OTANI Yoichiro

大谷 陽一郎

Born in 1990 in Osaka, Japan. He completed his doctoral studies at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, and participated in an exchange program at Tsinghua University in Beijing during his studies.
His practice explores new relationships between characters through the creation of visual poetry using kanji. By engaging the subtle tension between seeing and reading, he seeks to reveal the latent possibilities embedded within language and imagery. As viewers shift their gaze, dispersed characters encounter one another, generating unexpected connections and moments of coincidence.
Moving beyond conventional frameworks of logical and sequential reading, his work invites a mode of simultaneous and direct perception, giving rise to a poetic space in which kanji resonate with one another.

Artworks CV Exhibition

Artworks

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  • On Hold

    ki #34

    Yoichiro OTANI

    $5,625.00 USD ~ $6,468.75 USD

    mixed media 、 canvas

    size : 100 x 72.7 cm

  • ki #45

    Yoichiro OTANI

    $12,785.00 USD

    mixed media 、 canvas

    size : 130.3×162×3 cm

  • ki #60

    Yoichiro OTANI

    $3,653.00 USD

    mixed media 、 canvas

    size : 60.6×72.7×2.3 cm

  • ki #61

    Yoichiro OTANI

    $3,653.00 USD

    mixed media 、 canvas

    size : 60.6×72.7×2.3 cm

  • On Hold

    ki #62

    Yoichiro OTANI

    $2,776.00 USD

    mixed media 、 canvas

    size : 50 x 60.6 x 2.3 cm

  • ki/u #84

    Yoichiro OTANI

    $7,306.00 USD

    mixed media 、 canvas

    size : 116.7×91×2.5 cm

  • ki/u #117

    Yoichiro OTANI

    $6,064.00 USD

    mixed media 、 canvas

    size : 100 × 80.3 × 4.5 cm

  • On Hold

    ki/u #124

    Yoichiro OTANI

    $2,192.00 USD

    mixed media 、 canvas

    size : 53 x 41 x 3.5 cm

  • ki/u #126

    Yoichiro OTANI

    $1,462.00 USD

    mixed media 、 canvas

    size : 41 x 31.8 x 3.5 cm

  • On Hold

    ki/u #128

    Yoichiro OTANI

    $1,462.00 USD

    mixed media 、 canvas

    size : 41 x 31.8 x 3.5 cm

  • ki/u #129

    Yoichiro OTANI

    $1,462.00 USD

    mixed media 、 canvas

    size : 41 x 31.8 x 3.5 cm

  • On Hold

    ki/u #137

    Yoichiro OTANI

    $4,311.00 USD

    mixed media 、 canvas

    size : 91 x 60.6 x 2.5 cm

  • ki/u #141

    Yoichiro OTANI

    $6,064.00 USD

    mixed media 、 canvas

    size : 80.3×100×3 cm

  • On Hold

    ki/u #142

    Yoichiro OTANI

    $6,064.00 USD

    mixed media 、 canvas

    size : 100 x 80.3 x 3 cm

CV

Exhibitions

2026
  • Solo Exhibition 「霖」 AND COLLECTION（Tokyo）
  • Art Central / Central Harbourfront（Hong Kong）
  • Solo Exhibition 「見山不是山」 Uspace Gallery（Taipei）
  • Group Exhibition 「What Cannot Be Said」 AIFA（Verbier）
2025
  • Solo Exhibition 「/ki/」 Gallery NEXT at Osaka Takashimaya（Osaka）
  • Art Jakarta / JIExpo Kemayoran（Jakarta）
  • Tokyo Gendai / PACIFICO Yokohama（Kanagawa）
  • Solo Exhibition 「あめつち」 NAZUKARI WAREHOUSE（Chiba）
2024
  • Asia NOW / Monnaie de Paris（Paris）
  • Art Jakarta / JIExpo Kemayoran（Jakarta）
  • Group Exhibition 「Follow the Lines」 AIFA（Verbier）
  • Group Exhibition 「HAMAMATSU SESSIONS」 Hirano Art Gallery（Hamamatsu）
  • Art Central / Central Harbourfront（Hong Kong）
  • Solo Exhibition 「云云」 Miaki Gallery（Tokyo）
  • Solo Exhibition 「字影賦格」 Uspace Gallery（Taipei）
2023
  • Group Exhibition 「Echoes」 Miaki Gallery（Tokyo）
  • Solo Exhibition 「AmE」 Bohemian’s Guild CAGE（Tokyo）

Selected Art Fairs

  • Tokyo Gendai（Kanagawa）
  • Art Jakarta（Jakarta）
  • CIMB ARTOBER（Kuala Lumpur）
  • Asia NOW by AIFA（Paris）
  • Art Central（Hong Kong）
  • West Bund Art Fair（Shanghai）
  • ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA（Fukuoka）
  • Infinity Japan（Taipei）
  • Kobe Art Marché（Kobe）
  • StART Art Fair（Seoul）

Awards

2023
  • Spiral Encouragement Award, EXHIBITION Category, SICF24
2022
  • Nomura Art Award
2020
  • Grand Prix, Graphic Art Category, NONIO ART WAVE AWARD
2018
  • Salon de Printemps Award

Public Collection

2023
  • The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts（Tokyo）

Commissioned Works

2024
  • Hilton Kyoto（Kyoto）
2019
  • MixC Shenzhen Bay（Shenzhen）

Publications

2021
  • Picture Book 「かんじるえ」（Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Inc.）
2017
  • Artist Book 「雨」（Little More Co., Ltd.）

Exhibition

ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2026

ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2026

2026.10.02 Fri -10.04 Sun

Yoichiro OTANI弓指 貴弘François Bel山口聡一

AND COLLECTION Contemporary Art is pleased to announce our participation in ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2026. Establi...

Yoichiro Otani Solo Exhibition

Yoichiro Otani Solo Exhibition "long spell of rain"

2026.04.10 Fri -04.23 Thu

Yoichiro OTANI

AND COLLECTION Contemporary Art is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by Yoichiro Otani, titled "long spell of rai...