
Yoichiro Otani
By arranging letters in my paintings, I merge linguistic and visual expression. I explore the connection between seeing and reading in painting, and the interrelationship between form and meaning.
Profile 1990 Born in Osaka, Japan 2015 Graduated from Kuwasawa Design School 2018 Completed Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts 2018-2019 Exchange student at Tsinghua University, Beijing Exhibitions 2017 IAG AWARD EXHIBITION (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Gallery, Tokyo) 2017 Minato Media Museum, Ibaraki, Japan 2018 Tokyo University of the Arts Graduation Works Exhibition, The University Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2018 IKEBUKURO KAIYUHA ART EXHIBITION, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Tokyo, Japan 2018 crossword, Daikanyama T-SITE, Tokyo, Japan 2018 Art Expo MALAYSIA, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2018 BAY ART (THE MIXC SHENZHEN BAY, Shenzhen) 2019 IAG Select Exhibition, Sanbancho Gallery, Saitama, Japan 2019 Art Liberation Zone DAIKANYAMA (Tenoha Daikanyama, Tokyo) 2020 Art Liberation Zone GINZA (Ginza Takagi Building, Tokyo) 2020 0101 Art Fair, Taipei, Taiwan 2020 DenchuLab.2019 (Former Hirakushi Denaka Residence Atelier, Tokyo) 2020 Project le Bosquet 2020 Insupi Kore Yan Exhibition (PARK HOTEL Corridor Gallery 34, Tokyo) 2021 Insupi Kore Yan Exhibition (PARK HOTEL Corridor Gallery 34, Tokyo) 2021 Art Liberation Zone EATS Nihonbashi (Coredo Muromachi Terrace Seihin Seikatsu, Tokyo) 2021 Mirai no Shibuya Weeks (Shibuya Seibu, Tokyo) Awards 2017 IAG AWARDS IAG Encouragement Award 2018 Salon de Printemps Prize, Tokyo University of the Arts 2020 DenchuLab.2019 Selected 2020 NONIO ART WAVE AWARD Grand Prix, Graphic Division