Misako OBA
Current and upcoming
fall/winter 2025
Joyous Collection
Winter 2025/2026
“Joyous Collection” invites you to pause and listen to the gentle voice within. It celebrates the quiet moments where joy, hope, and serenity reside….
Half of the benefits goes to the Grief & Enrich support group ministry.
Encaustic/Wax Exhibition
September 13 – November 2, 2025
Global Warming is REAL
📍 Museum of Encaustic Art
(20 miles from Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA)
Also, during the exhibition, online viewing is available.
Hot wax and Cold wax exhibition from the selected artists at the museum.
My work is from the [How Can You Show Love…?] (climate change related) series.
Selected past exhibitions
2023 fall-2025
(prior info may come later)
In and Out of the Blue
May 2 — June 8, 2025
Misako OBA solo exhibition, W83 Gallery, New York, NY. (USA)
Reception: Friday, May 2.
Artist Talk: Thursday, May 29.
With over 50 artworks, this exhibition reveals how I navigated and transformed “blues”—colors, emotions, and out-of-the-blue-tragic events through art to show light and hope for those who are or went through difficulties. Through a fusion of ancient techniques and contemporary elements, encaustic with poetry, scientific data, and code, the work reflects on the fragility of…..
9th Biennial FOOTPRINT International Exhibition
June 2 — August 25, 2024
Grace Ross Shanley Gallery, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, CT (USA)
“Hear the Wind, Voice of Calling #1” from my trilogy is included in this contemporary printmaking Biennial. The juried competition and exhibition presents current trends and innovation in contemporary printmaking within the bounds of one-square foot (12×12 inch | 30.5×30.5cm) configuration. The catalog for the selected works is also available the button below.
Art Book Fair
February, March, 2025
Art Book Fair (Taiwan: March 2025)
Art Book Fair (Germany, February 2025)
Zine Osaka (Japan, November 2024)
My work is a new retro Riso Print (printed in Japan), limited edition hand made artbook/zine. “Look Up! What do you see?” And, small pigent printed book You are not alone! The blue and yellow subconscious drawings and poetic text depict sorrow, grief, struggle, longing, the murmurings of humans, to the stars, the vast universe, light, great power, partnership to love and hope with the drawing and modern computer language…..
Earth, Wind & Fire
April 18 – May 31, 2024
Printmaking exhibition and Non-Toxic Printmaking Workshop (May 11), Peace Gallery, New York, NY (USA)
New York based printmaking studio EFA RBPMW celebrates The Earth Day and presents the group show with many techniques of printmaking artworks-My work “Life – Hear the Wind Roar, Petals Dance” (23.5×16.5 inch|60x42cm) is a one-of-a-kind unique encaustic monotype, pigment print transfer of computer language, and Chine collé of handwritten calligraphy on paper.
Neoteric Abstract XII and other group shows
⚫︎ NEOTERIC ABSTRACT XII
April 4 – 27, 2024.
Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY (US)
⚫︎ Summer Group Show
June 6-15, 2024
Dacia Gallery, New York, NY (US)
⚫︎ The End of Year Show
December 6-14, 2024.
Launch Pad Gallery, Yokohoma (Japan)
Love: Beyond Time and Space
Misako OBA solo exhibition, Roonee 247 Fine Arts gallery, Tokyo (Japan)
October 9-22, 2023.
Roonee 247 Fine Arts presents Misako OBA’s solo show. From her Truth in Emotion-Beyond Time and Space series, the entire work of the Part 1 “Cry for LOVE – What Women Feel” for the first time, and most works from Part 2 and Part 3 including latest new works, and a sneak peek from Part 4. Over 50 encaustic mixed media artworks from the series are exhibited at the gallery at the solo show.
will be updated more….
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