Nami OKADA

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Biography

Nami Okada creates works that blend abstraction and figuration through a distinctive technique of layering acrylic paint and repeatedly carving into it.
Her pieces are a collage of places she has visited and landscapes she has seen, woven together to form entirely new scenes.

The gradients born from the layers of paint create spatial boundaries and emit a luminous glow.
Much like the Impressionist painters who sought to capture the interplay of light and color, Okada seems to pursue these elements within the landscapes she creates.
This radiance, imbued with a cosmic and ontological vision, may symbolize her search for an eternal moment.


In 2023, her major exhibitions included:
- “Mother New York“ (New York, USA)
- NANJO SELECTION vol.2 “A Whiter Shade of Pale“ at N&A Art SITE (Tokyo, Japan)
- “New Horizons: From History to the Future,“ the 10th Anniversary Exhibition at Arts Maebashi (Gunma, Japan)
- Solo exhibition “Flow of Time“ at Ginza Tsutaya Books (Tokyo, Japan)

In 2024, her works will be presented at:
- WHAT CAFÉ Exhibition Vol.37 (Tokyo, Japan)
- Meet Your Art Festival (Tokyo, Japan)
- Takasaki Museum of Art (Gunma, Japan)
- Art Miami (Miami, USA)

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1991　Born in Gunma Prefecture
2016　Graduated from Tama Art University


2025　Solo Exhibition"Life" anonymous art project organized - anonymous bldg. / ZeroBase Jingumae, Tokyo
　　　 Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary 2025 - PALM BEACH COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER, Florida
　　　 ART CENTRAL HK - Central Harbourfront Hong Kong, Kong
　　　 Modern Ukiyo-e Exhibition - Tokyo National Museum, Hyokeikan, Tokyo

2024　ART MIAMI 2024 - 1 Herald Plaza, MIAMI
　　　 "Music in Art" Simultaneous Event : Special Exhibition - Takasaki Museum of Art, Gunma
　　　 “MEET YOUR ARTIST“ MEET YOUR ART FESTIVAL 2024 -NEW ERA- - B&C HALL, Tokyo
　　　 WHAT CAFE EXHIBITION vol.37：Canvas of a Narrative- WHAT CAFE,Tokyo
　　　 Art Vancouver Contemporary Art Fair – Vancouver Convention Centre, Canada
　　　 “UG [OSAKAN] vol.2” – gallery UG Osaka Umeda, Osaka
　　　 “UG [TOKYOITE] vol.1” – gallery UG Tennoz, Tokyo
　　　 ART FAIR TOKYO 2024 – Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
　　　 “UG [OSAKAN] vol.1” – gallery UG Osaka Umeda, Osaka
　　　 “Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition – gallery UG × CONTEMPO” – Sands Gallery, Macao

2023　”Mother × gallery UG ART Exhibition” – Mother New York, New York
　　　 Solo Exhibition ”flow of time” – GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS Art Wall, Tokyo
　　　 Arts Maebashi 10th Anniversary Exhibition – New Horizon: Vision of the Future – Arts Maebashi, Gunma
　　　 artKYOTO – Former Imperial Nijo Castle, Kyoto
　　　 Solo Exhibition ”VOID” – gallery UG Tennoz, Tokyo
　　　 Solo Exhibition NANJO SELECTION vol.2 ”A Whiter Shade of Pale” – N&A Art SITE, Tokyo
　　　 ”Laissez-faire Vol.10” – gallery UG Tennoz, Tokyo

2022　D-art,ART 2022 – DAIMARU Department Store Shinsaibashi, DAIMARU Kobe, DAIMARU Kyoto
　　　 Solo Exhibition ”one view” – DAIMARU Department Store Kyoto, Kyoto
　　　 Solo Exhibition ”reflection” – gallery UG Tennoz, Tokyo
　　　 art stage OSAKA – Dojima River Forum, Osaka
　　　 ART FAIR TOKYO – Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo

2021　NEXT GENERATION ART KYOTO – DAIMARU Department Store Kyoto, Kyoto
　　　 VOLTA BASEL2021 – Elsässerstrasse 215, Switzerland
　　　 Solo Exhibition ”dimensions” – gallery UG Tennoz, Tokyo
　　　 ”Laissez-faire” – GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS GINZA ATRIUM, Tokyo

