Sho Ota
Designer from Japan, based in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
After working as a maker and a designer at a wooden furniture maker in Japan, he came to the Netherlands for studying design again.
Graduated in 2018 from the Design Academy Eindhoven, Contextual Design Department. After the graduation, he opened a studio in Eindhoven (NL).
Exhibition
2021 - ‘Untitled (TBD)’ solo exhibition at A1043 gallery, Paris, FR
2021 - ‘Kuradashi’, Designart (22.10.2021=31.10.2021), Tokyo, JP
2021 - ‘Surfaced’ solo exhibition at Januka for Designart (22.10.2021=31.10.2021) ,Tokyo, JP
2021 - ‘The Whispering Wood’ at Kazerne, Dutch Design Week 2021 & RE FORM Biennale (16.10.2021=31.12.2021), Eindhoven, NL
2021 - A Life Less Ordinary at Mia Karlova Galerie, Amsterdam, NL
2020 - Biennale Émergences, Paris, FR
2020 - LA MANUFACTURE A LABOUR OF LOVE WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL/ LILLE, Lille, FR
2020 - Collectible 2020
2020 - ‘Curated’ section, Brussels, BE
2020 - Object Rotterdam 2020, Rotterdam, NL
2020 - IMM Pure talents contest 2020, Cologne, DE
2019 - HOW & WOW with Craft Counsil Netherlands
2019 - Dutch Design Week 2019, Eindhoven, NL
2019 - Surfaced at Area51 skatepark
2019 - Dutch Design Week 2019, Eindhoven, NL
2019 - Design Parade Hyères 14 at Villa Noaille as one of the finalists. (27.06.2019=29.09.2019), Hyères, FR, 2019
2019 - PechaKucha Amsterdam #41 talk about ‘According to the Grain’ (17.04.2019), Amsterdam, NL, 2019
2019 - Collectible 2019 with ToolsGalerie (14.03.2019=17.03.2019), Brussels, BE, 2019
2019 - ‘ART OF SITTING’, ToolsGalerie (25.01.2019= 26.02.2019), Paris, FR, 2019
2018 - ’Totally Tactility’, Dutch Design Week 2018
2018 - Eindhoven, NL, 2018
2018 - ‘G18’ Graduation Show of Design Academy Eindhoven
2018 - Dutch Design Week 2018
2018 - Eindhoven, NL, 2018
Award
2020 - Pure talents contest 2020, Special mention, finalist
2019 - Design Parade Hyères 14 (2019), finalist
