Following his award to take part in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's public exhibition "Tokyo Wonder Wall 2000", Ohmaki has been continuously holding solo exhibitions that transform ordinary spaces into the extraordinary by creating a division between interiors and exteriors within them. His works then become a temporary visualization of things that we are unable to perceive on an everyday basis, thus enveloping the audience in an intimate experience of the realms of his creation. His dynamic installation works have been receiving worldwide acclaim, leading to exhibition opportunities in galleries, museums, public institutions and office buildings alike, not only in Japan but also in the US, Europe and Asia.

1971  Born in Gifu, Japan
1995  B.A. in Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, 
          Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
1997  M.A. in Sculpture, Tokyo National University of 
          Fine Arts and Music 

Solo Exhibitions and Projects
2009  Solo Exhibition, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Tokyo
2008  "SOFT&QUIET "Bund 18 Creative Center, Shanghai, China
          "ECHOES - INFINITY : Cherry Orchard"
           BALS TOKYO NAKAMEGURO, Tokyo
2007  "Liminal Air -Descend- 2007" 
           21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Design Gallery,
           Kanazawa, Japan 
          "Open Studio 40 Shinji Ohmaki"
           Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo
2006  "Liminal Air -Descend-2006" Gallery A4, Tokyo
2005  "ECHOES -INFINITY-" Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
          "Crystallization" Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo
          "If you could see inside me"
           ISHIDA TAISEISHA CO., Ltd., Kyoto, Japan
2004  "MUGEN -Field-" Gallery K, Tokyo
          "Shinji Ohmaki exhibition"
           Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, USA
2002  "MUGEN" Gallery NAF, Aichi, Japan
          "ECHO" TOKYO WONDER SITE, Tokyo
          "Play Back" (TOKYO WONDER WALL -Follow up-) 
           Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office, Japan
2001  "AMBIENCE"
           (FOCUSING on A NEW GENERATION in JAPAN 2001) 
           Gallery K, Tokyo
          "Opened Eyes-Closed Eyes, air corridor 2000"
           (TOKYO WONDER WALL) 
           Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office, Japan
2000  "AMBIVALENCE" Gallery K, Tokyo
1999  "CONTACT" SKYDOOR Art Place Aoyama, Tokyo
1998  "INSIDE OUT" Gallery K, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions and Projects
2009  Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia
          "Cross Art 2" Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan
          Group exhibition at Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
2008  "Yokohama Triennale 2008" Kanagawa, Japan
          "Happiness in Everyday Life" Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
          "CAFE in Mito 2008"
           At various places throughout central Mito City, Ibaraki, Japan
          "Milestones" Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Beijing, China
          "Weaving" Gallery Zandari, Seoul, Korea
2007  "BTAP 5th Anniversary - Works in Progress"
           BTAP, Beijing, China
          "Beautiful New World: Contemporary Culture from Japan"
           BTAP, Beijing, China / 
           Guandong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
          "Contemporary Art Festival Art Now 2007"
           Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea
          "Cycle and Recycle in Contemporary Art"
           Aichi prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
          "-scape" Mongin Art Center, Seoul, Korea
          "The 8th Ssamzie Space Open Studio Exhibition, 
           Hate to leave my studio" Ssamzie Space, Seoul, Korea
          "NO BOUNDS - Happy Contemporary 2007" 
           Gallery SUN Contemporary, Seoul, Korea
2006  "GLOBAL PLAYERS in Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany" 
           Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany
2005  "SPIRAL TAKE ART COLLECTION"  Spiral Garden, Tokyo
          "GLOBAL PLAYERS in BankART1929" 
           BankART1929 & BankART Studio NYK, Kanagawa, Japan 
          "PARADISE TIME" Spiral Garden, Tokyo
2003  "2003 Art Odyssey" Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan
          "Out of the Blue" TOKYO WONDER SITE 
          "The 6th Taro Okamoto Memorial Award for Contemporary Art" 
           Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, Japan
          "Twinkling Touch -Japanese and Western Pointillism-" 
           Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan
2002  "ART COCKTAIL 2002" gallery & space AGITT, Tokyo, Ka@am
2000  "SHINE OUT 2000 - Kyoto Arts Festival"
          Daigoji-Temple, Kyoto, Japan
          "INDOOR LIFE" Nagoya port garden wharf No. 20,
           Nagoya, Japan
1999  "DESTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION" 
           The University Art Museum-Tokyo National University of
           Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo
          "TAMAVIVANT '99" Tama Art University Gallery, Tokyo
1997  "KIRIN CONTEMPORARY AWARD 1997"
           KIRIN Art Space Harajuku, Tokyo / KIRIN PLAZA, Osaka, Japan

Awards
2005  Nominated for McCormick Tribune Foundation Competition, 
          Chicago, USA
2003  Special Prize at
          "The 6th Taro Okamoto Memorial Award for Contemporary Art" Japan
2002  The 5th ADSP
          (Art Documents Support Program by SHISEIDO) Tokyo
2000  Prize at TOKYO WONDER WALL 
          Prize at 10th Public Competition "Creating Kyoto,"
           Kyoto Arts Festival, Kyoto, Japan
1999  The 14th Holbein Scholarship Grant
1997  Encouragement prize at
          KIRIN CONTEMPORARY AWARD 1997, Japan

Workshops
2008  "Where have the flowers gone?"
          Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2007  "Kiseki-no-niwa" 
          Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
          "Yume-no-Shima / Ocean Island" 
           Gyeonggido Museum of Modern Art and Ansan City, Korea
          "ECHOS - Infinity" Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
2005  "Making a New Map" Aoyama Spiral Garden, Tokyo 
          "Let the flowers bloom in the gallery" Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
2003  "Where have the flowers gone?" 
          Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan 
          "Searching for the Lights"
           Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan

Artist in Residence
2007  Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Ansan, Korea
2006  Ssamzie Space Studio Program, Seoul, Korea
2004  Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, USA