Otani Workshop
Profile
Born in Shiga Prefecture in 1980, he started using the artist name Otani Workshop in 2005. Currently based in Shiga Prefecture town of Shigaraki, the artist works with wood, iron, and other materials in addition to ceramics. Otani’s works maintain the rough texture of coarse-grained clay, which, together with their cute appearances, give them their distinct air as sculptures. He participated in the group shows featuring ceramics curated by Takashi Murakami and held at Blum & Poe’s Los Angels and New York galleries in 2015 and 2016, respectively. In his solo show with Kaikai Kiki Gallery in 2016 titled “When I Was Seventeen, I Learned About Giacometti from My Art Teacher and Became Drawn to Sculpture—and So I Make Sculptures Now,” the artist explored the relationship between ceramics and sculptures.
| 2005 | Founded Otani Workshop |
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| 2004 | Graduated from Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts |
| 1980 | Born in Shiga prefecrute |
| 2019 | "Contes d'Awaji" Perrotin, Paris, France |
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| 2018 | "Otani Workshop" Perrotin, Seoul, South Korea |
| 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 |
| 2017 | "An Occasion for Contemplating Ceramics and Sculpture: Seeds Sown in Shigaraki" Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo |
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| 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 "4 ceramists exhibition" Hidari Zingaro Taipei, Taipei |
| 2011 | "YMO," gallery Sala, Shiga |
| 2010 | "KAYU・Otani Workshop Futari Ten," Mizunosora, Tokyo |
