Edutainment > Oda Mayumi - born 1941

Spring Shadow - Haru no Kage, 1972
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Oda Mayumi is an exceptional Japanese female artist. She has enriched the world of Japanese prints with images of voluptuous female nudes drawn with large breasts, hips and thighs. The unusual images have found a positive resonance from art collectors and art critics. Her works are in famous museums like the Moma (Museum of Modern Art) in New York. Oda Mayumi, born in Tokyo, now lives in Hawaii.

Education

Oda Mayumi was born to a buddhist family in Tokyo. She graduated from Tokyo University of Fine Arts in 1966. The following two years she studied at Pratt Graphic Center in New York.

The artist has exhibited worldwide - mostly in the USA and in Japan. Oda Mayumi is one of the Japanese artists who took her permanent residence in the USA. Currently she lives in Hawaii.

Oda Mayumi is strongly interested and involved in environmental and in peace issues. She has played an active role in the protest against atomic test and atomic energy.

Style

Frosted Sky - Shimo no Sora, 1972
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The artist is known for her images of voluptuous women with large breast and large hips and upper thighs. Often the arms and legs are drawn in tiny prportions which only underlines the curvaceous character of Oda Mayumi's women.

Sometimes the women are displayed as goddesses. It is a reference to her Buddhist background. And it is Oda Mayumi's way to underline the strength and power of women. She uses flat areas as in old Japanese ukiyo-e. The images are whimsical and witty. Oda's women never look ridiculous or mean. And although her style may seem childlike, nothing of her works has any childish character. The artist's style has often been compared to the works of the great French expressionist Henri Matisse (1869-1954).

Oda Mayumi kept her favorite subject, the nude female body, over the years. But in her later works, like in her "Garden" series, the bodies have normalized dimensions. The distortions have nearly disappeared.

Techniques

The artist works mainly in the medium of silkscreen, but also in Japanese stencil and other techniques. Her prints are mostly large to middle sized and printed on a soft, pliable paper. A typical edition size is 50.

Exhibitions and Awards

Spring Shadow, 1983
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The following list was taken from the artist's homepage and slightly edited by artelino

• 1969 - One-Woman Show, Adams House, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA.
• 1970 - Tokyo International Print Biennial, Tokyo, Japan.
• 1972 - Third British International Print Biennial, Bradford City Art Gallery, U.K.
• 1972 - New Talents in Printmaking, Associated American Artists, New York, New York, USA.
• 1972 - One-Woman Show, Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
• 1973 - One-Woman Show, Art/Asia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
• 1973 - Tenth International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
• 1975 - 24th National Exhibition of Prints, Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA.
• 1975 - One-Woman Show, Mukai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
• 1977 - 2nd World Print Competition, San Francisco, California, USA.
• 1979 - One-Woman Show, Mary Baskett Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
• 1980 - One One-Woman, Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA.
• 1981 - One-Woman Show, Satori Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA.
• 1981 - One-Woman Show, The Tolman Collection, Tokyo, Japan.
• 1981 - One-Woman Show, Suzuki Graphics Gallery, New York, New York.
• 1982 - One-Woman Show, Goddesses: Visions of Women, Commons Gallery.
1984 - One-Woman Show, Art Front, Zurich, Switzerland.
• 1984 - Group Show, Humour in Contemporary Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan.
• 1985 - Artist-in-Residence and One-Woman Show, Institute of Culture and Communication, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
• 1985 - Group Show, Zeitgenoessische Japanische Original Graphics, Scheidegger, Zurich, Switzerland.
• 1985 - Group Show, When the World Changed: Japanese Prints from the 19th and 20th Centuries, University Art Museum, Berkeley, California, USA.
• 1985 - Group Show, Star Festival, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California, USA.
• 1986-One-Woman Show, California Buddha Field, Ginka Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
• 1986 - One-Woman Show, Visions of Yin, Antonio Prieto Memorial Gallery, Mills College, Oakland, California.
• 1986 - One-Woman Show, Roberta English Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA.
• 1986 - Group Show, Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, California, USA.
• 1986 - One-Woman Show, Central Gallery, Osaka, Japan.
• 1987 - One-Woman Show, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
• 1987 - One-Woman Show, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, New York, USA.
• 1990 - One-Woman Show, Centro Internazionale della Grafica, Venice, Italy.
• 1993 - One-Woman Show, Honeychurch Antique Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA.
• 1994 - One-Woman Show, Hamilton Fairfield Art Association, Ohio, USA.
• 1995 - One-Woman Show, Ren Brown Collection, California, USA.
• 1995 - One-Woman Show, "Goddesses," Ginza Shoro Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
• 1996 - One-Woman Show, The Dankook Asian Cultural Center, Ashland, Oregon, USA.
• 1996 - One-Woman Show, Honeychurch Antique Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA.
• 1997 - One-Woman Show, White Lotus Gallery, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
• 1998 - One-Woman Show, Buffet Five Gallery, Kainan Shi, Wakayama, Japan.
• 1999 - One-Woman Show, Ginza Shoro Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
• 2000 - One-Woman Show, Maruzen Department Store, Kyoto, Japan.
• 2000 - One Woman Show, Gallery Tera, Kyoto, Japan.
• 2000 - One-Woman Show, Goddess Banners, Common Wheel, Bolinas, California, USA.
• 2001 - One-Woman Show, Pioneers Conference, USA.
• 2002 - One-Woman Show, Robyn Buntin Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
• 2002 - One-Woman Show, Ren Brown Collection, California, USA.
• 2002 - One-Woman Show, Mayumi Oda Festival, St. Paul's Monastery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
• 2002 - One-Woman Show, Mary Baskett Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
• 2003 - One-Woman Show, Tinhorn Press Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA.
• 2003 - One-Woman Show, Wrathful Mother, California Integral Studies Institute, USA.

Collections

The following list was taken from the artist's homepage and slightly edited by artelino

• The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA.
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
• Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
• Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
• Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA.
• Cleveland Museum, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
• Osaka Modern Art Center, Osaka, Japan.
• San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, California, USA.
• Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
• Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia.
• Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA.
• East-West Center, Hawaii, USA.
• Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan.
• Princeton University Graphic Collection, New Jersey, USA.
• Tokyo University of Fine Art, Japan.

Oda Mayumi on the Internet

Oda Mayumi - home page of the artist.

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