Exhibitions

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

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

Private Viewing Room

Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Hiraki Sawa, Nobuaki Takekawa 11 Apr - 6 Jun 2020 Shanghai Due to the novel Coronavirus (nCoV) situation, Ota Fine Arts Shanghai's private viewing room will feature works by Chen Wei, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Hiraki Sawa and Nobuaki Takekawa in a private viewing room style. To request a list of works or make an appointment, kindly... Read more

Post Art Fair

Maria Farrar, Chris Huen, Hilmi Johandi, Yayoi Kusama, Nobuaki Takekawa, Guo-Liang Tan 13 Mar - 25 Apr 2020 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Post Art Fair', a group exhibition featuring a robust selection of our represented artists. In response to the cancellation of Art Basel Hong Kong 2020, Ota Fine Arts invites audiences to experience our presentations alternatively at our gallery spaces in Singapore and... Read more

Night Falls

Chen Wei 15 Feb - 28 Mar 2020 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts 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 light... Read more

Straits

Nobuaki Takekawa & Tang Dixin 15 Jan - 29 Feb 2020 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Straits', a duo exhibition featuring Nobuaki Takekawa (b. 1977, Japan) and Tang Dixin (b. 1982, China). This exhibition explores the two artists' unconventional ways of art-making as a result of their unique, impromptu and playful collaboration with each other. Takekawa and Tang... Read more

Wanderers

Cheng Ran, Takao Minami and Hiraki Sawa 11 Jan - 28 Mar 2020 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'Wanderers', a group exhibition that features Chinese artist, Cheng Ran (born 1981), and Japanese artists, Takao Minami (born 1976) and Hiraki Sawa (born 1977). As avid explorers, these artists have embarked on excursions in travel that are made without agendas. Drawing on a... Read more

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

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

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

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

Yayoi Kusama | THE LONGING FOR MY LOVE ALL BEGAN FROM MY HEART

Yayoi Kusama 7 Nov 2018 - 20 Jan 2019 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'THE LONGING FOR MY LOVE ALL BEGAN FROM MY HEART', a solo exhibition by Yayoi Kusama featuring 34 paintings from her 'My Eternal Soul' series, a peep-in Infinity Mirror Room and several soft sculptures. As an internationally-acclaimed artist, Kusama's practice remains vigorous,... Read more

The Lament: Mountain Ghost

Cheng Ran 13 Oct - 24 Nov 2018 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'The Lament: Mountain Ghost', the very first solo exhibition of Cheng Ran in Japan. Based in Hangzhou, China, Cheng is well known for his video works which possess cinematic beauty while incorporating Western popular culture as a theme. For this exhibition, Cheng will... Read more

Ay Tjoe Christine | The Black Side

Ay Tjoe Christine 29 Sep - 31 Oct 2018 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'The Black Side' a solo exhibition by Ay Tjoe Christine, one of Southeast Asia's most prominent female painters. For this exhibition, Ay Tjoe presents two new paintings together with four other paintings from her recent retrospective exhibition held at the 21st Century... Read more

Crossroads

Akira the Hustler, Chen Wei, Cheng Ran, Masanori Handa, Zai Kuning, Yayoi Kusama, Hiraki Sawa, Guo-Liang Tan, Tang Dixin 21 Sep - 3 Nov 2018 Singapore Coinciding with Gillman Barracks Art After Dark x 6th Anniversary Celebrations, 21 September 2018, 7pm till late Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Crossroads', a group exhibition by 9 artists: Akira the Hustler (Japan), Chen Wei (China), Cheng Ran (China) Masanori Handa (Japan), Zai Kuning (Singapore), Yayoi Kusama... Read more

Geopolitical Grounds

Jong YuGyong, Koh Chaik Hong, Gabriel Leung, Chulayarnnon Siriphol, Nobuaki Takekawa 11 Sep - 6 Oct 2018 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts Tokyo is delighted to present 'Geopolitical Grounds', a group exhibition featuring 5 artists from different parts of Asia: Jong YuGyong (Japan / South Korea), Koh Chaik Hong (Singapore), Gabriel Leung (Hong Kong), Chulayarnnon Siriphol (Thailand), Nobuaki Takekawa (Japan). This exhibition aims to showcase each artist's reaction to... Read more

Cheng Ran | The Lament: Mountain Ghost

Cheng Ran 18 Aug - 23 Sep 2018 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'The Lament: Mountain Ghost', a solo exhibition by Chinese artist Cheng Ran. The exhibition presents Cheng's latest video work series of the same name and several mixed-media installations, creating an art experience that shuttles across time. Cheng, who currently resides in Hangzhou,... Read more

SPACES

Kray Chen, Sheryl Chua, Debbie Ding, Hilmi Johandi, Tristan Lim, Ian Tee 4 Aug - 15 Sep 2018 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present SPACES, a group exhibition featuring 6 artists from Singapore: Kray Chen, Sheryl Chua, Debbie Ding, Hilmi Johandi, Tristan Lim and Ian Tee. This exhibition showcases each artist's reaction to the spaces and structures in contemporary society, as well as a more formal... Read more

Tunnel

Tsuyoshi Hisakado 20 Jul - 1 Sep 2018 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'Tunnel' by Tsuyoshi Hisakado, the artist's first solo exhibition in four years at Ota Fine Arts Tokyo. Hisakado is known for creating installations that trigger viewers' personal memories and experiences to a parallel world, with the use of sound, light and ordinary everyday... Read more

Guo-Liang Tan and Zang Kunkun | Ethereal Machines

Guo-Liang Tan and Zang Kunkun 7 Jul - 12 Aug 2018 Shanghai Mai 36 Galerie and Ota Fine Arts Shanghai are delighted to present 'Ethereal Machines', a dual exhibition that brings together Chinese artist Zang Kunkun and Singapore artist Guo-Liang Tan. Strikingly different at first glance, Zang and Tan share more conceptual similarities that are awaiting to be discovered by its viewers,... Read more

