Naruki Oshima
Born 1963. Lives and works in Kyoto, Japan
2000 Artist in Residence program 'ART-EX' in Dusseldorf, Germany
2001 Fellowship Artist,"Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists"
2001-03 Studied at Thomas Ruff's class in Kunstakademie Dusseldorf
2010 Ph.D. Fine Art in Kyoto City Art University
Selected Solo Shows
2000 “Naruki Oshima, photography” Kunstraum Dusseldorf, Germany/Goethe-Institut Kansai, Osaka, Japan
2002 “Contemporary art from Japan to Finland 2002” Finland artist association Gallery G, Helsinki Finland
2002 “Reflections” Nomart project space + cube, Osaka, Japan
2004 “Colors of Night” Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2004 “Reflections” Nomart project space+ cube, Osaka, Japan
2006 “Reflections-recent works” Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Karlsruhe, Germany
2009 “New works Reflections” Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan
2013 “haptic green” Gallery Nomart, Osaka, Japan
2013 “haptic green” NextLevel Galerie, Paris, France
Selected Group Exhibitions
1994 “Light & Shadow-the sense of ephemerality” Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
1994 “Contemporary Prints of Japan 1994” The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1995 “Chenju Pre-Binnale 1995” Cenju, The Republic of Korea
1997 “Future Recollection” Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
2003 “International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam” Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2004 The 9th Venice biennale, photography section “Morphing Lights, Floating Shadows” Italian Pavilion, Venice, Italy
2007 “Appearance: Urban space interpreted through Photography” Organized by TN probe, Tokyo, Japan
2008 “Paris Photo 2008, statements section” Paris, France
2013 “Print Art Triennale in Kyoto” Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
2013 “New Acquisitions: The Gallery Shinanobashi Collection” Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
Public Collections
National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
Hyogo Municipal Museum of Art, 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
Obayashi Corporation, Osaka, Japan
Collaborations
Video work with Dutch Architect Wiel Arets, for “International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam”, The Netherlands