Oscar Oiwa is a Brazilian artist of Japanese descent. A native of São Paulo, he studied in Japan and London. In 2002 he was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, which took him to New York where he is currently based. He draws inspiration for his works from current events and is deemed as one of the most accomplished artists to record the impact of globalization. With considerable technical expertise, Oiwa paints images of ruins to produce large multi-paneled oil paintings of landscapes. His representational style is casual and shows influences from Japanese art. Oiwa’s work is being collected by several museums in Japan and has been auctioned by Christie’s Hong Kong.

1965
Born in São Paulo, Brazil

Education
2002
Grant from ACC-Asian Cultural Council Tokyo / New York.
Grant from Simon Guggenheim Foundation, New York.
1996
The Krasner-Pollock Foundation Grant, New York.
1995
The Delfina Studio Trust One Year Residence Award, London.
1989
Graduated from São Paulo University, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, São Paulo.

Solo Exhibitions
2008
Solo Exhibition of Oscar Oiwa, São Paulo, Brazil.
The Dreams of a Sleeping World, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan. Traveling: Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art
Solo Exhibition of Oscar Oiwa, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Fireshop, New York, NY
2006
Caos, São Paulo, Brazil
Gardening with Oscar Oiwa: New Paintings, ASU Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona
Invisible Reflex: 1993-2006 Retrospective, Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art, Shizouka, Japan
Works on Paper, Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2005
Pooch, São Paulo, Brazil.
Solo Exhibition of Oscar Oiwa, Paris, France.
2004
Fog, Cloud & Flower, Tokyo, Japan
Playback Film, Gifu, Japan
2003
Monte Pascoal, São Paulo, Brazil
2002
Landscape from a Cow’s View, Tokyo, Japan
Noah Boat, Paris, France
2001
Frontier, Gifu, Japan
2000
Solo Exhibition of Oscar Oiwa, Paris, France
Masterpieces, Tokyo, Japan
The Garden of Eden, Centre of Contemporary Art, Leiden, The Netherlands
1999
Solo Exhibition of Oscar Oiwa, Paris, France
1998
The Garden of Eden, The Royal Ueno Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1997/98
Via Crucis, Contemporary Art Factory, Tokyo, Japan
1997
Crow's Nest, Fukuoka, Japan
1996
New Works, Tokyo, Japan.
1995
Divina Commedia, Skydoor Art Place Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
Flower, Yokohama Museum of Art /Art Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions
2006
A Muse Land 2007: Beautiful Dreamer, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
Big City Fall, New York, NY
PULSE Art Fair, Miami, FL
20 Art from Last 20 Year, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sapporo, Japan
SP Arte 2006, São Paulo Art Fair, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Arte BA 2006, Buenos Aires Art Fair, Buenos Aires, Brazil
PULSE NY, New York, NY
2005
Lampa, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ.
Over the Nature, Himeji City Museum of Art, Hyogo, Japan.
40x40x40, Seoul, Korea.
Arte BA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sight-cruising, Marugame Genichiro Museum of Art, Marugame, Japan.
Permanent Collection Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
2004
Japan Art Now, KIAF-Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea.
Arteamericas The Latin American Fair, Miami, FL.
VOCA 1994-2003, Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki, Japan.
International Peace Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Seoul, Korea.
2003
Boa Viagem, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Tochigi, Japan.
Japan: Rising, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, Florida.
Travelling: Towards the Border, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan.
2002
Here is the Museum, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan.
Cyclinal Art Site, Oita Prefectural Museum of Art, Oita, Japan.
2001
Vision, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Aichi, Japan.
Modern from Sumida, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan.
In Search of Form, Pusan Municipal Art Museum, Pusan, South Korea.
2000
Vacant Lot, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Aichi, Japan.
Echigotsumari Art Triennial, Niigata, Japan.
The Gift to Hope, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan.
1999
Voice from Tokyo, Contemporary Art Factory, Tokyo, Japan.
HOT AIR, Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center, Shizuoka, Japan.
Museum walk, Workshop/exhibition, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Tochigi, Japan.
Art is Fun: Angelic, Devilish, or Both, Hara Museum ARC, Gunma, Japan.
1998
90th Year of Japanese Immigration in Brazil, touring exhibition: Ipatinga/Belo
Horizonte/Brasilia/Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil.
Michelin Contemporary Art Competition, Bologne, France.
Voice from Tokyo, ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany/Espace Flon, Lausagne, Switzerland.
Osaka Triennale ’98-sculpture, Mydome Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
1997
Voice from Tokyo, Galeria Metropolitana de Barcelona, Spain.
1996
Delfina Summer Exhibition, The Delfina Studio Trust, London, England.
4th Yokohama Biennale, Yokohama, Grand Prize, Kanagawa, Japan.
Osaka Triennale ‘96, Osaka, Japan.
Contemporary Art Society Market, Royal Festival Hall, London, England.
Nipo-brasileiros Contemporaneos, MASP São Paulo Art Museum, São Paulo, Brazil.
1995
VOCA 95- Vision of Contemporary Art, Encouragement Award, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
1991
21st International São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil.
Commissioned Works
2006
Shadow Cat Meets with Light Rabbit, Sato Hospital, Aichi, Japan
Birthday Card, JR Sapporo Station, Sapporo, Japan
2005
Helena, JR Sapporo Station, Sapporo, Japan.
2002
South Entrance Wall, Florence Village, Akita, Japan.
2001
Ogasayama Sports Park ECOPA, Shizuoka, Japan.
Ooizumi Kouen station, Tokyo, Japan.
Group Home Sala, Florence Village, Akita, Japan.
2000
Sapporo Dome Project, Sapporo, Japan.
Echigotsumari Art Triennial project, Niigata, Japan.
1996
Hongodai Station Project, Kanagawa, Japan.
1995
Miyagi Yumesse Project, Miyagi Japan.
1994
FARET Tachikawa Project, Tokyo, Japan.
Museum Collections
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Japan.
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan.
Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Tochigi, Japan.
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona, USA

Selected Bibliography
2007
Koplos, Janet, “Oscar Oiwa at P.P.O.W,” Art in America. December 2007.
Laudanno, Claudia, “Oscar Oiwa,” Art Nexus. No. 63 Vol 6. January 2007.
2006
Dagen, Philippe, ”Satio Oiwa ou la revanche d´une nature méprisée,” Le Monde. January 2006.
2004
Clouds, Smoke, and Flowers, Exhibition catalogue, Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo.
2003
Monte Pascoal, Exhibition catalogue, São Paulo.
1998
Via Crucis, Exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Art Factory, Tokyo.