News from the Studio! Last up date: June 5th, 2025



Mural Woodside Window commissioned by MTA Arts & Design, New York.
Set of three mosaic murals for subway Northern Boulevard Station, R and M Line.

For more information click here.

Open to public in July 2025!

2025 Taitung Light Festival, Taiwan.
Date: June 13th to July 27th, 2025. More information, click here



My Grandfather is a Nihonjin Animation movie produced by Pinguim, Brazil.
Direction: Celia CATUNDA. Production: Kiko MISTRORIGO e Ricardo ROZZINO. Based on the book Nihonjin by Oscar NAKASATO.
Visuals inspired by the work of Oscar OIWA. Screenplay: Rita CATUNDA. Storyboard: Genoviz PAGANI, Vagner FARIAS. Animation
Direction: Vagner FARIAS. Music: Andre ABUJAMRA e Marcio NIGRO. Sound: Pedro LIMA. Voice: Ken KANEKO, Pietro TAKEDA.

The film premiered at the Annecy Festival, the most important animation festival in the world.
There were 3,500 submissions, and only 13 films were selected. On theater worldwide Fall 2025!




This exhibition examines the practices of more than 50 artists from Japan and abroad, exploring art that
emerged in Japan and how Japanese cultural expression inspired the world between 1989, when the Showa era
(1926-1989) ended and the Heisei era (1989-2019) began, and 2010.These two decades saw the end of the
Cold War and the advent of contemporary globalization, enabling the freer movement of people, goods, and
information, and greatly encouraging international dialogue and engagement. Co-curated and co-organized by
The National Art Center, Tokyo and M+, Hong Kong, this exhibition reflects on this critical transitionary period
through the lens of art. For more information click here.


Ancient Museum ,1995, acrylic paint on plywood, 182 x 546 cm / 75 x 215 inches, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art collection,


Minebane! Taguchi Art Collection Exhibition
at Akita Museum of Art, Akita and Akita Senshu Museum of Art.

Date: July 19th to September 7th, 2025


Iceberg, 2007, Oil on Canvas 227 x 444cm

Bird Housing Project by Oscar Oiwa

Linhousilin Forest Park, Pingtung, Taiwan. Open: end of May 2025. For Park information click here.
The Pingtung area boasts a generous natural setting, surrounded on one side by the coast and on the
other by mountains. The concept of this artwork is to integrate function with visual aesthetics. This
project involves construct approximately 400 houses for birds, using natural materials such as wood.


Housing mockup and Linhousilin Forest Park


The Group 1965's project for Setouchi Triennale 2025

Barley and Future Museum of Ogi Island, Kagawa. Spring: April 18-May 25. Summer: August 1 -31. Autumn: October 3 - November 9

The Group 1965 is a Japanese contemporary art group formed by Makoto Aida, Sumihisa Arima, Parco Kinoshita,
Hiroyuki Matsukage, Oscar Oiwa, Tsuyoshi Ozawa and Hitomi Hasegawa (manager).

Since its formation in 1994, the group has been engaged in relaxed collaborations both domestically and internationally.
For this art festival they will present an ongoing exhibition using a vacant house on Ogijima throughout the spring to
autumn sessions. During the spring session, under the theme Ogijima: Museum of Barley and the Future, they will exhibit
an imagined 100-year history and related materials of Ogijima as seen from 100 years in the future. In the summer and
autumn sessions, they will also screen video works. Through the fusion of art and storytelling, the project boldly envisions
the islands future. Additionally we produce a local beer called Pulpo Beer, now on sales. For more information, click here


Solo exhibition OSCARSCAPE Inner Landscape from the Artist OSCAR OIWA


The exhibition, which features sixteen oil paintings and a monumental drawing inspired by the Olympics,
will remain open and free to the public through June 2025.
Tower 49 Gallery, 12 East 49th Street, New York NY. For gallery information click here


Reflecting on his artistic roots and the technological advances that have transformed the world, he recalls:
"One day, sitting in my studio chair, I was thinking about my past, my childhood memories,
and my notion of the world from my fourth-floor apartment window. Googling, I found
my childhood apartment; the building is still there! In my childhood, I looked at
the world from my window. Now, I can see the same window from the world, and in my
imagination, the little boy standing behind it."


Zeus, the god of Olympia, 12019, marker pen and charcoal on paper, 3 x 6,7 meters each piece (3 pieces in total)



Rescue Boat, 2013 oil on canvas 227 x 333cm



2024 Luo Shan Feng Arts Festival, Pingtung, Taiwan.

Opening date: December 20th, 2024. For more information click here



Oscar Oiwa Light Shop solo exhibition

Ginza Six Tsutaya Ginza Atrium , 6 Floor,Tokyo. Date: December 20th, 2024 to January 8th, 2025.
For more information click here. For exhibition content click here.



