Title	Assistant Professor

Research Fields	Sculpture, Painting

Education	2006 Master’s, (Painting), Program in Art and Design, Graduate School, University of Tsukuba 2004 Graduated, School of Art and Design, University of Tsukuba

Selected Professional Experience	2022-Present Assistant Professor, Akita University of Art 2021-2022 Non-profit organization Arts Center Akita 2016-2021 Assistant, Akita University of Art

Recent Activities	<Selected Solo Exhibitions> 2021 VOCA A2021 (awarded VOCA Prize), The Ueno Royal Museum 200nen o tagayasu [Plowing 200 years], Akita City Cultural Creation Center OKU-NOTO TRIENNAL 2020 +, Suzu City, (Ishikawa Prefecture) ART OSAKA 2021, OSAKA CITY CENTRAL PBLIC HALL Arts arts 2021, Atorion, (Akita City) 2020 Michi no oku no geijyutsusai [Art festival in rural regions], Yamagata Biennale 2020, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY OF ART & DESIGN (Yamagata Prefecture) 2019 Hyogen no seitaikei [Expressional Ecosystem], Arts Maebashi (Gunma Prefecture) Mazumachinale 2019, Manazuru Town, Kanagawa Prefecture Residence in Art “Chiiki art project Obana kenichi [Local Art Project: Kenichi Obana]”, Arts Maebashi (Gunma Prefecture) 2018 Mori no oku, soshite – zenpen to kohen [ Deep Forest and –The First Chapter and The Last Chapter–], hpgrp GALLERY Itsuka kuru hi [The day coming someday] , with Ruriko Murayama and Takeshi Hosaka, cocolaboratory (Akita City) ART OSAKA 2018, HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA Kamikoani Project, Yagisawa-settlement, Kamikoani Village, kitaakita District, Akita Prefecture Output! artput!, Shibamata FU-TEN Bed and Local (Tokyo) Workshop:Merry-go-round!! Mobile-Go Round, LUMINE Ikebukuro (Tokyo) 2017 Kamikoani Project, Yagisawa-settlement, Kamikoani Village, kitaakita District, Akita Prefecture Workshop: bokujin tumiki o tukuro [Let’s make ‘bokujin’ blocks], Art fair Tokyo, Akita University of Art Workshop: moso konchu zukan [Fantastic Insect Picture Book], TOKYO MIDTOWN, Ojifes New Pespective, Gigantic Brewing (Portland, the U.S.) Mori no oku, soshite [Deep Forest and], Atorion (Akita City) 2016 Tokyo Midtown Street Museum 2015, TOKYO MIDTOWN Odre chokoku, “Fukumen otoko to fukusuki onna” [Sculpture, Dance! “Mask men and clothes-mania women], hpgrp GALLERY TOKY Art Night in Roppongi, TOKYO MIDTOWN Akita no bijyutu 2016 [Arts in Akita 2016], Akita Museum of Art (Akita City) Kamikoani Project, Yagisawa-settlement, Kamikoani Village, kitaakita District, Akita Prefecture Tokyo Wonder Site Art Café WINDOWS, Tokyo Wonder Site Art Café 2015 In the night time, GALLERY MoMo Projects, Roppongi, Tokyo <Awards / Prizes> 2015 Semi-Grand Pix, LUMINE meets ART AWARD 2015, LUMINE Shinjyuku, LUMINE Ikebukuro (Tokyo) Excellence, Midtown Award 2015, TOKYO MIDTOWN

Courses Taught	Contemporary Art Theory 1,2 Contemporary Art Seminar Multidisciplinary Arts Seminar A, B, C Art Work Research Graduation Project Oil Panting Seminar Contemporary Painting Seminar

Example Works

Akagiyama Liminality, Photograph: Shinya Kogure	Uenoyama Cosmology, Photograph: Ueno Norihiro	JINS Kojimada Branch, Maebashi, Photograph: Shinya Kogure	Mo ga mizuumi e ‘heterography’ [Algae in the lake, ‘heterography’ ]

Further details (in Japanese) can be found at the following link: OBANA Kenichi (Japanese page)