Ota Fine Arts - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Ota Fine Arts. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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"Vertical" Exhibition
This exhibition is inspired by a religious sense of "verticality" that can ben seen in Nobuaki Takekawa's paintings of hatching cicadas layered with a sense of history, explorations of the spirituality...More »
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Tetsuya Umeda "Waiting Room"
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Tomoko Kashiki Exhibition
Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce the second solo exhibition of Tomoko Kashiki, starting from 26th November. Kashiki completed her Ph.D. at the Graduate School of Art (painting) at Kyoto City University...More »
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Masanori Handa "Roppongi Mosque"
Inspired by the landscapes and objects he encounters, Masanori Handa uses them to provoke and stimulate his own sensibilities, reflecting the disorder, incoherence and fluidity of the world in his work....More »
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"Portrait in August" Exhibition
[Image: Rodel Tapaya, "The Enchanted Heart" (2011)] More »
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Nobuaki Takekawa Exhibition
[Image: Nobuaki Takekawa, "Community" (2011)] More »
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Firoz Mahmud "Lamentation in Two Lies"
Solo show by Bangladeshi artist featuring traditional stencil paintings, a sculpture of a fighter aircraft covered in grains, and other works that reflect the social problems of his home country. [Image:...More »
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"New Address, New Works" Exhibition
For this exhibition, 10 artworks by 7 artists have been selected. In Asia, just as with Japan in the past, there have been difficulties and conflicts over the process of accepting modern art. Although...More »
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Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian Exhibition
First solo show in Japan by Iranian artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian showcasing crystal-like works that incorporate patterns found in traditional Iranian crafts and Islamic decoration, infused with...More »
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Takao Minami "Puppet Study"
This exhibition showcases new work by Takao Minami, a graduate of the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS) in Ogaki, Gifu prefecture. Previously, Minami worked as part of the Rusanchiman...More »
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Yayoi Kusama "Yayoi Kusama in '80s"
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"Art Hunting" Guided Tour
This edition of the Art Hunting tour will guide participants through 5 of Tokyo's most exciting contemporary art galleries in the Kachidoki and Kiyosumi Shirakawa areas. Our first stop will be Ota Fine...More »
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"Sculptures" Exhibition
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Nobuaki Takekawa + Manami Koike Exhibition
New works by Nobuaki Takekawa and Manami Koike. Takekawa is presenting a series of "wave drawing" oil paintings, a series of installations developed using world maps, and shells with traces of history...More »
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"Season of Incubation 2" Exhibition
In conjunction with its participation in G-Tokyo, Ota Fine Arts is holding a group show of its artists entitled "Season of Incubation 2", focusing on work by new young artists who joined the gallery since...More »
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"Shinchika" Exhibition
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Hiraki Sawa + Takao Minami "Screening"
With the considerable influence of cinema and animation on the rising East Asian art scene, video art is more than ever before considered to be a medium with a strong affinity to them. This exhibition...More »
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"Slogan" Exhibition
The name "Kachidoki", where the gallery is located, refers to the battle cry of army soldiers. The etymology for the title of this group show, "Slogan", comes from ancient Gaelic, and also refers to this...More »
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Tsuyoshi Ozawa "Another Ozawa"
This summer brings another packed calendar for Tsuyoshi Ozawa - a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Hiroshima starting August 1st, and an appearance at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum with...More »
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Masayasu Mitsuke Exhibition
Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce Masayasu Mitsuke's second solo exhibition at the gallery. Since completing his training under the master Buzan Fukushima, Mitsuke has been seeking new possibilities...More »
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Yee Sookyung Exhibition
Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce Seoul-based artist Yee Sookyung's first solo exhibition in Japan. Yee's artworks visualize the traditions, histories and territories that are hidden in our unconscious....More »
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Tetsuya Umeda "Science of Superstition"
Tetsuya Umeda creates devices out of reformed household appliances and other daily items that sometimes emit light and sound, as well as movement. These devices create relationships with the surrounding...More »
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Tomoko Kashiki Exhibition
Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of Tomoko Kashiki. The artist is currently living in Kyoto, working towards her PhD at the graduate school of art (painting) at Kyoto City...More »
