Profile

2000: Born in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture.

2021–2023: Enrolled in the Department of Painting (Oil Painting), Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. Recipient of the Kuma Foundation Scholarship (5th–7th terms).

2024: Graduated from the Department of Painting (Oil Painting), Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts.

2026: Completed Master’s Degree at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Oil Painting Technique and Material Research Lab 2, Tokyo University of the Arts.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2024: “Where is this place, When is that? Who are you!” – Gallery MEME (Seoul, South Korea)

2022: “My Favorite Food Is” – MATTER (Tokyo)

2020: “〻〻〻〻” – TAKU SOMETANI GALLERY (Tokyo)

2019: “Eh, Painting, Eh: Out of the House / To the Outside” – COUR_DES_CIEL Gallery Keifu (Saitama)

Group Exhibitions

2026: “Tokyo University of the Arts Graduation Works Exhibition” (Tokyo)

2025: * “STRIDE 1.0” – EAT PLAY WORKS (Tokyo)

“doors” – biscuit gallery (Tokyo)

“The Sun and Sugoroku” – TAKU SOMETANI GALLERY (Tokyo)

2024: * “Short Short” – YUGA Gallery (Tokyo)

“Galleries Art Fair” – COEX Hall (Seoul, South Korea)

“MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL 2024” – Tennoz Canal Area (Tokyo)

“Oil Painting Graduation Works Internal Review Exhibition” – Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo)

2023: * “Mending with Containers” – Artgallery opaltimes (Osaka)

“MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL 2023” – Tennoz Canal Area (Tokyo)

“The Eye of the Storm Vol. 2” – Freyaalt (Istanbul, Turkey)

“Drifting Festival Day” – Yokohama Civic Art Gallery (Kanagawa)

2022: * “grid” – biscuit gallery (Tokyo)

“Emerging Artist Exhibition” – GINZA ATRIUM, Ginza Tsutaya Books (Tokyo)

“COPE” – No Gallery (New York, USA)

2021: * “SLANGS” – WHAT CAFE (Tokyo)

“On the river” – Futako-Tamagawa Riverbed (Tokyo)

“Cherry Blossom Viewing Party” – eitoeiko (Tokyo)

“Wrapped Amplitude” – Yotsuya Unidentified Studio (Tokyo)

2020: “We (You) are beautiful” – UGO (Tokyo)

2019: “Floating Metamorphosis Vol. 2: Coexistence” – KAGANHOTEL (Kyoto)

Concept

Ahmed Mannan primarily utilizes canvas, fabric, and personal materials from his daily life as supports for his work. Drawing inspiration from his physical roots and the fluid fluctuations of self-identity, he employs a unique method of molding and shaping these substrates. By embedding his own physicality into the structural formation of his supports, he achieves a highly personal and bodily form of painterly expression.