Geopolitical Grounds

Jong YuGyong, Koh Chaik Hong, Gabriel Leung, Chulayarnnon Siriphol, Nobuaki Takekawa 9 Jun - 28 Jul 2018 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Geopolitical Grounds', a group exhibition featuring 5 artists from different parts of Asia: Jong YuGyong (Japan / South Korea), Koh Chaik Hong (Singapore), Gabriel Leung (Hong Kong), Chulayarnnon Siriphol (Thailand), Nobuaki Takekawa (Japan). This exhibition aims to showcase each artist's reaction to... Read more

Be there

Akira the Hustler, Kiri Dalena, Yoshiko Shimada, Nobuaki Takekawa, Yuken Teruya 15 May - 7 Jul 2018 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to announce 'Be there', a group exhibition featuring artworks that connote socio-political messages. 'Be there' is a slogan used to encourage people to participate in demonstrations and other political and social activities. This exhibition title aims to showcase how each artist reaches out to the... Read more

Liao Jiekai and Saskia Olde Wolbers | Telling Tales

Liao Jiekai and Saskia Olde Wolbers 12 May - 1 Jul 2018 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'Telling Tales', the duo presentation of Singapore artist, Liao Jiekai, and Dutch artist, Saskia Olde Wolbers. Three video works, 'Yes, These Eyes are the Windows' (2015) by Saskia Olde Wolbers will be shown alongside 'Bukit Orang Salah' (2013) and 'Silent Light' (2015)... Read more

Zai Kuning

Zai Kuning 14 Apr - 2 Jun 2018 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Zai Kuning', a solo exhibition featuring an installation, sculptures and drawings made by the artist in recent years. Following the successful presentation of his installation work Dapunta Hyang: Transmission of Knowledge (2017) at the Singapore Pavilion in the 57th Venice Biennale, the... Read more

Tsuyoshi Hisakado | Gale

Tsuyoshi Hisakado 24 Mar - 6 May 2018 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present 'Gale', a solo exhibition by Japanese artist, Tsuyoshi Hisakado. Hisakado first presented 'Gale' at the Culture City of East Asia 2017 Kyoto 'Asia Corridor Contemporary Art Exhibition.' The work was site-specific and was presented with the unique structural hoardings in the corner... Read more

Nobuaki Takekawa | Cat Olympics: in memory of Torajiro

Nobuaki Takekawa 2 Mar - 7 Apr 2018 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present Cat Olympics: in memory of Torajiro, a solo exhibition by Japanese artist, Nobuaki Takekawa. Through his participation in the Singapore Biennale 2016 and previous solo exhibitions at the gallery in 2013 and 2016, Takekawa has established a familiarity with the local audience.... Read more

Gallery Collection

Ay Tjoe Christine, Chen Wei, Uuriintuya Dagvasambuu, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Yayoi Kusama, Dennis Oppenheim, Wang Yahui, Saskia Olde Wolbers 20 Jan - 18 Mar 2018 Shanghai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai is delighted to present Gallery Collection, a group exhibition featuring eight artists from across the globe: China, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, The Netherlands and U.S.A. These artists are of diverse backgrounds working in a variety of mediums - painting, photography, video and sculpture. Each of them have... Read more

Chen Wei: Fresh Dewdrop

Chen Wei 13 Jan - 24 Feb 2018 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present Fresh Dewdrop, Chen Wei's second solo exhibition in Singapore. Based in Beijing, Chen has been developing new photographic expressions as a leading figure from the new generation of artists in China. His works have been well-received globally, characterized with still life painting-like... Read more

Cat Olympics: in memory of Torajiro

Nobuaki Takekawa 8 Nov 2017 - 7 Jan 2018 Shanghai For its inaugural exhibition, Ota Fine Arts Shanghai will feature a solo presentation by Japanese artist, Nobuaki Takekawa, titled 'Cat Olympics: in memory of Torajiro'. Cat Olympics: in memory of Torajiro is inspired by the 2020 Olympics to be hosted by Tokyo, Japan. On a more personal level, the exhibition... Read more

Zai Kuning: Autopsy

Zai Kuning 28 Oct - 20 Dec 2017 Singapore Opening Reception in the presence of the artist: Saturday, 28 October 2017, 6-8 pm Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Autopsy', a solo exhibition featuring latest works by Zai Kuning including sculptures and drawings. Through his presentation of sculptures made of wood, Zai attempts to provide alternative ways... Read more

Fresh Dewdrop

Chen Wei 16 Sep - 28 Oct 2017 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present Chen Wei's solo exhibition Fresh Dewdrop. Based in Beijing, Chen has been developing new photographic expressions as a leading figure from the new generation of artists in China. His works have been well-received globally, characterized with still life painting-like compositions, dazzling lights and... Read more

Guo-Liang Tan: Ghost Screen

Guo-Liang Tan 8 Sep - 21 Oct 2017 Singapore Opening Reception in the presence of the artist: Friday, 08 September 2017, 6-8 pm Artist Talk & Booklet Launch: Sunday, 01 October 2017, 3-5 pm Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Guo-Liang Tan: Ghost Screen', a solo exhibition featuring 10 recent and new paintings by the artist. This... Read more

Gallery Collection

Akira the Hustler, Rina Banerjee, Manami Koike, Hiraki Sawa 26 Aug - 9 Sep 2017 Tokyo Read more

Masanori Handa: A Palace

Masanori Handa 22 Jul - 2 Sep 2017 Singapore Opening Reception in the presence of the artist: Saturday, 22 July 2017, 6-8 pm Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Masanori Handa: A Palace', a solo exhibition featuring the artist's latest works of a large installation and a series of drawings. In 2013, the Tokyo-based artist showcased nakakiyo... Read more

