Junko Oki
Junko Oki (Tokyo, Japan, 1963). Lives and works in Kanagawa, Japan.
Junko Oki’s work has been the subject of international exhibitions at Office Baroque, Brussels; KOSAKU KANECHIKA and Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, among others. Institutional presentations include Hagi Museum, Hagi and 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan.
Junko Oki Truly Indispensable, installation view Office Baroque, Brussels, 24 April – 8 June 2019. Photo: Isabelle Arthuis
Junko Oki’s work consists of embroidery on old fabrics, often several centuries old. Her aesthetics are shaped by childhood memories as well as a multitude of subliminal experiences. Her work focuses primarily on human relationships, particularly those of her family and while exploring these themes, her work ranges out into automatist drawing, surrealism, poetry, art brut as well as feminist art. Oki is known for her two and three dimensional stitched and embroidered works on fabric as well as for a series of artist books.
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 05, 2017
Iron, bandage, beeswax, hemp
100.2 × 101 × 2.8 cm
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
Wrapping a bandage around my hand 02, 2019
iron, bandage, beeswax
80 × 83 × 4 cm
(31 1/2 × 32 5/8 × 1 5/8 in)
Junko Oki
You are what you wear 02, 2019
wooden box, silk, linen, cotton
80 × 35 × 8 cm
(31 1/2 × 13 3/4 × 3 1/8 in)
Junko Oki
You are what you wear 01, 2019
iron, bandage, linen, cotton, silk
119 × 53 × 20 cm
(46 7/8 × 20 7/8 × 7 7/8 in)
Juno Oki
Message, 2017
Resin, needle, thread, mirror
19 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm
Junko Oki
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Born 1963, Tokyo, Japan.
Lives and works in Kanagawa, Japan.
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2021
Yobitsugi, KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan
2020
Embroidery, KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan
anthology, Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
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
Moon and chrysalis, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
JUNKO OKI, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium
2016
gris gris, DEE’S HALL, Tokyo, Japan
2015
PUNK, DEE’S HALL, Tokyo, Japan
PUNK, Moris, Kobe, Japan
PUNK, Morioka Shoten, Tokyo, Japan
2014
Red, DEE’S HALL, Tokyo, Japan
2013
Zeze hihi, shima, Aichi, Japan
culte à la mode, DEE’S HALL, Tokyo, Japan
culte à la carte, COW BOOKS, Tokyo, Japan
Tatoo, gallery B, Kanagawa, Japan
2012
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
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2021
GO FOR KOGEI 2021, Natadera Temple, Ishikawa, Japan
2020
7 Artists, KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan
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
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21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
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