1959

Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture

1983

Graduated from Mie University, Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts

Solo exhibition

2025

"Rondo of the Wind", Atsuhiko Suematsu Gallery, Tokyo

2024

"Galatea of Contradictions" YASAKA Gallery, Tokyo

2023

"Ogawa Shinji Exhibition: Better Half: Methods of Regression" Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa

2019

"I Enter Every Reality" Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK), Krakow, Poland

2018

"Behind You - Masters and Princesses" Gallery Ashiya Schule, Hyogo

2017

"Interferometry - Mirror Image and Rondo", MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY, Tokyo

2016

"Ogawa Shinji Exhibition: Everything in the World Except You" Chiba City Art Museum, Chiba

"Mirror" AISHINANZUKA, Hong Kong

2015

"Secret Mirror" STANDING PINE, Aichi

2013

"View of the World Line", Kamakura Gallery, Kamakura

"Projection" Miura Jiro Gallery, Tokyo

"Shinji Ogawa Solo Show" Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong (from Standing Pine)

2011

“Shinji Ogawa Behind You/Closed Book” Yumiko Chiba Associates viewing room shinjuku, Tokyo

2008

"Shinji Ogawa – Realizm perwersyjny" Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland

"SOUVENIR" Koichi Fine Arts, Osaka

2007

"French Milk Crown" Weissfeld, Tokyo

2006

"Ogawa Shinji Exhibition - Interfering Worlds" The National Museum of Art, Osaka

2005

"Family Portraits - Diverging Worlds and Integrating Consciousness" Nagoya University Museum, Aichi

2004

"Ogawa Shinji Exhibition - Harunobu Continuum" Koichi Fine Arts, Osaka

"Two Eyes" Koichi Fine Arts, Osaka

2003

"Ogawa Shinji Exhibition" Toki no Wasuremono, Tokyo

"Sonder Jau", Roentgenwerke, Tokyo

2002

"Souvenir/Souverain", Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi

2001

"Two Eyes Series", Koji Ogura Gallery, Aichi

"Shinji Ogawa Exhibition" Gallery 16, Kyoto

"Shinji Ogawa Exhibition: Two Points" Gallery Caption, Gifu

"Sakushima 2001: An Island Where You Can Meet Festivals and Art," Mikawa Sakushima Art Plan 21, Benten Gallery, Aichi

"Sonder Yau", Roentgen Kunstraum, Tokyo

2000

"Sonder Yau", Roentgen Kunstraum, Tokyo

"Ogawa Shinji Exhibition" Toki no Wasuremono, Tokyo

"Shinji Ogawa Exhibition" Contemporary Art Museum, Nagoya / Video Room, Aichi

1999

"Ogawa Shinji Exhibition" Gallery Caption, Gifu "Solo Exhibition" Gallery Hosokawa, Osaka

"Ogawa Shinji Exhibition" Toki no Wasuremono, Tokyo

"Shinji Ogawa Exhibition," Nishida Gallery, Nara

"Shinji Ogawa Exhibition" Gallery Cellar, Aichi

Group Exhibition

2025

"Collection Exhibition 1: Welcome to Takamatsu Art Museum!!" Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa

Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong (from MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY)

2024

"Collection 1: Her Portrait," The National Museum of Art, Osaka

2023

"Art in Love with Design ♡ Design Jealous of Art", Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka

"Crossing Boundaries," Tokushima Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Tokushima

2022

"Summer Vacation at a Certain Museum," Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba

"The National Museum of Art, Osaka Collection: 100 Years of Contemporary Art," Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, Oita Museum of Art

"Behind the Garden: Kazuo Okazaki and Shinji Ogawa," YOKOTA TOKYO, Tokyo

2021

"Architecture as Symbol, Text and Backdrop" Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK), Krakow, Poland

"Behind the Garden: Kazuo Okazaki and Shinji Ogawa," Gallery Ashiya Schule, Hyogo

"resilience" Organized by Kojiro Nagumo, MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY, Tokyo

2020

"Behind the Garden: Kazuo Okazaki and Shinji Ogawa" STANDING PINE, Aichi

2018

"The Myriad Forms of Visual Art: 196 Works on 19 Themes," The National Museum of Art, Osaka

"New Acquisitions Exhibition," Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba "Treasure Chest of Contemporary Art: OPAM Toshioka Collection," Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita

"Takamatsu Art Museum Collection + Kimura Chuta and Spilling Light," Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa

2017

"Art in Art", Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK), Krakow, Poland

"Open Week: 9 Days of Open Art", Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo

2016

"L'arte differente: MOCAK al MAXXI" MAXXI (National Museum of 21st Century Arts), Rome

"Spider's Thread", Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi

"Takamatsu City Museum of Art Collection Exhibition - What we want to know now about our 'contemporary art'", Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa

2015

"Takamatsu City Museum of Art Collection Exhibition 2 (First Half) Human Form - Focusing on Contemporary Art from the 2000s onwards", Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa

"Logical Emotion: Contemporary Art from Japan", Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK), Krakow, Poland

2014

"In The Water by UnKyung Hur & Shinji Ogawa" XVA Gallery, Dubai, UAE

"Delicious Art: The Encounter of Food and Art," Yokosuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa

“Currents: Japanese Contemporary Art” The James Christie Room, Hong Kong

2012

"The Temptation of Collections" The National Museum of Art, Osaka

2011

"History in Art", Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK), Krakow, Poland

"Perspectives on Contemporary Painting: Eyes of 24 Time", Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo

2010

"150th Anniversary of the Creation of "The Angelus"", Barbizon, France

2008

"Behind the See: Behind the Scenes of Art Creation", Komaba Museum, University of Tokyo, Tokyo

"Contemporary Configuration: Various Colors and Shapes," Okazaki City Museum of Art, Aichi

"Neoteny Japan: Takahashi Collection" (2008-10 Traveling Exhibition) Kirishima Open Air Museum, Kagoshima (2008)

Sapporo Art Park Museum (2008) / Ueno Royal Museum (2009) / Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (2009) / Akita Museum of Modern Art (2009) / Yonago City Museum of Art (2009) / Ehime Prefectural Museum of Art (2010)

2007

"Labyrinth of Lines II - Melody of Pencil and Graphite" Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo

2006

"Jomon and Modern Times: Form and Spirit Connecting Two Eras," Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori

2005

"Light Boxes Dark Rooms" DePree Art Center, Hope College, Michigan, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, and others

"Max Headroom - Paintings of Watch Your Head" Weissfeld, Tokyo

"Japanese Contemporary Art: Symbiosis in Art", Gallery Wooduk, Seoul, Korea

"20th Anniversary Exhibition: The Age of Copying - From Duchamp to Warhol, Morimura", Shiga Museum of Modern Art, Shiga

2003

"The Position of Contemporary Art 2003 - A New Wind Blowing Through," Nagoya City Art Museum, Aichi

2002

"Juan de Nagoya Art Exhibition 2002 Intermediaries", Nagoya Civic Gallery Yada, Aichi

"20th Century: Art Recognizes the Illusion - Between Mona Lisa and Montmartre," Hiratsuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa

2001

"Making up stories and not believing your eyes/Collaboration with the early works of Kazuo Okazaki", Koji Ogura Gallery, Aichi

"Benten Dedication Exhibition by Three Artists: Shinji Ogawa, Toru Matsuoka, and Goro Hirata," Benten Gallery, Aichi

2000

"Vacant Lot" Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi

Awards

1990

Tokai City ACT91ACT Grand Prize

Workshop

2025

"Pick and Place", Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa

2023

"SHINJING" Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka

"SHINJING" Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa

2022

"Inspire: A Night in Strasbourg", Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba

2021

"Inspire" Selaginella Cafe, Aichi

2019

"SHINJING" Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland

2011

"Kraków ‐ koło czasu" Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland

2007

"Infinite Landscape Painting 3 - Connecting the World", Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo

2006

"Infinite Landscape Painting 2 - Connecting the World", National Museum of Art, Osaka

"Let's make an infinite landscape painting 1!" Okazaki City Museum of Art, Aichi

2003

"Family Portraits - Diverging Worlds and Integrating Consciousness" Nagoya University Museum, Aichi

2001

"PERFECT SAKU ISLAND" Benten Salon, Sakushima, Aichi

Collection

Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba

The National Museum of Art, Osaka

Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo

Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa

Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi

Okazaki City Museum of Art, Aichi

Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita

Shiga Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Shiga

Itami City Museum, Hyogo

Tokai City, Aichi

Bunkier Sztuki, Poland

Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK), Poland