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Takuya Otsuki "To Embrace Ambiguity"
Cohju Contemporary Art
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Takuya Otsuki
COHJU is pleased to present TO EMBRACE AMBIGUITY, a solo exhibition by Takuya Otsuki, from April 12 to May 3, 2025.
Born in Nara in 1989 and currently based in Osaka, Takuya Otsuki is a painter whose practice centers on observing and reimagining the everyday. He completed his MFA in Nihonga (Japanese painting) at the Kyoto City University of Arts in 2020. Through sketching familiar scenes and studying classical works, he reconstructs forms using soft color palettes and traditional mineral pigments, creating poetic and dreamlike pictorial spaces.
Takuya’s works result from a meditative, repetitive process—tracing, transferring, and retracing forms collected over time. This method is more than a technical exercise; it is a deep inquiry into the ambiguity of form and the fluid nature of perception. His approach gently questions how uncertain and subjective the act of “seeing” can be.
In TO EMBRACE AMBIGUITY, Otsuki presents over a dozen new works exploring those subtle, fleeting moments when the everyday suddenly feels unfamiliar. Starting from life studies, his paintings move beyond visual replication to examine what it means to see and depict. The exhibition invites viewers to consider values and meanings outside binary oppositions—right and wrong, good and evil—and even reflect on whether such essential truths exist at all.
Painted on traditional hemp paper, Takuya’s bold compositions strongly reflect the exhibition’s theme of uncertainty. The delicate textures and depth created by layered mineral pigments give each piece a quiet but compelling material presence. We invite you to experience this contemplative body of work—an intimate reflection on ambiguity, perception, and the nature of seeing.
Born in Nara in 1989 and currently based in Osaka, Takuya Otsuki is a painter whose practice centers on observing and reimagining the everyday. He completed his MFA in Nihonga (Japanese painting) at the Kyoto City University of Arts in 2020. Through sketching familiar scenes and studying classical works, he reconstructs forms using soft color palettes and traditional mineral pigments, creating poetic and dreamlike pictorial spaces.
Takuya’s works result from a meditative, repetitive process—tracing, transferring, and retracing forms collected over time. This method is more than a technical exercise; it is a deep inquiry into the ambiguity of form and the fluid nature of perception. His approach gently questions how uncertain and subjective the act of “seeing” can be.
In TO EMBRACE AMBIGUITY, Otsuki presents over a dozen new works exploring those subtle, fleeting moments when the everyday suddenly feels unfamiliar. Starting from life studies, his paintings move beyond visual replication to examine what it means to see and depict. The exhibition invites viewers to consider values and meanings outside binary oppositions—right and wrong, good and evil—and even reflect on whether such essential truths exist at all.
Painted on traditional hemp paper, Takuya’s bold compositions strongly reflect the exhibition’s theme of uncertainty. The delicate textures and depth created by layered mineral pigments give each piece a quiet but compelling material presence. We invite you to experience this contemplative body of work—an intimate reflection on ambiguity, perception, and the nature of seeing.
Schedule | Apr 12 (Sat) 2025-May 3 (Sat) 2025 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Apr 12 (Sat) 2025 17:30 - 19:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.cohju.com/exhibitions/55-to-embrace-ambiguity-takuya-otsuki/overview/ | ||||
| Venue | Cohju Contemporary Art https://www.cohju.com/ | ||||
| Location | 1F Cohju Bldg., 557 Bishamon-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 604-0981 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit 1 at Jingu-marutamachi Station on the Keihan line, 10 minute walk from exit 1 at Marutamachi Station on the Karasuma subway line. | ||||
| Phone | 075-256-4707 | ||||
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