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The Spiritual World with Deep Reverberations
-for the exhibition of Jun Ogata's works-
Even in the 21st Century, the traditional technique to draw the real things more beautifully is not lost. If anything, the chance to seeing such a painting is more abundant in daily life. Because the sense of security that might not disturb person's mind is requireed to the decoration in usual life. However, there is no reason to defend the old standard in the expression of art. Because German literature Hans Henny Jahnn says "Even the beautiful thing, the substance is a black of nothingness, a hole pierced by gravitation or an invisible existence for eye and spirit that have seen the contradiction of civilization and the irrational tragedy of war". Therefore, it is not a mirror of the true world though the picture still keeps planarity as of old.
These kind of paintings which are not caught by real world, can be said that they have own spiritual world. Such a painting is exactly what artist Jun Ogata has drawn consistently. A space filled with on color, like black like gross darkness, yellow like tranquil light, green like a dense nature. And a image like a mark of water drop, a shaking flame, a microorganism floating in the water or a twisted human body. Only those two elements are composing a Ogata's screen. Needless to say, the space that does not move and quietly is "Ground" and the image that melts and flows is "Figure".
However, you will feel a some kind of indication filled with deep reverberation from his work which was composed of "Ground" and "Figure". This exhibition is titled "Waon no Kubishi" which are the words not usually used. In my opinion, "Wa" might mean harmony, "On" might mean care and "Kubishi" might mean seriousness and mystery. Therefore, it might be a meaning of the world of spiritual world which was led by his inquiry of the harmony of "Ground" and "Figure". Of course, since "Wa" might mean Japanese style and "On" might mean warmth, it show his characteristic. His work has a deep inspiration like the Oriental painting rather than the Western painting which has depth and composition. It reminds me of an aesthetic sense of the old tanka(syllable Japanese poem) by Noriko Naishinno "A sadness of the dream of deep night does not disappear even if awaking at quiet daybreak".
Haruo.Sanda
Jun Ogata
1962
Born in Tokyo.
1991
Graduated from Musashino Art University.
Exhibition of Excellence for graduation production.
1995
Completed the graduate school of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts.
1997 - 98
He worked for Rustin Levenson Art Conservation Associates (NewYork,USA) by the internship system of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
He studied about technique of modern paintings and preservation technology.
2000
"Reflective Burn" Exhibition at Gallery Seira of Bijutsu Kaikan, Tokyo.
Exhibition of selected works of "the 5th Public Advertisement of Arts" at Gallery SOKO, Tokyo.
2001
"Reflective Burn 2nd" Exhibition at Gallery Coju, Kyoto.
"Jun Ogata" Exhibition at Kaneko Art, Tokyo.
2002
"Jun Ogata" Exhibition at Ono Gallery(Kyobashi), Tokyo.
"Jun Ogata - Carved Wave Motion" Exhibition at Ono Gallery(Ginza), Tokyo.
2003
Drawing Exhibition "Works on paper" at NC Art Gallery, Tokyo.
"Jun Ogata" Exhibition of 3th Aniversary of NC Art Gallery, Tokyo.
Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition at Art Gallery of Tokushima Sogo.
2004
"Reflective Burn" Exhibition at NC Art Gallery, Tokyo.
"Study for small works" Exhibition at NC Art Gallery, Tokyo.
Received "Award of the Mayor of Kumamoto" in Kumamoto Biennale.
"Xmas Original Box" Exhibition at GINZA Gallery Artist Space, Tokyo.
2005
"Jun Ogata" Exhibition at Gallery21+Yo, Tokyo.
"NAU 21 Century Art Coalition" Exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
The 14th Pyeongtaek International Arts Festival at Pyeongtaek Museum in Korea.
1st NC Art Contemporary Exhibition (Planed by Tadashi Akatsu) at NC Art Gallery, Tokyo.
2006
Exhibition of Contemporary Arts of Japan and Korea at Gallery Artist Space.
"Jun Ogata" Exhibition at Gallery21+Yo, Tokyo.
Exhibition "Redonnée x J Ogata" at Doka Contemporary Arts(Aoyama), Tokyo.
ARTEX New York 2006 (WARD - NASSE).
Awarded the encouragement prize of GALLERY in New York.
Exhibition "Takehiko Kikuchi x Jun Ogata" at Doka Contemporary Arts(Aoyama), Tokyo.
2007
Exhibition of Contemporary Arts of Japan and Korea at Gallery Pause, Tokyo.
Sweden and Japan Art Exchange Program at Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo.
Exhibition "Hidetoshi Takahama x Jun Ogata" at Doka Contemporary Arts(Aoyama), Tokyo.
"Jun Ogata" Exhibition at Gallery21+Yo, Tokyo.
2008
Exhibition "9350 Days of Gallery21+yo" at Gallery21+Yo, Tokyo.
Exhibition "Each Artist Each Moment" at Yokohama Sogo and Funabashi Seibu.
Sweden and Japan Art Exchange Program "Fusion - About Present Blue" at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto.
Exhibition "-Waon no Kushibi- Works of Jun Ogata 2003-2008" at Doka Contemporary Arts(Aoyama), Tokyo.
Exhibition "New Leap of Asia" at SILK Gallery (Seoul), Korea, by the embassy of Japan in Korea.
2009
Exhibition "Reality Gallery American Slide-All" at NY STUDIO GALLERY in New York, USA.
Exhibition "-Waon no Butai- Jun Ogata" at Gallery the Earth(Kamakura), Kanagawa.
Exhibition "YOIN-NO-KYOCHI" Gallery L'atelier, Tokyo.
2010
ZEN GARDEN SHOW Jun Ogata & Mario Tauchi at ANA Inter Continental Tokyo.
Contemporary Art Festival Yokohama 2010 at Yokohama Civic Art Gallery.
"Soul of Color" Asian Collection Contemporary Art Gallery, Tokyo.
"Hitoshi's Eye" Asian Collection Contemporary Art Gallery, Tokyo.
ART OSAKA 2010 at Dojima Hotel (906 Asian Collection Contemporary Art Gallery).
"ZEN GARDEN" at Tobin Ohashi Gallery, Tokyo.
2011
"KAEI" at Ginza Mitsukoshi, Tokyo.
"Art Fair Kyoto" at Hotel Monterey Kyoto by Gallery L'atelier.
"usumoe sansui" at Gallery L'atelier, Tokyo.
2012
"RIKYU TEIEN" at Ginza Mitsukoshi, Tokyo.
"ZEN GARDEN" at Frederick Harris Gallery of TOKYO AMERICAN CLUB.
2013
"RIKYU TEIEN" at Ginza Mitsukoshi, Tokyo.
"ZEN GARDEN" at Frederick Harris Gallery of TOKYO AMERICAN CLUB.
2014
"zen garden -garden for view-" at FEI ART MUSEUM YOKOHAMA
"-ZEN GARDEN- SOLO SHOW OF JUN OGATA" at Tobin Ohashi Gallery, Tokyo.
2015
"Quiet Beauty" at Hideharu Fukasaku Gallery Roppongi, Tokyo.
2016
Jun Ogata "Shadow of Flower" at Tobin Ohashi Gallery, Tokyo.
"Scenic Beauty" at Hideharu Fukasaku Gallery Roppongi, Tokyo.
-Waon no Kushibi-
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