Originally from Kyoto, Japan (born in 1967), and now based in Williamsburg, Shige works as a video-based installation artist, creating installations of filmy sculptures that form a landscape for projected movements of color and light. His videography has been used in theater and dance productions, and a substantial amount of his work is performed live in an interdisciplinary environment often collaborating with musician, dancers and other visual artists.  His work has been presented in Japan, Finland, Vietnam and Germany.  Initially working as an assistant curator at Cast Iron Gallery in Soho in 1993, 3 yrs later he co-founded CAVE, one of the longest-running experimental art spaces and artist collectives in Brooklyn.  As curator of the gallery program of CAVE for the last 10 years, much of his time has been devoted to supporting and presenting the work of emerging visual and multi-disciplinary artists. Currently Moriya is co-director of CAVE, co-curator of the New York Butoh Festival, and a core member of performance companies LEIMAY and CAVEnsemble.