# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shigeko-kubota
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:51:00.617Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shigeko-kubota"
name: "Shigeko Kubota"
slug: "shigeko-kubota"
description: "Shigeko Kubota  was a Japanese video artist, sculptor and avant-garde performance artist, who mostly lived in New York City. She was one of the first artists to adopt the portable video camera Sony Portapak in 1970, likening it to a \"new paintbrush.\" Kubota is known for constructing sculptural installations with a strong DIY aesthetic, which include sculptures with embedded monitors playing her original videos. She was a key member and influence on Fluxus, the international group of avant-garde artists centered on George Maciunas, having been involved with the group since witnessing John Cage perform in Tokyo in 1962 and subsequently moving to New York in 1964. She was closely associated with George Brecht, Jackson Mac Low, John Cage, Joe Jones, Nam June Paik, and Ay-O, among other members of Fluxus. Kubota was deemed \"Vice Chairman\" of the Fluxus Organization by Maciunas."
tagline: "Japanese artist (1937–2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/Shigeko_Kubota.png/330px-Shigeko_Kubota.png"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1937-08-02"
deathDate: "2015-07-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.793885333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سيديكو كوبوتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeko_Kubota"
    title: "Shigeko Kubota"
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    title: "Shigeko Kubota"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeko_Kubota"
    title: "Shigeko Kubota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeko_Kubota"
    title: "Shigeko Kubota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeko_Kubota"
    title: "Shigeko Kubota"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%85%E4%BF%9D%E7%94%B0%E6%88%90%E5%AD%90"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B5%AC%EB%B3%B4%ED%83%80_%EC%8B%9C%EA%B2%8C%EC%BD%94"
    title: "구보타 시게코"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0a4ccd0d-25f9-46b3-a24b-dd00c1419efc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3816460"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump