Shinji Ohmaki's artistic activity explores the theme and question of "Existence".
The external world involving the environment and others, the internal world of memory and consciousness; this is an exploration of the body, which lies in between the boundaries of these worlds, aiming to create a bodily experience that captures the ambiguity of how these worlds interact with each other and move according to space and time.

His main solo exhibitions include "Rotation and Revolution"(Mind Set Art Center / Taipei, 2024), "Interface of Being" (The National Art Center /Tokyo,2023), "Before and After the Horizon" (Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art / Hirosaki, 2023), "Depth of Light" (A4 Art Museum/Chengdu, 2023), "Rustle of Existence"(Kuandu Museum, Taipei, 2020), PROOF OF EXISTENCE (Hakone Open-Air Museum, 2012) etc. He has additionally participated in global group exhibitions, including "Noor Riyadh 2025", "Aichi Triennale","Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale" and "Yokohama Triennale" etc. In recent years, he further explores performance art, such as "Rain"(Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater, 2023), YOKOHAMA DANCE COLLECTION／Ella Rothschild　"Futuristic Space"Stage Art, Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, Yokohama, 2019), and Louis Vuitton 2016-17 FW PARIS MEN'S COLLECTION, Paris, 2016). He has also created public art in many places around the world, including Tokyo Garden Place Kioicho(Tokyo), Ijlst (Netherlands), Morpheus hotel at City of Dreams (Macau), and Takamatsu Port (Kagawa).

History

1971

Born in Gifu, Japan

1995

B.A. in Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music

1997

M.A. in Sculpture, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music

1997

Encouragement prize at KIRIN CONTEMPORARY AWARD 1997

1999

The 14th Holbein Scholarship Grant

2000

Prize at TOKYO WONDER WALL

2002

The 5th ADSP (Art Documents Support Program by SHISEIDO)

2003

Special Prize at "The 6th Taro Okamoto Memorial Award for Contemporary Art"

2005

Prize at McCormick Tribune Foundation Competition, Chicago, U.S.A

2009

"the Sh Contemporary 09 best young artist award" Sh Contemporary 09,China

2011

Associate Professor of Sculpture department of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music

2015

The 8th ENKU GRAND AWARD

2016

Professor of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music

2017

The 27th TAKASHIMAYA Art Prize

2018

Special Visiting Professor, Nagoya University of Arts

2023

2023 (74th) Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's New Artist Award