Off We Go to Paradise
by Nami Oshiro
Solo Exhibition, Muse Gallery, W-16 1st floor
On view December 3 – January 29, 2023
Reception Date: December 10, 6 pm – 8 pm
The Workhouse Arts Center is proud to present in the Muse Gallery, Off We Go to Paradise, a solo exhibition by Nami Oshiro. Oshiro’s high-contrast illustrations and paintings depict surrealistic scenes of characters with unique experiences related to identity, be it from race, gender or neurodiversity. The characters, seemingly filled with desires and acting on compulsions, create scenes of unease and the absurd, are informed by Oshiro’s background - “Growing up in a doomsday cult - in which I prayed every day for Armageddon to wipe out the world’s evils - gave me a lot of cognitive dissonances, which developed into an overblown sense of the absurdity of everyday life and its resulting neuroses. Everything I make is informed by this absurdity.”
Catman at the Theme Park, 2021
Ink on paper
12 in x 15 in
$250
Deliciously Dripped, 2022
Acrylic on paper
5 in x 7 in
$60
Pineappular Idolatry, 2022
Ink on paper
12 in x 15 in
$250
Self-Hater Catfight, 2022
Ink on paper
7 in x 5 in
$60
The Biggest Blow May Join, 2022
Acrylic on paper
23 in x 29 in
$800
Take, Eat, 2022
Acrylic on paper
8 in x 6 in
$60
For more information about exhibits and a complete list of works, contact Sarah Berry at sarahberry@workhousearts.org