ob
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Born in 1992, ob is the most important of the many artists who emerged as part of Japan’s SNS generation in 2010.
As a university student in Kyoto, she organized and curated several local exhibitions after reaching out to other artists her age through the illustration communication service pixiv.
This culminated in the exhibition “Wassyoi” for which she received much attention and acclaim. The name “Wassyoi” itself stems from the chant used by revelers in Japanese street festivals.
As part of the new generation of artists who grew up in an environment where video games and social media have always been part of daily life, she explores the dreamy filter of the feminine psyche through the recurring motif of a wide-eyed young girl in her delicate, atmospheric paintings. ob collaborated with renowned cosmectics line shu uemura in 2013 and has been featured numerous times in art fairs overseas.
| 2010 | Graduated from Kyoto Art Senior High School |
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| 1992 | Born |
| 2020 | “Spiral and Spring,” Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo |
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| 2017 | “Lights Shimmering Between Realms,” Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2013 | “Heavenly Creatures,” Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2011 | “Fragrance” Kaikai Kiki Gallery Taipei, Taipei “Oblaat” Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong “Respiration,” Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2010 | “Houwa,” 0000 Gallery, Kyoto |
| 2019 | “2019 Kaikai Kiki Summer Show,” Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo |
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| 2014 | “Bishojo: Young Pretty Girls in Art History” Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori; Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka; Iwami Art Museum, Shimane |
| 2012 | “ob, JNTHED, Haruka Makita” Hidari Zingaro Berlin, Berlin |
| 2010 |
“Oil Shock! – Oil painters born in the 90’s” Hidari Zingaro, Tokyo “Graduate Exhibition Of Kyoto Art High Schools,” Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art , Kyoto “Artists Night Vol.1” 0000 Gallery, Kyoto “ART FAIR FREE” VACANT, Tokyo “Chaos Lounge 2010,” Hibiya Takahashi Collection, Tokyo “¥2010 exhibition -Spring 2010” 0000 Gallery, Kyoto “¥2010 exhibition -Summer-” Dojidai Gallery, Kyoto “The World Next Door,” Kaikai Kiki Gallery Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2010 | “wassyoi” Kaleidoscope Museum of Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto “wassyoi+” 0000 Gallery, Kyoto “wassyoi #” 0000 Gallery, Kyoto |
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