1939 Born in Uozu, Toyama Prefecture
1965 Completed a postgraduate course of studies in sculpture at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
1978~79 Awarded Study trip to USA,Italy and West Germany under the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists provided by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
Solo exhibitions
1969 Akiyama Gallery in Tokyo
1981,85,91 Gallery Seiho in Tokyo
1998 STRIPED HOUSE Museum of Art in Tokyo
Niikawa Prefectural Hall and Ariso Dome in Uozu, Toyama
1999 Kanagawa Prefectural Kenmin Hall Gallery in Yokohama
National Gallery in Prague, Collection of Asian art in Czech Republic
The Chamber of Handwork , Düsseldorf , "Sculpture&Painting,Japan-Germany Dialogue"(Under the Japan Year in Germany Project 1999-2000)in Germany
2002 The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tokyo, "Stone & Glass,Czech-Japan Dialogue"
2003 Nihonbashi Takashimaya in Tokyo
2005 The Museum of Modern Art , Toyama
Group shows
"The Stone Space Exhibition"(This exhibition is organized by the members of Atelier Kaze - Wind, of which Ohnari is a representative.)
1990,92,94 Gallery Seiho , Tokyo
2000.05 Kanagawa Prefectural Kenmin Hall Gallery in Yokohama
2009,12,15,18 Nihonbashi Takashimaya , Tokyo
Other exhibitions
1974 The International sculpture Exhibition in Vienna,Austria
1981,90,91 The Fine Arts of Toyama at the Museum of Modern Art , Toyama
1983 The young Sculptors Biennial at Skironio Polychronopoulos Museum in Athens
The 10th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture in Ube, Yamaguchi
1985 The International Young Sculptors Exhibition in Massa, Italy
1986 The Bari International Art Festa, Italy
The International Fine Arts Exhibition in Carrara,Italy
1989 The Idioms of contemporary Sculptures in Sommacampagna , Italy
The 13th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese sculpture in Ube, Yamaguchi
1993 The Japan Artists Guild Exhibition at Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art in Ito,Shizuoka
1995 The 16th International Biennial of Bronze and Small Sculpture at Padova City Museum of Art, Italy
1998 The Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition at Manggha in Cracow, Poland
1999 The Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition at Ljubljana Modern History Museum in Slovenia
The Great Art Exhibition Düsseldorf at Trade Fair Center in Düsseldorf , Germany
The Dialogue Exhibition (Under the Japan Year in Germany Project 1999-2000) in Meerbusch , Germany
The Art Forefront of 25 Years with Artists, Part Ⅱ at Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art in Ito,Shizuoka
2002 The International Art Exhibition of the IAA Eastern and Western Europe Conference at Heidelberg Castle, Germany
2006 The 80th Anniversary Exhibition of the Kokuga-kai Artists Association at Nichido Gallery, Tokyo
The 40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists provided by the Agency for Cultural Affairs,"Journey"at the National Art Center ,Tokyo
2008 The Third Beijing International Art Biennale in memory of the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008
2012 DOMANI, The Art of Tomorrow Exhibition , The Achievements of the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists provided by the Agency for Cultural Affairs at the National Art Center, Tokyo
Sculpture Symposia
Directed
1976 Hachioji Sculpture Symposium , Tokyo until 1995(Biennial)
1991,1994,2000 Sekigahara Stone Sculpture Symposium. Gifu
1996,1998,2000 Appi Kogen Sculpture Symposium , Iwate
Participated
Kirigamine, Nagano(1966,67)
Forma Viva Slovenia(1969)
Lindabrunn, Austria(1971,1974)
Obihiro, Hokkaido(1972)
Hachioji , Tokyo(1976,1978,1995)
Carrara, Italy(1983)
Azores , Portugal (1987)
Sekigahara,Gifu(1994)
Prizes
1968 The Kokuga Prize at the 42th Koku-ten Exhibition
1983 The Ube Industries, Ltd. Prize at the 10th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture
1987 The 18th Nakahara Teijiro Prize
1989 The Dainichi Newspaper Prize at the 13th Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Sculpture
The 17th Nagano City Outdoor Sculpture Award
1999 The Special Prize to promote the Development of Niikawa District by the Niikawa Economics Club,Toyama
2009 The 2nd Prize of the 19th AACA Prize awarded by Japan Association of Artists,Craftsman & Architects
2010 The 27th Grand Prize to promote the Development of Niikawa District awarded by the Niikawa Economics Club, Toyama
2011 Official Commendation awarded by Commissioner for Cultural Affairs of the Japanese Government
2014 The 41st Nagano City Outdoor Sculpture Award
Others to numerous to mention.