2020　”Laissez-faire” – gallery UG Tennoz, 東京
　　　 ”A rainy and sunny day” ART colors Vol.33 Summer Exhibition – Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo
　　　 ”Spring Breeze -spring has come-” ART colors Vol. 32 Spring Exhibition – Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo
　　　 VOLTA NEW YORK – Metropolitan West, New York
　　　 ONE ART Taipei – The sherwood Taipei, Taipei
　　　 Solo Exhibition ”FACING EACH OTHER” – gallery UG Bakurocho, Tokyo

2019　Art Fair Asia Fukuoka – Hotel Okura Fukuoka, Fukuoka
　　　 ”KONSHIN-TEN” – gallery UG Bakurocho, Tokyo

2018　Solo Exhibition ”Before being overwritten” – Oakwood Residence Aoyama, Tokyo
　　　 ”Viewing Point” – Chichibu Omotesando Lab, Saitama
　　　 Tokyo Wonder Seed – Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo, Tokyo

2014　Solo Exhibition – Yellow House Gallery, Tokyo


【Public Collection】

　Arts Maebashi museum, UESHIMA COLLECTION


【Others】

　　　 Cover Visual for Nujabes × Mark Farina Mixtape
　　　"Tribe Sampler Mushroom Jazz" (Label: Tribe)
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Artworks

void (No.148)
F10 (53×45.5×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2025
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void (No.143)
F30 (91×72.7×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2025
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void (No.142)
F30 (91×72.7×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2025
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void (No.141)
F30 (91×72.7×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2025
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void (No.139)
F50 (116.7×91×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2025
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void (No.138)
F30 (91×72.7×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2024
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void (No.101)
F50 (116.7×91×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2023
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void (No.100)
F100 (130.3×162×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2023
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one view (No.56)
194×324×3cm (F130×2)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2022
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void (No.98)
S30 (91×91×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2023
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void (No.135)
F100 (162×130.3×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2024
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void (No.127)
F30 (91×72.7×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2024
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void (No.114)
F30 (72.7×91×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2023
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void (No.126)
F50 (116.7×91×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2024
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void (No.120)
F100 (162×130.3×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2024
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void (No.125)
F100 (162×130.3×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2024
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void (No.123)
F100 (130.3×162×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2024
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void (No.122)
194×324×3cm (F130×2)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2024
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void (No.133)
37×32cm
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2024
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void (No.134)
P12 (60.6×45.5×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2024
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void (No.124)
F100 (162×130.3×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2024
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void (No.137)
F30(91×72.7×3cm)
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2024
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void (No.106)
45.5×45.5×3cm
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2023
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void (No.107)
45.5×45.5×3cm
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2023
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void (No.108)
45.5×45.5×3cm
aclylic on panel, lacquer
2023
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one view (No.75)
45×60 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2022
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one view (No.74)
60×45 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2022
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one view (No.67)
91×70 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2022
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one view (No.66)
91×60 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2022
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one view
91×91 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2022
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one view
162×130.3 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2022
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one view
91×116.7 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2020
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one view
80.3×100 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2021
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one view
91×72.7 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2021
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one view
91×91 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2021
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one view
91×91 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2021
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one view
103×72.7 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2021
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one view
100×80.3 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2021
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one view
99.7×80.3 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2021
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one view
130.3×162 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2021
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one view
162×130.3 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2021
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one view
162×130.3 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2021
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one view
130.3×162 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2021
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one view
162×112 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2021
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one view
162×112 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2021
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one view
112×162 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2021
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one view
194×260.6 cm
acrylic,lacquer on panel
2021
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Exhibitions

Nami OKADAKunihiko NOHARA

ART CENTRAL HK 2025

2025/03/25 -2025/03/30

Booth No: C29, Central Harbourfront Hong Kong,

Nami OKADAKunihiko NOHARA

Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary (PBM+C) 2025

2025/03/20 -2025/03/23

PALM BEACH COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER, Florida

Nami OKADA

Life

2025/01/14 -2025/02/20

Zero Base Jingumae / anonymous bldg.

