Oscar Oiwa (em japonês: 大岩オスカール) nasceu em São Paulo, formou-se em arquitetura pela FAU USP- Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo (1989). Participou da 21° Bienal de Arte de São Paulo ( 1991) e na mesma época foi morar em Tóquio, onde viveu por 11 anos. Possui obras em vários acervos importantes pelo mundo como por exemplo: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Phoenix Museum of Art, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, entre outros .Em 1995, foi passar um ano em Londres após ganhar a bolsa The Delfina Studio Trust, artist in residence grant. Mais tarde recebeu as seguintes bolsas americanas: The Pollock-Krasner Foundation(1996), John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2001) e Asian Cultural Conciul (2002). Atualmente reside e trabalha em Nova York . Desde 1990 tem realizado cerca de 40 mostras individuais. O artista é representado pelas seguintes galerias: Galeria Nara Roesler (São Paulo), Galerie Agathe Helion (Paris), Artfront Gallery (Tóquio), BTAP+Tokyo Gallery (Beijing/Tóquio) , Keumsan Gallery(Seoul) Connoiseur Contemporary (Hong Kong).Foi convidado para fazer o poster dos eventos "Fifa World Cup 2014- Official Art Poster" e "Mountreux Jazz Festival 2013".
Solo Exhibition at JAPAN HOUSE São Paulo
Date: April 3rd to June 3rd , 2018
200 Moons, 2005, oil on canvas, 227 x 333 cm / 90 x 132 inches, private collection, Taipei
20th Century, 2000, oil on canvas, 227 x 222 cm / 90 x 88 inches, private collection, Tokyo
Asian Dragon, 1995, acrylic paint on plywood, 182 x 546 cm / 75 x 215 inches, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art collection, Aichi
Kita Senju, 2008, oil on canvas, 227 x 444 cm / 90 x 175 inches. 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art collection, Kanazawa.
After Midnight, 2010, oil on canvas, 227 x 444 cm / 90 x 175 inches
Mushroom Forest, 2016, oil on canvas, 227 x 555 cm / 90 x 220 inches
The Accident, 2013, oil on canvas, 227 x 444 cm / 90 x 175 inches
Bathtub Man, 2008, oil on canvas, 227 x 333 cm / 90 x 132 inches, private collection, Hong Kong
Light Factory, 2010, oil on canvas, 227 x 666 cm / 90 x 264 inches
Five Nests, 2012, oil on canvas, 227 x 555 cm / 90 x 220 inches
Nest House, 2012, oil on canvas, 61 x 91.5 cm / 24 x 34.5 inches, private collection, Singapore
Big Circus, 2011, oil on canvas, 227 x 333 cm / 90 x 132 inches
Merry Go Round, 2014, oil on canvas, 227 x 444 cm / 90 x 175 inches
New York Breakfast, 2008, oil on canvas, 227 x 333 cm / 90 x 132 inches
Big Wave, 2011, oil on canvas, 227 x 333 cm / 90 x 132 inches
Lost in the Night, 2014, oil on canvas, 137 x 178 cm / 54 x 70 inches, private collection, Hong Kong.
Weekend, 2015, oil on canvas, 137 x 178 cm / 54 x 70 inches
World Wide Web Wave 3, 2017, oil on canvas, 227 x 333 cm/ 90 x 132 inches
Black Snow, 1997, oil on canvas, 227 x 333 cm / 90 x 132 inches, private collection, Paris
World Wide Web Wave 2, 2017, oil on canvas, 227 x 333 cm/ 90 x 132 inches
World Wide Web Wave 1, 2017, oil on canvas, 227 x 333 cm/ 90 x 132 inches
White House Garden, 2004, oil on canvas, 227 x 444 cm / 90 x 175 inches
Ghosts, 2008, oil on canvas, 227 x 555 cm / 90 x 220 inches
Twilight (small), 2018, oil on canvas, 111 x 227cm / 44 x 90 inches
Earthscape 1, 2018, oil on canvas, 178 x 138 cm / 70 x 54 inches
Earthscape 3, 2018, oil on canvas, 178 x 138 cm / 70 x 54 inches
Earthscape , 2012, oil on canvas, 227 x 333 cm / 90 x 132 inches
Twilight at Marble Hill, 2015, gold leaf and oil on canvas, 137 x 178 cm / 54 x 70 inches
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