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MASUMI OTA ATELIER

5-21-37 SEKIMAE MUSASHINO-SHI TOKYO 180-0014 JAPAN

E-mail m_ota@moss-ltd.com

Masumi Ota

Biography/Artistic Achievements


1951 Born in Tokyo
1974 Graduated from Musashino Art University Department of Industrial,Interior and Craft Design at College of Art and Design
1985 Awarded the EmilioGreco Special Prize at The 4th Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition (The Utsukusi-ga-hara Open Air Museum,Nagano
1987 Installed a monument at Gotanda HS Building (Tokyo
1988 Installed a monument and symbol stones at The Nerima Ward Inariyama Library (Tokyo)
1995 Awarded the Superior Prize at Windy Biennale (Tachikawa-machi Yamagata)
1999 Awarded the TUES Prize (The Utukusi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum,Nagano) Solo exhibition "TUES 1999 Masumi Ota" (The Utukusi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum,Nagano)

Group Exhibitions

1975 Esquisse Exhibition for The 6th Exhibition of Contemporary Japaneese Sculpture(The Ube City Open-Air Museum,Yamaguchi)
1979 Esquisse Exhibition for The 8th Exhibition of Contemporary Japaneese Sculpture(The Ube City Open-Air Museum,Yamaguchi)
Design Forum '79(Ginza Matsuya ,Tokyo)
1986 Four Forms(Shoukyo-do Museum,Aichi)
1987 Installation at Roppongi Heartland(Tokyo) Installation at Heartland Beer Circus (Tokyo)
1988 Installation at Heartland Beer Jungle(Tokyo)
1989 Grove for Artists(Heartland Gallery,Tokyo)
1990 The Breath of The Land at EXPO'90 of The International Garden and Greenery Exposition (Tsurumi-ryokuchi,Osaka) Esquisse Exhibition for The 12th Kobe Suma Detached Palace Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition(The Kobe Suma Detached Palace,Hyogo)
1991 Creation by Wind (Sumida Riverside Hall Gallery,Tokyo)
1993 Four Forms(Shoukyo-do Museum,Aichi)
1995 Esquisse Exhibition for The Yokohama Biennale '96(Kanagawa)

Major Collections

The Utukusi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum(Nagano)
The Nerima Ward Inariyama Library (Tokyo)