Takafumi OHBA
Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1988. Graduated from the Japanese Painting (Nihonga) course, Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Arts, Hiroshima City University in 2013, and withdrew from the Doctoral Program at the same university after completing coursework in 2018.
Major solo exhibitions include “Daily Scenes” (Cafe and Gallery Kaneya – K gallery, Shimane, 2022), “Episodes: Recalled and Reconstructed” (LE METTE GALLERY, Hiroshima, 2024), and “Co-Memory Errors” (S_R gallery, Tokyo, 2025).
Selected group exhibitions include “Emerging Artists Selection Exhibition FAUSS” (3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, 2018), “re” (biscuit gallery, Tokyo, 2022), and “ACT (Artists Contemporary TOKAS) Vol. 6 ‘Layers of Optical Experience’” (Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo, Tokyo, 2024).
Major solo exhibitions include “Daily Scenes” (Cafe and Gallery Kaneya – K gallery, Shimane, 2022), “Episodes: Recalled and Reconstructed” (LE METTE GALLERY, Hiroshima, 2024), and “Co-Memory Errors” (S_R gallery, Tokyo, 2025).
Selected group exhibitions include “Emerging Artists Selection Exhibition FAUSS” (3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, 2018), “re” (biscuit gallery, Tokyo, 2022), and “ACT (Artists Contemporary TOKAS) Vol. 6 ‘Layers of Optical Experience’” (Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo, Tokyo, 2024).
1988 Born in Osaka, Japan
2013 BFA, Hiroshima City University
2015 MFA, Hiroshima City University
2018 Completed doctoral coursework, Hiroshima City University
2018 Research Associate, Hiroshima City University (-2020) / Researcher (-2022)
2022 Assistant Professor, Hiroshima City University (-2026)
2026 Visiting Researcher, Hochschule Hannover, Germany (-2027)
2013 BFA, Hiroshima City University
2015 MFA, Hiroshima City University
2018 Completed doctoral coursework, Hiroshima City University
2018 Research Associate, Hiroshima City University (-2020) / Researcher (-2022)
2022 Assistant Professor, Hiroshima City University (-2026)
2026 Visiting Researcher, Hochschule Hannover, Germany (-2027)
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Co-Memory Errors (S_R gallery / Tokyo, Japan)
2024 Episodes: Recalled and Reconstructed (LE METTE GALLERY / Hiroshima, Japan)
2022 daily scenes (Cafe and Gallery KANEYA / Shimane, Japan)
2022 Right landscape (ORIE ART GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan）
2022 DINING ROOM (Lapis Gallery / Hiroshima, Japan)
2022 Solo show "False memories of a certain family" (GALLERY RYO / Tokyo, Japan)
2020 Takafumi OHBA Solo Exhibition (Hiroshin Gallery / Hiroshima, Japan)
2020 encoded landscape (Lapis Gallery / Hiroshima, Japan)
2019 Focusing on a new generation in Tokyo 2019 (Gallery Natsuka / Tokyo, Japan)
2018 Documents of walking. (TOKYOKUDAN YOH GAROU / Japan)
2017 The Solo Exhibition (Gallery Natsuka / Tokyo, Japan)
2014 The Solo Exhibition (Atelier Meudon / Hiroshima, Japan)
2024 Episodes: Recalled and Reconstructed (LE METTE GALLERY / Hiroshima, Japan)
2022 daily scenes (Cafe and Gallery KANEYA / Shimane, Japan)
2022 Right landscape (ORIE ART GALLERY / Tokyo, Japan）
2022 DINING ROOM (Lapis Gallery / Hiroshima, Japan)
2022 Solo show "False memories of a certain family" (GALLERY RYO / Tokyo, Japan)
2020 Takafumi OHBA Solo Exhibition (Hiroshin Gallery / Hiroshima, Japan)
2020 encoded landscape (Lapis Gallery / Hiroshima, Japan)
2019 Focusing on a new generation in Tokyo 2019 (Gallery Natsuka / Tokyo, Japan)
2018 Documents of walking. (TOKYOKUDAN YOH GAROU / Japan)
2017 The Solo Exhibition (Gallery Natsuka / Tokyo, Japan)
2014 The Solo Exhibition (Atelier Meudon / Hiroshima, Japan)
Group Exhibitions, Art Fair (selected)
2026
Kyo-Gen-Ritsu (S_R gallery / Tokyo, Japan）
2025
Gen-Shō-Kai (S_R gallery / Tokyo, Japan）
BLURRED REALITIES (Artglorieux GALLERY OF TOKYO / Tokyo, Japan)
2024
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2024 (Fukuoka Convention Center / Fukuoka, Japan)
ACT (Artists Contemporary TOKAS) Vol. 6 "Layers of Optical Experience" (Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo / Tokyo, Japan）
Kyo-Gen-Ritsu (S_R gallery / Tokyo, Japan）
2025
Gen-Shō-Kai (S_R gallery / Tokyo, Japan）
BLURRED REALITIES (Artglorieux GALLERY OF TOKYO / Tokyo, Japan)
2024
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2024 (Fukuoka Convention Center / Fukuoka, Japan)
ACT (Artists Contemporary TOKAS) Vol. 6 "Layers of Optical Experience" (Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo / Tokyo, Japan）
2023
Art lounge project #2（LE METTÉ Adeline / Okayama, Japan）
2022
Perceptual Landscape (Cafe and Gallery KANEYA / Shimane, Japan)
WHAT CAFE EXHIBITION -MA(間)- (WHAT CAFE / Tokyo, Japan)
biscuit gallery group exhibition 「re」 (biscuit gallery / Tokyo, Japan)
2021
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2021 (HAKATA HANKYU DEPARTMENT STORE / Fukuoka, Japan)
Group exhibition "WHAT is Art?" （WHAT CAFE / Tokyo, Japan）
Ichida no kai (Gallery Wada / Tokyo, Japan)
Art lounge project #2（LE METTÉ Adeline / Okayama, Japan）
2022
Perceptual Landscape (Cafe and Gallery KANEYA / Shimane, Japan)
WHAT CAFE EXHIBITION -MA(間)- (WHAT CAFE / Tokyo, Japan)
biscuit gallery group exhibition 「re」 (biscuit gallery / Tokyo, Japan)
2021
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2021 (HAKATA HANKYU DEPARTMENT STORE / Fukuoka, Japan)
Group exhibition "WHAT is Art?" （WHAT CAFE / Tokyo, Japan）
Ichida no kai (Gallery Wada / Tokyo, Japan)
2020
Rich Seasons - Ⅲ (Orie Art Gallery / Tokyo, Japan)
New Horizons 2020 (Var West Gallery / Wisconsin, USA)
The 73rd Annual Competition of Art in Yamaguchi Prefecture (Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum / Japan)
Hiroshima City University Nihonga: Selected Artists (Yachiyonooka museum of art / Hiroshima, Japan)
Rich Seasons - Ⅲ (Orie Art Gallery / Tokyo, Japan)
New Horizons 2020 (Var West Gallery / Wisconsin, USA)
The 73rd Annual Competition of Art in Yamaguchi Prefecture (Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum / Japan)
Hiroshima City University Nihonga: Selected Artists (Yachiyonooka museum of art / Hiroshima, Japan)
2019
View’s view（Gallery Natsuka / Tokyo, Japan）
Hiroshima City University Nihonga: Selected Artists (Yachiyonooka museum of art / Hiroshima, Japan)
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2019（Hotel Okura Fukuoka / Japan）
The 72nd Annual Competition of Art in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Excellent Work Award (Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum / Japan)
2018
SPECTRUM OF LIFE - A Selling Exhibition of Japanese Contemporary Art (Tiancheng International / Hong Kong)
FRANKFURT · THE DISCOVERY ART FAIR (Forum Messe Frankfurt / Germany)
Group exhibition, OHBA TAKAFUMI and TSUKIYAMA HIROKI (Galerie WangHohmann contemporary art / Germany)
Imago Mundi project “Hiroshima/Nagasaki"（GALLERIE DELLE PRIGIONI / Italy）
Voyage Along Nippon - A Selling Exhibition of Japanese Contemporary Art. (Tiancheng International / Hong Kong)
FACE2018 Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Art Award Exhibiton (Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art / Tokyo, Japan)
Upcoming Artist Selection FAUSS(3331 Arts Chiyoda / Tokyo, Japan)
2017
View’s view -Next- （Cross View Arts / Tokyo, Japan）
The 21st Summer Society (Gallery Seira / Tokyo, Japan)
2016
FINE ART / UNIVERSITY SELECTION 2016-2017, Excellent Work Award (Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan)
Dojima River Awards -Japanese painting- (Dojima River Forum / Osaka, Japan)
The 25th Annual Scholarship Recipient Art Exhibition (The Sato Museum of Art / Tokyo, Japan)
2015
The 26th Garyuzakura Japanese Painting Grand Prize Exhibition, Grand Prize (The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan)
The Graduation Exhibition of Hiroshima City University Faculty of Arts and Graduate School of Arts, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital Award
2014
The 41st Soga Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan)
