Artist

OKUDA Yuta

Okuda Yuta was born in Aichi prefecture in 1987. He studied fashion design in both Japan and England. After working as a designer for the fashion brand, he turned into an artist in 2016. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, he realized that the things he had taken for granted were special all along, and so he began to draw works of flowers in the theme of “with gratitude”. The motifs are said to be based on the memories of childhood that the artist remembered when he “salvaged himself ” and were created in the wake of COVID-19.


1987 Born in Aichi


Solo Exhibition

2024


“With Gratitude”、Isetan Shinjuku 6F Art Gallery、Tokyo


GALLERY CRANE


「With Gratitude」333 Gallery、Taiwan


AFRODE CLINIC


Gallery Ohrin


“With Gratitude”、B&B Italia、Osaka


A/D Gallery、Tokyo


“With Gratitude” Shanghai Powerlong Museum、China


 


2023


“beautiful foodchain” between the arts gallery、Tokyo


“Circulation” Mizuma Gallery、Singapore


“Circulation” A/D Gallery、Tokyo


“Circulation” Mizuma Art Gallery、Tokyo


 


2022


“With Gratitude” Art Gallery Isetan Shinjuku 6F, Tokyo


“With Gratitude” Humarish Club, Macau


Solo Exhibition Gallery Ohrin, Ibaraki


“With Gratitude” A/D Gallery, Tokyo


“With Gratitude” Mizuma Gallery, Singapore


 


2021


“With Gratitude” Mizuma & Kips, NY


“WITH GRATITUDE” Elephant Studio, Tokyo


Gallery 201, Tokyo


 


2020


“Black to Colourful” Gallery ISHIKAWA, Tokyo


“With Gratitude” Ellipse Tokyo, Tokyo


eplus LIVING ROOM CAFE & DINNING, Tokyo


Gallery 201, Tokyo


 


2019


Gallery Blanka, Aichi


Interior cafe & gallery World Times, Hyogo


Ellipse Tokyo, Tokyo


NishiikeMart, Tokyo


Kiriko THE Museum, Tokyo


REFECTOIRE, Tokyo


The Micro Museum, Tokyo


“Boundary line of bleeding” Gallery 201, Tokyo


 


2018


Ichibata Store, Shimane


 


2017


SPOON BILL Minami Aoyama, Tokyo


Gallery Blanka, Aichi


Nanten cafe, Tokyo


 


2016


Ellipse Tokyo, Tokyo


SPACE M, Tokyo


“Colourful Black” REFECTOIRE, Tokyo


“Colourful Black” Gallery 201, Tokyo


“Line’s Creature” Ellipse Tokyo, Tokyo


“Line’s Creature” HOT BUTTERED CLUB, Tokyo


Selected Group Exhibitions

2024


Art Taipei 2024、Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1、Taiwan


“colors”CURU GALLERY、Thailand


“KARUIZAWA POP CULTURE”、KYUKARU SALON Art Gallery、Karuizawa


ART021 Hong Kong、Phillips Asia Headquarters in the WKCDA Tower、Hong Kong


Tokyo Gendai 2024、PACIFICO、Yokohama


“Each Person’s Sense”Ellipse Tokyo、Tokyo


ART ART KOBE -Art Sticker SELECTION-、Daimaru Kobe、Hyogo


Art Basel Hong Kong, Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong


Art Fair Tokyo 2024、Tokyo


Art SG, Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore


 


2023


Art Miami2023, One Herald Plaza, FL、U.S.A


Art Fair Tokyo 2023、Tokyo


Art Basel Hong Kong, Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong


Art SG, Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore


 


2022


“Summer Show” Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo


“NIJIGEN-HA” HILLSIDE FORUM, Daikanyama, Tokyo


“NIJIGEN-HA”, N&A Art SITE, Tokyo


Art OSAKA, Osaka City Central Public Hall 3F, Osaka


Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo


LA ART SHOW, LA CONVENTION CENTER, LA


 


2021


ART NAGOYA 2021, Aichi



2020


art TNZ, Tokyo


“Food chain” TOMOHIKO YOSHINO GALLERY, Tokyo


 


2019


ART TAIPEI, Taipei


“Monochrome” Binokigen, Tokyo


Le cial blue, Tokyo


 


2018


“SKULL” Ellipse Tokyo, Tokyo


“work in progress” Gallery KUBOTA Annex, Tokyo


GOLD CHILD CAFÉ, Aichi


Smiles Nakameguro, Tokyo


“Homage” Sansiao Gallery, HongKong


 


2017


L’illustre Galerie LE MONDE, Tokyo


“Over the MINIATURE” Art Complex Center, Tokyo


“work in progress” TOMOHIKO YOSHINO GALLERY, Tokyo


“868788” Art Complex Center, TokyoGallery 201, Tokyo


SOCIAL SPACE KIYOSUMI, Tokyo


 


2016


“Over the MINIATURE” Art Complex Center, Tokyo


“GARDEN” Gallery Conceal Shibuya, Tokyo


“ACT ART COM” Art Complex Center, Tokyo


“Mode Mood” Omotesando ROCKET, Tokyo


Publications

2017


“Hana to Ikimono Utsukushiku Sensaina Nurie Colourful Black” (KAWADE SHOBO SHINSHA”