Main Collections and Monuments
Japan
Hokkaido:
“Wind Gate”: The City of Obihiro
“Tower of the Wind No.8”: The City of Asahikawa
Iwate Prefecture:
“Brilliant Wind No.13”: The Exhibition of Outdoor Sculptures on Chuo Shopping Street, Morioka
Tokyo:
“Echo”: Tokyo Olympic Memorial Youth Center (Yoyogi)
“Tower of the Wind No.9”: Housing and Urban Development Corp.
“Traces of the Wind No.3”, “Traces of the Wind No.4”,“Sign of the Wind No.2”,
“Sign of the Wind No.42”, “Wind Hole No.2”: The City of Hachioji
“Tengu”, “Buddhist Statues of Shiten-o”: Yakuo-in Temple of Mt. Takao (Hachioji)
“Konohana-sakuya-hime”(Shintoism goddess statue) (Hachioji)
“Sign of the Wind No.31”: The City of Kiyose
“Sign of the Wind No.27”: The City of Hamura
“Sign of the Wind No.34”: Tokyo Metropolitan Katakura High School
“Poem of the Wind No.3”: Kyoritsu Women’s Dai-ni High School
“Memory of the Wind No.10”: Yokoyama Memorial Hall (Hachioji)
“Brilliant Wind”: Tama Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (Hachioji)
“Sign of the Wind No.15”: Ando Bussan Co.,Ltd. (Hachioji)
“Sign of the Wind No.56”: Children’s Home Yasaka-ryo (Hachioji)
“Sign of the Wind”, “Memory of the Wind”: Depfa Bank
“Sign of the Wind No.54”: INTEC, Inc.
“Sign of the Wind No.46”: Hachioji Joen Cemetery Park
“Memory of the Wind “: Itabashi Mukouhara Joen Cemetery Park
“Sign of the Wind”: The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Japan
“Statue of Maria”: Private (Setagaya-ku)
“Horizon of the Wind No.21”: Kuwayama Co. Ltd.
“Sign of the Wind”: Development Research Co. Ltd.
Kanagawa Prefecture:
“Stupa”: Kenkyo-ji Temple (Tsukui)
“Buddhist Statue of Byakue-kannon”: Nanko-ji Temple (Tsukui)
“Horizon of the Wind – Mirage- No.19”: Grand Albera Yokohama-kannai (Yokohama)
“ Sign of the Wind No.44”: Kanagawa Kenmin Prefectural Hall
Chiba Prefecture:
“Sign of the Wind No.40”: Chiba City Uchise Junior High School
Niigata Prefecture:
“Sprout”: Niigata Prefectural Higashi Technical High School
“Sign of the Wind”: Niigata Prefectural Niigata Chuo High School
Toyama Prefecture:
“Growth”: Toyama Prefectural Citizen Hall, Toyama Prefectural Yuho Youth Center
“Standing”: Toyama Prefectural Office
“Poem of the Stone”: Toyama Prefectural Assembly Hall
“Wind Hole No.1”: The City of Toyama
“Sign of the Wind No.21”: Toyama Prefectural Museum of Modern Arts
“Sign of the Wind No.20”: Toyama Prefectural Industrial Technology Center, Takaoka
“Festival”, “Sign of the Wind No.51”, “Poem of the Stone No.5”: The City of Uozu
“Horizon of the Wind – Mirage” (crystal glass) : The City of Uozu
“Flying Fish”: Toyama Prefectural Uozu High School
“Nude Woman”: Sugino Maschine Co., Ltd. (Uozu)
“Sign of the Wind No.50”: Inasei Residence (Toyama)
“Wind Corridor No.1”: Private (Uozu)
“Sign of the Wind”: Kyowa Doboku Co. Ltd. (Kurobe)
“Sign of the Wind No.26”: Nanto City Chuo Hospital (Nanto)
“Sign of the Wind No.39”: INTEC Holdings.(Toyama) Monument
“Horizon of the Wind – Mirage” The City of Uozu
Shizuoka Prefecture:
“Sign of the Wind No.32”: Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art
Nagano Prefecture:
“Brilliant Wind No.12” The City of Nagano
“The Wind of the Sun No.3” The City of Nagano
“Wind Corridor No.3”, “Wind Hole”: Private (Obuse)
Aichi Prefecture:
“Sign of the Wind No.6”: The City of Taifu
“Brilliant Wind No.10”: The City of Owari-asahi
Gifu Prefecture:
“Memory of the Wind No.1“: The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
“Sign of the Wind No.35”: The town of Sekigahara
Kyoto Prefecture:
“Grave of Archbishop Kocho Nishimura”: Otagi-nenbutsu-ji Temple (Kyoto)
Osaka Prefecture:
“Sign of the Wind No.17”: The City of Toyonaka
Hyogo Prefecture:
“Brilliant Wind No.2”: Saito Takao Memorial House (Izushi)
“Sign of the Wind No.4”, “Sign of the Wind No.45”: The City of Kobe
Yamaguchi Prefecture:
“Memory of the Wind No.6“, “Tower of the Wind No.10”: The City of Ube
Kagoshima Prefecture: Monument “Portrait of Shout”: The City of Kagoshima (Sakura-jima Island) Slovenia
“Focus of the Wind”: Forma Viva in Piran
Austria
“Poem of the Wind”: The City of Vienna (Kurort Oberlaa) “Wind Gate No.5”: The International Sculptors Symposium in Lindabrunn
U.S.A.
