Daisuke Ohba b. 1980
Daisuke Ohba’s iridescent pearl paintings evoke an illusion that emerges and fades through the transience of time. They invite the viewer into a quiet dialogue with the pictorial space in which varying shapes and colors continuously appear depending on the conditions of ambient light. This abstract image, first crystallized in the painter’s mind, is activated and brought to life as a result of methodological experimentation, causing mesmerizing optical illusions of light movement and flickering in the viewer's eye. Ohba’s work also embraces the notion of chance in the process of painting, thus producing an unexpected formation of patterns.
His major solo exhibitions include "The Light Field," The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, London (2011); "Daisuke Ohba Solo Exhibition ," GATEU FESTA HARADA, Takasaki, Gumma (2019); among others. He has participated in group exhibitions, such as " Ecosophia: Art and Architecture," DOJIMA RIVER BIENNALE 2011, Osaka(2011); “Hyperarchipelago," EYE OF GYRE, Tokyo (2012);
“The Islands of the Day Before," Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (KdMoFA), Taipei (2013); "INTERPRETATIONS, TOKYO," Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan (2013); "Parallel Histories – The Several Currents of Contemporary Art," Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, (2020) ; "The Unicorn and the Lion" Kyoto International Conference Center, Japan (2022); "Sense of Wonder," Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka/Japan (2023);"FLARE," Tiger Gallery, London, England (2024).