Current Exhibition
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Sleepless Tonight
Chen Wei 19 Oct - 30 Nov 2024 Tokyo, 7CHOME (Tokyo) Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'Sleepless Tonight' a solo exhibition by Chinese artist Chen Wei. This will be his first solo exhibition in Japan in 4 years, to be held at both Ota Fine Arts Tokyo and Ota Fine Arts 7CHOME. Chen who is based in Beijing, China,... Read more -
Tomoko Kashiki
Tomoko Kashiki 2 Nov - 21 Dec 2024 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present a solo exhibition by Japanese artist Tomoko Kashiki (b.1982, Kyoto). This travelling exhibition from the gallery's Tokyo space will feature 8 paintings and several drawings. Tomoko Kashiki paints figures that are situated in spaces such as rooms and aquariums, often with strange... Read more -
En Route: Southeast Asia
Hilmi Johandi, Zai Kuning, Atreyu Moniaga, Soe Yu Nwe, Santi Wangchuan, Sawangwongse Yawnghwe 9 Nov - 21 Dec 2024 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'En Route: Southeast Asia', an exhibition featuring artists from Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand. The exhibition hopes to provide a window into contemporary art from Southeast Asia, where ideas of mythology, cultural traditions, heritage, identity, and history are actively interrogated. Sawangwongse Yawnghwe... Read more
Past
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Windows On The World (Part 2)
Ming Wong 24 Sep - 12 Oct 2024 7CHOME (Tokyo) From Friday 27th to Sunday 29th September, Ming Wong will be participating in Roppongi Art Night 2024 with Taiwanese artist Yu Cheng-Ta as the artist duo 'Watermelon Sisters'. Roppongi Art Night 2024 [Performance] Fri. 27 Sept, 19:30-20:00 Watermelon Sisters Descending to Roppongi! @Roppongi Hills Arena [Exhibition] Watermelon Love @Ignoppor Watermelon Sisters... Read more -
It is scary, also infinite, and perhaps cyclical
Tsuyoshi Hisakado 13 Sep - 26 Oct 2024 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present the solo exhibition 'It is scary, also infinite, and perhaps cyclical' by Japanese artist Tsuyoshi Hisakado (b.1981, Kyoto). This is the artist's third solo exhibition in China and his first solo presentation at Ota Fine Arts Shanghai's Rockbund location. T he exhibition... Read more -
Tomoko Kashiki
Tomoko Kashiki 7 Sep - 5 Oct 2024 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts Tokyo is delighted to present a solo exhibition by Tomoko Kashiki, featuring a new body of paintings. The exhibition will travel to Ota Fine Arts Shanghai from early November. Tomoko Kashiki paints figures that are situated in spaces such as rooms and aquariums, often with strange and... Read more -
Every Day I Pray for Love
Yayoi Kusama 7 Sep - 19 Oct 2024 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is pleased to present 'Every Day I Pray for Love,' an exhibition of new and recent works by Yayoi Kusama. The travelling exhibition, Kusama's first at Ota Fine Arts in three years, began from Tokyo (March 2024) to Shanghai (May 2024) and makes its final stop... Read more -
Summer Theatre
Ming Wong, Yuan Goang-Ming and Wang Tuo 13 - 31 Aug 2024 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts Tokyo is delighted to present 'Summer Theatre', a group exhibition introducing three video artworks by artists Ming Wong, Yuan Goang-Ming and Wang Tuo. Illustrated beautifully through their lenses, these artists capture and reflect the social and political situations in Asia, especially in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland... Read more -
En route: Southeast Asia
Atreyu Moniaga, Guo-Liang Tan, Santi Wangchuan, Sawangwongse Yawnghwe, Soe Yu Nwe, Zai Kuning 27 Jul - 31 Aug 2024 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present En route: Southeast Asia, an exhibition featuring artists from Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand. The exhibition hopes to provide a window into contemporary art from Southeast Asia, where ideas of mythology, cultural traditions, heritage, identity, and history are actively interrogated. Sawangwongse Yawnghwe... Read more -
Point, Line, Plane
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Guo-Liang Tan, Zhao Yao 20 Jul - 24 Aug 2024 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Point, Line, Plane', a group exhibition featuring artists Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Guo-Liang Tan and Zhao Yao. The works of these four artists expand from the two-dimensional plane to interact with the three-dimensional space in their surroundings. Structure and repetition are... Read more -
I died a hundred times
Zai Kuning 22 Jun - 3 Aug 2024 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts Tokyo is delighted to present “I died a hundred times”, Zai Kuning’s first solo exhibition in Japan in 8 years. Having worked with an array of sculpture, installation, painting and drawing, experimental sound and music, video, film, performance art, dance and theatre for more than two decades,... Read more -
