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Echoes from New York exhibition at LURF Museum, Tokyo.
Oscar Oiwa, Ai Makita, Chie Shimizu, Firoz Mahmud and Sao Tanaka. Group exhibition with artists previously based in Tokyo and now working in New York.
To live in New York is the dream of many people.
For contemporary artists, the art market inside of Japan is very limited and many artists wish to work inside a more competitive and international environment, a place where the possibilities are infinite. For this exhibition, we chose five artists living in New York. They moved to the city in different periods and in different ways, some receiving fellowships while others came to study and continued to live here after graduating. Being an artist living overseas is a very risky life because they do not have any protection from a company or institution. But they move forward, fight, survive and create new things. The artworks selected for this exhibition are pieces focusing on a more narrative subject and use traditional materials such as oil painting or acrylic. Some artists have an extensive career in Japan, and some others, despite a long career developed in the US, are completely unknown in Japan.(the Organizer)
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Light Rabbit x Shadow Cat new Silkscreen prints on sales!
Picture book Art for the First Time, published by Case Publishing,Tokyo.
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Video produced by Art-ist, New York.Music: Leo. |
Solo exhibition If I were Living in...
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Ogijima Pavilion, a collaboration work with Japanese architect Shigeru Ban for Setouchi Trienalle 2022 (Open August 5th 2022)!
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My Meta Studio
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If I were living in ...
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My Studio in São Paulo (1956) |
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Video produced by Art-ist, New York.Music: Leo. |
Shadow Cat Meets Light Rabbit digital project
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MOT - Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Oscar Oiwa special exhibition inside of Permanent Collection Section. Date: July 7th to February 23rd 2022.
“Zeus, the god of Olympia”, 2019, marker pen and charcoal on paper, 3 x 6,7 meters Museum link
Commission work for JICA Yokohama
Oku-Noto Triennale 2020+
A foremost art festival at the furthest edge of the world. Date: September 4th to October 24th, 2021.
Commission work for Kadokawa Culture Museum, Saitama
“The Sun and 10 Goblins”, 2020, drawing on paper 3,0 x 6,7 meters
MOMAT- The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Highlights from the Collection. Date: March 23rd to May 16th, 2021.
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The Japan Foundation presents Beyond the Lines: The spread of Covid-19 had a heavy impact on society worldwide, and contact between individuals has been greatly curtailed to contain the pandemic. Art museums around Japan have been affected by the situation, with institutions being forced to close their doors, and many exhibitions having to be canceled or postponed. Despite these circumstances, artists are still actively producing and exhibiting. The Japan Foundation (JF) is organizing an online exhibition by six such artists to present their new works, along with interviews, to give viewers at home the opportunity to discover and enjoy their art.
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Video produced by Cekai, Tokyo. |
Solo exhibition at Artfront Gallery ,Tokyo
Quarantine drawing series
Date: 2021.Feb.5 (Fri) - Mar.7(Sun).Address: Hillside Terrace A, 29-18 Sarugaku-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Gallery link
Solo exhibition at Nomart Gallery, Osaka
Quarantine drawing series
Date: 2021.Feb.20(Sat) - Mar.27(Sat). Address: 3-5-22, Nagata, Joto-ku, Osaka Gallery link
Commission work for JICA
Japan International Cooperation Agency, Japanese Overseas Migration Museum, Yokohama.
On view in March 2021
Address: 2 Chome-3-1 Shinko, Naka Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa.Museum link
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Talk with singer Lisa Ono Moderator Rei Maeda Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2021 February 11th , 2021. |
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Drawing 1
20 drawings realized in New York using a digital pad in the spring of 2020 during the historic pandemic.
Drawing 2
Tokyo Olympics 2020 themed work for exhibition at Maison de la culture du Japona Paris in the fall of 2019.
Drawing 3
Immersive installation developed for the 2013 Setouchi Trienalle, Ibuki Island.
Drawing 4
Wall drawing, commissioned work for the Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in the spring of 2019.
Drawing 5
Immersive installation made for an exhibition at Japan House Sao Paulo in 2018.
Drawing 6
Wall drawing developed for Shodoshima International Hotel in 2017, Shodoshima Island.
Drawing 7
Installation realized in New York for an exhibition at Cadillac House Gallery, between March and April 2019. Project produced by Visionaire.
Time Shipper, Shanghai
2020, mixed media and landscape design. Yangpu Riverside Park.
Commission work for Yangpu District and Shanghai City as part of 2019 Shanghai Urban Space Art Season Free access
The Dreams of a Sleeping World solo exhibition, Los Angeles
USC PAM - University of Southern California, Pacific Asia Museum.
Date: January 10th to April 26th, 2020. For information click here .
CBS news(Los Angeles), January 10th, 2020.