小田川 史弥｜Fumiya Odagawa
Profile
小田川史弥｜Fumiya Odagawa
1996 Born in Kanagawa Prefecture
2018 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting (Japanese Painting major)
2020 Completed Master’s Program in Japanese Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School”
Exhibition
Solo Exhibition
2019 Solo Exhibition, Binosha, Tokyo
2021 Solo Exhibition, Sukiwa, Tokyo Daytime Meteor, Yakuzen Curry and Yakuzen Cuisine Ka Kuraku, Tokyo
2022 Carefully Lining Up the Nights, MAKII MASARU FINE ART, Tokyo
2023 Distance Measured by Hand, Nenohoshi, Tokyo
2024 Afternoon, Gallery IRRITUM Tokyo, Tokyo
2025 The Lingering Echo of Holidays, KATSUYA SUSUKI GALLERY, Tokyo Tomorrow is another breath, YTF GALLERY, Taipei Someone called my name from my memory, THE LOOP GALLERY, Tokyo
Group Exhibition
2019 Fumiya Odagawa and Leo Kikuchi Two-Person Exhibition, Galleria Grafica bis, Tokyo
2021 Nihonga Six-Person Exhibition, Art Space Rashinban, Tokyo Ebb and Flow: Nihonga Five-Person Exhibition, Sukiwa, Tokyo
2023 Half Landscapes: Two-Person Exhibition, Sukiwa, Tokyo
2025 IN THE LOOP, THE LOOP GALLERY, Tokyo
Art Fair
One Art Taipei 2024（JR 東日本大飯店/台北）
Five Galleries Art Fair in Spiral 2024（スパイラルガーデン/東京）
One Art Taipei 2025（JR 東日本大飯店/台北）
Awards
2016 Selected, SEED Yamatane Museum of Art Nihonga Award Jury’s Special Award, Ishimoto Sho Nihonga Award Exhibition
2017 Yoh Gallery Award, Yoh Gallery Selected Artists Exhibition
2018 Salon de Printemps Prize and Taito Ward Mayor’s Award, Tokyo University of the Arts Graduation Exhibition Excellence Award, Binosha Student Selection Exhibition
2020 Keisei Electric Railway Art Award, Tokyo University of the Arts Postgraduate Graduation Exhibition Sukiwa Award, Let’s Go to the Gallery
2023 Ikenaga Yasunari Award, Muni Art Award
Statement
“I have always been drawn to the subtle fluctuations and sensations of daily life, much like how one thinks of winter in the spring or summer in the autumn. There is a deep emotion in the passage of time. My surroundings, my memories, and my various relationships are in a constant state of flux. I paint the moments that exist just before these events and emotions are given form through words.
While figures appear repeatedly in my landscapes, my work avoids a direct explanation of events or feelings, and a clear narrative is never explicitly told. I cherish the blank spaces and the uncertainties left unpainted; the story hides within subtle gestures and the movement of the composition. Within these landscapes and the posture of the figures, there dwells a quiet emotion and the melancholy of seasons and relationships shifting outside of our conscious awareness. As outlines grow blurred and the scene expands beyond the frame, even the unpainted areas capture the work, attempting to express the inherent obscurity of the world. I want to paint in a way that allows the viewer to feel a sense of poignant sadness, yet at the same time, a sense of richness.”