Mika Shirahama is a multidisciplinary artist based between London, Osaka, and Hong Kong. Working with space and the physical body, her practice spans conceptual art, installation, sculpture, site-specific work, performance, and theatre. Influenced by her experience as a third culture kid, she explores the relationship between everyday praxis and identity, seeking to cultivate self-acceptance through attention to habitual actions and lived experience. Grounded in theories of performativity and phenomenology, her recent work investigates borders between private and public space, questioning how identity is continuously shaped through embodied encounters. She is currently studying MA Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art and holds a first-class honours degree in BA Theatre and Performance from the University of Leeds.