# Minoru Ohira

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{{Short description|Japanese artist}}
[[Image:Untitled work by Minoru Ohira, graphite, coffee and black powder, on Japanese paper.jpg|thumb|right|209px|Untitled work by Minoru Ohira, [graphite](/source/graphite), [coffee](/source/coffee) and [black powder](/source/black_powder) on [Japanese paper](/source/Japanese_paper), private collection]]

'''Minoru Ohira''' (born 1950) is an artist who was born in [Niigata, Japan](/source/Niigata%2C_Japan).  He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Kanazawa City Arts and Crafts College in 1975 and a Masters in Art Education from [Tokyo University of the Arts](/source/Tokyo_University_of_the_Arts) in 1977.  From 1979 to 1981, he continued his education at the Mexico National Institute of Art and then moved to California.  Minoru is married to artist [Echiko Ohira](/source/Echiko_Ohira), with whom he has had numerous joint exhibitions.<ref>Muramatsu Gallery, ''Minoru Ohira Exhibition'', Tokyo, Muramatsu Gallery, 1989</ref>

He creates sculptures from found materials, such as wood, slate, glass.  Minoru is also known for his drawings of softly rounded shapes that incorporate unusual substances.  The [Hara Museum of Contemporary Art](/source/Hara_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art) (Tokyo), the [Honolulu Museum of Art](/source/Honolulu_Museum_of_Art), the [Long Beach Museum of Art](/source/Long_Beach_Museum_of_Art) (Long Beach, California), the [Los Angeles County Museum of Art](/source/Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art), the [National Gallery of Thailand](/source/National_Gallery_of_Thailand) (Bangkok) and the National Museum of Art in Mexico are among the public collections holding work by Minoru Ohira.<ref>Muramatsu Gallery, ''Minoru Ohira Exhibition'', Tokyo, Muramatsu Gallery, 1989</ref>

==References==
* Muramatsu Gallery, ''Minoru Ohira Exhibition'', Tokyo, Muramatsu Gallery, 1989.

==External links==
* [http://www.minoruohira.com/ Minoru Ohira's homepage]
* [http://www.davisandcline.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=358 Examples of Minoru Ohira’s sculpture]
* [http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=11169592 Minoru Ohira on AskArt.com]

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Category:20th-century Japanese sculptors
Category:20th-century Japanese painters
Category:American artists of Japanese descent
Category:American abstract artists
Category:Sculptors from California
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Category:1950 births
Category:Artists from Niigata Prefecture

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