Assistants

Jong Yugyong, Masayuki Oku, Lily Shu, Ryusuke Yamai 1 Jul - 12 Aug 2017 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present a group exhibition entitled 'Assistants' by our assistant staff, following the previous exhibition that was held in 2002. How do these four young artists digest the contemporary art they experience in their everyday work flow at the gallery? These artists with vastly diverse... Read more

Yayoi Kusama: Colour Song

Yayoi Kusama 8 Jun - 15 Jul 2017 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Yayoi Kusama: Colour Song', a solo exhibition featuring 7 recent paintings from the artist's most significant series of work, 'Infinity Nets'. As an internationally-acclaimed artist, Kusama has brought inspiration to people all over the world, and she continues to create artworks vigorously... Read more

HEAT

Gallery's collection exhibition 13 May - 24 Jun 2017 Tokyo In this collection show, we introduce Asian artists who are gaining increasing attention in recent years. With bold imaginative motifs and intensive use of color, these works strike the viewers with impact and sometimes a certain kind of suffocation like swelling heat from the inside. Exhibited artists: Firoz Mahmud Heri... Read more

Distance

Geraldine Kang, Tomoko Kashiki, Tang Dixin, Bo Wang 15 Apr - 27 May 2017 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Distance', a group exhibition by 4 artists from Asia: Geraldine Kang (Singapore), Tomoko Kashiki (Japan), Tang Dixin (China) and Bo Wang (China/USA). How are the physical and psychological distances between the artist, the subject matter and the viewer constructed? This exhibition aims... Read more

Boundless

Rina Banerjee, Yayoi Kusama, Yeesookyung 4 Mar - 8 Apr 2017 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Boundless', a group exhibition by 3 influential female artists from Asia: Rina Banerjee (India / USA), Yayoi Kusama (Japan) and Yeesookyung (Korea). These artists' multi-disciplinary practices are a result of their limitless energy and drive to express themselves. The artworks shown in... Read more

From Nirvana to Catastrophe: Matsuzawa Yutaka and his ‘Commune in Imaginary Space’

Curated by Yoshiko Shimada 3 Mar - 22 Apr 2017 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to present an exhibition of Yutaka Matsuzawa (1922-2006), known as the founder of Japanese Conceptualism. Titled From Nirvana to Catastrophe: Matsuzawa Yutaka and his 'Commune in Imaginary Space' and curated by Yoshiko Shimada, this exhibition focuses on the period 1969 - 1973, which has been... Read more

A bundle of twine and difficulties of the tongue

Rina Banerjee 24 Jan - 18 Feb 2017 Tokyo The tongue tells of an accent when it struggles to learn a new language and our sense of self, our confidence is tied to this acrobatic feat and so pleasures in the tongues' ability to grip tight the new language, of a new home can be punishing. In exile or... Read more

Landscapes

Chen Wei, Chris Huen, Tomoko Kashiki, Hiraki Sawa 10 Jan - 25 Feb 2017 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Landscapes', a group exhibition featuring 4 artists from East Asia: Chen Wei (China), Chris Huen (Hong Kong), Tomoko Kashiki (Japan) and Hiraki Sawa (Japan). Landscape has been a subject matter of many artists since centuries ago, regardless of geographical differences. It is... Read more

Takao Minami: Difference Between

6 Dec 2016 - 14 Jan 2017 Tokyo Takao Minami is participating in the exhibition '19th DOMANI - The Art of Tomorrow' at The National Art Center, Tokyo, sponsored by Japanese Government Agency for Cultural Affairs. In association with 'DOMANI', Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present Minami's solo exhibition 'Difference Between', marking his 4th solo exhibition at... Read more

Imagined Peripheries

Masanori Handa, Yayoi Kusama, Firoz Mahmud, Nobuaki Takekawa, Yeesookyung 23 Nov - 24 Dec 2016 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Imagined Peripheries', a group exhibition by 5 artists from East Asia: Masanori Handa (Japan), Yayoi Kusama (Japan), Firoz Mahmud (Bangladesh), Nobuaki Takekawa (Japan) and Yeesookyung (South Korea). This exhibition is a contemplation on the various scenes which contain full of forgotten, unnoticed... Read more

Takao Minami: Medi

Takao Minami 25 Sep - 5 Nov 2016 Singapore Opening Reception in the presence of the artist: 23 September 2016, 7pm (Coinciding with Gillman Barracks 4th Anniversary event 'Art After Dark') Artist Tour: 24 September 2016, 4pm *Other earlier works by the artist will be shown between 2-7pm (Coinciding with Gillman Barracks 4th Anniversary event 'Art Day Out!') Ota... Read more

Tomoko Kashiki

24 Sep - 19 Nov 2016 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce Tomoko Kashiki's solo exhibition of recent works from Sat. 24 September to Sat. 19 November, 2016, linking to her solo exhibition, 'Aperto 05, KASHIKI Tomoko ～Daydream～' at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. The portraits which Tomoko Kashiki creates are placed in... Read more

MOTIONS

6 Aug - 17 Sep 2016 Tokyo Chen Wei Victor Gui Hiraki Sawa Betty Susiarjo Tang Dixin Samson Young Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'Motions', a group exhibition by 6 artists from different parts of Asia: China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan and Singapore. This exhibition relooks at the beauty of motion, familiar from our everyday... Read more

Yayoi Kusama: Prints

Yayoi Kusama 23 Jul - 10 Sep 2016 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Yayoi Kusama: Prints', a solo exhibition featuring a range of prints created between 2011 and 2012 based on 33 small size paintings executed around 2004. These expressions were then developed into the large scale canvases such as 'Love Forever' - a series... Read more

Yayoi Kusama | Monochrome

25 Jun - 30 Jul 2016 Tokyo Yayoi Kusama is the only Japanese who has been featured in the American magazine TIME's 100 Most Influential People in April 2016. She was named 'World's Most Popular Artist' based on a survey of museum attendance around the world by The Art Newspaper in 2014, and her large-scale retrospective exhibition... Read more

