Naruki Oshima

Born in 1963, Osaka, Japan
Lives and works in Pforzheim, Germany and Kyoto, Japan

Naruki Oshima divides his living and working time between Germany and Japan. He has studied in both countries including in Thomas Ruff’s class at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and completing his Ph.D. in Fine Art at Kyoto City Art University. To date, Naruki Oshima has numerous exhibitions in renowned galleries and institutions in both his native Japan and abroad, some of which include the Venice Biennale, the Hyogo prefectural Museum of Art, the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, the Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, and his work has been featured in the Japan Statement section at Paris Photo 2008. Naruki Oshima’s work is presented in a number of Japanese collections including the National Museum of Art, Osaka ; The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, The Tokushima Modern Art Museum amongst many others.

SOLO SHOWS
2013
haptic green, NextLevel Galerie, Paris, France

2011
haptic green, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan

2009
Reflections, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan

2008
Reflections-recent works, Gallery White Room Tokyo, Japan

2006
Reflections-recent works, Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Karlsruhe, Germany Reflections-about image as color, Nomart project space+ cube, Osaka, Japan

2004
Reflections, Nomart project space+ cube, Osaka, Japan Colors of Night, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka, Japan

2002
Reflections, Nomart project space + cube, Osaka, Japan Contemporary art from Japan to Finland 2002, Finland artist association Gallery G,Helsinki Finland

2000
Naruki Oshima, photography, Kunstraum Dusseldorf, Germany/Goethe-Institut Kansai, Osaka, Japan

GROUP SHOWS

2013
The Print Art Triennale in Kyoto, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan

2012
Redefining The Multiple, Ewing gallery of Art & Architecture, University of Tennessee

2009
Reborn, Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan

2008
Paris Photo 2008, statements section» Paris, France

2007
Appearance: Urban space interpreted through Photography, Organized by TN probe, Hillside Terrace & Forum, Tokyo Japan

2004
The 9th Venice biennale, photography section Morphing Lights, Floating Shadows, Italian Pavilion & Arsenal, Venice, Italy

2003
International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

1997
Future Recollection, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan

1995
Chenju Pre-Binnale 1995, Cenju,The Republic of Korea

1994
Contemporary Prints of Japan 1994, The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan Light & Shadow-the sense of ehemerality, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan Osaka Prefectural Center of Modern Art, Osaka, Japan The Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima, Japan
MACHIDA City Museum of Graphic Art, Tokyo, Japan Kyoto Saga University of Art, Kyoto, Japan Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan Nagoya Art University, Nagoya, Japan
Obayashi Corporation, Osaka, Japan
AWARDS AND GRANTS 2001
«Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists»

2000
Artist in Residence program“ART-EX” Osaka prefectural government, Goethe-Institut Kansai

1993
«ITOKI Art Program Vol.8» ITOKI Co., Ltd.

1993
«The International Print Exhibition,Machida-Tokyo» Third prize

EDUCATION

2010
Ph.D. Fine Art in Kyoto City Art University

2001-03
Studied at Thomas Ruff’s class in Kunstakademie Dusseldorf

2001
Fellowship Artist,« Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists »

2000
Artist in Residence program ‘ART-EX’ in Dusseldorf, Germany