Nami OKADAKunihiko NOHARA

ART MIAMI 2024

2024/12/03 -2024/12/08

1 Herald Plaza (NE 14th Street & Biscayne Bay), MIAMI

Nami OKADA

“Music in Art” Simultaneous Event : Special Exhibition

2024/11/23 -2024/12/26

Takasaki Museum of Art,Gunma

Nami OKADA

WHAT CAFE EXHIBITION vol.37：Canvas of a Narrative

2024/09/13 -2024/09/29

WHAT CAFE, Tennoz

Hideki IINUMA / Rei ITAYA / Nami OKADA / Ryosuke KAWAHIRA / Mikako TAKAHASHI / Takaoki TAJIMA / Mika CHIBA / Keitoku TOIZUMI / Takayuki NIWA / Gekko NUMATA / Kunihiko NOHARA / Saori HASEGAWA / Osamu WATANABE

Laissez-faire

2024/07/31 -2024/08/13

Daimaru Umeda Store, 3rd Floor East Event Space, Osaka

Nami OKADA

The eternal moment

2024/07/03 -2024/07/20

gallery UG Tennoz

Nami OKADA/Takaoki TAJOMA/Kunihiko NOHARA

Art Vancouver Contemporary Art Fair 2024

2024/04/11 -2024/04/14

Vancouver Convention Centre East

Shigeo IZUMI/Nami OKADA/Takaoki TAJIMA/Kunihiko NOHARA/ Misako MAEGAKI/Tomoko WADA/Osamu WATANABE

UG [OSAKAN] vol.2

2024/04/03 -2024/04/23

gallery UG Osaka Umeda

Nami OKADA/ Ryosuke KAWAHIRA/ Takaoki TAJIMA/ Keitoku TOIZUMI/ Kunihiko NOHARA/ Hiroya YOSHIKAWA

CONTEMPO × gallery UG : Extended Edition

2024/04/01 -2024/05/05

gallery UG Macau

Nami OKADA/Ryosuke KAWAHIRA/Takaoki TAJIMA/Keotoku TOIZUMI/Kunihiko NOHARA

UG [TOKYOITE] vol.1

2024/03/15 -2024/03/30

gallery UG Tennoz

Nami OKADA/Ryosuke KAWAHIRA/Takaoki TAJIMA/Keitoku TOIZUMI/Kunihiko NOHARA/Hiroya YOSHIKAWA

ART FAIR TOKYO 2024

2024/03/08 -2024/03/10

Tokyo International Forum Hall E / Lobby Gallery Booth No. N046

Junko ASANO/ Takashi ONISHI/ Nami OKADA/ Ryosuke KAWAHIRA/ Takaoki TAJIMA/ Keitoku TOIZUMI/ Takayuki NIWA/ Gekko NUMATA/ Nobuko NUMANO/ Naoki NOMURA/ Kunihiko NOHARA/ Saori HASEGAWA

UG [OSAKAN] vol.1

2024/02/21 -2024/03/12

gallery UG Osaka Umeda

Nami OKADARyosuke KAWAHIRATakaoki TAJIMAKeitoku TOIZUMIKunihiko NOHARAHiroya YOSHIKAWA

Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition　gallery UG×CONTEMPO

2024/02/01 -2024/03/30

Sands Gallery, Macau

Nami OKADAKunihiko NOHARA

Mother × gallery UG ART Exhibition

2023/10/27 -2023/12/31

Mother New York, 77 10th Street Brooklyn

Nami OKADA

flow of time

2023/10/14 -2023/11/03

GINZA TSUTAYA BOOKS, Art Wall

Nami OKADA

Arts Maebashi 10th Anniversary Exhibition – New Horizon: Vision of the Future

2023/10/14 -2024/02/12

Arts Maebashi and various facilities around downtown Maebashi

Nami OKADAKunihiko NOHARA

artKYOTO 2023

2023/10/06 -2023/10/09

Former Imperial Villa, Nijo Castle

Nami OKADA

VOID

2023/08/04 -2023/08/26

gallery UG Tennoz

Nami OKADA

【N&A Art SITE】 Nami OKADA 「Whiter Shade of Pale」

2023/07/03 -2023/07/29

N&A Art SITE

Junko ASANOTakashi ONISHINami OKADALIN Chia-hung

Laissez-faire Vol.10

2023/04/01 -2023/04/15

gallery UG Tennoz

Nami OKADATakaoki TAJIMAKeitoku TOIZUMIKunihiko NOHARA Sakiko ASAOKA Chihiro NAGASHIMA