Tetsuya Umeda: Almost over, Always around

3 Jun - 16 Jul 2016 Singapore Opening reception in the presence of the artist: Friday, 03 June 2016, 6pm Performance (or something) by the artist(s): Friday, 03 June 2016, 6pm Saturday, 04 June 2016, 5pm Sunday, 05 June 2016, 3pm with Zai Kuning Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present new work by Japanese artist... Read more

Ombak Hitam

Zai Kuning 23 Apr - 11 Jun 2016 Tokyo Zai Kuning, one of Singapore's most prominent artists, has been working with an array of painting and drawing, sculpture, film, music and performance through multi-disciplinary approaches. In the 1990s, the themes of his works often relate to rituals and the body. He was most well-known for his theatre activity and... Read more

Motions

Chen Wei, Victor Gui, Hiraki Sawa, Betty Susiarjo, Tang Dixin, Yeesookyung, Samson Young 2 Apr - 19 May 2016 Singapore Tea Reception in the presence of Betty Susiarjo & Victor Gui: Saturday, 30 April 2016, 1-3 PM Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Motions', a group exhibition by 7 artists from different parts of Asia: China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea and Singapore. This exhibition relooks at the... Read more

Masayasu Mitsuke

27 Feb - 9 Apr 2016 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to present a solo exhibition of Masayasu Mitsuke, an artist who paints Kutani ware, a style of Japanese porcelain. It has been 8 years since Ota Fine Arts has had his solo exhibition. Aka-e (red enamel painting using iron oxide called Bengala on white porcelains)... Read more

Rolling the Dice of History: Nobuaki Takekawa

Nobuaki Takekawa 12 Feb - 26 Mar 2016 Singapore 12 February 2016 6-7.30PM: Talk and Tour by the artist 7.30-9PM: Opening Reception Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Rolling the Dice of History', a solo exhibition by Nobuaki Takekawa (b. 1977). This exhibition will present the artist's latest paintings of acrylic on canvas, incorporating the stencil technique.... Read more

primal lines

26 Jan - 20 Feb 2016 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce 'primal lines', an exhibition of drawings by various artists, including new works and works which will be presented in Japan for the first time. The drawings are introduced as the artists' fundamental starting points of creation, through differing media such as ink, etching,... Read more

Our Nature: Ay Tjoe Christine + Zai Kuning

Ay Tjoe Christine, Zai Kuning 12 Dec 2015 - 30 Jan 2016 Singapore Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present Our Nature: Ay Tjoe Christine + Zai Kuning, a duo exhibition by two of Southeast Asia's most important artists. Christine Ay Tjoe is an Indonesian female artist known for her intricate layered paintings. She expresses inner feelings such as melancholy, struggle, pain and... Read more

Gallery Collection

8 Dec 2015 - 16 Jan 2016 Tokyo Yayoi Kusama Yuken Teruya Takao Minami Akira the Hustler Jay Flores Ticar Rina Banerjee Zhang Enli Read more

Tang Dixin: Dog Bark

Tang Dixin 24 Oct - 5 Dec 2015 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Dog Bark', a solo exhibition by Shanghai-based artist Tang Dixin (b. 1982). He is known for his works which ironically criticize the problems of the Chinese society and art world, and is recognized as one of the representing artists of the new... Read more

Night Paris

Chen Wei 17 Oct - 28 Nov 2015 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'Night Paris', a solo exhibition by Chen Wei, marking the debut of the Beijing-based artist in Japan. Ahead of this, his solo show 'Noon Insomnia' was held at our Singapore space in July this year. While Noon Insomnia was a retrospective exhibition featuring... Read more

After Hours

Nobuaki Takekawa 5 Sep - 10 Oct 2015 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce Nobuaki Takekawa's solo exhibition after two and a half years. Nobuaki Takekawa has been viewing social and political problems by plunging into the vortex of them and he has embodied these themes in his works. This sort of themes generally appears to be... Read more

Tsuyoshi Hisakado: Quantize

Tsuyoshi Hisakado 21 Aug - 10 Oct 2015 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Quantize', a solo exhibition by Tsuyoshi Hisakado. This would mark the Kyoto-based artist's debut in Singapore, and is also an opportunity to showcase new works that he has worked on since his last show at the gallery's space in Tokyo. With an... Read more

Chen Wei: Noon Insomnia

Chen Wei 3 Jul - 15 Aug 2015 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Chen Wei: Noon Insomnia', a survey of 12 representative works by the Chinese artist, selected from the beginnings of his career to his latest series. The solo exhibition marks Chen Wei's debut with the gallery. Part of an emerging generation of Chinese... Read more

Walk in Asia

Said Atabekov, Kiri Dalena, Monir Farmanfarmaian, Yee I-Lann, Zai Kuning, Yee Sookyung, Masayasu Mitsuke 27 Jun - 8 Aug 2015 Tokyo Said Atabekov Kiri Dalena Monir Farmanfarmaian Yee I-Lann Zai Kuning Yee Sookyung Masayasu Mitsuke Read more

Waterway

Lucy Davis, Zai Kuning, Takao Minami and Nobuaki Takekawa 23 May - 28 Jun 2015 Singapore The sea is an invisible, ambivalent and yet powerful force. Its shape transforms like a paradox -- it can be vast and endless as the Pacific, or as narrow as the Arabian Gulf, swallowed suddenly by land. Its waves are unseen channels which connect and divide cultures and peoples. And... Read more

nakakiyo no entakukei

Masanori Handa 18 Apr - 6 Jun 2015 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present a solo exhibition by Masanori Handa. 'nakakiyo no entakukei' an immense installation work presented in Ota Fine Arts Singapore in 2013 will be reborn in Tokyo with 10 new drawings of various mediums. Handa envisioned this work as a low-lying delta, patterned by... Read more

