Junpei Omori (1979 - )
Potter
Born 1979. Studied ceramics at Kyoto Seika University's Faculty of Fine Arts, and was shocked to see the more decorative Jomon pottery, Kaen Pottery, at a museum, and since then has produced works on the theme of 'Jomon'.
In 2010, he won first prize in the Montblanc Young Patronage public vote and held a solo exhibition at the Ginza flagship shop, and in 2012, he participated in an artist in residence in Denmark, where his work was collected by the Denmark Keramik Museum. The same year he was represented at ASIA WEEK NY 2012, where his work made the front page of the NY newspaper.
In recent years, his reputation has been growing not only in Japan but also abroad, including the solo exhibition "JOUMON -resurrection & re-creation" (Gallery NAO MASAKI) in Nagoya in 2019 and participation in "Art Barsel" in Switzerland in the same year. 2020. Megumi Ogita Gallery held his third solo exhibition 'Liberation & construction'.
Solo exhibitions
2003, 05~09 Westbeth Gallery Kozuka / Nagoya
2011 "Cord Chord Code”, Showcase MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY, Tokyo
2015 "loop warp rope hope”, Showcase MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY, Tokyo
2019 vol.122 "JOUMON - resurrection & re-creation”, Gallery NAO MASAKI
2020 "Liberation and Construction”, MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY
Group exhibitions
2001 “Ceramics", Gallery SOWAKA / Tokyo
2002 "BEAT23#," Gallery SOWAKA, Kyoto
“BEAT3#", Gallery Enfer BOX / Kyoto
2005 "January, two thousands five Exhibition”, Westbeth Gallery Kozuka / Nagoya (05~09)
"Object←→Utsuwa”, Ichinokurazaka Art Museum Gallery Space / Gifu
2010 "Montblanc Young Artist Patronage”, Montblanc Ginza / Tokyo
2012 “XYZ", MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo
"Marine Kong" MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo
2013 "Gift of ART”, ISETAN SHINJUKU / Tokyo
"Junmin+”, Showcase MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY / Tokyo
2014 "Portrait of Contemporary”, Ginza Mitsukoshi 8F Gallery, Tokyo
“GEMS", Gallery Maronie / Kyoto
2016 "NEW WORKS”, Gallery Maronie Gallery4, Kyoto
"Art & Akeology” Kyoto
“In Praise of Shadows”, Ginza Mitsukoshi, Tokyo
"TOKYO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2016”, Omotesando Hills, Tokyo
2017 "Tobu Painting Fair 2017”, Tobu Department Store Funabashi / Funabashi
"ARTs of JOMON/Hyper Subculture”, Malaysia
"Kyoto Art for Tomorrow", The Museum of Kyoto / Kyoto
2018 "Ceramics ISM 2018 in Yokohama”, Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1, 2F / Kanagawa
"Bon voyage!”, Kara-s / Kyoto
"TATEANA Exhibition BEAMS JAPAN x Jomon ZINE”, BEAMS JAPAN 4F / Tokyo
"Scientific Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Isetan Shinjuku Main Bldg. 5F Art Gallery / Tokyo
2019 Art Barsel Barsel /Design Miami /Pierre Marie Giraud / Switzerland
"JOUMON Revival and Creation --resurrection & re-creation" Gallery NAO MASAKI, Aichi
2022 "Inside and Outside and the Between" Gallery NAO MASAKI, Aichi
2023 Artists Fair Kyoto 2023