Light Shop Yatai, 2023, mixed media






Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
A Personal View of Japanese Contemporary Art: Takahashi Ryutaro Collection


August 3 - November 10, 2024


Presently comprising over 3,000 items, the Takahashi Ryutaro Collection is reputed as one of the most important collections of Japanese contemporary art in terms of both quality and quantity. A showcase of outstanding works by artists with a highly critical mindset, this exhibition explores the state of contemporary Japan from the specific viewpoint of a 1946-born art collector.


For exhibition information
click here.

Noah Boat, 1999, oil on canvas 227 x 222 cm


Oscar Oiwa Light Shop solo exhibition

Takashimaya, Kyoto Tsutaya Books, 5F Exhibition Space. Date: April 25 (Thursday) - May 15 (Wednesday), 2024.
For Kyoto Tsutaya Books information click here. For exhibition content click here.



Left: 'Light Shop Paris', 2023, oil on canvas 61 x 76cm. Right: 'Light Shop 3', 2023, oil on canvas 122 x 148cm


Oscar Oiwa Oil Octopus in the era of turbulent currents solo exhibition

Hikarie Cube Gallery, Tokyo. Date: April 27th to May 12th, 2024! For exhibition content click here.
For Hikarie information click here. For exhibition content click here

Image: 'Hells Kitchen 5', 2023 oil on canvas 101.5 x 137.7 cm.



The Journey of
Light Rabbit and Shadow Cat


Long ago, on a day when I arrived at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, I witnessed hundreds of wild rabbits scattered around the landing runway. It was sunset, and the horizontal light made the scene mesmerizing. As the rabbits leaped from the shadowed runway, they transformed into bright figures. This event served as inspiration for me to create a rabbit that symbolizes light. During that period, I lived in downtown Tokyo, where numerous stray cats roamed the neighborhood. As darkness fell, the cats moved silently along the walls that separated the houses. These cats became the muse for my creation of the shadow cat representing the absence of light. 'Light Rabbit and Shadow Cat' is a set of characters embodying the concept of light and shadow a timeless theme in the world of painting.


For project information
click here.

'Shadow Cat meet with Light Rabbit', 1998, oil on canvas, 227 x 222 cm, 90 x 88".

Group exhibition Sailing for Hope
For more information, click here


Image: Silent Ocean, 2011, oil on canvas, 227 x 333 cm / 90 x 132 inches.

Solo exhibition If I were Living In...at GURYONGPO ART FACTORY, South Korea.



For inquire or additional information, please contact the Keumsan Gallery


2023 Keelung Ciao
Date: 2023.09.28 - 2023.10.15. Place: Zhengbin Fishing Port, Keelung City, Taiwan.
For more information, please click here

Group exhibition LATIND IN SEOUL

Oscar Oiwa, Wifredo Lam, Carmen Herrera, Danielle de Jesus, Asuka Anastacia Ogawa, Angel Otero, Gala Porras-Kim.


Date: August 25-September 24, 2023. Location: TCC Ltd. 39-11 Itaewon-ro 27-gil Yongsan-Gu, Seoul, South Korea
Presented by TCC, the inaugural exhibition LATIND IN SEOUL redefines boundaries as it unites multi-generational artists of the Latin Diaspora in Seoul..
For more information click here


Ichihara Lakeside Museum group show
Address: 75-1 Funyu, Ichihara-shi, Chiba. Date: July 15- September 24, 2023
For information please in click here.

Video produced by Art-ist, New York. Music: Leo.




METROPOLIS



Solo exhibition at
NowHere
40 Wooster Street, New York,
June 8 - July 16, 2023
Opening Reception:Thursday, June 8, 6 -8pm (RSVP)



After being exhibited in Paris and Tokyo, Zeus arrives in New York!


For gallery information click here.




Picture book Art for the First Time publishing and works on paper exhibition at Gallery Caption, Gifu.
For information please in click here.





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.
Supported by U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Date: May 3rd - June 12t, 2023.
For further information, please click here . For art works view, please click here .

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)



My Ring solo exhibition at ART FRONT Gallery, Tokyo.
Date: April 21 to May 28, 2023.

For information in English click here. For information in Japanese click here. For art works view click here

Throughout my adult life, I have dedicated myself to creating artistic works. Each artwork represents a particular
theme or idea that has inspired me, whether personal or related to broader social issues. As I've continued to
create over the years, each work contributes to the gradual construction of my own visual world. Looking around me,
I see this world that I have created - a rich tapestry of images and ideas woven together in a continuous ring.