View’s view（Gallery Natsuka / Tokyo, Japan）
Hiroshima City University Nihonga: Selected Artists (Yachiyonooka museum of art / Hiroshima, Japan)
ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA 2019（Hotel Okura Fukuoka / Japan）
The 72nd Annual Competition of Art in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Excellent Work Award (Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum / Japan)
2018
SPECTRUM OF LIFE - A Selling Exhibition of Japanese Contemporary Art (Tiancheng International / Hong Kong)
FRANKFURT · THE DISCOVERY ART FAIR (Forum Messe Frankfurt / Germany)
Group exhibition, OHBA TAKAFUMI and TSUKIYAMA HIROKI (Galerie WangHohmann contemporary art / Germany)
Imago Mundi project “Hiroshima/Nagasaki"（GALLERIE DELLE PRIGIONI / Italy）
Voyage Along Nippon - A Selling Exhibition of Japanese Contemporary Art. (Tiancheng International / Hong Kong)
FACE2018 Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Art Award Exhibiton (Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art / Tokyo, Japan)
Upcoming Artist Selection FAUSS(3331 Arts Chiyoda / Tokyo, Japan)
2017
View’s view -Next- （Cross View Arts / Tokyo, Japan）
The 21st Summer Society (Gallery Seira / Tokyo, Japan)
2016
FINE ART / UNIVERSITY SELECTION 2016-2017, Excellent Work Award (Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan)
Dojima River Awards -Japanese painting- (Dojima River Forum / Osaka, Japan)
The 25th Annual Scholarship Recipient Art Exhibition (The Sato Museum of Art / Tokyo, Japan)
2015
The 26th Garyuzakura Japanese Painting Grand Prize Exhibition, Grand Prize (The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan)
The Graduation Exhibition of Hiroshima City University Faculty of Arts and Graduate School of Arts, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital Award
2014
The 41st Soga Exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan)
Selected Collections
THE OSAKA STATION HOTEL
Hiroshima Shinkin Bank
Imago Mundi Project (Gallerie delle Prigioni)
Takayama City
Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital
Hiroshima Shinkin Bank
Imago Mundi Project (Gallerie delle Prigioni)
Takayama City
Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital
Scholarships and Grants
2026
Nomura Foundation, Arts and Culture Grant (Second Half of FY2026)
2015
Sato International Cultural Scholarship Foundation, 25th Scholarship Recipient
Nomura Foundation, Arts and Culture Grant (Second Half of FY2026)
2015
Sato International Cultural Scholarship Foundation, 25th Scholarship Recipient
Awards
2023
The 4th Hiroshima Culture Newcomer Award
2019
Hiroshima Shinkin Bank Nihonga Encouragement Award
The 72nd Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Exhibition, Excellence Award
2018
The 44th Tokyo Spring Soga Exhibition, Spring Exhibition Award
2017
The 44th Soga Exhibition, Encouragement Award
The 17th Geibikai Exhibition, Geibikai Award
2016
FINE ART / UNIVERSITY SELECTION 2016–2017, Excellent Work Award
Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center Art Award Exhibition, Encouragement Award
2015
The 26th Garyuzakura Nihonga Grand Prize Exhibition, Grand Prize
Hiroshima City University Faculty of Arts Graduation and Degree Show, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital Award
The 4th Hiroshima Culture Newcomer Award
2019
Hiroshima Shinkin Bank Nihonga Encouragement Award
The 72nd Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Exhibition, Excellence Award
2018
The 44th Tokyo Spring Soga Exhibition, Spring Exhibition Award
2017
The 44th Soga Exhibition, Encouragement Award
The 17th Geibikai Exhibition, Geibikai Award
2016
FINE ART / UNIVERSITY SELECTION 2016–2017, Excellent Work Award
Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center Art Award Exhibition, Encouragement Award
2015
The 26th Garyuzakura Nihonga Grand Prize Exhibition, Grand Prize
Hiroshima City University Faculty of Arts Graduation and Degree Show, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital Award