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Hiroko Ohno, Galaxy, 2021. Mixed Media on indigo ganpi paper mounted on wood panel, 35" x 25"

March 31, 2023 Review by - Stephen Gambello Arcade Project

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The subtle, monochromatic indication of a horizon in Hiroko Ohno's Galaxy reveals not one, but many, galaxies rising in communion. The personification of dignity, and the process of self-awareness, is presented in action here. The universe itself is finding order, and upright balance, at the guiding hands of the artist herself. It is a rebirth of all things, alerting us to that fact as the shape of a fetus can also be discerned among the starfield. Pregnant within the Universe's structure is the shape of a mind's will: the shape of Hiroko Ohno's Galaxy.

Instead of contemplating our external features endowed by the physical demands of nature, we contemplate the shape and composition of our thoughts, our musings, our transcendence. And in presenting the works of the various artists featured in OUTER ORBIT/OUT OF ORBIT, we see their very imagination manifest as the limitless, yet intimate, autobiography of the mind.

Galaxy I, 2023, mineral pigment, seashells, coral, mica, acrylic on linen, 20" x 16"

Drawing, Saturn/Jupiter, 2021, watercolor pencil on Fabriano Murillo Paper, 9" x 12"

Galaxy I, 2010, mineral pigment, platinum, bound by animal glue on natural paper mounted on wood panel, 35.75" x 25.75"

Installation view at Lichtundfire Gallery, New York, NY.

Outer Orbit/Out of Orbit - Group Show
Lichtundfire Gallery 175 Rivington Street, New York, NY. 10002 - On the Lower East Side
March 2 - April 1, 2023.

Galaxy-Event Horizon III, 2023, mineral pigment, seashells, mica, coral, Acrylic on linen, 40" x 30"

Installation view at Mibu, Ginza, Tokyo February 1-25, 2023

Galaxy - Event Horizon, 2018 / mineral pigment, lapis-lazuli, azurite, seashells, coral, mica, acrylic, salt on linen, 96" x 76"

Hiroko Ohno solo exhibition
Homma Museum of Art in Sakata city in northern Japan. January 12 - February 18
Artist talk January 12 at 2pm

Galaxy Around Us, 2017 / mineral pigments and acrylic on canvas board, wire, magnets / 33" H x 30" W x 19" D

Participating in Asia week - San Francisco, CA
Asia Week - San Francisco, CA October 5 - 14 2018

Galaxy, 2018 / mineral pigment on konshi paper mounted on wood panel / 36" x 26"

"An Ishigaki Island Hotel Stores a Hiroko Ohno Piece." Art Annual (Shinbijyutsu newspaper), September 1, 2018 issue

Galaxy, a piece by the New York-based artist Hiroko Ohno, has been stored inside the "Galaxy Room" at the Miyahara Hotel on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa. The room is situated in the Misaki Kan wing, which was opened in July. The Southern Cross is observable from the room from late December to near the end of July. It all started when Yasuhiro Miyahara, the hotel's CEO, saw Hiroko Ohno's work hung in an Ishigaki Island café. Ohno reflects: "Galaxy is an expression of myself. I gratefully and humbly accepted the commission." The striking array of stars depicted on the painting both entertains and puts guests at ease.

A telescope and a planetarium can also be found inside the Galaxy Room.