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

A Day in the Life

Chris Huen Sin-kan 1 Jul - 19 Aug 2023 Tokyo, 7CHOME (Tokyo) Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present 'A Day in the Life', a solo exhibition by Chris Huen Sin-Kan. 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 - 1 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