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)
Walkthrough of Junko Oki at Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
6 June – 23 July 2017
Born 1963, Tokyo, Japan. Lives and works in Kanagawa, Japan.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2020 | Hagi Museum, Tea Ceremony, Hagi, Japan (forthcoming) KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan (forthcoming) |
| 2019 | Truly Indispensable Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium |
| 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 | Where We Now Stand—In Order to Map the Future, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan 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 Where We Now Stand—In Order to Map the Future at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
14 September – 19 December 2019
Junko Oki and Ataru Sato in 7 Artists at Kosaku Kanechica, Tokyo, Japan
26 January – 23 February 2019
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
Dorothé Swinkels, ‘Nieuw leven’, Textiel Plus, December 2019
Honno-Hanashi, ‘The Art Of Punk: Embroidery Artist, Junko Oki, Finally Releases Her Long Awaited Art Book’, HonBunshun, June 2014
