1965
Born in Tokyo, Japan
Education
2002-03
Stayed in New York, granted by the Agency for Cultural Affair, Japan
1996-97
Stayed in New York, granted by the Asian Cultural Council
1991
Completed postgraduate studies in Mural Painting Course, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
1989
Graduated from Oil Painting Course, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Tsuyoshi Ozawa: The Invisible Runner Strides On, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2008
Dazaifu Tenmangu Art Proguram: White Out, Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, Fukuoka, Japan
Tsuyoshi Ozawa Exhibition, Takahashi Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Himming 2008: Vegetable Weapon at Himming, Himming Art Center, Himi City, Toyama, Japan
2007
Honey, the Far East and Art, curated by Nanataro Okamoto, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Koropokkuru Talk to You, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
Art Taipei 2005 Artist of the Year: Ozawa Tsuyoshi, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Double Infinity, (Xijing Men), Dutch Culture Centre, Shanghai, China
Aichi Art Triennale, (Xijing Men), Aichi Art Center, Nagoya,Japan
AIZU URUSHI ART FESTIVAL, Aizuwakamatsu City, Kitakata City, Mishimacho, Showamura, Japan
Tricksters Tricked, (Xijing Men), Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Nederland
An Unexpected turn of events – Chen Shaoxiong and Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Osage Gallery, Shanghai, China
TRUST Media City Seoul 2010, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2009
Fact and Fiction – Recent works from The UBS Art Collection, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, Cina
The first stop on the super highway (Xijing Men), Nam June Paik Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009, Echigo-Tsumari, Niigata, Japan
Aqua Metropolis Osaka 2009, Nakanoshima, Osaka, Japan
4th Fukuoka Asian Art Trinnale 2009, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
Xe Biennale de Lyon, (Xijing Men), La Sucrière, Lyon, France
2008-09
Takahashi Collection: neoteny japan, Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Sapporo Art Park, Hokkaido, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The Fifth Floor: Ideas Taking Space, (Xijing Men), Tate Liverpool
2008
Another Landscape: From Mori Art Collection, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Shelter x Survival, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
TOO EARLY FOR VACATION/ 32nd annual exhibition of visual+ art, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland
TOMYAM PLADIB, Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan, International Center of Photography, New York, USA
Dome: Artist’s Attempts around the Monument, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
ART as a BRIDGE, Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum, Kyoto, Japan
Xijing Olympics: Chen Shaoxiong, Gimhongsok, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, (Xijing Men), Bores-Li Gallery, Beijing, China
The 3rd Nanjing Triennial, (Xijing Men), Nanjing Museum & RCM The Museum of Modern Art, Beijing, China
Akasaka Art Flower 2008, Old Akasaka elementary school, Tokyo. Japan
Kanazawa Art Platform, Owaricho choumin bunkakan, Kanazawa, Japan
Platform Seoul 2008, (Xijing Men), Kukje Gallery, Seoul of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Moving Horizons: The UBS Art Collection 1960s to the present day, National Art Museum, Beijing, China
13th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh, National Art Gallery, Osmany Memorial Hall, Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, India
2007-08
Beautiful New World: Contemporary Culture from Japan, (Xijing Men), Long March Project, B.T.A.P, Inter Arts Center, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China / Guandong Museum of Art, Guangzhou Art Academy, Guangzhou, China
Tomorrow (Xijing Men), Kumho Museum of Art / Artsonje Center, Seoul, South Korea
2007
All About Laughter: Humor in Contemporary Art, (Chen Shaoxiong & Tsuyoshi Ozawa), , Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
IL FAUT RENDRE À CÉZANNE…,, Collection Lambert en Avignon, France
Daiwa Radiator Factory Vol. 04, Daiwa Radiator Viewing Room, Hiroshima, Japan
Thermocline of Art- New Asian Waves, ZKM, Karlsruhe Germany
Luxembourg 2007 TRANS(IENT) CITY, Halle Paul Wurth, Uban Lab Space, Luxembourg
2006-07
Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
5th Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennial 2006, (Chen Shaoxiong & Tsuyoshi Ozawa), He Xiangning Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China
2006
GUANGDONGTOKYO Tsuyoshi Ozawa + Chen Shaoxiong, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
Aesthetics/Dietetica, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy
Berlin – Tokio / Tokio – Berlin, New National Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Summer Holiday: Chen Shaoxiong Tsuyoshi Ozawa and their families, Universal Studio, Beijing, China
Art and Object: Affinity of the Jomon and the Contemporary, Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori, Japan
Naoshima Standard, Naoshima, Kagawa, Japan
Wherever we go, SPAZIO OBERDAN, Milan, Italy
All look same? / TUTTTUGUALE? – Art from Japan, China and Korea, (Chen Shaoxiong & Tsuyoshi Ozawa)Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino, Italy
Workshops
2010
OPEN STUDIO 50 Tsuyoshi Ozawa Dekirunakana 2010, Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo
1997-
Produced New Nasubi Gallery
1996
Art Survival, Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba
1995
The University of Sodan Art, Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki
1993-95
Produced Nasubi Gallery
Public Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
The Japan Foundation
Watarium, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
Collection Lambert, Avignon
The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
The UBS Art Collection
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
