[Tokyo] Ben OGA Exhibition "Under the Deep Blue Sky": December 10th(Sat) - December 25th(Sun), 2022

《 The Voice Across the Road 》《 Cloak of the Night 》《 For the Kindness that Lies Beyond 》Aqyla on Canvas 28.6×28.6 in

Ben OGA Exhibition "Under the Deep Blue Sky"
December 10th(Sat) - December 25th(Sun), 2022
10:00am-6:00pm (Open every day during the event)
Venue: MIZOE ART GALLERY TOKYO

There are children, animals, bird-like creatures, houses, mountains, stars, and the landscape of the earth in the paintings of Ben Oga. Although they are obviously imagination by the artist, I cannot avoid feeling a sense of deja vu. There are stories including various emotions that take the audience into the world of the paintings to make them become a part of the story. Repeatedly coated paints like fabric will evoke thoughts, memories, hope for the future, and the prayers of happiness that everyone has in common. We would like you to enjoy the painted world of Oga in your own way.
Kazunobu Abe, Mizoe Art Gallery


《 Northern Dweller 》Glass Painting　7.1×5.1 in

Event
Poetry reading and live music session
Date & Time : December 11th (Sun) 15:00 start
Ben Oga will be reading his own poems, accompanied by musician Shoichi Shimura.
＊Please make a reservation by phone. 03-3722-6570 ＊Capacity is 20.

Ben Oga
Born in Matsuyama city, Ehime Prefecture in 1971. Majored picture book writer course at Osaka Sogo College of Design. A number of solo and group exhibitions inside and outside Japan. Won the grand prize at Message from the Young Painters Show. The Hakone Open-air Museum prize at Painting Japanese Nature Exhibition. Many illustrations for cover pages including "the Disease of Soseki Natsume and 'Ten Nights Dreaming" by Norihiko Miyoshi, "Thinking of Modern Folk Tales" by Miyoko Matsutani. Appeared on the TV programme by BS Fuji “Night Before The Break ~ Next Generation Artists ~” on January 12th, 2018. Published the poetry and art book "the Pocketbook of a Night Bird" (9 April 2016, planning and publishing department of Gallery Echo-an). Appeared in a commercial for Daiichi Gas, (Nankai Broadcasting Co., Ltd.), 2020. Stranger Friends by Marcelo Vilmaher, bound and illustrated by Fukuinkan Shoten, 2021.