Exhibitions 2023
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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
