OTANI WORKSHOP
©Otani Workshop/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Photo by Claire Dorn.Courtesy Perrotin (2019 Paris)
Profile
Born 1980 in Shiga Prefecture. Studied sculpture at an art college and worked in a collaborative studio at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park. He began to think about having his own space and a kiln for large-scale works after his solo exhibition at Kaikai Kiki Gallery in 2016, “When I Was Seventeen, I Learned About Giacometti from My Art Teacher and Became Drawn to Sculpture—and So I Make Sculptures Now”. He is currently based at a former tile factory on Awaji Island, where he continues to create artworks. His works range from sculptures made using ceramic techniques, to bronze and FRP sculptures, as well as paintings.
| 2005 | Founded Otani Workshop |
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| 2004 | Graduated from Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts |
| 1980 | Born in Shiga prefecrute |
| 2024 | “Tanilla Tanilla Tanilla” Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo |
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| 2023 | “Portraits”, Perrotin, Hong Kong |
| 2022 | ”Hand, Eye, and Soul” Perrotin, Seoul, South Korea |
| 2021 | ”Like a talisman” Perrotin, Shanghai |
| 2020 | “Narubekunaranare Narazarumonarubekenya Narareccho (Be if you can, Even if you don’t have to be, Let it be)” Perrotin, New York, USA |
| 2019 | “Contes d’Awaji” Perrotin, Paris, France |
| 2016 | “When I Was Seventeen, I Learned About Giacometti from My Art Teacher and Became Drawn to Sculpture—and So I Make Sculptures Now.” Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2015 | “Otani Workshop” t.gallery, Tokyo |
| “Otani Workshop” FUURO, Tokyo | |
| “Otani Workshop” gallery uchiumi, Tokyo | |
| 2014 | “Tadaima kosakuchu” Hidari Zingaro, Tokyo |
| “Otani Workshop” t.gallery, Tokyo | |
| 2013 | “Otani Workshop” Tri Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2012 | “Otani Workshop” Nichi-nichi, Tokyo |
| “Otani Workshop: Iroiroten, Kino no Tsuzuki, Ashita no Ashita,” Tri Gallery, Tokyo | |
| 2011 | “~of the soul~,” Hidari Zingaro/Oz Zingaro/Kaikiki Zingaro, Tokyo |
| “Otani Workshop no Utsuwaten ~OFF BEAT~,” Gallery Utsuwa Note, Saitama | |
| “Otani Workshop” Nichi-nichi, Tokyo | |
| “Otani Workshop ~Kousaku Sanmai~,” Tri Gallery, Tokyo | |
| “Otani Workshop no Shigoto to Bon Antiques no Kodogu no Omise,” Jikken Shop 1928, Kyoto | |
| 2010 | “Otani Workshop” Nichi-nichi, Tokyo |
| “Otani Workshop Chopi to shita Mono”Anzuya, Nara | |
| 2009 | “Otani Workshop ~Kousaku Sanmai~,” Tri Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2008 | “Tou no Shigototen,”Tri Gallery, Tokyo |
| “Otani Workshop,” Ginza AKANE art gallery, Tokyo | |
| “Otani Workshop Tenjikaiten,” Gallery KARAHASHI, Shiga |
| 2022 | ”Roppongi ARTNIGHT GROUP SHOW” Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo |
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| ”Head in the Clouds” Perrotin,Tokyo | |
| 2021 | ”GEIBI KAKUSHIN(Aesthetic Innovation on Japanese Ceramic Art)” Perrotin, Paris, France |
| ”2021 Kaikai Kiki Autumn Show” Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo | |
| ”HealingxHealing” Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo | |
| ”Healing” Perrotin, Shanghai | |
| 2020 | ”Healing” Perrotin, Seoul, South Seoul |
| ”Healing” Perrotin Matignon, Paris, France | |
| 2018 | ”Bubblewrap” Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan |
| 2017 | “An Occasion for Contemplating Ceramics and Sculpture: Seeds Sown in Shigaraki” Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2016 | “Kazunori Hamana, Yuji Ueda, Otani Workshop” BLUM&POE, New York |
| “ton chin kan,” Roppongi Hills A/D Gallery , Tokyo | |
| 2015 | “Kazunori Hamana, Yuji Ueda, Otani Workshop” BLUM&POE, Los Angeles |
| 2013 | “Yukiharu Kumagai Otani Workshop Futari-ten Tanoshii Kurashi, Utsuwa Note, Saitama |
| “G-tokyo” Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo | |
| “Oz!Zingaro STYLE!” Oz Zingaro, Tokyo | |
| 2012 | “Japanese Contemporary Ceramic Art by Oz Zingaro,” Hidari Zingaro Berlin, Berlin |
| “Around The Kochuten” Hidari Zinagaro/Oz Zingaro/Kaikiki Zingaro, Tokyo | |
| “Melbourne Art Fair 2012” Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne | |
| “4 ceramists exhibition” Hidari Zingaro Taipei, Taipei | |
| “KAYU・Otani Workshop Futari Ten,” Mizunosora, Tokyo |