D-art,ART 2022 / Daimaru Kyoto

2022/10/12 -2022/10/24

Daimaru Kyoto 1F / 6F

Takashi ONISHINami OKADATakaoki TAJIMAMitsuaki　TACHIBANAKunihiko NOHARANaoki NOMURA

D-art,ART 2022 / Daimaru Kobe

2022/10/05 -2022/10/10

Daimaru Kobe 1F Main stage side special venue / 1F CAFFERA

Nami OKADA

reflection

2022/07/01 -2022/07/23

gallery UG Tennoz

Nami OKADATakaoki TAJIMAKunihiko NOHARA

D-art,ART 2022

2022/06/15 -2022/06/20

Daimaru Shinsaibashi / PARCO shinsaibashi

Nami OKADATakaoki TAJIMAKunihiko NOHARA

art stage OSAKA 2022

2022/06/03 -2022/06/06

DOJIMA RIVER FORUM

Nami OKADAKunihiko NOHARA

ART FAIR TOKYO 2022

2022/03/11 -2022/03/13

Tokyo International Forum

Nami OKADATakaoki TAJIMAKeitoku TOIZUMITakayuki NIWAKunihiko NOHARA

Gallery Colection

2022/02/01 -2022/02/28

gallery UG Tennoz

Junko ASANOHitomi OSHIMANami OKADAMika CHIBATakayuki NIWAGekko NUMATAKunihiko NOHARATomoko WADA

NEXT GENERATION ART KYOTO

2021/11/03 -2021/11/08

Daimaru Kyoto

Nami OKADAMika CHIBAKunihiko NOHARA

VOLTA BASEL 2021

2021/09/20 -2021/09/26

Switzerland

Nami OKADA

dimensions

2021/07/23 -2021/08/08

gallery UG Tennoz

Junko ASANOShigeo IZUMITakashi ONISHINami OKADARyosuke KAWAHIRAMikako TAKAHASHITakaoki TAJIMAMika CHIBATakayuki NIWAGekko NUMATANobuko NUMANOYoshikazu HIRAMATSUMisako MAEGAKITomoko WADAI Chao Wang Hiroko ICHITSUKA Kana UCHIDA Yurika ISHIYAMA Kao MORIMOTO

Lassez-faire

2020/11/13 -2020/11/28

gallery UG Tennoz

Nami OKADARyosuke KAWAHIRATakaoki TAJIMAMika CHIBATakayuki NIWAGekko NUMATANobuko NUMANOKunihiko NOHARAYoshikazu HIRAMATSUMisako MAEGAKIOsamu WATANABE Yurika ISHIYAMA Hiroko ICHIZUKA Takako YUKI

ART colours Vol.33 Summer Exhibition

2020/07/01 -2020/09/21

Park Hotel Tokyo

Junko ASANONami OKADAMikako TAKAHASHITakaoki TAJIMAMika CHIBATakayuki NIWAGekko NUMATANobuko NUMANOKunihiko NOHARAYoshikazu HIRAMATSUMisako MAEGAKITomoko WADA

“Spring Breeze -spring has come- ” ART colours Vol.32 Spring Exhibition

2020/03/24 -2020/06/30

Park Hotel Tokyo

Nami OKADATakaoki TAJIMAKunihiko NOHARA

VOLTA New York

2020/03/04 -2020/03/08

Metropolitan West, NY

Nami OKADA

FACING EACH OTHER

2020/02/10 -2020/02/15

gallery UG Bakurocho

Junko ASANONami OKADARyosuke KAWAHIRAMikako TAKAHASHITakaoki TAJIMAMika CHIBATakayuki NIWANobuko NUMANOKunihiko NOHARAMisako MAEGAKITomoko WADA Yurika ISHIYAMA Hiroko ICHITSUKA Kako MORIMOTO

ONE ART TAIPEI 2020

2020/01/17 -2020/01/19

The Sherwood Taipei

Junko ASANONami OKADAKunihiko NOHARATomoko WADA Hiroko ICHITSUKA Yasuhito KAWASAKI

ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2019

2019/09/06 -2019/09/08

Hotel Okura Fukuoka, Fukuoka

Nami OKADARyosuke KAWAHIRAMika CHIBA Filipa Tojal Yukie OSA Kimi SAKAKI Kazuma TAKAHASHI Rin TAMO Sakiko MARUYAMA Kako MORIMOTO

KONSHIN-TEN

2019/07/08 -2019/07/14

gallery UG Bakurocho

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