Painter Oscar Oiwa Charts His Path to the Light

Oiwa speaks about his art in an interview at the Brazilian embassy in Tokyo.

Paradise 2018. Marker pen on vinyl sheet, 10 x 7 x 4 meters. Japan House, São Paulo. The work was destroyed after the exhibition.

Big Circus, 2011. Oil on canvas, 227 x 333 cm. Collection of the artist. （©Oscar Oiwa Studio ）

City from the Past and City from the Future, 2008. On display at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. (© Tim Hornyak)

Accident, 2013. Oil on canvas, 227 x 444 cm. Collection of the artist.（©Oscar Oiwa Studio ）

Mushroom Forest, 2016. Oil on canvas, 227 x 555 cm. Collection of the artist.（©Oscar Oiwa Studio ）

Flower Garden, 2004. 227 x 444 cm, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art collection.

Five Nests, 2012. Oil on canvas, 227 x 555 cm. Collection of the artist. （©Oscar Oiwa Studio ）