Misato Oka

　　Nignt of Peace/Peace of Night

　　　Whenever something big breaks out on the globe, the news is circulaed in detail by television.
　　　Some time a little after 1:00 a.m, state owned television starts showing a silent night view from the
　　site with nobody around. The teleprompter message crawling across the screen says, "If there are any
　　new advances we will report."
　　　At this hour, when people usually shut the TV and go to bed , I am frozen to the monitor.
　　　A rubble heap with stars in the sky.
　　　A phoenix nods in the wind over the desert.
　　　The dictator's palace stands bathed in beautiful light.
　　　The scene on TV is so peaceful, it is almost unimaginable to think that the deaths of so many took
　　place just a few hours ago.
　　　I know it's not correct to think that a night's sleep is equal to the experience of peace, yet I do feel
　　some sort of relief that the night falls equally in order over all of the eath.There is an illusion that when
　　we close our eyes our minds will connect together, and we are deluded to think that we see the same
　　dream.
　　　Night of Peace/Peace of Night is about the world which appears only when we close our eyes.

　　Misato Oka
　　1974　Tokyo Japan

　　Education & Experience
　　1996　Women's University of Fine Art, Kanagawa, Japan
　　1997　Tama Art University Graduate School

　　Solo Exhibitions:
　　1998　Interior Interior　Harajuku Gallery, Tokyo
　　1999　Dorama Life　Harajuku Gallery, Tokyo
　　2000　Lost passion walking around Tokyo　Gallery Iseyoshi, Tokyo
　　2001　Something like that, fake, Longing?　Gallery Jin, Tokyo
　　　　　　Kotowaza　Gallery Iseyoshi, Tokyo
　　2002　counting lost　T.L.A.P, Tokyo

　　Competitions:
　　1996　Prints 21 Exhibition　Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo
　　　　　　URBANART#5　Parco Gallery, Tokyo
　　1997　Krakow・International・Print Biennale Poland
　　　　　　 URBANART#6 Paper　Parco Gallery, Tokyo
　　1998　URBANART#7　Parco Gallery, Tokyo
　　2000　URBANART MEMORIAL ART　Parco Gallery, Tokyo

　　Events:
　　2000　Canon Expo 2000@Tokyo [ Art Talk show]　Sinagawa Prince Hotel, Tokyo
　　2002　Marunouchi Building Opening Event, LOVE FLAG, Tokyo

　　MISATO OKA is an multimedia artist whose work combines graphic design, computer art, popuoar media
　　and video. Her venues are often large scale public places and art competitions where she has received
　　frequent prizes. The narrative element of her work is poetry. She exhibits in Japan and occasionally
　　abroad, this is her first exhibition in the U.S.