajectory, or practice context.
Price Band Peers
Comparable contemporary artists clustered around No price band.
No defensible cohort from current data.
Career Stage Peers
Contemporary artists at a similar tracked career stage (unclassified).
No defensible cohort from current data.
Practice / Medium Peers
Artists with similar medium/practice signals; price and rank are secondary checks.
- Yayoi Kusama#5 · Paintings · $500K–1M · David Zwirner #4 · Iconicpainting · Pop (fine arts styles) · shared regional context · #5 Codex rank
- Takashi Murakami#9 · Paintings · $100K–250K · Gagosian #1 · Blue-Chippainting · Pop (fine arts styles) · shared regional context · #9 Codex rank
- Hiroshi Sugimoto#17 · Photographs · $25K–50K · Lisson Gallery #7 · Blue-Chipphotography · shared regional context · #17 Codex rank
- Nobuyoshi Araki#182 · Photographs · $5K–10K · Anton Janizewski #44 · Blue-Chipphotography · shared regional context · #182 Codex rank
- Chiharu Shiota#190 · Paintings · $25K–50K · Templon #16 · Mid-Careerpainting · shared regional context · #190 Codex rank
- Tadanori Yokoo#191 · Paintings · $25K–50K · albertz benda #192 · Establishedpainting · shared regional context · #191 Codex rank
- Rinko Kawauchi#312 · Photographs · $5K–10K · The Lapis Press #96 · Mid-Careerphotography · shared regional context · #312 Codex rank
- Hajime Sorayama#322 · Sculpture/objects · $50K–100K · Charles Riva Project #64 · Mid-Careersculpture · shared regional context · #322 Codex rank
- Mariko Mori#352 · Photographs · Under $5K · Templon #16 · Establishedphotography · Pop (fine arts styles) · shared regional context · #352 Codex rank
- Kimura Shigeru
Selected works
Top five visible works from each Codex selected-works category, ordered by the same priority used on the artist profile.
