Motoko Otsuki
Born in Tokyo, Japan

2004

B.A., Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan

2007

M.A., Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo Japan

Live and works in New York

 

Solo Exhibition

2023 Parallel Fragments, As You Like, New York
2021 Motoko Otsuki Exhibition, Kintetsu Department Store Osaka-Uehonmachi, Osaka, Japan
2020   Motoko Otsuki Exhibition, Gallery M.A.P., Fukuoka, Japan
2019 One Day, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store 6F Art Spot, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Art Fair Tokyo[Art Fair: Solo Exhibition at Takashi Somemiya Gallery booth], Tokyo, Japan
2017 Passing Scenery, Takashi Somemiya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015 Separate Slowly, Takashi Somemiya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013 Things of Go to Faraway, Takashi Somemiya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Dimly Seen in the Distance, Takashi Somemiya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  Move Slowly, Gallery SPEAK FOR, Tokyo, Japan
2011 a blank, HERMAS GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2008 Motoko Otsuki innocent bystander, Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
2006 Motoko Otsuki Oil Painting Exhibition, Cafe FLYING TEAPOT, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Motoko Otsuki Exhibition, Gallery Cafe Lavande, Tokyo, Japan
  Everyday Life and Happiness as Usual, Gallery Cafe Lavande, Tokyo, Japan
 

Group Exhibition

 

2023

 

 

She is...2024, One Art Space, New York

Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery, New York

The 25th Annual WAH Salon Show, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, New York

Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery, New York

South Brooklyn Salon, Thomas VanDyke Gallery, New York

Gowanus Open Studio, Sasaki Studio, NewnYork

7 Artist Exhibition DEVOTIONS, Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, New York

WIND&APPLES, Mika Bushwick, New York

 
 

2022

  Gallery Show 10th Anniversary, Takashi Somemiya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan  
      Gowanus Open Studio, Sasaki Studio, New York  
      J-Collabo, AAME Awardee Exhibition, OSSAM GALLERY, New York  
      DECAGON, Mika Bushwick, New York  
      Destined Encounters, Sho Plus 1, Tokyo, Japan  
      Annual Artist Exhibition, OSSAM GALLERY, New York  
      Boundaries Of CANON, Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, New York   
      Intersection, 3RD ETHOS Gallery, New York  
      Eight Japanese Artist, NowHere, New York  
  2021  

Dystopia/Utopia, NowHere, New York

Gowanus Open Studio, Sasaki Studio, New York

 
  2018   100 Arts for Gifts, Sansiao Gallery, Tokyo, Japan  
  2016   Deco Deco Deco!, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store Exhibition Hall, Tokyo, Japan  
  2015   Hanayama Open Studio, Hanayama Atelier, Tokyo, Japan  
  2014   Hanayama Open Studio, Hanayama Atelier, Tokyo, Japan   
      Spring Show, Takashi Somemiya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan  
  2013   Yadokari Tokyo Project “New Wall”, Walls Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan  
  2012   JPEG + ROW, Gallery Lara Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan  
      Depth of Field, HARMAS GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan  
  2011   Sweets Exhibition, Gallery EKOAN, Tokyo, Japan  
      Let’s Play at Kataura Junior High School, Kanagawa, Japan  
  2010   Camaboco Exhibition, Tokyo Zokei University Painting Building, Tokyo, Japan  
      Weekly Exhibition at a-bout 2 Tatami Mats, Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan  
  2009   CLARA DESIRE+MASAKO+Motoko Otsuki, Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan  
      Journey, Relation, Memory, Atelier Hayakawa, Kanagawa, Japan  
  2008   Something Sweet 4 Girls, Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan  
      Atelier Exhibition-No Name Yet-, Atelier Hayakawa, Kanagawa, Japan  
  2007   New Wave Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan  
      a smoky room-The Sky is Unknown, The Room is Unknown, The World is Unknown-,  
      MONKEY GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan  
  2006   Listen to the Picture, See the Sound, AXIS Living Theater SCENE, Tokyo, Japan  
      Strong and Fleeting Connection, Gallery Cafe Lavande, Tokyo, Japan  
  2004   Post Card 300 People Exhibition, Gallery Tamago no Kobo, Tokyo, Japan  
      DISCOVERY 2004, Key Gallery, Tokyo, Japan  
      Sea, Observatory, Bright Sunshine, Art Space Wind, Chiba, Japan  
      Design Festa, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan  
  2002     Artistic Apartment Complex, Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan  
 
Awards
2006   Tokyo Wonder Seeds, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
2007 ART AWARD TOKYO,Marunouchi Gyokou Underground Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
  Tokyo Wonder Seeds, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
 
Commission Works
2004   Duck Restaurant “Kamon-ya” Mural, Yurakucho Underpass Street, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Duck Restaurant “Kamon-ya” Mural, Yurakucho Underpass Street, Tokyo, Japan
 
Art Fairs
2018   Art Fair Tokyo, Japan
2014 Art Fair Tokyo, Japan
2013 ULTRA 006, Tokyo, Japan
2012 ULTRA 005, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Art Fair Tokyo, Japan
2008 KIAF, Seoul, Korea
  ART OSAKA, Japan
  ART@AGNES, Tokyo, Japan
 
Binding
Song of the Exile, Kiana Davenport, Gentosha
 
CD Jacket
Colors, EXTRUDERS
 
Lectures
2022   Kyusyu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan
2020 Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan