Shinpei Okawa Solo Exhibition
The person going past and shadows that stay
2.28 mon. ~ 4.15 fri. 2022
Opening reception Friday, March 4th 16:00 - 19:00.
The Wind Tunnel of Sighing Oil on canvas, 2021, 910x2334mm
UCHIGO and SHIZIMI Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by Shinpei Okawa who is a Tokyo-based painter, starting from Monday, February 28th, 2022.
In this exhibition, we will mainly present new works by Okawa, who creates a multifaceted world by combining images that are left in the landscapes, fragments of personal history in memories and art history.
We hope you will come and enjoy his detailed and expressive works, and also the unique space that is woven by them at the venue. We sincerely look forward to seeing you at the exhibition.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The corners of the city are littered with fragments of the past, like ghosts. People are clipping their lives everywhere they go and leaving their shadows on the landscape along with their faded emotions.
The myriad of shadows are endless, and these are like old signs, they lose their meaning in society as they just go past people and stay there.
Houses will eventually be demolished that have finished their purpose. It will be a vacant lot for a while, and it will be a new building of some kind before you know. I wonder how long I’ll be able to remember the previous appearance.
The city includes the past without sorting out, but it is also ready to lose them.
(Extracted from artist statement)
INFORMATION
Shinpei Okawa Solo Exhibition
The person going past and shadows that stay
Venue: UCHIGO and SHIZIMI Gallery
Dates: Mon. February 28th – Fri. April 15th 2022
Opening Hours：Monday to Sunday, 10:00-18:30
Closed on National holidays.
Maison de Ville Kanda Jimbocho 1F (Jimbocho Sakura Street) 2-11-4, Kanda Jimbo-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-0061 Japan.
Tel /Fax: 03-6261-0018
email: guas.info@gmail.com
Website: https://www.uchigoshizimi.com/index.html
OPENING RECEPTION
Will be held on Fri. March 4th from 16:00~19:00
PROFILE
Shinpei Okawa | Artist
Born in 1983 in Tokyo, Japan. Creates multifaceted works by combining images that are left in the landscapes, fragments of personal history in memories and art history. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Oil Painting in 2007, then completing his graduate Master’s Degree in oil painting at the same university in 2009.
He has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Japan and abroad. His artwork are owned in the public collections of Teikyo University (Tokyo) and the Gwangju Municipal Museum of Art (Gwangju, South Korea).
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2021 Solo exhibition（GALLERY GODO/Seoul, Korea/11’ 13’ 15’ 17’ 19’）
2020 Solo exhibition（NICHE GALLERY/Ginza, Tokyo/10’ 11’ 13’ 15’ 16’ 18’）
2019 Yuji Yamashita’s Hidden Ball Exhibition (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store /Nihonbashi, Tokyo）
2016 Solo exhibition（SEED ART GALLERY/Zhengzhou, China）
In this exhibition, we will mainly present new works by Okawa, who creates a multifaceted world by combining images that are left in the landscapes, fragments of personal history in memories and art history.
We hope you will come and enjoy his detailed and expressive works, and also the unique space that is woven by them at the venue. We sincerely look forward to seeing you at the exhibition.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The corners of the city are littered with fragments of the past, like ghosts. People are clipping their lives everywhere they go and leaving their shadows on the landscape along with their faded emotions.
The myriad of shadows are endless, and these are like old signs, they lose their meaning in society as they just go past people and stay there.
Houses will eventually be demolished that have finished their purpose. It will be a vacant lot for a while, and it will be a new building of some kind before you know. I wonder how long I’ll be able to remember the previous appearance.
The city includes the past without sorting out, but it is also ready to lose them.
(Extracted from artist statement)
INFORMATION
Shinpei Okawa Solo Exhibition
The person going past and shadows that stay
Venue: UCHIGO and SHIZIMI Gallery
Dates: Mon. February 28th – Fri. April 15th 2022
Opening Hours：Monday to Sunday, 10:00-18:30
Closed on National holidays.
Maison de Ville Kanda Jimbocho 1F (Jimbocho Sakura Street) 2-11-4, Kanda Jimbo-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-0061 Japan.
Tel /Fax: 03-6261-0018
email: guas.info@gmail.com
Website: https://www.uchigoshizimi.com/index.html
OPENING RECEPTION
Will be held on Fri. March 4th from 16:00~19:00
PROFILE
Shinpei Okawa | Artist
Born in 1983 in Tokyo, Japan. Creates multifaceted works by combining images that are left in the landscapes, fragments of personal history in memories and art history. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Oil Painting in 2007, then completing his graduate Master’s Degree in oil painting at the same university in 2009.
He has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Japan and abroad. His artwork are owned in the public collections of Teikyo University (Tokyo) and the Gwangju Municipal Museum of Art (Gwangju, South Korea).
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2021 Solo exhibition（GALLERY GODO/Seoul, Korea/11’ 13’ 15’ 17’ 19’）
2020 Solo exhibition（NICHE GALLERY/Ginza, Tokyo/10’ 11’ 13’ 15’ 16’ 18’）
2019 Yuji Yamashita’s Hidden Ball Exhibition (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store /Nihonbashi, Tokyo）
2016 Solo exhibition（SEED ART GALLERY/Zhengzhou, China）