Keibun Ōta

Keibun Ōta
おおた 慶文
Born Yoshifumi Ōta
太田 慶文
(1951-11-10) November 10, 1951
Haboro, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Known for Illustration
Awards Best Work Award (1981, 1st Poetry and Fairy Tale Illustration Contest)
12th Sanrio Fine Arts Award (1986)

Keibun Ōta (おおた慶文 Ōta Keibun), real name Yoshifumi Ōta (太田慶文 Ōta Yoshifumi), is a painter and illustrator born on November 10, 1951, in Haboro, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan.[1] He is best known for his watercolor paintings of young girls and children. Ōta has multiple books in print which collect his works, and he has created illustrations for magazines, books, calendars, and posters, and has had multiple one-man exhibitions.

He currently lives in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture.[1]

Biography

Ōta was born in Haboro, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan on 10 November 1951.[1] He graduated from Hokkaido Bifuka High School. After moving to Tokyo to work as a freelance interior designer, he taught himself to paint and began doing work as an illustrator. In 1981, he won the Best Work Award at the 1st Poetry and Fairy Tale Illustration Contest sponsored by Sanrio.[1] He won the 12th Sanrio Fine Arts Award in 1986.[1]

In 1992, Ōta held his first series of exhibitions at department stores in every major city in Japan. This has become a regular event since then. He held a nationwide exhibit tour at five locations throughout Japan in 1995. Due to over 600,000 people attending the exhibits, the exhibit had to be extended to accommodate the additional attendees.

Ōta established his home page in 2000 for the 20th anniversary of his professional debut. In 2001, he held an exhibit at the Yokohama Sogō Fine Arts Gallery, and in 2002, exhibits were held at the Sakai Takashimaya and Matsuyama Takashimaya department stores.

Works

Book collections

Sources:[2]

CD-ROM collections

Awards and recognition

Ōta was featured as the cover artist on several issues of Moe, a monthly art and illustration magazine published in Japan by Hakusensha since 1984.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ōta, Keibun. おおた慶文/略歴 [Keibun Ōta / Brief CV] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  2. ↑ "ブックス" [Books]. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2007.
  3. ↑ 絵本とおはなし　83年 [Picture Books and Stories 1983] (in Japanese). 古本　海ねこ. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  4. 1 2 月刊ＭＯＥ　1984年 [Monthly MOE 1984] (in Japanese). 古本　海ねこ. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  5. ↑ 月刊ＭＯＥ　1985年 [Monthly MOE 1985] (in Japanese). 古本　海ねこ. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
  6. ↑ 月刊ＭＯＥ　1986年 [Monthly MOE 1986] (in Japanese). 古本　海ねこ. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2012.

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