JUNKO OKI
Junko Oki
Moon and chrysalis 08, 2018
Iron, badage, beeswax, linen, hemp, silk, cotton
110.3 × 66.3 × 2.8 cm
Junko Oki
Moon and chrisalis 01, 2017
Iron frame wrapped in a bandage, beeswax, cotton
100.3 × 91 × 2.7 cm
(39 1/2 × 35 7/8 × 1 1/8 in)
Junko Oki
Moon and chrysalis 06, 2017
Iron frame wrapped with a bandage, beeswax, linen
100.3 × 91 × 2.6 cm
(39 1/2 × 35 7/8 × 1 1/8 in)
Junko Oki
Moon and Chrysalis 02, 2017
Iron frame wrapped with a bandage, beeswax, hemp
100.2 × 101 × 2.8 cm
(39 1/2 × 39 3/4 × 1 1/8 in)
Junko Oki
Moon and chrysalis 05, 2017
Iron, bandage, beeswax, hemp
100.2 × 101 × 2.8 cm
Juno Oki
Message, 2017
Resin, needle, thread, mirror
19 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm
Junko Oki
Red Chrysalis, 2017
Silk, cotton, wooden box, paper
38,5 × 13,8 × 8 cm
(15 1/8 × 5 3/8 × 3 1/8 in)
Junko Oki
Memories, 2017
old wooden box of Japanese pottery factory, boro (cotton, linen), japanese paper
63.5 × 42.5 × 9.5 cm
(25 × 16 5/8 × 3 5/8 in)
Junko Oki
A Bulb, 2017
Iron frame wrapped with a bandage, boro (cotton, linen, silk)
40 × 50 × 3 cm
(15 5/8 × 19 5/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
Junko Oki
Snow, Ruby, Lemon, 2017
Iron frame wrapped with a bandage, boro (cotton, linen)
70 × 50 × 3 cm
(27 1/2 × 19 5/8 × 1 1/8 in)
Junko Oki
A Mineral, 2017
antique wooden box, antique silk Victorian jacket
65.5 × 38 × 15.5 cm
(25 3/4 × 15 × 6 in)
Junko Oki
A Jacket, 2016
Jacket (hand sewing, linen)
50 × 75 cm
(19 5/8 × 29 1/2 in)
Junko Oki
Melody, 2016
Embroidery on boro in antique toolbox
62 × 32 × 15.5 cm
(24 3/8 × 12 1/2 × 6 in)
Junko Oki
Anna Maria, 2016
Embroidery on boro in antique toolbox; paper
95 × 36 × 10 cm
(37 3/8 × 14 1/8 × 3 7/8 in)
Junko Oki
Camellia, 2016
Embroidery on boro in antique toolbox
44 × 25 × 12 cm
(17 5/16 × 9 13/16 × 4 3/4 in)
Born 1963, Tokyo, Japan. Lives and works in Kanagawa, Japan.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2019 | Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium (forthcoming) |
| 2018 | sense and sweetness Kosaku Kanechika, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2017 | Junko Oki (with Masaho Anotani), Kosaku Kanechika, Tokyo, Japan Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium |
| 2015 | PUNK, DEE’S HALL, Tokyo, Japan PUNK, Moris, Kobe, Japan PUNK, Morioka Shoten, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2014 | culte a la carte, DEE’S HALL, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2013 | Tatoo, gallery B, Kanagawa, Japan culte a la carte, COW BOOKS, Tokyo, Japan culte a la mode, DEE’S HALL, Tokyo, Japan shima, Nagoya, Japan |
| 2012 | COW BOOKS, Tokyo, Japan shima, Nagoya, Japan Outsider, DEE’S HALL, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2011 | Mental Nourishment, DEE’S HALL, Tokyo, Japan Poesy, Morioka Shoten, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2009 | Recycle, ARTS & SCIENCE Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan Prayer, Gallery Feve, Tokyo, Japan |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2019 | 7 Artists, Kosaku Kanechika, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2018 | Yamagata Biennale, Yamagata, Japan 6 Artists, Kosaku Kanechika, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2017 | Shiseido Art Egg Award, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2016 | Nous－sewing and living, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan Finding Ling Ling’s Head, Cookie Butcher, Antwerp, Belgium 8 Femmes, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Junko Oki in the Yamagata Biennale, Yamagata, Japan
1 September 2018 – 24 September 2018
sense and sweetness, Junko Oki at Kosaku Kanechika, Tokyo, Japan
9 June – 21 July 2018
Junko Oki and Ataru Sato in 6 Artists at Kosaku Kanechika, Tokyo, Japan
20 January – 17 February 2018
Junko Oki is the winner of the Shiseido Art Egg Grand prize
Junko Oki (with Masaho Anotani) at Kosaku Kanechika, Tokyo, Japan
2 September – 7 October 2017
Junko Oki at Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
30 June — 23 July 2017
Junko Oki at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
21 May – 25 September 2016
Junko Oki and Kyle Thurman in Finding Ling Ling’s Head at Cookie Butcher, Antwerp, Belgium
April – September 2016
Honno-Hanashi, ‘The Art Of Punk: Embroidery Artist, Junko Oki, Finally Releases Her Long Awaited Art Book’, HonBunshun, June 2014