“Wind Gate No.7”: Leber House (New York)
Germany
“Poem of the Wind No.2”: The City Museum of East Asian Fine Arts, Cologne
“Brilliant Wind”: Private (Cologne)
Greece
“Memory of the Wind No.2“: Skironio Polychronopoulos Museum of Art
Italy
“Memory of the Wind No.7“: The Contemporary Fine Arts Museum (Sicily)
“Sign of the Wind No.41”: The City Museum of Art, Padova
Portugal
“Sign of the Wind No.8”: The Azores International Sculptors Symposium
The Czech Republic
“Sign of the Wind No.55”: The National Gallery in Prague, Collection of Asian Art
“Wind Hole No.13”, “Sign of the Wind No.57”: Private (Prague)
“Brilliant Wind No.21”: Private (Prague)
China
“Sign of the Wind”: The Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China
Other activities
1976-2000 Organized a Sculpture School in the forest for citizens in Hachioji, Tokyo for one week every summer.
1978 Made a huge stone face of Tengu of Takuo-in Temple in Mt.Takao which was installed on a platform of Takao Station on the former Japan Railway's Chuo Line (as part of Japan Railway's "Discover Japan"campaign project)
1981~83 Made Buddhist statues of Shiten-o for Yakuo-in Temple in Mt.Takao.
1982 Nominating committee member for the winners of the Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition of the Nagara River Grand Prix.
1985 Made a monument in commemoration of Universiade Kobe '85
1992 Steering and nominating committee member of "The International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition" in the Project TAMA LIFE 21 organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
1995 Held a lecture on "Outdoor Sculpture" at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna,Austria
1996 Made a stone monument dedicated to praying for the Reconstruction after the Hanshin Earthquake and donated it to the City of Kobe.
1997~99 Made the supplementary prizes for the 49th ~51st Dainichi Calligraphy Exhibition
2000 Committee member of "The Special Committee respecting Public Art"organized by Japan Traffic Culture Association.
2005 Participated in the IAA (International Artists Association)Conference in Peking.
2006 Made a monument, "Portrait of Short"for the Memory of All-night Concert of Singer, Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi in Sakurajima Island, Kagoshima.
2007 Completed "Horizon of the Wind-Mirage"(H275×W1400×D110cm,White granite, seven blocks)(2003~2007)and exhibited at the 81st Koku-ten Exhibition in the National Art Center , Tokyo
2009 Completed the basement and pavement for the monument, "Horizon of the Wind-Mirage"as one of the Harbor Planning Project by the City of Uozu.
2009 Held a lecture on "Sculpture and Environment"at College of Art, Northeast Normal University in Changchun, China.
Full member of the Kokuga-kai Artists Association.
Committee member and director of the Japan Artists Association.
Mirage Ambassador of the City of Uozu , Toyama Pref.
Committee member of the Toyama Prefectural Federation, Tokyo.
Toyama Furusato Ambassador.
Adviser for town Planning concerning Sculpture , Hachioji.
Committee member of the Japan Association of Artists , Craftsmen & Architects.
Professor at Tokyo University of Art and Design, ret.