Born in Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Lives and works in Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Otani Shigeru was born in Shiga Prefecture in 1980. After studying sculpture at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, he began working under the name Otani Workshop in 2005. In 2017, he moved his studio to a former tile factory on Awaji Island, where he continues to live and work. Otani’s practice and artistic output ranges broadly from sculptures made using ceramics, bronze and FRP to more recent practice in painting. His work has been presented in group and solo exhibitions throughout Japan and abroad, and in 2024 he collaborated with French fashion house Christian Dior.
education
- 2004 Graduated from Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts
solo shows
2025
- Monsters in My Head, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2024
- Tanilla Tanilla Tanilla, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2023
- Portraits, Perrotin, Hong Kong
2022
- Hand, Eye, and Soul, Perrotin, Seoul, South Korea
2021
- Like a Talisman, Perrotin, Shanghai, China
2020
- Narubekunaranare Narazarumonarubekenya Narareccho (Be if you can, Even if you don't have to be, Let it be), Perrotin, New York, USA
2019
- Contes d'Awaji, Perrotin Paris, France
2018
- Children Of, Otani Workshop, Perrotin, Seoul, South Korea
2016
- When I Was Seventeen, I Learned About Giacometti From My Art Teacher and Became Drawn to Sculpture - and So I Make Sculptures Now., Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015
- Otani Workshop, t.gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Otani Workshop, FUURO, Tokyo, Japan
- Otani Workshop, gallery uchiumi, Tokyo, Japan
2014
- Tadaima kosakuchu, Hidari Zingaro, Tokyo, Japan
- Otani Workshop, t.gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013
- Otani Workshop, Tri Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012
- Otani Workshop, Nichi-nichi, Tokyo, Japan
- Otani Workshop: Iroiroten, Kino no Tsuzuki, Ashita no Ashita, Tri Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2011
- ~of the soul~, Hidari Zingaro/Oz Zingaro/Kaikiki Zingaro, Tokyo, Japan
- Otani Workshop no Utsuwaten ~OFF BEAT~, Gallery Utsuwa Note, Saitama, Japan
- Otani Workshop, Nichi-nichi, Tokyo, Japan
- Otani Workshop ~Kousaku Sanmai~, Tri Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Otani Workshop no Shigoto to Bon Antiques no Kodogu no Omise, Jikken Shop 1928, Kyoto, Japan
2010
- Otani Workshop, Nichi-nichi, Tokyo, Japan
- Otani Workshop Chopi to shita Mono, Anzuya, Nara, Japan
2009
- Otani Workshop ~Kousaku Sanmai~, Tri Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2008
- Tou no Shigototen, Tri Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Otani Workshop, Ginza AKANE art gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Otani Workshop Tenjikaiten, Gallery KARAHASHI, Shiga, Japan
group shows
2023
- Beyond The Streets Shanghai, Shanghai, China
2022
- Roppongi Art Night Group Show, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Head in the Clouds, Perrotin Tokyo, Japan
2021
- Healing, Perrotin, Shanghai, China
- GEIBI KAKUSHIN (Aesthetic Innovation on Japanese Ceramic Art), Perrotin Matignon, Paris, France
- 2021 Kaikai Kiki Autumn Show, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- HealingxHealing, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020
- Healing, Perrotin Matignon, Paris, France
- Healing, Perrotin Seoul, Korea
2018
- Bubblewrap, Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
2017
- An Occasion for Contemplating Ceramics and Sculpture: Seeds Sown in Shigaraki, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Murakami Takashi’s Superflat Consideration on Contemporary Ceramics, Towada Art Center, Aomori, Japan
2016
- ton chin kan, Roppongi Hills A/D Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Murakami Takashi’s Superflat Consideration, Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan
- Kazunori Hamana, Yuji Ueda, Otani Worshop, BLUM&POE, New York, USA
2015
- Kazunori Hamana, Yuji Ueda, Otani Worshop, BLUM&POE, Los Angeles, USA
2013
- Yukiharu Kumagai Otani Workshop Futari-ten Tanoshii Kurashi, Utsuwa Note, Saitama, Japan
- G-tokyo, Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo, Japan
- Oz!Zingaro STYLE!, Oz Zingaro, Tokyo, Japan
2012
- Japanese Contemporary Ceramic Art by Oz Zingaro, Hidari Zingaro Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Around The Kochuten, Hidari Zinagaro/Oz Zingaro/Kaikiki Zingaro, Tokyo, Japan
- Melbourne Art Fair 2012, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Australia
- 4 ceramists exhibition, Hidari Zingaro Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
- KAYU・Otani Workshop Futari Ten, Mizunosora, Tokyo, Japan
2011
- YMO, gallery Sala, Shiga, Japan
2010
- KAYU・Otani Workshop Futari Ten, Mizunosora, Tokyo, Japan
