OH Haji

Profile

Born in Osaka in 1976.
Earned her PhD in Fine Arts from Kyoto City University of Arts in 2012.

Recent exhibitions and activities
2023 “KANTEN 観展: The Limits of History”, Apexart, New York
2022 “Roppongi Crossing 2022, Coming & Going”, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
2019 “Publicness of the Art Center phaseⅡ”, Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower of Mito
2019 Solo Exhibition “Memories in Weaving”, Kurumaya Museum of Art, Oyama City, Tochigi
2017 “Binding threads/Expanding threads: The art of creating ‘Between-ness’, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

About works / performance

Oh creates installation works utilizing textile-making techniques such as weaving, dyeing and unravelling, as well as photographs/cyanotype, texts and sounds. Drawing on her background as a third-generation Zainichi Korean, she creates artworks to give expression to the untold memories – silent memories – of women and unnamed individuals. She explores the concept of post-memory by sharing experiences and dialogue through a collaborative process of community workshops. Currently, she is based in Japan and Australia for her art practices.