Awareness Post - Shoichi Okumura
- luciefbouton
- Mar 2, 2023
- 2 min read
Shoichi Okumura was born in Beijing in 1989 and raised in Japan, and is now based in Tokyo. He creates silk paintings influenced by the multiple perspectives used in traditional landscape paintings. The main subjects of his work are people with various flowers, plants, foods, and animals.
Gallery Representation
"Cosmic Laundry"
Shoichi Okumura
Mineral Pigment, Silver Leaf, Glitter, on Silk
18” x 15”
2022
I really love the angle used in this piece, as well as the color scheme of the piece. I enjoy the flat colors of the paintings, and would love to be able to do something similar with my work. Additionally, I’ve experimented with adding flowers in my work, so I think it would be interesting to take it further similar to this piece, as well as potentially incorporating animals.
"Western Air"
Shoichi Okumura
Mineral Pigment, Silver Leaf, Glitter, on Silk
29” x 24”
2017
I love the vibrancy of this piece and the overall composition. I like how the plants slightly overlap with the figure, which would be an interesting technique to use in my own work.
Education
I was unable to find information on Okumura’s education, and it appears as though his professional artistic career began in 2017 when he was 28. He is largely influenced by Chinese paintings and does not appear to have a record of education for the arts.
Awards
2018 Won Great prize at 9th Adachi Ukiyoe Award
2017 Won French Embassy Prize & Imamura Yusaku Prize & Audience Prize at Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2017
2016 Won Shintaro Ishihara Prize at Tokyo Wonderwall 20162016 Accept for 20th The Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art
2015 Won shu uemura Prize at Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2015
2015 Accept for Shell Art Award 2015
2015 Accept for FACE Art Award 2016
Solo Exhibitions
2020 -Paradise Fiction- (Tokyo)
2019 -逍遥花園- / -Strolling The Chinese Garden- (Tokyo)
2018 -仙界模様- / -Vibe of The Hermit world-
2018 -園林漫遊- / -Trip to The Chinese Garden- (Taipei)
2017 -洞天風味- / -Flavor of Chinese Utopia in Grotto- (Tokyo)
2016 -桃源小旅行- / -Tao Yuan Short Trip- (Tokyo)
2015 -山水気分Vol.2- / -Feel of Chinese Landscape Vol.2- (Tokyo)
2014 -山水気分- / -Feel of Chinese Landscape- (Tokyo)
Exhibitions
2020 Art Taipei 2020
2019 Art Fair Tokyo 2019
2019 Art Beijing 2019
2019 Art Taipei 2019
2018 Art Fair Tokyo 2018
2018 Art Taipei 2018
Articles
It’s interesting to read about the different aspects of his work and how the various floral elements are continuous throughout his paintings. I’d like to create a better sense of continuity throughout my work, and I may take inspiration from him.
I love the organic shapes used as the bases for Okumura’s recent paintings. At some point, I’d like to try working with something other than rectangular shaped boards, and his work shows how that can be successfully done and contribute to the overall composition of the work.
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