Contemporary Ink Art

Cai Guo-Qiang, Chua Ek Kay, Gu Wenda, Zai Kuning, Lim Tze Peng, Shih Hu, Sun Xun, Tsang Tsou Choi, Wang Dong Ling, Zhan Wang 28 Mar - 17 May 2015 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Contemporary Ink Art', a group exhibition featuring a variety of artists from both China and Singapore who have interpreted ink and literati traditions into contemporary forms. Exhibited are three ink rubbings by Cai Guo-Qiang from his 'Nontransparent Monument' series; and a set... Read more

Yayoi Kusama: Prints 　Part 2

Yayoi Kusama 28 Feb - 28 Mar 2015 Tokyo We are delighted to announce the second part of the exhibition 'Yayoi Kusama: Prints'. All the works are different from part one and will be shown to the public for the first time. With the repetitive use of motifs which leads to Kusama's recent painting 'My Eternal Soul' series, the... Read more

Rina Banerjee: Migration´s Breath

Rina Banerjee 23 Jan - 21 Mar 2015 Singapore Her Moist Breath warm with saliva and scent punctured mountain pleasured a thousand cultures of magnificent Migrations in Mist hidden bewildering beasts and plant blew winds for wandering trumpeted of conch and sprinkled cowry shell as money , came to launch commerce by mouth of river to open sea spoke... Read more

Yayoi Kusama: Prints 　Part 1

Yayoi Kusama 17 Jan - 21 Feb 2015 Tokyo Renown for the use of repeating and accumulating motifs, Yayoi Kusama's artistic practice spans paintings, sculptures and other artistic fields. She also started to pursue print works in 1979, which continues to be creative up to the present time. In this occasion, we are delighted to present Yayoi Kusama's new... Read more

Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama 28 Nov 2014 - 11 Jan 2015 Singapore Opening reception: Friday, 28 November 2014 19.00 - 21.00 Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Yayoi Kusama', a solo exhibition featuring nine new, brilliant paintings and a set of fibreglass sculptures by Yayoi Kusama. Already in the sixth decade of her career, the renown Japanese artist is still... Read more

Gallery Collection

Yee Sookyung, Nobuaki Takekawa, Ay Tjoe Christine, Yayoi Kusama, Zai Kuning 28 Oct - 6 Dec 2014 Tokyo test Read more

Yayoi Kusama: Prints

Yayoi Kusama 25 Oct - 22 Nov 2014 Singapore Ota Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Yayoi Kusama: Prints', a solo exhibition featuring a vibrant range of limited edition screenprints and etchings produced over the past two decades by esteemed Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Yayoi Kusama Well known for her use of dense patterns of polka dots and... Read more

Ink Art

2 Sep - 18 Oct 2014 Tokyo In Japan, Ink is associated with ink schools and ink exhibitions which are supported by a unique aesthetic value. The background of it is that ink was excluded from art in the process of modernization in Japan. It is called the 'Japanese Calligraphy is not an 'Art'' movement. However, this... Read more

Vivid Strata: New Representations of Asia II

Yayoi Kusama, Jia Aili, Firoz Mahmud, Qin Qi, Nobuaki Takekawa, Baek Jin Sook and Yeesookyung 22 Aug - 11 Oct 2014 Singapore Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'Vivid Strata: New Representations of Asia II', a summer group exhibition featuring a host of artists who are at the forefront of shaping new ways of envisioning themselves and their region. On display are new paintings and drawings by Yayoi Kusama, Jia Aili,... Read more

Tang Dixin

5 Jul - 9 Aug 2014 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Tang Dixin (born in 1982), a Shanghai-based contemporary artist. He participated in 'REVEL - Celebrating MoCA's 8 year in Shanghai' at Moca Shanghai and 'ON|OFF: China's Young Artists in Concept and Practice' at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing... Read more

We are home and everywhere

Zai Kuning 27 Jun - 16 Aug 2014 Singapore Live performance by the artist with Circuitrip: Friday, 15 August 2014, 20:00 Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'We are home and everywhere', a solo exhibition by Singaporean artist Zai Kuning, his debut with the gallery. Having worked with an array of sculpture, installation, painting and drawing, experimental sound... Read more

Quantize

Tsuyoshi HISAKADO 24 May - 28 Jun 2014 Tokyo Born in Kyoto in 1981, Tsuyoshi Hisakado completed an M.F.A at the department of Sculpture of Kyoto University of Arts in 2007. He formed an artist group SHINCHICA in 2002 while he was in university, and he took charge of sound and installation. From this background, the two elements, 'sound'... Read more

Standing in the Shadow

Cheng Ran, Li Ran and Hiraki Sawa 9 May - 22 Jun 2014 Singapore Ota Fine Arts is pleased to present 'Standing in the Shadow', a group exhibition featuring a selection of video works by three remarkable young Asian artists: Cheng Ran, Li Ran and Hiraki Sawa. Wherever these artists stand, within disparate art communities in Europe and East Asia, the moving images they... Read more

Takao MINAMI

Takao Minami 14 Mar - 27 Apr 2014 Singapore Opening reception in the presence of the artist: Friday, 14 March 2014 19.00 - 21.00 Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Takao Minami, his debut in Singapore. The exhibition will feature the artist's new work, including both double and single-channel video installations, as well as... Read more

HIRAKI SAWA

Hiraki Sawa 12 Feb - 26 Apr 2014 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to hold the exhibition of Hiraki Sawa, linking to his current solo exhibition at Tokyo Opera City Gallery. Hiraki Sawa was born in Kanazawa in 1977. After graduating from high school, he moved his base to the UK and in 2002 he made an impressive... Read more

Tomoko Kashiki

Tomoko Kashiki 17 Jan - 2 Mar 2014 Singapore To inaugurate our new space at Gillman Barracks, Ota Fine Arts presents a solo exhibition by Tomoko Kashiki, the artist's debut in Singapore. Reminiscent of Heian Buddhist paintings and bijinga, traditional depictions of beautiful women, the painter's exquisite imaginings are derived from her original 'poetic sentiment and emotion.' Created through... Read more

What am I made of and how do you know my name?