Every Day I Pray for Love
Yayoi Kusama 1 Jun - 13 Jul 2024 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present Every Day I Pray for Love, an exhibition of new and recent works by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. The exhibition, Kusama's first at Ota Fine Arts Shanghai's Rockbund location, will feature 56 paintings from the series 'Every Day I Pray for Love'... Read more -
Mannat Gandotra | Masanori Handa
Mannat Gandotra, Masanori Handa 25 May - 6 Jul 2024 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present a duo exhibition, 'Mannat Gandotra | Masanori Handa'. The works of these two artists express unique worlds created by them, whether it is the visually-abstract universe of Mannat Gandotra or the intriguing amalgamation of motifs by Masanori Handa. Mannat Gandotra's (b. 2001,... Read more -
Prints
Yayoi Kusama 14 May - 15 Jun 2024 7CHOME (Tokyo) Ota Fine Arts 7CHOME is delighted to present print works by Yayoi Kusama. Printmaking, which Yayoi Kusama began in 1979, has now grown to become an integral part of Kusama's artistic practice. This series of prints was created between 2011 and 2012 based on a series of 33 small paintings painted... Read more -
Self and Beyond
Ay Tjoe Christine, Rina Banerjee and Maria Farrar 11 May - 15 Jun 2024 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts Tokyo is delighted to present 'Self and Beyond', a group exhibition by Ay Tjoe Christine, Rina Banerjee and Maria Farrar. The works of these three female artists explore themes of the self, expanding on reflections on personal emotions, self-presentation and self-identity in the urban society. Ay Tjoe... Read more -
Cosmic Theatre
Ming Wong 22 Mar - 4 May 2024 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present Cosmic Theatre, a solo exhibition by Singapore-born, Berlin-based artist Ming Wong. This marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in Shanghai and his third solo exhibition with Ota Fine Arts, following his Singapore and Tokyo presentations. Wong is known for his interdisciplinary practice... Read more -
Flush with Water
Nobuaki Takekawa 16 Mar - 11 May 2024 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Flush with Water', a solo exhibition by Japanese artist Nobuaki Takekawa (b. 1977, Japan). This exhibition is a survey of Takekawa's artistic footsteps following his 2011 solo exhibition that looked into the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident. Since then, Takekawa has... Read more -
Every Day I Pray for Love
Yayoi Kusama 2 Mar - 20 Apr 2024 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to present 'Every Day I Pray for Love,' an exhibition of new and recent works by Yayoi Kusama. The exhibition, Kusama's first at Ota Fine Arts in three years, will feature 48 paintings from the series 'Every Day I Pray for Love' which Kusama has... Read more -
POLLEN AND SEEDS
BuBu de la Madeleine 17 Feb - 6 Apr 2024 7CHOME (Tokyo) Held at Ota Fine Arts in spring 2022, BuBu de la Madeleine's solo exhibition 'A Mermaid's Territory - Flags and Internal Organs' after a 16-year hiatus, received enthusiastic responses. Now, Ota Fine Arts 7CHOME proudly holds BuBu's solo show, 'Pollen and Seeds'. In this new exhibition, BuBu's new works that... Read more -
Self and Beyond
Ay Tjoe Christine, Rina Banerjee and Maria Farrar 13 Jan - 2 Mar 2024 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Self and Beyond', a group exhibition by Ay Tjoe Christine, Rina Banerjee and Maria Farrar. The works of these three female artists explore themes of the self, expanding on reflections on personal emotions, self-presentation and self-identity in the urban society. Ay Tjoe... Read more -
Petite Grounds
Bubu de la Madeleine, Rina Banerjee, Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi Johandi, Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Jason Lim, Guo-Liang Tan, ¥ouada, Zai Kuning 9 Jan - 24 Feb 2024 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present “Petite Grounds”, a group exhibition that includes works by Bubu de la Madeleine, Rina Banerjee, Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi Johandi, Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Jason Lim, Guo-Liang Tan, ¥ouada and Zai Kuning. Like a synthesis of all things petite... Read more -
Walk in Asia
Song Yuanyuan, Sun Xun, Liu Wei, Cheng Ran, Zhou Yilun, Cao Shu 5 Jan - 17 Feb 2024 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present a group exhibition 'Walk in Asia'. In June 2023, Ota Fine Arts Shanghai opened a new gallery space in Rockbund, a redevelopment area with a blend of historic and new buildings. The Rockbund area now bustles with cafés and restaurants, the refurbished Rockbund... Read more -
