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

2024 Fragments, Tiny Dancer Gallery, New York
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

2024  

Juried Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery, New York

 
   

Juried Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery, New York

 
   

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

 
   

Juried Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery, New York

 
   

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

 
   

Juried Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery, New York

 
   

Floral, Rabbit House, New York

 
2023  

Seventh Annual Exhibition SJAC 2024, Gallery Max, New York

 
   

Art of Summer, The Gallery at HACPAC, New Jersey

 
   

South Brooklyn Salon, Thomas VanDyke Gallery, New York

 
   

MITSUKOSHI Art Week, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, Tokyo, Japan

 
   

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