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Ouma

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Ouma(Ouma(オーマ))

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As a former veterinarian, I have been exploring art as an alternative to therapy. I believe that creation is the greatest form of healing, and I have been presenting works that continue to change through the viewer's own creative chain of experiences.

From the books of Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross...
As a former veterinarian, I have been exploring art as an alternative to therapy. I believe that creation is the greatest form of healing, and I have been presenting works that continue to change through the viewer's own creative chain of experiences.

From the books of Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and my own experiences, I learned that death is a great pain for human beings. Since then, in thinking about death, I have thought that life should be defined anew, and from the biological idea that the cell is the smallest unit of life, I have defined two ways of looking at life: a layered structure in which people are considered cells and society is considered life, and a view of life in which people have different degrees of attachment.

Currently, I am advocating the concept of "social therapy" by linking this view of life more closely to medical treatment. This is a concept that follows Joseph Beuys' social sculpture, turning every person into a doctor who treats the life form of society, and a patient who is treated by society.

In light of the current situation in Japan, where the suicide rate remains high despite improvements in medical technology, it can be seen that society, which is composed of people, is becoming sick. It is necessary to turn our attention to society as well as to the individual.
This is "social therapy".

For the communication of social therapy, I am now focusing on "the shape of the city" and "language", and "placement" as therapy. In his book "Cities and Ambition", Paul Graham says that cities have a voice and influence on human beings. In Brazil, Concretism was born in the regular city of São Paulo, and Neo-Concretism was born in the more organic city of Rio de Janeiro. We believe that this is a good example of art representing the voice of society.

To treat society means to make society a safe and secure place. I think that is what hospitals do. For me, having experienced long-term hospitalization as a child, a hospital was a place where I felt safe and protected. I wonder if it would be possible to add more diversity to hospitals. Libraries around the world come in all shapes and sizes because the function of a library is much more than just "lending out books. There is a close relationship between function and form. If the function is not diversified, the shape will not be diversified either.

I believe that the concept of social therapy will have penetrated society when we can increase the functions of hospitals and make all of society feel like a place where people can create.

Illness essentially requires the help of others. Is it possible to change illness into an existence that connects people, people and society, rather than dividing them? Through my creations, I want to create a relationship in which each person is needed by society and protected by society.

That is what I am aiming for as an artist now.

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日本の風景 / Japanese scenery

USD 219.49 Year.2021 w40.00 x h40.00 x d3.70 cm

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Biography

Solo Exhibitions
2019
“Hospital ”, Hongti Art Center, Busan, Korea
“Research for the border between Living or Non-living thing ”, Artist residency TEMI, Korea
“INFINITE REPETITION / 无限循环”, IINNOO gallery, Shang-hai, China
2018
“Life Continuous”, NICOLAS G. HAYEK CENTER | THE SWATCH GROUP,...
Solo Exhibitions
2019
“Hospital ”, Hongti Art Center, Busan, Korea
“Research for the border between Living or Non-living thing ”, Artist residency TEMI, Korea
“INFINITE REPETITION / 无限循环”, IINNOO gallery, Shang-hai, China
2018
“Life Continuous”, NICOLAS G. HAYEK CENTER | THE SWATCH GROUP, Tokyo, Japan
“Under the road / Life Continuous”, MOHA ART STUDIO, Ulsan, Korea
2017
“The World Ⅳ”, Alexander Castle of Serlachius Museum, Finland
2016
“Inferior Paradise”, UNAC TOKYO, Japan
“Her letter only says "yes".”, Art-League gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
“Cellular”, Werner Thöni Artspace (WTA), Barcelona, Spain
2015
"The will for changing the world", Gallery Natsumikan Daikanyama, Tokyo, Japan
"After Big Five", UNAC TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
2014
"OM", Ouchi gallery, New York, USA
"Mi", Gallery coen, Kanagawa, Japan
2013
The art of "self‐healing and self‐certification", UNAC Tokyo, Japan

Group Exhibitions
2021
The 16th TAGBOAT AWARD, Shibuya Hikarie 8/CUBE 1,2,3, Japan
Arts Liberation Area EATS NIHONBASHI, TOKYO, Japan
tagboat art fair, TOKYO Portcity Takeshiba, Japan
2020
Good Trouble, WHITEBOX HARLEM, New York, US
SICF21 B, Tokyo, Japan
-Power of Life-, Shun Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
CANBIRTH by TAGBOAT, Tokyo, Japan
2019
Arts Liberation Area, TENOHA Daikanyama, Tokyo, Japan
Rainbow Wire, F1963, Busan, South Korea
The Hidden Flower, Clayarch Museum, Busan, South Korea
2018
Neo - Localism 2018 Gyeongnam·Busan·Ulsan Art creative center integrate exhibition, Changwon Exhibition Convention Center, Gyeongnam,South Korea
Growth, Art Labor gallery, China
Wakaba Luster Group Exhibition of Young Artists from Japan, Blue Roof Museum of Chengdu, China
Art-Lab, Shun Gallery, Shang-hai, China
2017
The group show for Artist in Residency 2015-2016 by ALTE SCHULE Hohenstein Artists Residency
2016
Niigata Office Art Street 2016, Niigata, Japan

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