Ben Oga exhibition ‘What I Chose on the Day’

2026/06/20 2026/07/05

FUKUOKA

Many of my paintings feature skies filled with countless stars.
That may be the sky I saw while travelling when I was a child, or space itself, or perhaps imaginary sky viewed from a distant planet.

As I became interested in quantum mechanics, I encountered a fascinating idea about the nature of reality: the Many-Worlds Interpretation.
According to this theory, multiple worlds exist simultaneously, branching and overlapping in response to our choices.
Every day, we make countless decisions that shape our lives.
What if time continues to flow along the paths we did not choose?
Perhaps, in those parallel worlds, there are other versions of ourselves living entirely different lives.
When I think about it this way, the universe no longer feels singular. It seems to possess vastness beyond imagination instead.
What could the skies of those unseen worlds look like?
I wonder like that whenever I look up at the sky from my studio veranda.
I would be delighted If you could sense of these countless possible worlds through my paintings and make your own stories from them.

Ben OGA

■Event
Artist Talk ‘A Window of Your Heart’

■Date & Time
From 4pm, Saturday 20th June

■Venue
Mizoe Art Gallery in Fukuoka

■The artist will be in the gallery at
20th, 21st June

- Ben OGA
Born in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan, in 1971. Graduated from Osaka Sogo College of Design, Department of Painting. He has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions both in Japan and internationally. His awards include the Grand Prize at the Message from Young Painters Exhibition and the Hakone Open-Air Museum Award at the Painting Japan’s Nature Exhibition. In addition to his exhibition activities, he has produced cover artwork for numerous books and has published several poetry and art collections, including Notebook of the Night Bird (2018) and The Universe of the Heart (2024).

Location: FUKUOKA; 1-2-5 Jigyohama, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0065
Dates: 2026/06/20-2026/07/05
Opening hours: 10:00am-6:00pm
Closed days: on Thursdays. Open every day during the exhibition period.