Shinji Ohya uses traditional Nihonga techniques to depict gold fish, carp, and seasonal flowers. The motifs which emerge from his canvases have a cultivated elegance that draws the eye, recalling the solemnity of wind rippling across still water and the unceasing changing of the seasons. We hope you will enjoy witnessing these works by a Nihonga artist who specializes in portraying the quiet lustre of life.
Shinji OhyaProfile
| 1972 | Born in Kanagawa, Japan Works and lives in Kanagawa, Japan |
| 【Education】 | |
| 1994 | Graduated Tama Art University, Department of Painting, Japanese Painting Course |
| 【Selected Solo Exhibitions】 | |
| 2019 | “Shinji Oya: Japanese style paintings” (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2018 | Solo Exhibition (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi) |
| 2017 | Solo Exhibition (Niigata Mitsukoshi, Niigata) |
| 2016 | Solo Exhibition (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) “Shinji Oya: Japanese style paintings” (Sendai Mitsukoshi, Miyagi) |
| 2014 | “Shinji Oya” (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2001 | “Shinji Oya” (GALLERY MIYASAKA, Tokyo) |
| 【Selected Group Exhibitions】 | |
| 2014 | “Wakate Nihonga-ten” (Niigata Mitsukoshi, Niigata) “Wakate Sakka Kaleidoscope Tokushu” (Daimaru Shinsaibashi, Osaka) |
| 2013 | “Shinei Sakka Nihonga-ten” (Niigata Mitsukoshi, Niigata) Two Person Exhibition, “Shinji Oya x Makihiko Watanabe” (Tokyo) “Something Precious” (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, continued in 2014, 2015, 2017) |
| 2010 | “Oyako Futari-ten” (GALLERY MIYASAKA, Tokyo) |
| 2007 | “Nihonga Sandai-ten” (Niigata Yamato, Niigata) |
| 2005 | “Byoubyou-ten” (until 2007) “Michi-ten” (Gallery SEIKODO, Tokyo, continued every two years afterward) |
| 1994 | Three Person Exhibiton (GALLERY MIYASAKA, Tokyo) |
| 【Awards】 | |
| 2003 | Grand prize for the first Nara Manyo Grand Prize Exhibition |
| 2002 | Selected for Maeda Seison Memorial Award Exhibition |
| Selected for Nitten for seven times and Nisshun-ten for six times | |
10/05/2019(fri) - 24/05/2019(fri)
11:00-19:00※ Close at 17:00 on Saturdays, Sundays and the last day.
Artist will be in the gallery during exhibition.