OIWA Euske

Profile

Born in 1993. Lives and works in Tokyo. Graduated with an MFA from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2019.
Oiwa’s work deals with issues of fiction and rhetoric. His recently exhibited Breaking the Relation (2020) is an installation featuring a multidimensional narrative told by multiple “narrators.” His critical writings have appeared in Bijutsutecho, Eureka, Waseda Bungaku and elsewhere.

Recent exhibitions:
"Emergency Call" Telephone line, Japan, 2020
"Breaking the Relation" Kitasenju BUoY, Tokyo, 2020 
"Slow Actor" Komagome SOKO, Tokyo, 2019
"A well-lighted watertank" BLOCK HOUSE, Tokyo, 2018
"Pleasure" Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, 2015

Recent activities:  
Monthly series of exhibition reviews in the web-based "Bijutsu Techo" (2019-2020)

Recent awards:
"16th Bijutsu Techo Art Criticism Competetion" Honorable mention, BIJUTSU SHUPPAN-SHA CO., LTD., Tokyo, 2019
"4th CAF Art Award 2017" Study Abroad Subsidy Award, Contemporary Art Foundation, Tokyo, 2017 

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