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Shinro Ohtake
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1955, Tokyo
lives and works in Uwajima, Japan
Shinro Ohtake is recognized as one of Japan’s most innovative and prolific artists and has been making significant contributions to the contemporary art scene since the late 1970s.
Receiving his BFA in 1980 from Musashino Art University, Tokyo, his multimedia practice includes oil painting, collage, artist books, large-scale assemblage, installation, and architectural works.
Ohtake grew up in 1950s and 1960s post-war Tokyo at a time when Japan’s economy was stabilizing and American cultural influence was growing.
He moved to London in 1977 at the age of twenty-two, during the height of the punk scene. His time there was a defining period at the beginning of his career, setting him on a new path and reifying ideas he already subconsciously harbored: he cites a chance encounter at Portobello Market when he found a l