EMI OTAGURO

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Emi Otaguro was born in 1980 in Fukuoka, Japan, and currently lives and works in Aichi. She received her B.F.A. in Painting from Tokyo Zokei University and her M.F.A. in oil painting from the Tokyo National University of Art and Music. Otaguro received a Japanese Government Oversea Research Program Grant from the Agency for Cultural Affairs and lived and worked in Berlin, Germany, from March 2019.
Emi has presented her work in: "Cat's Narrow Road" at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi; solo show "the reverie" at KAYOKOYUKI, Tokyo, 2022; "DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow 2021" at The National Art Center, Tokyo, 2021; solo show "MESA" at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2021; "MAT, Nagoya Studio Project vol.6" at Minatomachi POTLUCK BUILDING, Aichi, 2020; "Studio Exhibition" at Satoshi Ohno Studio, Yamanashi, 2018; "THE ECHOl" at Takasaki City Gallery, Gunma, 2016; "project N 55" at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, 2014; "TRICK-DIMENSION, curated by Daisuke Ohba" at tolot: heuristic SHINONOME, Toko, 2013; and "YON-SHIKI, curated by O JUN" at youkobo artspace, Tokyo, 2010. She has also received the grand prize for the Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2008.

• the reverie / November 2 - December 4, 2022
• Science Window / May 11 - June 17, 2018
• spot / October 28 - November 26, 2017
• channel / April 23 - June 5, 2016
• Water pillow of will-o'-the-wisp / June 13 - August 10, 2013

sun bath 2019, Inkjet print, semigloss photo paper, 21 x 28cm
Chewing gum on the cat

sun bath 2019, Inkjet print, semigloss photo paper, 201.6 x 152cm
Chewing gum on the cat

sun bath 2019, Inkjet print, semigloss photo paper, 201.6 x 152cm
Chewing gum on the cat

sun bath 2019, Inkjet print, semigloss photo paper, 201.6 x 152cm
Chewing gum on the cat

sun bath 2019, Inkjet print, semigloss photo paper, 201.6 x 152cm
Chewing gum on the cat

sun bath 2019, Inkjet print, semigloss photo paper, 201.6 x 152cm
Chewing gum on the cat

sun bath 2019, Inkjet print, semigloss photo paper, 48 x 36cm
Chewing gum on the cat

sun bath 2019, Inkjet print, semigloss photo paper, 21 x 28cm
Chewing gum on the cat

sun bath 2019, Inkjet print, semigloss photo paper, 21 x 28cm
Chewing gum on the cat

sun bath 2019, inkjet print, 201.6 x 152cm

sun bath 2020, ceramic clay, 25 × 80 × 20cm

sun bath 2020, ceramic clay, 50 × 70 × 20cm

sun bath 2020, ceramic clay, 40 × 75 × 25cm

sun bath 2020, ceramic clay, 78 × 78 × 28cm

Mesa 2020 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Mesa 2020 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Mesa 2020 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Mesa 2020 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Mesa 2020 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Mesa 2020 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

sun bath 2020, chewing gum, cardboard frame, 39.5 x 50cm

Mesa 2020 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Faust 2020, branch selected by dog, 20cm

Mesa 2020 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Mesa 2020 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Mesa 2020 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Mesa 2020 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

napkins 2019, marker on paper napkins, 33 × 33cm

napkins 2019, marker on paper napkins, 33 × 33cm

napkins 2019, marker on paper napkins, 33 × 33cm

napkins 2019, marker on paper napkins, 33 × 33cm

napkins 2019, marker on paper napkins, 33 × 33cm

Mesa 2020 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Mesa 2020 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Mesa 2020 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Mesa 2020 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Studio view 2019, 2020, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Studio view 2019, 2020, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Studio view 2019, 2020, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Studio view 2019, 2020, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Fruit not to be able to swallow
2015, collage, quail egg, chicken egg, waxed paper, hologram seat, folding paper, picture, 13 × 18 cm

Pocket of the fool
2015, collage, quail egg, chicken egg, waxed paper, picture, socks, 15.2 × 19.7 cm

omen　2014, collage, quail egg, waxed paper, 19.6 × 15 cm

omen　2014, collage, quail egg, waxed paper, 22.2 × 20.9 cm

sun bath　2010, gum, cardboard, 19 × 9 cm
sun bath　2013, gum, cardboard, 14 × 12 cm

sun bath　2013, gum, cardboard, 28.8 × 36.7 cm

sun bath　2010-2013, gum, cardboard, 15.5-24 × 4-16 cm

running coat　2013, gum, cardboard, 30 × 20 cm

sun bath　2016, lambda print, 35.2 x 26.3 cm

sun bath　2016, lambda print, 35.2 x 26.3 cm/p>

drawing　2016, wood, plaster, gel medium, black gesso, 21 x 14.9 cm

drawing　2016, wood, plaster, gel medium, black gesso, 23.6 x 23.6 cm

Paradise at around 2am　2013, paint on galvanized sheet, 183 × 91.8 cm

stones fall　2013, paint on galvanized sheet, 91.8 × 183 cm

a hawk looking for his own shadow and a chicken resting under the shadow
2013, black drawing paper, plaster, glue, 218.3 × 157.6 cm

a hawk looking for his own shadow and a chicken resting under the shadow
2013, black drawing paper, plaster, glue, about 40 × 50 cm

niwatoribito　2004, acrylic on PVC tarpaulin, 180 × 273 cm

niwatoribito　2004, acrylic on PVC tarpaulin, 220 × 180 cm

untitled　2005, cardboard, 10 x 20 cm

kappa　2008, cardboard, 10 x 20 cm