Statement.
Between creation and destruction, my work finds its language. Using raw, organic materials—mulberry paper, pumice, wheat paste, fibers, turmeric—I construct surfaces that invite both time and process to act upon them. Fire, décollage, tearing, and burning are not acts of annihilation, but gestures of transformation, exposing the inner life of matter.
Guided by the principles of wabi-sabi and the ethos of Arte Povera, I reject permanence as the measure of value. Instead, I honor impermanence, asymmetry, and the truth of materials as they fracture, fade, and change. Each work is both an object and a record of its own making, bearing traces of the hand and the forces that shaped it.
The political and the personal are inseparable. The history of Argentina’s dictatorship, the disappearance of my father, and the collective pursuit of memory and justice inform my approach to materials and process. My surfaces become sites where absence and presence coexist—where the viewer’s act of looking transforms remembrance into a shared, living experience.
What remains is not a fixed image, but an encounter: an invitation to witness change, to contemplate fragility, and to find beauty in what cannot last.
Gaby Oshiro painter/musician was born in Buenos Aires Argentina to Edvige Bresolin, a photographer and pianist, and Oscar Takashi Oshiro, a political activist and lawyer, who was desaparecido (kidnapped and murdered) for opposing the military dictatorship in Argentina. When it became clear her father would not return alive, Gaby emigrated to Italy along with her mother and brother, where she studied at Liceo Artistico Statale di Treviso. She attended Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes Ernesto de la Cárcova in Argentina where she studied with Guggenheim fellow Carlos Gorriarena. In 2016 Gaby collaborated with writer/journalist Andrés Asato on his book about the 17 Desaparecidos of Japanese descent (Nikkei), helping him write the chapter about her father entitled "Con Alma Tanguera.” Following the publication of the book, she was invited to do an art installation called Kintsugi about the 17 desaparecidos Nikkei at the Espacio Cultural of the National Library of Congress in Argentina. Kintsugi, the Presence of your Absence-Part II, was presented at the Galleria dell'Artistico in Treviso Italy, and at the CMA Centro Municipal de Arte in Buenos Aires. Gaby has received multiple awards and accolades for her work to include being a finalist for the prestigious Bienal Sur 2017 and the Artisan Series Bombay Sapphire Prize. After working on portraiture for many years, Gaby’s current work is exploring the use of Oracle Bone script (Japanese/Chinese ancient characters) as modules inspired by the Art Informel and Abstract Expressionism guided by Robert Motherwell, Giuseppe Capogrossi and Carla Accardi.
CV. Education:
Liceo Artistico Statale di Treviso, Italy (Fine Arts/Architecture) 1986-1991
Escuela de Bellas Artes Ernesto de la Carcova. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires 1993-1995 (Graphic Design)
Atelier student of painter Carlos Gorriarena. (Guggenheim fellow/Lucio Fontana's student)
Exhibitions:
Colorado Dragon Boat Festival Sept. 6-7, 2025.
2025 — Material Haiku, solo exhibition at the Manitou Art Center (MAC), Hagnauer Gallery, Colorado. A continuation of my Yūgen series, working with Oracle Bone script and material experimentation. Curated by Germano Dalla Pola.
2025 — House of GOCA – Psychedelic Garden, University of Colorado Colorado Springs Galleries of Contemporary Art, Ent Center for the Arts. My avant-garde fashion collection (Deco-Boco) won the People’s Choice Award. Curated by Dr. Joy Armstrong & Lynné Bowman Cravens.
2025 — Ensō Collection, 14th Annual Carbondale Fashion Show: Camera Obscura, Colorado. Wearable sculptures in bamboo and mulberry paper. Curated by Amy Kimberly.
2025 — Permanent Collection, Pioneer Museum, Colorado Springs.
2025 — Community Origami Installation, Pikes Peak Library District 21c, Colorado Springs. A 10 ft x 4 ft mulberry paper sculpture created in collaboration with the community during my artist residency.
2024 — Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf, solo exhibition at the Denver Art Museum, Colorado. Two site-specific installations and a paper sculpture for the Dream Studio, part of my Yūgen project.
2024 — Absolute Immunity, group exhibition at the Emmanuel Art Gallery, University of Colorado Denver, alongside Shepard Fairey. Curated by Jeff Lambson.
2024 — ARTcade, group exhibition curated by the Denver Theatre District.
Auric Gallery, Colorado Springs, solo show, June 2024.
Surface Gallery, Old Colorado City, Solo show. March 1-31, 2024.
Surface Gallery Per Annum 2023-Jan 2024
Galileo Gallery, Colorado Springs, August-September 2022.
Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO, July 1st-31st, 2022.
