小田康夫（ODA, Yasuo）
Digital Artist & Architect
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ARTISTIC PRACTICE
Professional fine-art practice established in 2024. Oda creates mixed-media photographic collages from original photographs, digitally reconstructing color, transparency, light, and material structure. His current Mineral series examines matter, water, mineral formations, erosion, sediment, and reflected light through layered photographic abstraction.
EDUCATION
1995 — Master of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, USA — Fulbright Scholar
1987 — Master of Architecture, Waseda University, Japan
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 — Japan–Iceland Cultural Exchange Art Exhibition “Water,” Reykjavík, Iceland — Part of the 70th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Iceland
2025 — Layers, Falls Church Arts, Virginia, USA — Juried Group Exhibition
2025 — Earth Day Exhibition, Ehibizone — Online Exhibition
2024 — Solo Exhibition, Gallery Doujunkai, Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan
SELECTED RECOGNITION
2025 — Certificate of Artistic Achievement, Luxembourg Art Prize, Luxembourg
2025 — Excellence Award, New York Incubation, New York, USA
2025 — Juried Selection, Falls Church Arts, Virginia, USA
1993 — Fulbright Scholarship, USA
1985 — Yoshioka Scholarship, Japan
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2025 — Art Investment & Collector’s Guide
2024 — Artist Closeup
2024 — Spotlight #40
Biography
Yasuo Oda is a Washington, D.C.–based Japanese artist whose professional fine-art practice began in 2024. Working from his own photographs, he creates mixed-media photographic collages through a process of digital reconstruction, layering, and additive color. His images move beyond conventional photographic representation to examine light, transparency, matter, and spatial depth.
His current Mineral series focuses on water, stone, sediment, erosion, mineral formations, and reflected light. Rather than depicting identifiable landscapes, the works isolate physical structures and transform them into ambiguous fields in which scale and material remain uncertain. The resulting images retain a photographic origin while approaching abstraction through accumulated layers of observed matter.
Oda trained as an architect in Japan and the United States. He received a Master of Architecture from Waseda University and, as a Fulbright Scholar, a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. His architectural background informs his interest in structure, proportion, material, and the organization of visual space. He held his first solo exhibition at Gallery Doujunkai in Omotesando, Tokyo, in 2024, followed by juried exhibition and recognition in the United States.
Contact Information
Address: YA Design, 10015 Old Columbia Rd. B-215, Columbia, MD 21046, USA
Phone: +1 443.824.1519
Email: yasuo@yasuoodaart.com
Website: yasuoodaart.com