Landscaped Grounds
Hilmi Johandi 7 Nov - 23 Dec 2023 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present 'Landscaped Grounds', a solo exhibition by Singapore artist Hilmi Johandi. Featuring 9 new paintings as well as a recent installation piece, the presentation is a continuation of the artist’s fascination with how Singapore is portrayed through archival materials. In particular, Hilmi collects... Read more -
in mid shapes
Guo-Liang Tan 28 Oct - 16 Dec 2023 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present Singaporean artist Guo-Liang Tan's first solo exhibition in Japan. Tan creates abstract paintings using a thin, translucent fabric as a ground, and layers pale, transparent colours of diluted acrylic paint atop its surface. The wooden stretcher frame, which can be observed through the... Read more -
Chen Wei + Hiraki Sawa
Chen Wei, Hiraki Sawa 21 Oct - 16 Dec 2023 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present a duo exhibition, 'Chen Wei + Hiraki Sawa'. These two artists work with the photographic/ recorded image, creating narratives that reflect upon occurrences in the world we live in. Chen Wei (b. 1980, China) seeks to capture beauty in spaces that have... Read more -
Tang Dixin
9 Sep - 21 Oct 2023 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Chinese artist, Tang Dixin. Born and raised in Hangzhou, Tang later moved to Shanghai to study painting at the Shanghai Normal University. He now lives and works in Shanghai. Tang was active in creating and producing breakthrough performance... Read more -
Cosmic Theatre
Ming Wong 2 Sep - 21 Oct 2023 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts Tokyo is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Singaporean-born, Berlin-based artist Ming Wong. This is the artist’s second solo exhibition at Ota Fine Arts, following the first one in Singapore earlier this year. Wong is known for his use of performance, video, installation and photography to... Read more -
Ming Wong
Ming Wong 2 Sep - 21 Oct 2023 7CHOME (Tokyo) Ota Fine Arts 7CHOME presents Ming Wong's video work Windows On The World (Part 1), a part of installation with the same title. Windows On The World (Part 1) was presented at the alternative art space Para Site in Hong Kong in 2014. The installation consists of a spaceship set... Read more -
Works on Paper
Maria Farrar, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Zai Kuning, Yayoi Kusama, Nobuaki Takekawa, Tang Dixin, Xu Danqing 5 Aug - 30 Sep 2023 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Works on paper', a group exhibition including works by Maria Farrar, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Zai Kuning, Yayoi Kusama, Nobuaki Takekawa, Tang Dixin, and Xu Danqing. From abstract to figurative, bright to soft colour palettes, and a mix of different mediums, this... Read more -
Girls being girls
Maria Farrar 21 Jul - 26 Aug 2023 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts is pleased to present Girls being girls, a solo exhibition by artist, Maria Farrar. This is her second solo presentation in Shanghai and will feature 12 new paintings. Born to a Filipina mother and an English father, Farrar lived in Japan from the age of 2 to... Read more -
A Day in the Life
Chris Huen Sin-kan 1 Jul - 19 Aug 2023 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts Tokyo is delighted to present a solo exhibition by Hong Kong born painter, Chris Huen Sin-Kan. Named after a well-known song by The Beatles, the exhibition ‘A Day in the Life’ showcases a series of indoor paintings. This is the first time Huen has painted this theme... Read more -
Recent Works
Chris Huen Sin-Kan 1 Jul - 19 Aug 2023 7CHOME (Tokyo) Ota Fine Arts is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Chris Huen Sin-Kan at our viewing room 7CHOME, containing five of Huen’s paintings. The exhibition showcases both his latest and earlier paintings during his time in Hong Kong. Ota Fine Arts invites all to this rare opportunity to see... Read more -
The Uncompromising #01
Ay Tjoe Christine 26 May - 8 Jul 2023 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'The Uncompromising #01', Ay Tjoe Christine's second solo exhibition in Shanghai, China. The works on view include an installation work previously shown at ARTJOG MMXXII, 8 new paintings and several works on paper. Over the course of the pandemic, Ay Tjoe's work... Read more -
Constructs
Chen Wei, Hilmi Johandi and Guo-Liang Tan 20 May - 22 Jul 2023 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present “Constructs”, a group exhibition by Chen Wei, Hilmi Johandi and Guo-Liang Tan. The works in this exhibition, spanning various media such as painting, lithography, photography and mix media installation, explore the idea of “structure”, whether physically or conceptually. In Hilmi Johandi’s practice,... Read more -
It's Not Yours to Decide!
