ARTIST
Okaji Killi
Born in 1998. Completed the Doctoral Program in the Department of Japanese Painting, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2025, earning a Ph.D. Drawing from motifs such as cityscapes and mountain ranges, her Window Sketch series seeks to pursue the essence of these scenes through accumulations that eliminate grids and contours as formal structures.
BIOGRAPHY
- 1998
- Born in Tokyo, Japan
- 2016
- Entered the Department of Japanese Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
- 2021
- BFA, Department of Japanese Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
- 2022
- Completed the Master’s Program, Japanese Painting Course, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
- 2025
- Completed the Doctoral Program, Japanese Painting Course, Graduate School of Fine Arts,Tokyo University of the Arts; Ph.D. (Fine Arts)
- Currently Assistant Researcher, Japanese Painting Laboratory, Tokyo University of the Arts
CV
- 2021
- Selected for the 47th Soga-kai Spring Exhibition, Tokyo (first selection; selected every year thereafter)
- 2021
- Selected for the 48th Soga-kai Exhibition (first selection; selected every year thereafter)
- 2022
- Graduation work acquired by Tokyo University of the Arts
- 2022
- Hirayama Ikuo Scholarship
- 2022
- Selected for the 40th Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition
- 2022
- Selected for the 9th Maeda Seison Memorial Award Exhibition
- 2024
- Selected for the 3rd Mitsukoshi Isetan・Hiroshi Senju Nihonga Award
- 2025
- Completed Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts; Ph.D. (FineArts)
- 2025
- Grand Prize, 6th Tsukuba Award for Painting
- 2025
- Special Jury Prize, BankART Yokohama Gate Tower Start Gallery
EXHIBITIONS
- 2021
- Venezia Biennale, Qatar Sports-History Exhibition（Venezia/Italy）
- 2022
- Tokyo University of the Arts Graduation Works Exhibition 2022, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
- 2022
- Spring Board 2022 “Kaiage,” Break Station Gallery, JR Ueno Station, Tokyo
- 2022
- 【Group】“The 3rd Future of Hanging Scrolls and Paintings,” Sankeien Garden, Kanagawa
- 2022
- Two-person Exhibition “Form and Distance,” Gallery Shichimensaka-Tochu, Tokyo
- 2023
- 【Solo】“Okaji Killi Solo Exhibition,” Surugadai Gallery Ginza, Tokyo
- 2023
- 【Group】 “Challenges in Contemporary Nihonga,” Isetan Urawa, Saitama
- 2023
- 【Group】“Tokyo Geidai Japan Art Week in NY,” Blue Gallery, New York, USA
- 2023
- “Three Artists of Japanese Painting,” Suzuga Gallery Ginza, Tokyo
- 2023
- 【Solo】 “transition,” Art Gallery Mejiroyama, Kanagawa
- 2024
- 【Group】“New Year Small Works Exhibition,” Art Space Rashinban, Tokyo
- 2024
- 【Group】Group Exhibition “Kokoro no Niwa — L’ESPOIR Nihonga Emerging Artists Exhibition,” Surugadai Gallery Ginza, Tokyo
- 2024
- 【Group】Group Exhibition “shades,” Reijinnsha Gallery, Tokyo
- 2024
- Tokyo University of the Arts Doctoral Thesis Exhibition 2025, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
- 2025
- Three-person Exhibition “Silhouette,” Annex Gallery, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
- 2025
- 【Group】Group Exhibition “Kokoro no Niwa — L’ESPOIR Nihonga Emerging Artists Exhibition,” Surugadai Gallery Ginza, Tokyo
- 2025
- 【Group】“grid next: Emerging Artists Showcase 2025,” Biscuit Gallery, Tokyo
- 2025
- “Three Artists of Japanese Painting,” Suzuga Gallery Ginza, Tokyo
- 2025
- 【Group】OUTHOUSE, Seoul, Korea
WORKS
