Junko Oki
Junko Oki was born in Urawa City, Japan in 1963 and is currently based in Kamakura. Okiʼs major solo exhibitions include “Recycle” (ARTS & SCIENCE Aoyama, Tokyo, 2009), “gris gris” (DEEʼS HALL, Tokyo, 2016), “Moon and chrysalis” (Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, 2017), “Junko Oki” (2017) / “Truly Indispensable” (Office Baroque, Brussels, 2019), and “anthology” (Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi, 2020). Her works were also featured in group exhibitions “Nous–sewing and living” (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2016), the 2018 Yamagata Biennale (Bunshokan, Yamagata, 2018), and “Where We Now Stand–In Order to Map the Future [2]” (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2019). Her art book “PUNK” was published by Bungei Shunju in 2014. Okiʼs artworks have been acquired by the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. “yoretsuremotsure” will be the artistʼs fifth exhibition at KOSAKU KANECHIKA, following her 2021 solo exhibition. The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura Annex in Kanagawa Prefecture is presenting her solo exhibition “OKI Junko: The Exposed” from September 17, 2022 to January 9, 2023.