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Ring Clip, 2023, digital animation, 32 seconds, 22.5 fps. Music: Leo. On sales as NFT.


Light Rabbit x Shadow Cat new Silkscreen prints on sales!


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Picture book Art for the First Time, published by Case Publishing,Tokyo.


Japanese version on sales now! For shopping click here. English version coming soon!



Light Rabbit at Taiwan Lantern Festival 2023
Location: Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Station Exit 1, Taipei.
For Taiwan Lantern Festival information click here. To watch press conference with Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, click here.

Light Rabbit (night and day view), 2023, mixed media, 6 (height) x 10 (length) x 7 (width) meter



Video produced by Art-ist, New York.Music: Leo.


Solo exhibition
If I were Living in...


Keumsan Gallery, Seoul
B-103, Namsan Platinum,
46, Sogong-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
Date: 2022.8.29-10.30
For gallery information
click here


KIAF 2022
Korea International Art Fair
COEX 1F, Hall A&B
Date: 2022.9.3-5
For KIAF 2022 information
click here



Touring exhibition to
Guryongpo Art Factory
22, Byeongpo-gil, Guryongpo-eup,
Nam-gu, Pohang-si,
Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea.
Date: January to March, 2023.



Ogijima Pavilion, a collaboration work with Japanese architect Shigeru Ban for Setouchi Trienalle 2022 (Open August 5th 2022)!



About the Setouchi Triennale. About the Ogijima Pavilion project



The National Museum of Art, Osaka link




My Meta Studio



Solo exhibition at
Mizuma & Kips Gallery
324 Grand Street, New York
March 5th to April 3rd 2022


For project information
click here.


For gallery information
click here.




If I were living in ...




How would my life look if I was
born in a different time period
and in a different place?


Solo exhibition at NOWHERE
40 Wooster Street, New York.
Date: February 24th to April 3rd, 2022


Special collaboration with
musician Zé Luis.


For project information
click here.


For gallery information
click here.


My Studio in São Paulo (1956)



Video produced by Art-ist, New York.Music: Leo.



Shadow Cat Meets Light Rabbit digital project




Shadow Cat and Light Rabbit came to being
for the first time in 1996, when the artist
was living in London as part of the
Artist in Residence Program sponsored by
the Delfina Studio Trust.The rabbit
and the cat represent opposite
but complementary realities-- for
example day and night, peace and war
and light and dark.


For more information click here.


Digital drawings(NFTs) on sales now !
Bybit official NFT marketplace!


　　

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



Keumsan Gallery link


　　



Commission work for JICA Yokohama



Currently open for the public, for further information click here


Oku-Noto Triennale 2020+

A foremost art festival at the furthest edge of the world. Date: September 4th to October 24th, 2021.
　　


“Flower Pot” installation at former Shoin train station, Suzu. Event link




Nagano Prefectural Art Museum link


Commission work for Kadokawa Culture Museum, Saitama

“The Sun and 10 Goblins”, 2020, drawing on paper 3,0 x 6,7 meters


On view until October 2021! Address: 3 Chome-31-3 Higashitokorozawawada, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-0023, Japan Museum link


MOMAT- The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Highlights from the Collection. Date: March 23rd to May 16th, 2021.

Painting “Gardening (Manhattan)” (2002) on view. Museum link



The Japan Foundation presents

Beyond the Lines:
Oscar OIWA

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.


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


Talk with singer
Lisa Ono

Moderator Rei Maeda

Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2021

February 11th , 2021.




Special topic:

Drawing 1



20 drawings realized in New York using a digital pad in the spring of 2020 during the historic pandemic.


"Quarantine" drawing series

Special topic:

Drawing 2



Tokyo Olympics 2020 themed work for exhibition at Maison de la culture du Japona Paris in the fall of 2019.


"Zeus" drawing series

Special topic:

Drawing 3



Immersive installation developed for the 2013 Setouchi Trienalle, Ibuki Island.


"Oiwa Island" installation

Special topic:

Drawing 4



Wall drawing, commissioned work for the Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in the spring of 2019.


"Wood" wall drawing

Special topic:

Drawing 5



Immersive installation made for an exhibition at Japan House Sao Paulo in 2018.


"Paradise" installation

Special topic:

Drawing 6



Wall drawing developed for Shodoshima International Hotel in 2017, Shodoshima Island.


" "Island Road" wall drawing

Special topic:

Drawing 7



Installation realized in New York for an exhibition at Cadillac House Gallery, between March and April 2019. Project produced by Visionaire.


"Black and Light" installation

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.

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