OKAMOTO ELLIE

Okamoto Ellie-New-Edited
N a m e : OKAMOTO ELLIE

Born & Lives

1987 Born in Chiba, Japan
Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan

Education

2017 PhD in Oil Painting Techniques and Materials, Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2012 MFA in Oil Painting Techniques and Materials, Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan with Mori Award
2010 BFA in Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan with Salon de Printemps Award, Taito Ward Award and Mr. O Memorial Award

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2021 Chasing the White Hare of Inaba to Java, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Troposphere, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2010 To See the Voices of the Spirits, Mizuma Action, Tokyo, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 PANEM ET CIRCENSES Exhibition, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Hopes & Dialogues in Rumah Kijang Mizuma, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
2018 Folkloristics, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
2016 Exposing Ikai- The Different World, Visitors in Past and Contemporary Art, Akita Museum of Art, Akita, Japan
2012 Zipangu - The Surge of Japanese Contemporary Art, The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum, Niigata, Japan (traveled to Takasaki Art Museum, Gunma, JP, and two other venues)
Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2012, Gyoko Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Zipangu - 31 Spirited Artists Cutting through New Territories of Japanese Contemporary Art, Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Tokyo, Japan (traveled to Osaka, and Kyoto, Japan)
JALAPAGOS, Mitsubishi-Jisho ARTIUM, Fukuoka, Japan
Taito Ward Collection, The University Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Awards

2012 Mori Prize
2010 The Mayor of Taito Ward Prize
Salon de Printemps Prize
Mr. O Memorial Prize

Public Collections

Taito Ward, Tokyo, Japan

Residencies

2018 - Present Rumah Kijang Mizuma, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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