Yoshiko Shimada 15 Apr - 17 Jun 2023 Tokyo * The exhibition period is extended until Sat. 17 June. Ota Fine Arts is pleased to present 'It's Not Yours to Decide!', Yoshiko Shimada's first solo exhibition in 21 years. Since the late 1980s, Shimada has been working on the theme of women and war, and has long been at... Read more -
Body
Tomoko Kashiki, Zai Kuning and Tang Dixin 18 Mar - 6 May 2023 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present “Body”, a group exhibition by Tomoko Kashiki, Zai Kuning and Tang Dixin. This exhibition looks at the ways in which these three artists explore themes related to the human body figuratively and beyond. Tang Dixin’s (b. 1982, China) paintings are often concerned... Read more -
Zhao Yao | Masanori Handa
Zhao Yao, Masanori Handa 25 Feb - 8 Apr 2023 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present a duo exhibition featuring Zhao Yao and Masanori Handa.
Beijing-based artist Zhao Yao will showcase his work for the first time in Japan. In A Painting of Thought III-431 (2014), he visualizes the process of thinking by painting diagrams from business books onto a canvas. A tent in which Tibetan monks meditate in the mountains is imitated in Signals from Heaven – A Call to Men (2018). By playing TED Lectures which represent contemporary intelligence inside the tent, Zhao questions the concept of knowledge that is required in religion and the real world.
Masanori Handa, on the other hand, captures the places that appear as fissures between perception and reality. The four monitors placed around Zhao’s tent showcase Handa's first video work which was shown at the Hawai’i Triennial 2022. Composed of fixed-point videos of seascapes of Hawai’i and Japan, the work impresses with its abstract and poetic beauty through the use of artificial colours.
We invite all to explore the artworks of two artists from Japan and China who are re-examining what it means to know, to think, and to feel. Read more -
Here’s Your Playground
Akira the Hustler 25 Feb - 28 Apr 2023 7CHOME (Tokyo) Last year, a group of people was publicly prosecuted for staging sit-in protests on public roads. This news triggered Akira to think about "liberated areas. Where can we find such places that allow individuals to engage freely? This was a question that came to Akira’s mind only after the COVID-19 pandemic, which was a time of extreme mental and physical stagnation. The exhibition title, "Here's Your Playground" is Akira's message to this exclusive and closed society suggesting that "it is okay to play here". Read more -
MARIA FARRAR
Maria Farrar 4 - 18 Feb 2023 7CHOME (Tokyo) Ota Fine Arts 7CHOME presents four works by Maria Farrar, in celebration of her participation in the group exhibition ‘Thinking about Caring and Motherhood through Contemporary Art – When? Where? By Whom? Why? How?’ at the Art Tower Mito starting from 18 February 2023. Read more -
Ming Wong: Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship
7 Jan - 4 Mar 2023 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Pictures from the Wayang Spaceship', the first solo exhibition by Ming Wong in Singapore in over a decade, featuring new photographic collage prints inspired by his decade-long exploration into the relationship between the history of Chinese opera on stage and screen and... Read more -
This Side Up
¥ouada 10 Dec 2022 - 10 Feb 2023 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'This Side Up', the first solo exhibition by Chinese artist ¥ouada with the gallery. Born in 1987 in Fujian Province and currently based in Hangzhou, ¥ouada mainly works in the field of painting, and his inspirations often come from internet images and fragments... Read more -
Invisible Border
Zai Kuning and Azizan Paiman 5 Nov - 18 Dec 2022 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Invisible Border', a duo exhibition by Zai Kuning and Azizan Paiman. This exhibition celebrates the friendship between the two artists based in Singapore and Malaysia respectively. Separated geographically by just a border and sharing many similarities in regional cultures and histories, Zai... Read more -
「 」
