Chié Shimizu was born in Japan and works predominantly in the medium of sculpture with Japanese-style painting, but includes metal crafts and oil paintings among her earlier works. Shimizu earned her BFA in metal crafts from Tokyo University of the Arts in 1993, and received an Honorable Salon de Printemps Prize at graduation. Prior to moving to New York in 1996, she had several exhibitions of both metalwork and oil paintings in Tokyo and Kanagawa, Japan.

She earned an MFA in sculpture from the New York Academy of Art in 2001 and received a residency grant from the HRH Prince of Wales and Forbes Foundation at the Chateau de Balleroy, Normandy, France. Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues throughout the United States. She held her first solo show in the United States at NowHere Gallery in New York in 2022. In 2024, she received First Prize at the Summer Exhibition held at Forum Gallery.

Most recently, in early 2025, her work traveled to Tokyo for a solo exhibition at Gallery Kobo. She was also a participant in the Artists-in-Residence program at The Church in Sag Harbor, New York in spring 2025. She currently lives and works in Queens, New York.