Gamli Skóli

The exhibition features works created during her residency in Iceland, where she explored new ways of engaging with painting and landscapes with higher purity.

curated by Daito Toru

The artist creates works centered on the theme of 'asymmetry between perception and recognition,' exploring how objective facts are interpreted differently based on the viewer's background and cognitive frameworks.

Kotoe Oana was born in Saitama in 1990, graduated from the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2015, and was awarded the Special Prize by the Jury at the FACE Japan Insurance Art Award in 2016. She participated in the 'VOCA 2018' exhibition and was a Pola Art Foundation Overseas Research Fellow in Iceland in 2025.