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Hiraki Sawa Exhibition
Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by Hiraki Sawa. Sawa has been creating scenes that look natural, but in fact belong nowhere and seem to be fictive: tiny fragment of space, like...More »
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Nobuaki Takekawa Exhibition
Nobuaki Takekawa received his BA in oil painting from Tokyo National University of Arts and Music in 2002. He has held several solo exhibitions at Ota Fine Arts as well as AKIMAHEN! in Lille, France in...More »
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"Animal Garden" Exhibition
Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce our upcoming exhibition, Animal Garden, starting from October 14th. The exhibition features an assortment of works ranging from ancient to contemporary art that represent...More »
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Kunst Oktoberfest Free Bus Tour
Inspired by the German Oktoberfest, a total of 16 contemporary art galleries in the Chuo-ku district are organizing a free bus tour of the area. This is a great opportunity to enjoy contemporary art in...More »
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Takao Minami Exhibition
Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce a solo exhibition featuring Takao Minami. The gallery's fall season will kick off with his new works. Minami had a solo show last year at Ota Fine Arts, and this...More »
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Yayoi Kusama Exhibition
This exhibition by Yayoi Kusama features her new painting series "Love is Eternal" consisting of 50 works begun in 2004 and completed in 2007. Eyes, polka dots, profiles of faces, flags and surging wave...More »
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"When You Switch Off Your Mobile, Painting Starts To Talk Eloquently" Exhibition
Ota Fine Arts is holding a group exhibition of 3 young artists starting June 7th under the joint organization and direction of Tsuyoshi Ozawa and Yoriko Tsuruta. The exhibition gathers artists that both...More »
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Saskia Olde Wolbers Exhibition
Ota Fine Arts' second exhibition since its relocation will be a new work by Dutch video artist Saskia Olde Wolbers entitled "Deadline". Her past two works will be on display at the same time at the Mori...More »
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Shinchika Exhibition
Shinchika is a young artist collective formed in 2002 by students at the Kyoto University of Art. After graduation, they remained active by creating works through file exchanges over the Internet, even...More »
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"Living Together" Exhibition
This exhibition is presented by Akira the Hustler.More »
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Masayasu Mitsuke Exhibition
Masayasu Mitsuke was born in Kaga City, Ishikawa, where he continues to live and work. He studied Kutani ceramic at the Ishikawa prefectural studio and later learned "Akae," the traditional technique of...More »
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"Gallery Collection: Yayoi Kusama" Exhibition
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Nobuaki Takekawa Exhibition
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"Honey, the Far East and Art" Exhibition
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Takao Minami "In Penta"
[Image: "In Penta" 2006, Video, 19 mins]More »
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"Gallery Collection: Yayoi Kusama" Exhibition
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New Acquisition Exhibition
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BuBu de la Madeleine "Diary of a Prostitute: Porno taken with the Punters"
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Tsuyoshi Ozawa & Chen Shaoxiong "Guangdong Tokyo"
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Gallery Collection
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Hiraki Sawa Exhibition
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BuBu de la Madeleine "Territory of Mermaid - August Water"
BUBU was born in Osaka in 1961 and graduated from Kyoto City University with a degree in Fine Arts. In 1992, she participated in an AIDS poster project. After that she became an activist for AIDS and works...More »
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Land
It's been forty years since Land Art came along in the art world in the late 60's, when Post-minimalism was at the peak. This exhibition focuses on relations that exist between artists and scenes. Other...More »
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Group Show "Asu wa docchi da"
A group exhibition is curated by two high-minded female assistants of the galllery, Yasuko Kaneko and Yoriko Tsuruta, who "work, travel and are also in love without knowing what is going to happen next...More »
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Yayoi Kusama - Colorist
On show are recent works done by Kusama, which are also displayed at the National Modern Museum of Tokyo. Kusama, through painting, strives to break the boundaries of unexplored territories.More »
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Nobuaki Takekawa
Exploration of possibilities in drawing by young Japanese artist, Nobuaki Takekawa.More »
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BuBu de la Madeleine Territory of Mermaid
BUBU was born in Osaka in 1961 and graduated from Kyoto City University with a degree in Fine Arts. In 1992, she participated in an AIDS poster project. After that she became an activist for AIDS and works...More »





