Influenced by conceptual minimalism, Atsushi Ohashi started his career as a sculptor with his first solo show in Tokyo in 1982. He gradually shifted his artistic and philosophical interest to two-dimensional media and figurative painting. He has concentrated on traditional oil painting since 2002, adopting people on the subway in New York City as his primary theme. He had the first large solo show in New York City titled "Waiting for the G Train" at the Williamsburg Library Gallery in 2007.  "Waiting for the L Train" at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York Gallery in 2014, paintings of people in parks at Blue Gallery in the midtown in 2019, and Het Labo Music & Art Gallery in Williamsburg by titled " Peopel in the Context of Grass" His major group exhibition was at NUUREart founded by Mr. George J. Robinson in 1998. He was one of the selected artists in New York. A permanent exhibit of his 10 paintings was on display at the Benjamin Art Gallery in the Lower East Village in 2018. He exhibits his paintings in the city and continues to add to his series "Waiting for the L Train", "New York People on the Grass," and " People in the Context of Grass".  

An artist with more than 40 years of experience in New York and Tokyo, Ohashi's work has been published in art books and magazines in both the U.S. and Japan, including New York Art World, Art in America, and Contemporary Artists in Japan. In addition, he was an adjunct professor at the prestigious Tokyo University of Arts from 1989 to 1994, where he previously received his master’s degree. He lived in Chelsea Mahattan and Bushwick Brooklyn, and devoted himself to teaching visual art with his creative projects to countless children and teachers in New York. He moved back to Japan in 2025 and is living in Sapporo city Hokkaido with his wife, Masumi. 

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