Keisho Okayama

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Solace in Painting: Reflecting on a Tumultuous Century

THE GALLERY AT UTA, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS at ARLINGTON

Feb. 4 - March 29, 2025

UNO GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, OMAHA

Sept. 2 - Oct. 31, 2025

Sixteen works by Okayama are included in this exhibition along with artwork by two other little-reserarched diasporic painters. The three artists are Keisho Okayama (1934-2018), Chao Shao-an (1905-1998), and Ann Phong (1957-). The exhibit title is abbreviated from a quote by Okayama, the term “solace in painting” points us toward the connection between these remarkable individuals—implicitly posing the question: how did their artwork offer solace from and provide a space for grappling with difficult questions of conflict and identity.

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Light of Winter

Perrotin Gallery
130 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002

October 29 - December 21, 2024

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Okayama was one of the artists included in this anthology at Perrotin Gallery, New York. Light of Winter brings together international, established and emerging artists that shed light on societal constructs of self, offering new interpretations.

Jean-Marie APPRIOU, Daniel ARSHAM, Roman COCHET, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, Cairo DWEK, Julia VON EICHEL, Michael FLOMEN, Charles HASCOËT, Thilo HEINZMANN, Soren HOPE, Alexander JAMES, Rashid JOHNSON, Izumi KATO, LEE Bae, Claire LEHMANN, SHIM Moon-Seup, Keisho OKAYAMA, Jean-Michel OTHONIEL, Anna PLESSET, Hayal POZANTI, Youssra RAOUCHI, Gabriel RICO, Park Seo-Bo, Kuldeep SINGH, Jake TROYLI, Vickie VAINIONPÄÄ, Xavier VEILHAN, Bao VUONG, Xiyao WANG, Chris WATTS, Charisse Pearlina WESTON, Leon XU, Dustin YELLIN group show

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PACIFIC ABSTRACTIONS

Perrotin Gallery LOS ANGELES
5036 W PICO BLVD, Los Angeles, CA 90012

September 20 - November 9, 2024

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Perrotin Los Angeles opened its fall 2024 season with Pacific Abstractions. Okayama was one of the seven artists included in this exhibit curated by Perrotin Senior Director Jennifer King, and featuring works by Naotaka Hiro, Kazuo Kadonaga, Lee Bae, Yunhee Min, Keisho Okayama, Park Seo-Bo, and Shim Moon-Seup, Pacific Abstractions proposes a fresh art historical view on contemporary abstract art, focusing on the transpacific artistic dialogues between Asia and the West Coast.

NAOTAKA HIRO, KAZUO KADONAGA, LEE BAE, YUNHEE MIN, KEISHO OKAYAMA, PARK SEO-BO, SHIM MOON-SEUP

Curated by Jennifer King