Gallery Collection

Nobuaki Takekawa, Akira the Hustler, Chen Wei, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Jason Lim, Zhou Yilun 3 Dec 2019 - 1 Feb 2020 Tokyo Read more

Chen Wei | Night Falls

Chen Wei 19 Nov 2019 - 4 Jan 2020 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Night Falls', a solo exhibition by Chen Wei (b. 1980, China). This presentation showcases a new installation work comprising of ten LED light boards which are positioned across the gallery space. Various colour patterns appear on each LED board: every spark of... Read more

Tomoko Kashiki | Stories Told Tomorrow

Tomoko Kashiki 7 Nov 2019 - 4 Jan 2020 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'Stories Told Tomorrow', a solo exhibition by Japanese artist, Tomoko Kashiki (Kyoto, 1982). The exhibition marks Kashiki's first solo presentation in China, where she will showcase 8 new paintings and sketched drawings. Tomoko Kashiki's paintings pulsate between reality and imagination, confronting the... Read more

Telling Tales

Liu Chuang, Liao Jiekai, Kiri Dalena 15 Oct - 22 Nov 2019 Tokyo Exhibiting works: Liao Jiekai (Singapore) Bukit Orang Salah, 2013 Kiri Dalena (Philippines) Red Saga, 2004 Liu Chuang (China) Untitled (Festival), 2011 Read more

Maria Farrar | Too late to turn back now

Maria Farrar 5 Oct - 9 Nov 2019 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Too late to turn back now', a solo exhibition by Maria Farrar. Farrar was born in the Philippines and brought up in Shimonoseki, Japan until the age of 15. She then moved to London, England where she now lives and works. In... Read more

Greasy Spoon: Made by Martin Goya Business

Bai Taotao, Chai Chai, Chen Gaojie, ChillChill, Da Mian, Nathan Zhou, Nerve CLUB (Zhu Jinkun, Wang Zhangyipeng, Pan Yiliang, He Jiaxuan, Fan Wendi), PAPAPEPIA, TOP30, Wu Junyong, ¥ouada, Yu Hang, Zhang Wenxin, Zhao Rundong, Zheng Tianming, Zhou Yilun 18 Sep - 26 Oct 2019 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is proud to present the group exhibition 'Greasy Spoon', curated by Martin Goya Business (MGB). MGB was founded as an artist collective by video artist, Cheng Ran in 2017. Through collaborations with different artists, the collective is committed to breaking through existing modes of art presentations... Read more

Too late to turn back now

Maria Farrar 24 Aug - 21 Sep 2019 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'Too late to turn back now' by Maria Farrar, her first solo exhibition in Asia. Farrar was born in the Philippines and brought up in Shimonoseki until the age of 15. She then moved to London, England where she now lives and works.... Read more

Desert Garden

Akira the Hustler, Etsu Egami, Masanori Handa, Jong YuGyong, 17 Aug - 12 Sep 2019 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'Desert Garden', a group exhibition featuring eight artists from China, Japan, Korea and Singapore. Through the diversity of works presented, the exhibition hopes to create a new landscape, a possible horizon, and a place of beauty and imagination. ¥ouada's (b.1987) whimsical cactus-shaped... Read more

Hilmi Johandi | Stagecraft: Landscapes and Paradise

Hilmi Johandi 16 Aug - 28 Sep 2019 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Stagecraft: Landscapes and Paradise', a solo exhibition featuring new works by Hilmi Johandi, including 7 paintings and 1 video work. This exhibition marks the artist's first solo exhibition with Ota Fine Arts. Primarily a painter, Hilmi's recent exploration has expanded to include... Read more

King of Kowloon

Tsang Tsou-Choi 9 Jul - 17 Aug 2019 Tokyo There was a calligrapher who called himself the King of Kowloon. From the mid 1950s until 2007 when he passed away, he wrote his family history and statements claiming the possession of Hong Kong on any and every public space of the country. Ota Fine Arts is delighted to showcase... Read more

Umeda + Sawa

Tetsuya Umeda and Hiraki Sawa 28 Jun - 8 Aug 2019 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present a duo exhibition featuring works by Japanese artists, Tetsuya Umeda (b.1980) and Hiraki Sawa (b.1977). Tetsuya Umeda's practice is most recognized for his site-specific installations that entail light, movement and sound. In-depth observations of the structure and characteristics of a space paves... Read more