Rina Banerjee 22 Nov 2013 - 31 Jan 2014 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition by Rina Banerjee starting on 22 November, 2013. Rina Banerjee was born in Kolkata, India in 1963 and moved with her family to the UK, where she spent her child hood. The family then moved to the USA and... Read more

HOTEL NEW OSOREZAN

UMEDA Tetsuya 23 Oct - 8 Dec 2013 Singapore Live performance by the artist: Wednesday, 23 October, 19:00 - 21:00 Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present new work by Japanese performance, sound and installation artist Umeda Tetsuya, in his first solo exhibition in Singapore entitled 'HOTEL NEW OSOREZAN'. Umeda's experimental site-specific work explores our fundamental environment of nature,... Read more

Myriad of “paste”

Ay Tjoe Christine 21 Sep - 9 Nov 2013 Tokyo Ay Tjoe Christine (b.1973, Bandung) is an Indonesian female artist who has gained tremendous popularity throughout art markets in Asia. With her earlier experiments in drypoint prints, she cultivated her sharp, fluent and vigorous lines. To produce the same effect on her tableaux she uses the protean oilbars, melding figuration... Read more

nakakiyo no entakukei

Masanori Handa 6 Sep - 13 Oct 2013 Singapore Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present new work by emerging Japanese artist Masanori Handa in his first solo exhibition in Singapore entitled 'nakakiyo no entakukei.' Masanori Handa's world is one of playful, impressionistic, yet nonetheless contemplative experimentation. Fleeting encounters and occurences often give vital momentum to his practice. Sites,... Read more

Walk in Asia Ⅱ

Song Yuanyuan, Li Ran, Qin Qi, Jia Aili, Yee I-Lann, Gu Wenda, Sun Xun, Wang Dong Ling 10 Aug - 6 Sep 2013 Tokyo Song Yuanyuan Li Ran Qin Qi Jia Aili Yee I-Lann Gu Wenda Sun Xun Wang Dong Ling Straight Chinese Ceramic Song Yuanyuan (b. 1981, Shen Yang) graduated from the Photography Department of Lun Xun Academy of Fine Arts. After studying photography, Song Yuanyuan has settled on becoming a painter in... Read more

Beyond the Surface

Yayoi Kusama, Monir Farmanfarmaian, Masayasu Mitsuke, Yeesookyung, and Hiraki Sawa 27 Jul - 25 Aug 2013 Singapore Ota Fine Arts is delighted to announce 'Beyond the Surface', a group exhibition featuring works by Yayoi Kusama, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Masayasu Mitsuke, Yeesookyung and Hiraki Sawa. The pieces selected are all piquant studies of the artist's hand as it touches the surface of the canvas, traces paper, gilds ceramic... Read more

Standing in the Shadow

Li Ran, Cheng Ran, Hiraki Sawa 10 Jul - 3 Aug 2013 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present the exhibition 'Standing in the Shadow'. The exhibition features impressive video works by three contemporary Asian young artists, Li Ran, Cheng Ran and Hiraki Sawa. The variety of moving images are created out of each artist's desire to reach out to a realm... Read more

Vivid Strata: New Representations of Asia

Firoz Mahmud, Rina Banerjee, Takao Minami, and Tomoko Kashiki 21 Jun - 21 Jul 2013 Singapore This summer, Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present a group exhibition featuring four contemporary artists from Asia all working in various strands of figurative representation, by means of painting, collage and video. Between Firoz Mahmud, Rina Banerjee, Takao Minami and Tomoko Kashiki, the artists' works undulate from sensuous dream-scapes... Read more

Behavior Model: Takao Minami, Mari Minato, Yushi Yashima

Takao Minami, Mari Minato, Yushi Yashima 17 May - 6 Jul 2013 Tokyo We are pleased to present the exhibition of 'Behavior Model' curated by Takao Minami who is the artist we represent. This exhibition features three artists: Paris-based Mari Minato, Ogaki-based Yushi Yashima and Minami himself. They are intrigued by pictograms, oral traditions or papers for practice pens in stationary store. Through... Read more

Yeesookyung: "FLAME"

Yeesookyung 3 May - 15 Jun 2013 Singapore Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Yeesookyung, the Korean artist's first in Singapore. She has been showing a rich variety of conceptual works, and 'Flame' comprises a series of ceramic sculptures, scroll paintings and cinnabar drawings on Korean paper. From ceramics villages throughout Korea, Yeesookyung... Read more

Saskia Olde Wolbers

19 Mar - 27 Apr 2013 Singapore Ota Fine Arts, both Tokyo and Singapore are pleased to present a new video work Pareidolia by Saskia Olde Wolbers, in her second solo exhibition at the gallery in Tokyo since 2008. This work was shown at the screening at Maureen Paley in London last year; this is the first... Read more

Saskia Olde Wolbers

19 Mar - 27 Apr 2013 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts, both Tokyo and Singapore are pleased to present a new video work Pareidolia by Saskia Olde Wolbers, in her second solo exhibition at the gallery in Tokyo since 2008. This work was shown at the screening at Maureen Paley in London last year; this is the first... Read more

Gallery Collection

Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Hiraki Sawa, Jessica Diamond, Nobuaki Takekawa, Dale Berning, Masanori Handa 9 Feb - 9 Mar 2013 Tokyo Read more

We Are Pirates of Uncharted History

Nobuaki Takekawa 18 Jan - 10 Mar 2013 Singapore To inaugurate the new year, Ota Fine Arts is delighted to showcase new works by Nobuaki Takekawa for the first time in Singapore. Born and raised in Japan, Nobuaki Takekawa was one of tens of thousands of Japanese who encountered the massive earthquake and subsequent nuclear accident of 2011. These... Read more

