photo by Y.Iba

Naruki Oshima
Live and work in Kyoto, Japan

2000 Artist in Residence program 'ART-EX' in Dusseldorf, Germany
2001 Fellowship Artist,"Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists"
2001-03 Studied at Thomas Ruff's class in Kunstakademie Dusseldorf
2010 Ph.D. Fine Art in Kyoto City Art University

Selected solo show
2000 "Naruki Oshima, photography" Kunstraum Dusseldorf, Germany/Goethe-Institut Kansai, Osaka, Japan
2002 "Contemporary art from Japan to Finland 2002" Finland artist association Gallery G,Helsinki Finland
2002 "Reflections" Nomart project space + cube, Osaka, Japan
2004 "Colors of Night" Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2004 "Reflections" Nomart project space+ cube, Osaka, Japan
2006 "Reflections-about image as color" Nomart project space+ cube, Osaka, Japan
2006 "Reflections-recent works" Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Karlsruhe, Germany
2008 "Reflections-recent works" Gallery White Room Tokyo, Japan
2009 "New works Reflections" Gallery Nomart

Selected group exhibition
1994 “Light & Shadow-the sense of ehemerality ”Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
1994 “Contemporary Prints of Japan 1994 ”The Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1995 “Chenju Pre-Binnale 1995” Cenju,The Republic of Korea
1997 "Future Recollection" Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
2003 "International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam" Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2004 The 9th Venice biennale, photography section “Morphing Lights, Floating Shadows” Italian Pavilion & Arsenal, Venice, Italy
2007 "Appearance: Urban space interpreted through Photography" Organized by TN probe, Hillside Terrace & Forum, Tokyo Japan
2008 "Paris Photo2008, statements section" Paris France

Public collections
National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan
Osaka Prefectural Center of Modern Art, Osaka, Japan
The Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima, Japan
MACHIDA City Museum of Graphic Art, Tokyo, Japan
Kyoto Saga University of Art, Kyoto, Japan
Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
Nagoya Art University, Nagoya, Japan
Obayashi Corporation, Osaka, Japan

Awards, Grant
1993 "The International Print Exhibition,Machida-Tokyo" Third prize
1993 "ITOKI Art Program Vol.8"ITOKI Co., Ltd.
2000 Artist in Residence program“ART-EX” Osaka prefectural government, Goethe-Institut Kansai
2001 "Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists"

Collaboration
video work with Dutch Architect Wiel Arets @ "International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam" Rotterdam, The Netherlands