Fuzz

Tsuyoshi Hisakado 15 Jun - 10 Aug 2019 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'Fuzz', a solo exhibition by Japanese artist, Tsuyoshi Hisakado (Kyoto, 1981). Hisakado will present his large-scale installation of the same name alongside his 'Crossfades' series of works on paper. Tsuyoshi Hisakado is inspired to discover the uniqueness, beauty and the enduring effects... Read more

Habitat

Chen Wei, Li Qing, Takao Minami, Tang Dixin, Zai Kuning 27 Apr - 16 Jun 2019 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Habitat', which celebrates the fluid yet grounded relationship between man and nature. This exhibition features Paris-based Japanese video artist Takao Minami's Puppet Study #4 (2010), a video installation which consists of computer-controlled blinds and a video projection. At first, viewers will see... Read more

Welcome to the Parade

Akira the Hustler + Jong YuGyong 27 Apr - 29 Jun 2019 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce 'Welcome to the Parade', a duo exhibition by Akira The Hustler (b. 1969) and Jong YuGyong (b. 1991). While Akira was already attracting attention as a young artist during his studies at Kyoto City University of Arts, Jong was just born in Kobe... Read more

Umeda + Sawa

Tetsuya Umeda, Hiraki Sawa 13 Apr - 1 Jun 2019 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present a duo exhibition featuring works by Japanese artists, Tetsuya Umeda (b.1980) and Hiraki Sawa (b.1977). 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,... Read more

Present Progressive

Nobuaki Takekawa, Yoshiko Shimada, Akira the Hustler, Bubu de la Madeleine, Hiraki Sawa, Tang Dixin, Maria Farrar, Andy Warhol, Nam June Paik, Wang Zhibo, other 19 Mar - 20 Apr 2019 Tokyo Exhibited artists: Nobuaki Takekawa Yoshiko Shimada Akira the Hustler Bubu de la Madeleine Hiraki Sawa Tang Dixin Maria Farrar Andy Warhol Nam June Paik Wang Zhibo other Read more

Side Affects

Chua Chye Teck, Manon de Boer, Tsuyoshi Hisakado 2 Mar - 14 Apr 2019 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Side Affects', curated by artist Guo-Liang Tan and featuring the works of Chua Chye Teck (Singapore), Manon de Boer (Netherlands/ Belgium), and Tsuyoshi Hisakado (Japan). Thinking about Duchamp's concept of 'infra-mince', Tan is interested in how the subtle shifts within things can... Read more

The Illuminated Mundane

Chris Huen Sin-Kan 26 Jan - 9 Mar 2019 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'The Illuminated Mundane', the first solo exhibition by Hong Kong artist Chris Huen Sin-Kan in Japan. Huen paints entirely from memory, and his works mainly depict his family and everyday environments. With limited brushstrokes, Huen illustrates his subjects remarkably - a technique he... Read more

Yayoi Kusama: Prints

Yayoi Kusama 25 Jan - 30 Mar 2019 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'Yayoi Kusama: Prints', a solo exhibition by Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama (born 1929, Japan). The exhibition features a set of colored woodblock prints, early mixed media works and 30 recent prints made between 2011 and 2012. These prints were based on small... Read more

Cheng Ran | The Lament: Mountain Ghost

Cheng Ran 12 Jan - 23 Feb 2019 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'The Lament: Mountain Ghost', a solo exhibition by Chinese artist Cheng Ran. The exhibition presents numerous video works and Cheng Ran's latest body of mixed-media installations. Just like the works presented by the artist, this exhibition aims to create an art experience... Read more

Tang Dixin

Tang Dixin 30 Nov 2018 - 19 Jan 2019 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present a second solo exhibition by Tang Dixin in Tokyo. Tang is a Shanghai-based artist who belongs to one of the '80-hou' generation, a Chinese term for those who were born during the 1980s and are regarded as liberal. He works mainly with painting... Read more

Firoz Mahmud: Drawing Reverberation

Firoz Mahmud 16 Nov 2018 - 5 Jan 2019 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present Drawing Reverberation, a solo exhibition featuring paintings, drawings and wood carving works made in recent years by artist Firoz Mahmud. While currently based in New York City, Mahmud (b. 1974) continues to draw artistic themes from the history of the Bangladeshi region... Read more