Tetsuya Umeda 29 Oct - 17 Dec 2022 7CHOME (Tokyo) From capturing environments, architectural spaces, sound, light and interactive human behaviour, Tetsuya Umeda's practice covers an extensive range. He remodels and creates on-site installations from everyday objects, engages viewers with performances, and collaborates with musicians on a regular basis. His works have been shown internationally at museums and galleries, as... Read more -
Masayasu Mitsuke
22 Oct - 3 Dec 2022 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to announce Masayasu Mitsuke's first solo exhibition in six years. Mitsuke, who has learned the traditional delicate red enamel overglaze painting of Kutani-yaki, continues to develop his skills to the ultimate level. Mitsuke’s lines and dots, which are drawn so precisely that it is hard... Read more -
Traces
Tomoko Kashiki, Genevieve Leong, and Guo-Liang Tan 16 Sep - 23 Oct 2022 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Traces', a group exhibition featuring three artists: Tomoko Kashiki, Genevieve Leong, and Guo-Liang Tan. The works presented here suggest the presence of a figure or traces of touch through subtle layers and occurrences. This exhibition looks at how each artist creates experiences... Read more -
Recent Works
Tsuyoshi Hisakado 20 Aug - 8 Oct 2022 7CHOME (Tokyo) Ota Fine Arts is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Tsuyoshi Hisakado at our new space 7CHOME, which recently opened on June 18, 2022. Artworks in the shape of wooden frames with a transparent surface are displayed on the walls, showered in a soft but bright light that seeps through... Read more -
River
Tsuyoshi Hisakado 20 Aug - 8 Oct 2022 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to announce Tsuyoshi Hisakado's first exhibition in four years in Tokyo. Having experienced the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and the Great East Japan Earthquake, Hisakado's artistic practice draws from a consideration of the laws of nature and the universe, which are far beyond human wisdom. Hisakado,... Read more -
Be There
Akira the Hustler, Hilmi Johandi, Jong YuGyong, Nobuaki Takekawa 15 Jul - 4 Sep 2022 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present “Be There”, a group exhibition featuring four artists: Akira the Hustler, Hilmi Johandi, Jong YuGyong, Nobuaki Takekawa. The exhibition explores how each artist reacts to the history and socio-political situation around them through their artworks. Hilmi Johandi works primarily with painting and... Read more -
Gallery Collection
¥ouada, Tetsuya Umeda, Akira The Hustler, BuBu de la Madelaine + Yoshiko Shimada, Zai Kuning, Hiraki Sawa, Cheng Ran, Takao Minami, Tang Dixin, Hilmi Johandi, Masanori Handa 18 Jun - 6 Aug 2022 Tokyo Read more -
7CHOME
Chen Wei 18 Jun - 6 Aug 2022 7CHOME (Tokyo) Ota Fine Arts is delighted to announce the opening of a new viewing room on Saturday 18th June, located near the National Art Center in 7-chome Roppongi, on the 1st floor of THE MODULE roppongi building (an approximate10-minute walk from the current gallery). Our inaugural presentation will be a solo... Read more -
Fuse
Rina Banerjee, Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Takao Minami, Tang Dixin 13 May - 3 Jul 2022 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present “Fuse”, a group exhibition featuring five artists: Rina Banerjee, Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Takao Minami and Tang Dixin. The exhibition features artworks of various media spanning from drawing, painting and sculpture to photography and video, responding to the relationship between human and... Read more -
A Mermaid’s Territory - Flags and Internal Organs
BuBu de la Madeleine 9 Apr - 4 Jun 2022 Tokyo BuBu de la Madeleine came into renown through Dumb Type’s performance piece S/N which toured to twenty cities in fifteen countries between 1994 and 1996. Especially notable was the last scene played to the sweet melody of 'Amapola.' In it, she reclined on a chair completely nude, slowly moving from... Read more -
Chris Huen: Blossoms in the Shade
12 Mar - 30 Apr 2022 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present London-based artist Chris Huen’s solo exhibition “Blossoms in the Shade”. Huen works primarily with oil on canvas, depicting his surroundings solely from memory. His recent relocation to London from Hong Kong brought about a chance for him to relook at the environment... Read more -
Flame
