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

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

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

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

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

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

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