Artist

Nao Osada

Born 1988 in Japan, Nao Osada received an MFA from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2016.

Featured Works

CV

1988
Born in Kanagawa

2008-2012
Tokyo University of the Arts, BFA, Painting

2012-2016
Tokyo University of the Arts, MFA, Painting


[Solo exhibitions]

2023
Looking around what’s close at hand, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
Hand holding paper is a hand, Gallery Soumei-do, Tokyo

2022
At Least One, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
I see…, NADiff Window Gallery, Tokyo

2020
(Something) Not Amounting to Much, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo

2018
Breathtaking, for a while, Open Letter, Tokyo

2016
The same things are invisibly distant., Open Letter, Tokyo

2013
island, Gallery Gigi, Kanagawa


[Group Exhibitions]

2023
The Constitution of Japan, MUJIN-TO Production, Tokyo

2022
Medium and Dimension Liminal, Kakinokisou, Tokyo
Playground for the Senses, ANB TOKYO, Tokyo
Accumulations, AOYAMA MEGURO, Tokyo

2021
Encounters in Parallel, ANB TOKYO, Tokyo
Publish or Perish, Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
Emerging Artists / Part 2, GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS, GINZA ATRIUM, Tokyo
Shibuya Hikarie Contemporary Art Eye Vol.15, Shibuya Hikarie, CUBE 1,2,3, Tokyo
In that case, what will I do?, Tokyo University of the Arts Art Plaza, Tokyo
Alex Dodge, Fuminao Suenaga, Nao Osada by Maki Fine Arts, CADAN Yurakucho, Tokyo

2020
Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2020, Sunburn After Swimming in the Painted Pool, TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM, Tokyo
TAMABI Trial Exhibition ANYHOW, Tama Art University Art Theque, Tokyo

2019
Graphica Creativa 2019 – Hereafter, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
Tamabi Assistant Exhibition 2019[poly-], Tama Art University Art Theque, Tokyo
outline, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
vol.1 Smooth Accident, MA2 gallery, Tokyo

2018
Encounters, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, US
Exhibition Rain to Snow with young artists, Gallery Soumei-do, Tokyo
Room214, gallery DEN5, Tokyo

2017
Shotai, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin, Ireland
Dark exhibition with young artists, Gallery Soumei-do, Tokyo
12th Daikokuya Contemporary Art Open Call Exhibition, Itamuro Onsen Daikokuya, Tochigi

2016
Memories/Things, Open Letter, Tokyo
Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2016, MARUCUBE, Tokyo
Soumei-do collection with young artists, Gallery Soumei-do, Tokyo

2015
SPVI II, TURNER GALLEY, Tokyo
Thinking Print vol.4 – Collage and Printmaking, Photography, Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Kyoto
ZURETA University of Applied Arts Vienna × Tokyo University of the Arts Printmaking Exchange Project, Exhibition Center Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, Austria

2014
kuwabara-kuwabara Touch Wood, Austrian Embassy, Austrian Cultural Forum Tokyo, Tokyo
To imagine somebody else’s experience “Two strangers talking about Vienna”, University of Applied Arts Vienna Main building Lichthof A, Vienna, Austria

2013
The 4th NBC Meshtec Tokyo International Screen Print Biennial, The Gallery of the Japan Artists Association, Tokyo
Printmaking workshop summit, The Art Complexcenter, Tokyo
The 7th Printmaking Winners exhibition of the Association of Japanese Art Colleges, Bunpodou gallery, Tokyo
NCC Shizuoka 2013 # 1 OMIAGE,
Center for Creative Communications (CCC), Shizuoka

2012
The 37th Annual Exhibition of the Association of Japanese Art Colleges, MACHIDA CITY MUSEUM OF GRAPHIC ARTS, Tokyo
Tokyo University of the Arts Printmaking course Exhibition, Namikidori Gallery, Tokyo
39advance, Gallery Kobo CHIKA, Tokyo
TURNER AWARD 2011, TURNER GALLERY e.t.c, Tokyo, Osaka, Sendai, Sapporo

2011 
IV.INTERNATIONAL PRINT COMPETITION ISTANBUL, Tophane-i Amire Cultural Centre, Istanbul, Turkey
The 36th Annual Exhibition of the Association of Japanese Art Colleges, MACHIDA CITY MUSEUM OF GRAPHIC ARTS, Tokyo



[PUBLIC COLLECTIONS]
Takahashi Collection
MACHIDA CITY MUSEUM OF GRAPHIC ARTS, Tokyo
Tophane-i Amire Culture & Arts Center, Istanbul, Turkey

Videos


Interview – “At Least One” September 17 – November 6, 2022

News

2024.02.17

Nao Osada – VOCA 2024

2023.04.14

Nao Osada – The Constitution of Japan

2023.03.24

Nao Osada – Hand holding paper is a hand

Gallery Exhibitions