Akira The Hustler, Liu Chuang, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Tomoko Kashiki, Nam Jun Paik, Yoshiko Shimada, Nobuaki Takekawa, Jong YuGyong, Zai Kuning, Zhang Enli 22 Feb - 26 Mar 2022 Tokyo Read more -
Chen Wei: Jamais Vu
14 Jan - 5 Mar 2022 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present Jamais Vu, a solo exhibition by Chinese artist Chen Wei. This presentation will feature a series of photography works as well as an LED light sculpture by the artist. By adopting the term ‘jamais vu’ as the exhibition title, the artist hopes... Read more -
Overseas
Maria Farrar 4 Dec 2021 - 12 Feb 2022 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to present Overseas, a solo exhibition by Maria Farrar. This exhibition, her second solo presentation in Japan, will feature around 20 new paintings. Born to a Filipina mother and an English father, Farrar lived in Japan from the age of 2 to 15 and now... Read more -
Guo-Liang Tan: Soft Turnings
27 Nov 2021 - 8 Jan 2022 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present Soft Turnings, the third solo exhibition by Singaporean artist Guo-Liang Tan. This exhibition will feature Tan’s most recent pieces: five large paintings painted on both sides of a translucent fabric surface and presented as free-standing pieces positioned across the gallery space. Viewers... Read more -
STRANGERS OF THE METAVERSE: Curated by Martin Goya Business
Bai Taotao / CATTIN TSAI + Tsui Honagi / Chen Jingyu / CHILLCHILL / LAZY BACK HOME / Lv Dian / PAPAPEPIA / MELTING WANG / ¥ouada / Zhan Qi / Zhang Wei / Zhu Jinkun 10 Nov 2021 - 8 Jan 2022 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is proud to present the latest group exhibition “Strangers of the Metaverse” curated by Martin Goya Business (MGB). MGB is an experimental platform founded by video artist Cheng Ran in 2017 that is committed to explore unique and diversified art scenes through cooperation with different avant-garde... Read more -
Landscapes & Paradise: Poolscapes
Hilmi Johandi 2 Oct - 20 Nov 2021 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts Tokyo is delighted to present 'Landscapes and Paradise: Poolscapes' by Singaporean artist Hilmi Johandi. This marks the artist’s first solo presentation in Japan, featuring 7 new paintings and 2 recent installation pieces. Hilmi often finds inspiration from found, archival materials of Singapore, extracting familiar motifs from them... Read more -
Dialogue: Rina Banerjee and Zai Kuning
Rina Banerjee and Zai Kuning 2 Oct - 20 Nov 2021 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Dialogue', a duo exhibition by Rina Banerjee and Zai Kuning. This exhibition features recent works on paper by the two artists, which are characterized by their usage of bold colors and multi-layered compositions. While Banerjee's works depict mythical-looking figures painted in acrylic... Read more -
Summer Show
Nobuaki Takekawa, Yayoi Kusama 17 Aug - 25 Sep 2021 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present ‘Summer Show’, a duo exhibition featuring Yayoi Kusama and Nobuaki Takekawa. Kusama recently introduced her latest paintings from the My Eternal Soul series in our previous exhibition ‘I Want Your Tears To Flow With The Words I Wrote’. Subsequently, this exhibition traces back... Read more -
Tsuyoshi Hisakado: Resume
Tsuyoshi Hisakado 14 Aug - 25 Sep 2021 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present “Resume”, a solo exhibition by Japanese artist Tsuyoshi Hisakado. Well-recognized for his immersive installation works, Hisakado has been actively participating in exhibitions globally in recent years, including “May You Live In Interesting Times”, 58th International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy in 2019 (in... Read more -
Habitat
Cheng Ran, Hilmi Johandi, Takao Minami, Guo-Liang Tan, Tang Dixin 7 Aug - 16 Oct 2021 Shanghai A habitat is simply a home, and can be thought of as a place where living organisms live, eat, breed in, and survive. Encompassing painting, film and photography, “Habitat” explores the varied and inventive approaches taken by 5 leading Chinese, Japanese and Singaporean artists in navigating the complex relationship between... Read more -
I Want Your Tears to Flow with the Words I Wrote
