Okamoto Ellie

Japanese | 1987

Okamoto Ellie is a Japanese Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1987. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo have featured Okamoto Ellie's work in the past.

Okamoto Ellie in the news

Okamoto Ellie has been featured in articles for Ocula and Hi-Fructose. The most recent article is In the Land of Gold: Reflecting on an Era of Japanese Contemporary Art written for Ocula in November 2024.

Artist's alternative names: Ellie Okamoto

Past Exhibitions

Panem et Circenses

Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo

Shinjuku-ku | Tokyo | Japan

Apr 20, 2022 - May 21, 2022

Okamoto Ellie: Chasing the White Hare of Inaba to Java

Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo

Shinjuku-ku | Tokyo | Japan

Dec 01, 2021 - Jan 15, 2022

Hopes & Dialogues in Rumah Kijang Mizuma

Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

Singapore | Singapore

Jan 12, 2019 - Mar 10, 2019

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Articles

In the Land of Gold: Reflecting on an Era of Japanese Contemporary Art

Ocula Nov 29, 2024

At Hiroshima Museum of Art, a group exhibition offers a fascinating insight into the past 35 years of Japanese visual expression.

Art Basel Hong Kong Artist Highlights: Contemporary Focus

Ocula May 26, 2022

Ocula Magazine was on-site to highlight some of the emerging and mid-career artists to watch at Art Basel Hong Kong 2022.

Singapore Art Week: Exhibitions to See

Ocula Jan 18, 2019

S.E.A. Focus, the new boutique art fair by STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery, will take centre stage during this year's Singapore Art Week (19–27 January 2019).

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Coverage

“ ..Okamoto offers the novel interpretation of this word in that it constitutes 'an atmospheric layer in which the fundamental energy of life is always flowing', and has endeavored to unite this sense with... ”
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Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo

“ ..'Troposphere', the title for this, Okamoto's first solo exhibition in six years, is originally a word from meteorological terminology to refer to a part of the atmospheric layer surrounding the earth in... ”
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Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo

“ ..Okamoto takes much inspiration from Japanese noh theatre and folkloric studies, and as part of her fieldwork she habitually attends yōkyoku* performances as well as visiting areas such as Chikubushima... ”
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Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo