KENJIRO OKAZAKI

b. 1955, Japan

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How beautiful-this life remembered later. Empty market. Acacia shade swaying a Samaritan donkey in hand. JUSSIT NAVES AEDIFICARE. Stubble fields sun-roasted red locusts cry like heavy rain crickets shriek. Fleeing fiery broom of heat. Market corner ragged children crouched flung buttons coins at stucco cracks-like signs on astrolabes. by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki “How beautiful-this life remembered later.” Empty market. Acacia shade swaying, a Samaritan, donkey in hand. JUSSIT NAVES AEDIFICARE. Stubble fields, sun-roasted red locusts cry like heavy rain, crickets shriek. / Fleeing fiery broom of heat. Market corner, ragged children crouched, flung buttons, coins at stucco cracks-like signs on astrolabes., 2026 Acrylic on canvas
160 x 130 x 7 cm
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light wavered in mirror of green water. a place left slightly absurd. As if sunk to seafloor The wind rises shifting fallen leaves onto others ET HIC TRANSIERUNT FLUMEN COSNONIS. Grimace of weeping folds into a thousand creases astonishment unfolds again. faint dry rustle. Oh-a wave of sudden understanding. by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki light wavered in mirror of green water. a place left, slightly absurd. As if sunk to seafloor, The wind rises! shifting fallen leaves onto others, ET HIC TRANSIERUNT FLUMEN COSNONIS. / Grimace of weeping folds into a thousand creases, astonishment unfolds again. faint dry rustle. Oh-a wave of sudden understanding., 2026 Acrylic on canvas
160 x 130 x 7 cm
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Aunts house sunk in foliage fence-top globes-rose green violet. Luminous perfect worlds no soap bubble achieves. ISTI MIRANT STELLA. Were you there Filtered through garden-green-found in mildew-eaten sight-dimming hall that long-remembered scent. Sat down exposed half-ashamed sinking drank rose-mint cordial-what a drink This hot Saturdays deepest essence. by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki Aunt’s house sunk in foliage, fence-top globes-rose, green, violet. Luminous, perfect worlds, no soap bubble achieves. ISTI MIRANT STELLA. / “Were you there?” Filtered through garden-green-found in mildew-eaten, sight-dimming hall, that long-remembered scent. Sat down, exposed, half-ashamed, sinking, drank rose-mint cordial-what a drink! This hot Saturday’s deepest essence., 2026 Acrylic on canvas
160 x 130 x 7 cm
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Each page burned golden pears swooning. Pomona returned from mornings blaze. Such a queer dream. Listen Cherries water-clear beyond taste. A square of light dreaming. Again with mother through the gold square swept clean. Thorned acacias boiling tapestries their tremulous green-these trees perform wind. ET VELIS VENTO PLENIS VENIT. by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki Each page burned, golden pears swooning. Pomona returned from morning's blaze. "Such a queer dream. Listen…" Cherries water-clear, beyond taste. / A square of light, dreaming. Again with mother through the gold square, swept clean. Thorned acacias, boiling tapestries, their tremulous green-these trees perform wind. ET VELIS VENTO PLENIS VENIT., 2026 Acrylic on canvas
160 x 130 x 7 cm
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You dont see far and you dont see clearly said the Moon In the little petty whirl here below. Lute strings trembled moonlight. Gossamer threads caught starlight. Moments dissolved beneath crystal waters. She wept for the worlds depravity unheard by the ears of men. Constellations pierced bamboo grove. coral pendant caught lamplight. There she exclaimed there and she knelt and kissed the purple carpet. Evening frost kissed pale skin. Temple candles flickered world. Ivory doves scattered dreams. I think she was actually weeping. Dawn shattered like sea glass. by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki "You don't see far, and you don't see clearly," said the Moon, "In the little petty whirl here below." Lute strings trembled moonlight. Gossamer threads caught starlight. Moments dissolved beneath crystal waters. "She wept for the world's depravity, unheard by the ears of men." / Constellations pierced bamboo grove. coral pendant caught lamplight. "There," she exclaimed, "there!" and she knelt and kissed the purple carpet. Evening frost kissed pale skin. Temple candles flickered world. Ivory doves scattered dreams. I think she was actually weeping. Dawn shattered like sea glass., 2024 Acrylic on canvas
208 x 117 cm
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Oueral enker grene A spetos spare to expoun in spelle quoso myt Blod blykked on e grene by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki Oueral enker grene / A spetos sparþe to expoun in spelle, quoso myȝt / Blod blykked on þe grene, 2025 Acrylic on canvas
16.5 x 20.6 x 3 cm
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Nightingale with Drops of His Hearts Blood Had Nourished the Red Rose Gul-o-Bulbul by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki Nightingale with Drops of His Heart's Blood Had Nourished the Red Rose / Gul-o-Bulbul / Αἰθυσσομένων Φύλλων Κῶμα Κατάρρει, 2025 Acrylic on canvas
16.6 x 20.5 cm
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An airy spirit has no shadow Gods lioness The childs cry melts in the wall. I am the arrow. by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki An airy spirit has no shadow / God's lioness / The child's cry melts in the wall. I am the arrow., 2026 Acrylic on canvas
16.4 x 20.6 cm
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As if moving as if not salpuri-chum Carrying a piece of happiness by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki As if moving, as if not / 살풀이춤 salpuri-chum / Carrying a piece of happiness, 2026 Acrylic on canvas
16.4 x 20.4 x 3 cm
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Scuse me while I kiss the sky Stanza my stone At the violet hour things just dont seem the same acting funny by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky / Stanza my stone / At the violet hour, things just don't seem the same, acting funny, 2026 Acrylic on canvas
16.5 x 20.4 x 3 cm
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Rich tusks from ancestry Chaddanta Hatthi Saw them off before I die by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki Rich tusks from ancestry / 六牙白象 Chaddanta Hatthī / Saw them off before I die, 2026 Acrylic on canvas
25.2 x 18.3 x 3 cm
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The Origin of Geometry Sed et lamiae nudaverunt mammam lactaverunt catulos suos filia populi mei crudelis quasi struthio in deserto Howiesons Poort Ostrich Eggshell by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki The Origin of Geometry/ Sed et lamiae nudaverunt mammam, lactaverunt catulos suos; filia populi mei crudelis quasi struthio in deserto /Howiesons Poort Ostrich Eggshell, 2026 Acrylic on canvas
25.2 x 18.3 cm
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I Was Once a Horse My Body Now Decaying Timber. Bees Build Hives on What Remains. Forgive Me. Can My Tears Repay As Honeys Sweetness Returned the Bear Smiled One Last Time. by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork sculpture

Kenjiro Okazaki I Was Once a Horse, My Body, Now Decaying Timber. Bees Build Hives on What Remains. / 吞噬你们蜂巢的，正是我，这头熊 / Forgive Me. Can My Tears Repay? As Honey's Sweetness Returned, the Bear Smiled One Last Time., 2025 Resin, UV-resistant coating
70 x 154.5 x 101.5 cm
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The night is darkening round meClouds beyond clouds above me by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork sculpture

Kenjiro Okazaki The night is darkening round me/Clouds beyond clouds above me/行到水窮處，坐看雲起時, 2026 Synthetic marble
44.9 x 60 x 26.7 cm
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Et egredietur virga de radice Iesse et flos de radice eius ascendet. And for all this nature is never spent. Generations have trod have trod have trod. I got old. Landscape plotted and pieced - Off side of my thought fold fallow and plough. For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow. The world is charged with the grandeur of God. Whatever is fickle freckled - And still - it blooms. who knows how The light is calm. We were struck by the sudden appearance of yucca trees The blossoms are not. Ring-a-ring o roses come again another day. Praise him. The blossoms that remain are falling blossoms. That day sunset seeing a butterfly fall. Nothing is so beautiful as Spring - when weeds in wheels shoot long and lovely and lush. by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki Et egredietur virga de radice Iesse, et flos de radice eius ascendet. And for all this, nature is never spent. Generations have trod, have trod, have trod. I got old. Landscape plotted and pieced - Off side of my thought? fold, fallow, and plough. / For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow. The world is charged with the grandeur of God. Whatever is fickle, freckled - And still - it blooms. who knows how? The light is calm. We were struck by the sudden appearance of yucca trees / The blossoms are not. Ring-a-ring o’ roses, come again another day. Praise him. The blossoms that remain are falling blossoms. That day, sunset seeing a butterfly fall. Nothing is so beautiful as Spring - when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush., 2026 Acrylic on canvas
260.6 x 268.2 cm
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Left Amid the seas savage darkness the little bird glimpsed a single piercing ray of light. What could it be Awakened it flew through the storm. Fish enduring these raging waters seem stronger wiser than humans. Beyond twenty feet wave-roars silence human speech. Reefs transform slippery spiked twisted sharp-their endless forms leave me utterly lost. Right The roar of waves and wind deafens me. In reef shadows I hear phantom whispers mysterious sea flutes. Mesmerized by the rainbow sheen of fresh fish divine rapture overtakes me. Sinking through swirling waves consciousness dissolves. A voice echoes through silver air Wild storm Yet garden sea sky-all ablaze. Pale fingers now grasp cradle. by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki (Left) Amid the sea's savage darkness, the little bird glimpsed a single piercing ray of light. What could it be? / Awakened, it flew through the storm. Fish enduring these raging waters, seem stronger, wiser than humans. Beyond twenty feet, wave-roars silence human speech. Reefs transform: slippery, spiked, twisted, sharp-their endless forms leave me utterly lost. (Right) The roar of waves and wind deafens me. In reef shadows, I hear phantom whispers, mysterious sea flutes. Mesmerized by the rainbow sheen of fresh fish, divine rapture overtakes me. / Sinking through swirling waves, consciousness dissolves. A voice echoes through silver air, "Wild storm! Yet garden, sea, sky-all ablaze." Pale fingers now grasp, cradle., 2025 Acrylic on canvas
182 x 163 cm
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The Kingfisher flew vigorously her wings strong. She had rested in the quiet ark consuming provisions. Upward she snared beyond clouds into blue ether above. Suddenly her gray plumage transformed to brilliant blue colored by the clear heights she reached.Blood rushes to her head. Wrinkles form around her beak. Nearly exploding with anger she snaps her tail-feathers and turns.Beak cutting wind wings flat it strides swiftly forward. Passersby dare not stop it frightened by its unnatural quick gait.Come here darling please approach. Emerging from shadows somersaulting briefly gleaming in sunlight before returning to shade. Viens mon gros loulo echoes repeatedly. This is how doves cry-an ancestral call as if something remains lodged in their delicate feathered throats. by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki The Kingfisher flew vigorously, her wings strong. She had rested in the quiet ark, consuming provisions. Upward she snared, beyond clouds, into blue ether above. Suddenly, her gray plumage transformed to brilliant blue, colored by the clear heights she reached./Blood rushes to her head. Wrinkles form around her beak. Nearly exploding with anger, she snaps her tail-feathers and turns./Beak cutting wind, wings flat, it strides swiftly forward. Passersby dare not stop it, frightened by its unnatural quick gait./Come here, darling, please approach. Emerging from shadows, somersaulting, briefly gleaming in sunlight before returning to shade. "Viens mon gros loulo" echoes repeatedly. This is how doves cry-an ancestral call, as if something remains lodged in their delicate feathered throats., 2025 Acrylic on canvas
182 x 261 cm
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That summer thistle-overrun. Just here. That moment returning. Weeds breeding their foolishness. Only to the dying eye is nature beautiful. August a monstrous burdock. Silence seizes her sleep. Half-beast cry pipe-like bronchus trembling. So the broom is real-yellow white two kinds. Head black lock bristling. BACULUM TENENS CONFORTAT PUEROS. by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki That summer, thistle-overrun. Just here. That moment returning. Weeds breeding their foolishness. Only to the dying eye is nature beautiful. / August, a monstrous burdock. Silence seizes her sleep. Half-beast cry, pipe-like bronchus trembling. So the broom is real-yellow, white, two kinds. Head, black lock bristling. BACULUM TENENS CONFORTAT PUEROS., 2026 Acrylic on canvas
160 x 130 x 7 cm
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Till I end my song say the bells of Westminster Full fathom five Mermaid-like awhile they bore her up by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki Till I end my song ― say the bells of Westminster / Full fathom five / Mermaid-like, awhile they bore her up, 2026 Acrylic on canvas
16.4 x 20.5 x 3 cm
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Pitch flows seaward what the fish swallow they return as ambergris Tyrian Purple by Kenjiro Okazaki contemporary artwork painting

Kenjiro Okazaki Pitch flows seaward / what the fish swallow, they return as ambergris / Tyrian Purple / كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ, 2025 Acrylic on canvas
18.4 x 25.2 x 3 cm
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Contemporary art exhibition Kenjiro Okazaki Never could be any other way anagnorisis at Pace Gallery London United Kingdom

Kenjiro Okazaki Never could be any other way — anagnorisis Pace Gallery 5 June–7 August 2026
London

Contemporary art exhibition Kenjiro Okazaki Form at Now and Later at Pace Gallery Seoul South Korea

Kenjiro Okazaki Form at Now and Later Pace Gallery 28 June–17 August 2024
Seoul

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