Motoyuki Shitamichi was born in Okayama in 1978. In 2001, he graduated from the Department of Painting in the College of Art and Design at Musashino Art University. He has continuously put out work in the form of exhibitions, publications, and workshops, including his "Bunkers" series (2001-2005), which investigated the present day remnants of the War in Japan, "Sunday Painter" (2006-2010), in which explores the pictures and memories left behind by his grandfather, and "torii" (2006-), in which he pursues the Japanese colonists left outside of Japan's borders, and the remnants of Japan's foreign invasions. Shitamachi's art is based in fieldwork, and aims to use methods such as photography, events, and interviews in order to edit, and in doing so visualize, the stories and everyday occurrences that lie buried and forgotten in life. He has participated in numerous exhibitions both in Japan and abroad, including an appearance at the Japan Pavilion of the Venice Biennale 2019. Shitamachi has also worked as an author in parallel to his career as an artist, and has participated in numerous groups and collaborations with a variety of people, producing works such as "Re-Fort Project" (2004-), "New Antique" (2014-), "Traveling Research Laboratory" (2015-). Since in 2019, supervised the project of Setouchi "  " Museum, assumed the office of Chief Director of the Museum.