AROUND ŌTAWARA

 RESIDENCY, SUMMER 2025, JAPAN 

Since 2017, AAB has been organizing exchange projects with the Ōtawara Institute of Art Cultural Studies, an artists collective located in Ōtawara, Japan.

In the summer of 2025, our Japanese partner invited Catherine Olivier, painter and visual artist, to take part in a three-week artist residency. The Belleville-based artist was welcomed alongside two guest sculptors, Slobodan Miloseski (North Macedonia) and Yang Yun Chen (Taiwan).

During this creative residency, they were joined by three artists from the institute: Tamami Ichimura, Kotone Kakuya, and Kodai Hihara.

Residency report: 

 

*The Ōtawara Institute of Art Cultural Studies is an art center located in Ōtawara, a Japanese city situated approximately 150 km north of Tokyo. The institution is chaired by Kodai Hihara and notably organizes the Nasunogahara International Arts Symposium.

 

(Français) Les artistes en résidence et l’équipe de l’Institut

(Français) To go to the onsen Gohou no Yu, 2025, pastel sec, aquarelle sur toile, 133 x 83 cm, photo C. Olivier

(Français) Catherine Olivier, Autour d’Otawara XXVI, 2025, pastel, aquarelle, crayon et feutre sur papier, 20,5 x 29,5 cm 2025 cm, photo C. Olivier

(Français) Yang Yun Chen, photo OIACS

(Français) Slobodan Miloseski, photo OIACS

(Français) Article sur la Résidence de Catherine Olivier à Ōtawara (été 2025)

(Français) Reportage TV (NHK) sur la Résidence de Catherine Olivier à Ōtawara (été 2025)