Artist Biography
Jun Oson, born in 1979 in Japan, is an illustrator and artist based in Kamakura. He is renowned for his nihilistic pop-oriented style, drawing inspiration from manga and animation to create satirical cartoons with ambiguous figures inhabiting dystopian worlds.
Diversity is a recurring and central theme in Oson’s work, evident in his signature peanut-shaped faces. He deliberately crafts indeterminable figures with unsystematic characteristics that transcend nationality, depicting displaced worlds populated by individuals with diverse nationalities, skin tones, and features.
While rooted in his experience as a commercial illustrator, Oson’s artwork expands upon that foundation. His work incorporates distinct graphic lines, block color pigments, and illustrative characters—aesthetic elements fundamental to his commercial practice.
Oson’s art is highly collectable, and he has been active globally, exhibiting and producing new studio work in the UK, France, Spain, Dubai, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Beijing. Oson currently has gallery representation at ArtLife, Harbour City Gallery and Maison Ozmen.
Selected Exhibitions
2025 DOPAMINE: FOUNTAIN OF HAPPINESS collaboration Sesame Street, ARTICROSS, Art Macao, Sands China, Macao
2025 BEYOND THE FRAME, Group Exhibition
2025 ART OF MIKU, OSAKA INTERNATIONAL ART 2025 at Osaka-Jo Hall
2024 “Sesame Street: Magical Art World”, Shenzhen MixC World
2024 Solo “People, Flower, One” at Moosey Art Gallery in London, UK
2024 “Loiter” Harman Projects, Los Angeles
2023 Solo “Looking For” at Soft Corner in Seoul, Korea
2023 Solo “E.T. x Jun Oson” at Isetan Shinjuku in Tokyo, Japan
2023 Solo “Motrey” at Harbour City in Hong Kong
2023 Solo “Welcome to JONP at and wander in Tokyo, Japan
2023 Solo “Bore” at Meson Osmen Gallery in Paris, France
2022 Solo “Stare” at Gallery Target in Tokyo, Japan
2022 Solo “Just Looking” at Moosey Art Gallery in London, UK
2022 Solo “Whatever” at The Anzai Gallery in Tokyo, Japan
2022 Duo “Byond The Characters” at ArtLife Gallery in Miami, USA
2021 Solo “Back to the future x Jun Oson” at Isetan Shinjuku in Tokyo, Japan Solo
2021 “D_I_S_T_A_N_C_E in HK” at Gallery Ascend in Hong Kong
2020 Solo “D_I_S_T_A_N_C_E” at Diesel Art Gallery in Tokyo, Japan
2019 Solo “Share Land” in Beijing, China
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s MLB Player Manhole, Sports Park in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture
Stranger Things x FILTER017® x Jun Oson, BEAMS
E.T. x Jun Onson limited-edition 25cm tall resin sculpture, WOAW Store