Yayoi Kusama 22 Jun - 31 Jul 2021 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts Tokyo is pleased to present the solo exhibition of Yayoi Kusama, 'I Want Your Tears to Flow with the Words I Wrote'. This exhibition features 33 paintings, which are the latest works from her My Eternal Soul series, as well as the installation piece CLOUDS. Exhibitions of... Read more -
absent / home
Hiraki Sawa 10 Jun - 7 Aug 2021 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'absent /home', a solo exhibition by Japanese artist Hiraki Sawa. His works have been exhibited globally, including in Singapore, at the ADM Gallery in 2017 and the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore in 2018. This will be the artist's first solo presentation... Read more -
Idling Garden
Nobuaki Takekawa 15 May - 24 Jul 2021 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'idling garden', Nobuaki Takekawa's (b.1977, Japan) second solo exhibition in China. Takekawa's cat Olympics themed solo exhibition at Ota Fine Arts Shanghai in 2017 remains fresh and memorable in audiences' minds. This new exhibition aims to demonstrate the depth and breadth of... Read more -
The World Falls Apart Into Facts
Samson Young 13 Apr - 5 Jun 2021 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'The World Falls Apart Into Facts', a solo exhibition by Hong Kong artist Samson Young. Young's creations utilize sound, performance, and installation. His practice has been highly-acclaimed both domestically and internationally, and he was selected for the Hong Kong pavilion at the 57th... Read more -
Encounter
Chen Wei, Maria Farrar, Hilmi Johandi, Zai Kuning, Guo-Liang Tan 10 Apr - 29 May 2021 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Encounter', a group exhibition featuring five artists: Chen Wei, Maria Farrar, Hilmi Johandi, Zai Kuning and Guo-Liang Tan. The media in which the artworks featured in this exhibition are made spans from photography to sculpture, drawing and painting, reflecting the diversity of... Read more -
Hiraki Sawa and SHINCHIKA
Hiraki Sawa, SHINCHIKA (Rinshiro Fujiki, Yosuke Fujino, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Toki Katsumura, Shimpei Yoshikawa) 13 Mar - 30 Apr 2021 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present a duo exhibition of artist Hiraki Sawa and creative group SHINCHIKA. SHINCHIKA is a collective founded in 2002 by Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Yosuke Fujino, Rinshiro Fujiki, Shimpei Yoshikawa and Toki Katsumura from the Kyoto City University of Arts. Their name was inspired by the... Read more -
/home
Hiraki Sawa 20 Feb - 3 Apr 2021 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present /home, Hiraki Sawa's first solo exhibition in 7 years. Sawa first attracted attention as an artist in 2002 with his video work dwelling, when he was doing his MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London. The artwork depicted small... Read more -
Works on Paper
Maria Farrar, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Tang Dixin 23 Jan - 6 Mar 2021 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'Works on Paper', an exhibition where paper is used as a common medium among four artists including Maria Farrar, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado and Tang Dixin. Maria Farrar 's (b.1988) pastel drawings are imbued with bright and varied colors. The Covid-19 pandemic... Read more -
YAYOI KUSAMA: RECENT PAINTINGS
Yayoi Kusama 16 Jan - 6 Mar 2021 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present “YAYOI KUSAMA: RECENT PAINTINGS”, a solo exhibition featuring 15 monochrome paintings from the artist’s My Eternal Soul series made in 2019-2020, and CLOUDS (2019), a sculpture installation consisting pieces of mirror-finished stainless-steel forms. This will be Kusama’s first solo presentation in Singapore... Read more -
islands
Akira the Hustler, Nobuaki Takekawa, Tang Dixin, Masanori Handa, Hiraki Sawa, Tomoko Kashiki, Yuken Teruya 9 Jan - 13 Feb 2021 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present a group exhibition 'islands', focusing on small works on paper. The title of the exhibition suggests the Asian archipelago which is close in distance to each other while having their own unique cultures. Likewise, this exhibition showcases artists from East Asia who have... Read more -
Float
