Art on a Postcard x War Child UK 2024 Part I

About

Jiro Osuga paints anything and everything that he experiences, from airport terminals to snails. He is often the protagonist in his own paintings, acting out with gentle self-deprecation the tragi-comedy of an artist’s life.

Education

1986-87 St Martin's School of Art, Foundation Course

1987-90 Chelsea College of Art and Design, BA Fine Art Painting

1990-92 Royal College of Art, MA Fine Art Painting

Select Exhibitions/Awards

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Departures, Flowers Gallery, London

2022 The River, The Milton Gallery, St Paul's School, London

2017 Pub Jiro – Artist takes over the Horse and Groom, The Horse and Groom, Streatham, London

2015 The Theatre of the World, Flowers New York

2015 The Everyday Joys of Japan, Stony Brook University, New York

2009 Café Jiro, Flowers Cork Street, London

2007 The Person Who…, Flowers East, London

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 Me, Myself, I – Artists' Self-Portraits, RWA, Bristol

2019 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London

2013 Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Competition, Kings Place Gallery, London

2013 Small Things White and Beautiful, Victor Felix Gallery, London

2011 Iro Iro – Japan, in Colour, Embassy of Japan, London

2006 London Now – City of Heaven, City of Hell, Guildhall Art Gallery, London

1999 Tower Blocks, Museum of London

1995 John Moores 19, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Gallery Representation

Flowers Gallery

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork

These paintings celebrate small moments from my day to day life. They are also mini studies in the manipulation of space in a painting.

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