YAYOI KUSAMA: New Paintings II

Yayoi Kusama 8 Dec 2012 - 2 Feb 2013 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce that 'YAYOI KUSAMA: New Paintings II' will start on 8 December. The tour of Yayoi Kusama's large-scale retrospective, organised by TATE Modern in London,　travelled to major cities in Europe and has come to an end at Whitney Museum in New York in this... Read more

Yayoi Kusama "LOVE FOREVER"

Yayoi Kusama 2 Nov - 20 Dec 2012 Singapore For our second exhibition at Gillman Barracks, Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present Yayoi Kusama's 'Love Forever' series for the first time in Singapore. The artist has worked on these black and white marker drawings from 2004 to 2007, and has completed 50 pieces in total. This November, we... Read more

YAYOI KUSAMA: New Paintings

Yayoi Kusama 26 Oct - 7 Dec 2012 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce the exhibition of YAYOI KUSAMA: New Paintings starting from 26 October, 2012. Starting in 2009, KUSAMA's latest painting series, 'My Eternal Soul' has now reached up to more than 220 paintings over the past 3 years and has grown as one of the... Read more

Yayoi Kusama "METALLIC"

Yayoi Kusama 14 Sep - 28 Oct 2012 Singapore Ota Fine Arts is delighted to announce the inaugural exhibition 'YAYOI KUSAMA: METALLIC' at our new gallery space in Singapore. The gallery will have a grand opening at Gillman Barracks on 14 September, 2012. As one of the leading artists well recognised as an avant-garde for her activities from the... Read more

Akira the Hustler "Ordinary Life"

8 Sep - 13 Oct 2012 Tokyo Opening live performance by the following artists will start at 18:00 on 8 September. MC: ATS, Akuryo / Sound: i Zoom i Rockers *Admission Free Read more

Walk in Asia

Rina Banerjee, Ho Sin Tung, Yee Sookyung, Manami Koike, Naoya Inose, Mai Trung Thu, Masayasu Mitsuke, 24 Jul - 31 Aug 2012 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce the summer collection exhibition of Walk in Asia starting from 24 July. The rise of Asian countries in recent years can be seen not only in the context of politics and economics, but in culture. This inquires us, Asians to reconsider the structure... Read more

Nobuaki Takekawa 2001-2012

2 Jun - 14 Jul 2012 Tokyo *Opening party with the artist will be held at 18:00 - 20:00 on Sat. 2 June. Read more

Hiraki Sawa "Postscript"

10 Apr - 26 May 2012 Tokyo Read more

Vertical

Dagvasambuu Uuriintuya, Tomoko Kashiki, Yayoi Kusama, Zang Wang, Nobuaki Takekawa, Takeshi Kobayashi, Kuo I-Chen 21 Mar - 6 Apr 2012 Tokyo Read more

Tetsuya Umeda "Waiting Room"

7 Feb - 15 Mar 2012 Tokyo Exhibition closes with the performance live by the artist on Thu 15 March.It will start at 19:00. *Exhibition has extended until Thu 15 March. Read more

Tomoko Kashiki

26 Nov 2011 - 21 Jan 2012 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce the second solo exhibition of Tomoko Kashiki, starting from 26th November. Kashiki completed Ph.D. in Graduate School of Art (painting) at Kyoto City University of Arts in this spring, currently lives and works in Kyoto. Her flat, smooth texture and flowing lines have... Read more

Melancholia

Albrecht Dürer, Hiraki Sawa, Louis Bourgeois, Yayoi Kusama, Naoya Inose 25 Oct - 19 Nov 2011 Tokyo Read more

ROPPONGI MOSQUE

Masanori Handa 10 Sep - 15 Oct 2011 Tokyo Taking sceneries or incidents that the artist encounters as momentum, Masanori Handa opens his senses and visualizes the fluid and sometime-utterly incoherent world. In this exhibition, Handa rebuilds the'150 hedron' which he found at the mosque in Ebina in the past. The artist explored this silhouette in Europe and collected... Read more

Portraits in August

Rodel Tapaya, Yayoi Kusama, Heri Dono, Tomoko Kashiki, Rinshiro Fujiki, Manami Koike 2 - 27 Aug 2011 Tokyo Read more

Nobuaki Takekawa

Nobuaki Takekawa 18 Jun - 23 Jul 2011 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce the new solo exhibition 'Nobuaki Takekawa', the third programme since its re-opening in Roppongi in February this year. The Tohoku earthquake and the followed incident by Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have equally given the strong shock to all of us who are living... Read more

Lamentation in Two Lies

Firoz Mahmud 16 Apr - 4 Jun 2011 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of Firoz Mahmud, the artist who participated in Aichi Triennale last year. The exhibition is featuring Layapa paintings series which he calls 'Layapa Art' and sculptures. The paintings are on war and conflict, love and emotion and the sculpture/installation... Read more

New Address, New Works

Ay Tjoe Christine, Jay Flores Ticar, Firoz Mahmud, Manami Koike, Nobuaki Takekawa, Monir Farmanfarmaian, Yee Sookyung 18 Feb - 2 Apr 2011 Tokyo Ota Fine Arts is delighted to announce the gallery will return to Roppongi and new exhibition will start on 18th February. The group show, titled 'New Address, New Works' will show new Asian talents who have been come across by the gallery staffs over the last few years. From far... Read more

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian 6 Nov - 11 Dec 2010 Tokyo Read more

Takao Minami "puppet study"

Takao Minami 4 Sep - 16 Oct 2010 Tokyo Graduating Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences(IAMAS), Minami started his career as an artist unit, called 'ressentiment'. He has been participated in many international group exhibitions and recently his works have been shown at 'Mind as Passion'(Taipei Fine Arts Museum), solo exhibition 'Flickers－New Media Art from Japan'(Goethe-Institut, Hanoi), 'The... Read more

