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TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY is pleased to present “Echoes from Oblivion,” a solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based Japaneseartist Kaz Oshiro. Kaz Oshiro was born in Okinawa Prefecture in 1967. He moved to the United States in 1986 and receiveda Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Fine Arts degree from California State University in 1998 and 2002. While referencing pop art, minimalism, and abstract expressionism, Oshiro's work develops these ideas in his own way, and is based on
various dichotomy such as three-dimensional and two-dimensional, abstract and ﬁgurative, reality and illusion. He standand search for the essence of the work.
The garbage cans, ampliﬁers, cabinets, suitcases, etc. that are synonymous with Oshiro are elaborately and faithfully reproduced. However, the moment I learned that all of these works were painted on canvas, my perspective changed. The audience may feel as if the canvas attached to the wooden frame is proof that it is a work of art. In addition, the "Still Life" series,
which consists of mostly monochromatic works, may also wander between three-dimensional works and two-dimensional
works because the canvas itself, which is the support, is irregularly deformed and wrinkled. gives the viewer an impressionof In this way, Kaz Oshiro's works sway between two opposing elements, inducing a number of "why?"
In 2020, he has done his ﬁrst solo exhibition in Japan in 12 years, "Republic," at MAKI Gallery in Tennoz, Tokyo. For the titleof the solo exhibition, he quoted the ancient Greek philosopher Plato's book The Republic. In his book, he mentions Plato'sunique theory of The Republic, as well as his theory of ideas such as the essence of things, true goodness and beauty. Onhow superﬁcially we see things, Plato said, "A prisoner in a cave sees nothing but shadow pictures in the cave, and that isthe reality." He will explain using the metaphor of "If you enter thinking that it is." Through this solo exhibition, we will present the fact that artists and those of us who see their works alike have an essence that cannot be easily approached without
being aware of it. He presented a fundamental question to the viewer. At the "International Art Festival Aichi 2022-STILLALIVE-" held in 2022, he exhibited his one of the most representative work "Orange Speaker Cabinets and Gray Scale Boxes(2009)” and he is an artist who is attracting attention in Japan as well.
This exhibition "Echoes from Oblivion" will be the ﬁrst solo exhibition at TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY, and it will also be avaluable opportunity for Kaz Oshiro to present his work for the ﬁrst time in Osaka. Using both the MAIN GALLERY andVIEIWING ROOM spaces, the gallery's collection "Orange Speaker Cabinets and Gray Scale Boxes (2009)" was unveiled forthe ﬁrst time in Kansai. Representative works such as the "Steel Beam" series also will be exhibited. Please take this opportunity to have a look.

PRESS RELEASE (2/6)□ Biography

Kaz Oshiro
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
1967

Born in Okinawa, Japan

1998

BA, California State University, Los Angeles, CA

2002

MFA, California State University, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022｢Aichi Triennal｣ | Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya

2020｢Republic｣ | MAKI Gallery, Tokyo
｢96375｣ | Nonaka-Hill, Los Angeles

2017｢Steel Unforged｣ | galerie frank elbaz, Paris｢A STANDARD｣ | Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles

2015｢Kaz Oshiro｣ | Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles｢Diﬀuse Reﬂection｣ | galerie frank elbaz, Paris

2014｢Chasing Ghosts｣ | Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles

2013｢Logical Disjunction｣ | Galerie Perrotinx, Hong Kong
｢Still Life｣ | Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles

2011｢Sunset Drone｣ | Las Cienegas Project, Los Angeles｢Zeuxis pop｣ | Villa du Parc, France

2010｢Sundowner｣ | Galerie Perrotin in collaboration with galerie frank elbaz, Miami｢Home Anthology｣ | galerie frank elbaz, Paris｢Home Anthology 2｣ | Las Cienegas Project, Los Angeles｢Never Can Say Goodbye｣ | Tower Records Store in collaboration with No Longer Empty, New York2009

｢False Gestures｣ | Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica｢Setting Sun｣ | Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York2008

｢Kaz Oshiro, Sorry Weʼre Closed｣ | Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels｢Untitled Recordings｣ | Clear Gallery Tokyo, Tokyo