Cheng Ran, Masanori Handa, Jason Lim, Nobuaki Takekawa, Tang Dixin 28 Nov - 30 Dec 2020 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Float', a group exhibition featuring five artists from China, Japan and Singapore: Cheng Ran, Masanori Handa, Jason Lim, Nobuaki Takekawa and Tang Dixin. Although each of these artists take different artistic approaches, their works all have a sense of appreciation for landscapes... Read more -
Spring
Maria Farrar 11 Nov 2020 - 31 Jan 2021 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present Spring, a solo exhibition by the London-based painter Maria Farrar featuring 11 new paintings. It will be Farrar's third exhibition with the gallery, and her first in Shanghai. Since completing her Master's degree in 2017, Farrar has received a reputation for her... Read more -
Time
Chen Wei, ChillChill, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi Johandi, Yayoi Kusama, Guo-Liang Tan 13 Oct 2020 - 31 Jan 2021 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Time', a group exhibition featuring seven artists from China, Japan and Singapore: Chen Wei, ChillChill, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi Johandi, Yayoi Kusama and Guo-Liang Tan. Each of these artists have explored concepts of time in their work through different ways, such... Read more -
Singapura
Zai Kuning, Hilmi Johandi, Guo-Liang Tan, Liao Jiekai, Jason Lim 10 Oct - 21 Nov 2020 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts Tokyo is delighted to present 'Singapura', a group exhibition featuring a selection of five artists from Singapore, the city-state known for its diverse mix of cultures. These artists are equally diversified in their own ways - their multi-disciplinary practices span from conventional painting and drawing to performance,... Read more -
Yayoi Kusama: Recent Paintings
Yayoi Kusama 6 Sep - 24 Oct 2020 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present YAYOI KUSAMA: RECENT PAINTINGS, a solo exhibition by Yayoi Kusama featuring 15 monochrome paintings from her My Eternal Soul series and a cloud-based sculpture installation consisting pieces of mirror-finished stainless steel three-dimensional pieces. In 2019, Kusama began working on a group of... Read more -
Flowers Wilting in a New Day
Chris Huen 22 Aug - 3 Sep 2020 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present a solo exhibition by Chris Huen: Flowers Wilting in a New Day. This marks Huen's first solo presentation in Singapore and South East Asia. Featured here are seven of his latest paintings bearing his signature airy brush strokes. Huen's lines travel freely... Read more -
Amigos
Nobuaki Takekawa 15 Aug - 26 Sep 2020 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts Tokyo is delighted to present 'AMIGOS', Nobuaki Takekawa's first solo exhibition in five years. Takekawa continues to be active in both Japan and overseas. His 'Cat Olympics' installation with over 2,000 ceramic cats marching in a stadium, recently shown at 'Roppongi Crossing 2019: Connexions' (Mori Museum, Tokyo),... Read more -
Some of the Many Things That I Want to Remember
Tomoko Kashiki 2 Jul - 15 Aug 2020 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Some of the Many Things That I Want to Remember', a solo exhibition by Japanese artist, Tomoko Kashiki. This exhibition marks Kashiki's second solo presentation in Singapore, and will feature seven recent paintings as well as a selection of drawings. Kashiki's paintings... Read more -
When many pass one way…
Akira the Hustler, Chen Wei, Jong YuGyong and ¥ouada 20 Jun - 22 Aug 2020 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'When many pass one way...' a group exhibition featuring bold and dynamic artists from China and Japan. The title of this exhibition is referenced from Chinese writer, Lu Xun's famous novel entitled 'My Old Home', where he asserted 'for actually the earth... Read more -
Pet Shop Guys: Lost in Tokyo
ChillChill, PAPAPEPIA, ¥ouada 16 Jun - 1 Aug 2020 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts Tokyo is pleased to present a group exhibition, Pet Shop Guys: Lost in Tokyo, curated by Martin Goya Business (MGB). MGB is an artist collective founded by video artist Cheng Ran in Hangzhou, China, in 2017. They have collaborated with a wide range of artists from play... Read more