Yayoi Kusama in '80s

Yayoi Kusama 16 Jul - 27 Aug 2010 Tokyo Yayoi Kusama's major solo exhibition is being planned to start from next spring. The exhibition will be toured in Europe and it will feature the side of the artist as Colourist from '80s until the present time. This would be a great　opportunity to show the new Kusama icon apart from... Read more

Sculptures

Zhan Wang, Yee Sookyung, Rinshiro Fujiki from SHINCHIKA, Yuken Teruya, Akira the Hustler, Yayoi Kusama, Haniwa Human Figure 22 May - 3 Jul 2010 Tokyo From East to West, China to Iran, this exhibition will follow the cultural belt of Asia. It has selected three-dimensional works with wide-range Asian tones. Born in Qazvin, Iran in 1925, Monir Shahroudly Farmanfarmaian creates wall sculptures which combine Iranian　traditional techniques of mirror mosaic and Isramic geometric pattern with the... Read more

Nobuaki Takekawa / Manami Koike

Nobuaki Takekawa, Manami Koike 23 Mar - 8 May 2010 Tokyo Read more

Season of Incubation 2

Naoya Inose, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Tomko Kashiki, Nobuaki Takekawa 29 Jan - 6 Mar 2010 Tokyo Read more

SHINCHIKA

SHINCHIKA 28 Nov 2009 - 16 Jan 2010 Tokyo SHINCHIKA yamanomichi Swinging highway Short cut (animal trail) is opened Echo in the dark Be a wind deliver my request Snaky road floating in the scenery Walk visit The road headlight 満ちては　消えて　山の道 S字のカーブを描いてみせた さすれば　そこは　猫の背中で 毛玉のようにみえる空気が　二人の間に　お邪魔する 夜行性のカーブミラーが ヘッドライトから逃げ惑う 毛足の長い　御山さん　人の営み繰り返す　光の絨毯　足下　あやとり 縦糸　横糸　こんがらがって 車の中は　快適温度 外的風景プロジェクション こぼれてみえる　僕の意図 まん丸目玉の　アスファルト 大きな口から逃げ惑う 光の蛇が　横たわり 鳴き声遠くに　AM FM 誰かと目が合い　誰かにつぶやく 黒いマントをかぶってみえた 気付けば　ずっと森だった Read more

screening Hiraki Sawa / Takao Minami

Hiraki Sawa, Takao Minami 21 Oct - 14 Nov 2009 Tokyo Read more

SLOGAN

Naoya Inose, Yuken Teruya, Yoshiko Shimada, Akira the Hustler 7 Sep - 10 Oct 2009 Tokyo Read more

Another OZAWA

Tsuyohi Ozawa 21 Jul - 29 Aug 2009 Tokyo In this summer, Ozawa will have his large solo exhibition, 'Tsuyoshi Ozawa: The Invisible Runner Strides On' at Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art from 1 August, and will follow by 'The 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2009' from 5 from 5 September. The artist will participate in it as... Read more

Yee Sookyung / Masayasu Mitsuke

Yee Sookyung, Masayasu Mitsuke 30 May - 4 Jul 2009 Tokyo Read more

Tetsuya Umeda "Science of Superstition"

Tetsuya Umeda 25 Apr - 23 May 2009 Tokyo Read more

Tomoko Kashiki

Tomoko Kashiki 13 Mar - 17 Apr 2009 Tokyo Read more

Hiraki Sawa

Hiraki Sawa 31 Jan - 6 Mar 2009 Tokyo Read more

Nobuaki Takekawa

Nobuaki Takekawa 22 Nov 2008 - 17 Feb 2009 Tokyo This exhibition will show the combination of his latest paintings from the series of Cicada's eclosion and I, a new painting and a installation work. In Cicada's eclosion and I, he combined the portrait of his family or himself and the repeating timelines of 7 years that Cicadas spend in... Read more

Animal Garden

Hiraki Sawa, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Nobuaki Takekawa, Yayoi Kusama, Tiger Tateishi, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Nagasawa Rosetsu, Maruyama oukyo 14 Oct - 15 Nov 2008 Tokyo Historically, domestic animals and pets, even wild animals were part of our daily lives. Sometimes as beings to be feared of, and other times as a symbol of power, or merely food, animals are inseparable from human life, their presence absolute, and this applies to the art world as well.... Read more

Takao Minami

Takao Minami 30 Aug - 4 Oct 2008 Tokyo The exhibition will consist of 3 video works including　installations. Each used the tools such as computer, projector, monitoring camera or mirror as media to show how the elements of reality will be able to communicate with virtual space and create the visual world. It is the experimental trial for exploring... Read more

Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama 18 Jul - 22 Aug 2008 Tokyo It is delightful to be able to show 'Love Forever' series for the first time in Japan. The artist had started this series since 2004 and completed fifty pieces in total last year. Canvas works drawn with marker show not only the repeating subjects of eyes, polka dots, side faces,... Read more

When you switch off your mobile, painting starts to talk eloquently.

Manami Koike, Tomoko Kashiki, Firoz Mahmud 7 Jun - 12 Jul 2008 Tokyo Read more

Saskia olde wolbers

Saskia olde wolbers 31 Mar - 25 Apr 2008 Tokyo Read more

SHINCHIKA

SHINCHIKA 15 Mar - 19 Apr 2008 Tokyo Read more

Akira the Hustler presents. "Living Together"

Akira the Hustler 22 Jan - 16 Feb 2008 Tokyo Whoever we are HIV-positive or not, we're already living together.This is the concept of Living Together Project, it has started in 2003. The treatments have made an innovative advance in the end of 1990's and the circumstances surrounding HIV-positive people have been getting much better than used to be.However, those... Read more

Masayasu Mitsuke

Masayasu Mitsuke 22 Nov - 15 Dec 2007 Tokyo Read more

Gallery Collection - Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama 7 Jul - 4 Aug 2007 Tokyo Read more