Biography

Born in Japan in 1949. In 1973 Graduated in Political Science, Meiji University of Tokyo. In 1977-1981 Yuji Oki studied at The Byam Shaw School of Art, London. In 1981 the artist won the James Byam Shaw Painting Prize.

Yuji Oki had the following one-person shows:

1983 Pembroke Square, London W8
1984 Five-Dials Gallery, London WC2
1985 Curwen Gallery, London W1
1988 Curwen Gallery, London W1
1990 Curwen Gallery, London W1
1990 Tamaya Garou, Ginza, Tokyo

The artist took part in the group shows:

1980 Stowells Trophy Exhibition, Royal Academy, London W1
1980 Northern Young Contemporaries, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
1983 Hereford Group, London W2
1986 ArtSale'89, London WC1
1987 Curwen Gallery Summer Show, London W1, Curwen Gallery Eight by Eight Show
1988 Chicago International ArtExposition
1988 Bangladesh Art relief New Academy Gallery W1
1988 Curwen Gallery Artists, London W1
1988 Australian art Slide Show
1989 International Contemporary Art Fair, Olympia/Curwen Gallery
1989 Chicago International Art Exposition, USA
1989 Odessa Art Gallery, Odessa, USSR
1990 Portfolio, Curwen Gallery

Comissioned works:

Stage set for Schoolboy Blues, Director: Graham Harper

Private Collections(oil):

Davidson Pearce Ltd,
Naigai Company Ltd,
Yakushiji Design Institute,
Extension Company Cambridge,
Mass,
Holistic center Bern,
New York,
Los Angeles,
Odessa