The Collective-Ishin Denshin Art Show, Lafayette Colorado, June 1st-July 31st, 2022.
The Friends of the Couch collective exhibit at Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, Jan. 2022.
Japanese Arts Network "Artists Respond to Kintsugi". Denver, CO. Sept. 2020.
Museo Comunitario de las Artes Visuals e Histórico, Florencio Varela, Argentina. Jan. 2020
Museo de la Memoria y Los Derechos Humanos, Santiago de Chile.
Kreuser Gallery Dimension_A sculptural Colorado Springs. Oct. 2019
CMAA Centro Municipal de Arte, Avellaneda. Buenos Aires, June 8th - July 8th 2019. Kintsugi Parte II, La Presencia de tu Ausencia.
Galleria Dell’Artistico, Treviso, Italy. December 2018-January 2019 Kintsugi Part II, The Presence of Your Absence..
Kreuser Gallery- Gratitute Collective Show. Jan. 2019
Redline, Denver. Mega-Origami installation. Sept. 2018.
Winter Lights, Komorebi Art Installation. Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs December 2016.
Espacio Cultural Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación, Argentina. Kintsugi Art Installation in collaboration with architect Germano Dalla Pola. September 2016-October 2016.
Butterfly Pavilion, Denver, CS Rotary Club Flight. 2015.
Roll Bike Art at the MAC, Manitou Springs, 2014-2015
“36 Views of Pikes Peak Juried Postcard Exhibit” PPLD Library 21 c. September 2014.
The Warehouse Gallery restaurant (2013-2014)
Moondog Music Store (2013)
Roll Bike Art at the MAC, Manitou Springs (2013)
Spring Awakening at Smokebrush (2013)
Metallo Nobile, Montebelluna, TV Italy (2012)
Smokebrush Gallery, Colorado Springs (Nov. 2011)
Antler Hilton Hotel, World Aquatic Health Conference Colorado Springs. Solo Exhibition,
Stargazers Theatre, Colorado Springs (2010)
Art for Ransom at RedLine, Denver. (Sept.12, 2009)
Cazwellas, Montrose. (March-October 2009)
Kagan & Baron Gallery Montrose, CO. (2008)
Beyond Words Art Show, Montrose Regional Library (2003-2008)
Wells Fargo Bank, Main Street, Montrose, CO. 2003
Awards and mentions:
People's Choice award, House of GOCA Fashion show. UCCS at Ent Center for the Arts.
Pikes Peak Library District-Maker in Residence 2022
Colorado Creative Industries. Career Advancement Grant (2019)
Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Colorado. Colorado finalist, Denver 2017.
2017, Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de América del Sur. Pre-selected 324 out of 2.543 projects.
MarmaPoints Magazine First Issue Cover. (Water Picture)
First place, photography award at the World Aquatic Conference 2010.
Selected for Art for Ransom, RedLine, Denver. (Sept., 2009)
Selected Publications & Media
2018 — Revista La Roca, Año 5, pp. 102–119 — feature on my work (Italian edition).
2018 — Il Gazzettino di Treviso — article on my Kintsugi project.
2017 — Revista La Roca, Año 4, pp. 59–75 — feature on my work (Spanish edition).
2020 — Humanitou ArtPOP Series — interview and photography project.
2010–present — Contributor to Discover Nikkei (Japanese-American National Museum), edited by Yoko Nishimura.
Languages: English, Spanish (Mother-tongue), Italian (Mother-tongue), Portuguese (Intermediate), Japanese
Biografia (Italiano):
Gaby Oshiro è nata a Buenos Aires. Nel 1986 si è trasferita in Italia, terra natale della madre.
Ha studiato al Liceo Artistico Statale di Treviso. Dopo il diploma (1990) ha lavorato nel il laboratorio fotografico di sua madre. Nel 1993 si trasferisce a BuenosAires dove frequenta l’Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes Ernesto de la Cárcova e l’Universidad de Palermo.
All’Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes Ernesto de la Cárcova ha frequentato i corsi del pittore argentino Carlos Gorriarena allievo di Lucio Fontana e Guggenheim fellow; inoltre da Gorriarena riceve l’invito ad approfondire la sua ricerca assieme ad un gruppo di allievi nel suo atelier.
Nel 1997 ritorna il Italia, dove collabora per alcuni anni con lo scultore Valeriode Marchi; inoltre forma gli Oshiro band dove suona e compone insieme al chitarrista Stefano Silenzi.
Nel 2001 si trasferisce negli Stati Uniti, dove tutt’oggi vive con marito e figli ed esercita la sua attività artistica.
Sitografia:
http://goshiro.wixsite.com/goshiro
http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/author/ oshiro-gaby/