Tetsuya Umeda:
Almost over, Always around
03 June – 16 July, 2016 

Opening Reception in the presence of the artist: 
Friday, 03 June 2016, 6pm

Performance (or something) by the artist(s): 
Friday, 03 June 2016, 6pm
Saturday, 04 June 2016, 5pm
Sunday, 05 June 2016, 3pm with Zai Kuning

*Please note the change in timings of the performances.

Ota Fine Arts
7 Lock Road #02-13 Gillman Barracks
Singapore 108935

In his attempt at redefining space, Tetsuya Umeda will involve himself in a series of actions in his site-specific installation by combining ordinary gestures with natural phenomena.

About the Artist
Born in Kumamoto, Japan in 1980, Tetsuya Umeda studied in Osaka, where he is based today. He has held a number of significant solo exhibitions including “Criterium 73: Tetsuya Umeda”, Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Mito (2008), “Exhibition as media 2011: Tetsuya Umeda”, Kobe Art Village Center, Kobe (2011) and “See, Look at Observed what Watching is”, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland. Umeda has also participated in the “1st Aichi Triennale 2010: Arts and Cities”, Nagoya (2010); “Double Vision: Contemporary Art From Japan”, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow / Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa (2012), “Towada Oirase Art Festival 2013”, Towada; and is recently featured at the “minus20degree Art & Architecture Winter Biennale”, minus20degree, Flachau.