2007｢Common Noise｣ | galerie frank elbaz, Paris｢Room Acoustics｣ | Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo｢Kaz Oshiro, Paintings and Works on paper, 1999-2006｣ | Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas｢New Works｣ | Yvon Lambert Gallery Project Room, New York2006

｢Driving with Dementia｣ | Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica｢Subpar｣ | Steven Wolf Gallery, San Francisco

2005｢Project Series 27, Kaz Oshiro｣ | Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont｢Drone｣ | Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica｢Room Acoustics｣ | Inart Gallery Tokyo Hipsters Club, Tokyo

2004｢Out-n-In｣ | Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica

2002｢Pet Sounds, Vol. 13: No Sound, More Alchemy｣ | California State University, Los Angeles｢Pop Tatari（Curse of Pop Music）｣ | Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica

PRESS RELEASE (3/6)□ BiographySELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022｢Art Collaboration Kyoto｣ | galerie frank elbaz & MAKI Gallery, Kyoto

2021｢The Armory Show｣ | MAKI Gallery, New York

2021

｢Art Basel Miami Beach｣ | galerie frank elbaz, Miami｢Gardar Eide Einarsson / Kaz Oshiro｣ | PARCEL, Tokyo｢Art Fair Tokyo｣ | MAKI Gallery, Tokyo

2020｢Homestyle II｣ | Castelli Gallery, New York2018

｢VARIA｣ | Galerie Laurent Strouk, Paris｢Conceptual Feedback｣ | Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles

2017｢Legacies｣ | California State University Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles｢Working Title: 10,020,000｣ | Sam Francis Gallery Crossroads School, Los Angeles｢Retour sur Mulholland Drive, Le minimalisme fantastique｣ | La Panacée, France

2016｢David X Levine, Kaz Oshiro, Xochi Solis: Extended Techniques｣ | MASS Gallery, Austin｢Southland｣ | Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles

2015｢Space Between｣ | The FLAG Art Foundation, New York｢Accrochage｣ | galerie frank elbaz, Paris

2014｢Heart-Shaped Box｣ | galerie frank elbaz, Paris｢Deception II: Into the Future｣ | Bunkamura museum Bunkamura: The Museum, Tokyo;
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe; Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya｢Transmogriﬁcation of the Ordinary｣ | Angles Gallery, Los Angeles｢Between Critique and Absorption: Contemporary Art and Consumer Culture｣ | Haggerty Museum of Art,Milwaukee

2013｢Lifelike｣ | The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego｢Spook Rock Road｣ | galerie frank elbaz, Paris｢Faux Real｣ | Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach｢Lifelike｣ | Blanton Museum of Art, Austin

2012｢American exuberance｣ | Rubell Museum, Miami｢Simulacrum｣ | Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus｢Okinawa Art in NY｣ | The Nippon Gallery at the Nippon Club, New York
｢Bruce Conner and the Primal Scene of Punk Rock｣ | Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver｢Lifelike｣ | Walker Art Center, Minneapolis｢Notations: The Cage Eﬀect Today｣ | Hunter College, New York
｢Twelve｣ | West Los Angeles College Art Gallery, Los Angeles｢Object Fictions｣ | James Cohan Gallery, New York
｢Frieze New York｣ | galerie frank elbaz, New York｢The Cage Eﬀect Today｣ | Hunter College / Times Square Gallery, New York2011

｢The Margulies Collection｣ | the Warehouse, Miami｢Art Basel Miami Beach｣ | galerie frank elbaz, Miami｢American exuberance｣ | Rubell Museum, Miami｢California Art: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation｣ | The FrederickR. Weisman Museum of Art, Los Angeles｢Greater LA｣ | SoHo loft space, New YorkPRESS RELEASE (4/6)□ Biography

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011｢Conversation with Mathieu Mercier, Takaaki Izumi, Yuki Kimura, Soshi Matsunobe, Kaz Oshiro,Koki Tanaka about Abstract Objects｣ | Super Window Project, Kyoto｢New Image Sculpture｣ | McNay Art Museum, San Antonio｢Berlin-Paris｣ | galerie frank elbaz at Wentrup Gallery, Berlin｢Lʼinsoutenable légèreté de lʼêtre｣ | Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris

2010｢The Artistʼs Museum｣ | Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles｢Even Better Than the real Thing｣ | Chaﬀey College Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art
Rancho Cucamonga｢Crosstown Traﬃc｣ | Wentrup, Berlin

2009｢Une exposition de peinture｣ | Zoo Galerie, France｢Extending the Line｣ | , California State University Fine Arts Gallery, Los Angeles｢Rogue Wave ʻ09｣ | L.A. Louver, Los Angeles

2008｢Like Lifelike: Painting in the Third Dimension｣ | UC Riverside, Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside｢Call + response｣ | , MUDAM, a series of events hosted by artist Candice Breitz, Luxembourg｢One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now｣ | Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles｢Lure｣ | galerie frank elbaz, Paris｢Less is less, more is more, thatʼs all｣ | CAPC-Musée dʼart contemporain, Bordeaux｢Some Paintings｣ | Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica｢Speciﬁc Objects｣ | Johann König Gallery, Berlin

2007｢If Everybody Had An Ocean: Brian Wilson｣ | Tate St. Ives, UK & CAPC-Musée dʼart contemporain,Bordeaux｢Beneath the Underdog｣ | Gagosian Gallery, New York
｢Forged Realities｣ | Universal Studios, Beijing｢One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now｣ | Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley

2006｢Red Eye: Rubell Collection｣ | Rubell Museum, Miami｢One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now｣ | Asia Society and Museum, New York
｢Smoke and Mirrors: Deception in Contemporary Art｣ | University of Alabama, Birmingham｢Banquet: A Feast for the Senses｣ | Paciﬁc Asia Museum, Pasadena｢Deaf «from the Audible to the Visible»｣ | galerie frank elbaz, Paris｢Tina B. Festival｣ | Praha

2005｢Thing: New Sculpture from Los Angeles｣ | UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles｢Re-form｣ | Northern Illinois University Art Gallery, Chicago

2004｢Giggles｣ | Angstrom Gallery, Dallas｢Nothing Compared to This｣ | Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati, Cincinnati｢Rock｣ | Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles｢California Biennial｣ | Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach｢Boundary Creatures｣ | Kansas City Jewish Museum, Kansas City
｢Kaz Oshiro/Lara Favaretto｣ | Swiss Institute, New York

2003

｢2003 Summer Program｣ | Apex Art, New York
｢Group Show｣ | Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003｢Redux｣ | , California State University, Los Angeles

2002｢Group Show｣ | Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica

2001｢A Proper Aesthetics of the War｣ | Gallery Zero One, Los Angeles｢Lazy Susan｣ | Long Beach City College Fine Arts Gallery, Long Beach｢Iʼm in This Show｣ | Fifty Bucks Gallery, Los Angeles｢LA, CA｣ | Newspace, Los Angeles

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Fonds national dʼart contemporain, Paris
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art［LACMA］, Los Angeles
The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan
Oakland Museum of California, OaklandPeter Norton Family Foundation, Santa Monica
Rubell Museum, Miami
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln
Zabludowicz Collection, London

PRESS RELEASE (6/6)□ Artworks②①③④① Orange Speaker Cabinets and Gray Scale Boxes
2009
Acrylic and Bondo on canvas
Size variable② Zero Case(Large)
2015
Acrylic and Bondo on canvas
48.2 x 66.0 cm③ Fender Showman Amp with Cabinet #1(Screaming Hand)
2002
Acrylic and Bondo stretched over wood, in 2 parts
121.9 x 74.9 cm④ Untitled - Still Life2013
Acrylic on canvas
360.8 x 121.9 x 53.3 cm□ Exhibition Info

K a z O s hir oEchoes from Oblivion
2023.1.27 [Fri] - 2.25 [Sat]OPEN: Tue - Sat 12:00 - 19:00 | CLOSED: Sunday, Monday and Holiday
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