ABOUT
Photographed by Kenichi Asano
大畑惠 (they/it)
Interdisciplinary & Prosthetics Artist
Represented by K:art Studio (London) and SENSE GALLERY (Berlin)
Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors
MEGUMI OHATA
Megumi Ohata is an interdisciplinary artist and prosthetics technician of Japanese and Korean heritage, working between London and Tokyo. Using artificial skin textiles imprinted with their own skin texture, prosthetics-making methodologies, and hyperreal sculptural forms, they create sculptures, installations, moving-image works, and performances exploring embodiment, identity, cultural inheritance, trauma, and posthumanism.
Ohata has presented their work internationally, including at KunstRAI Amsterdam, M17 Contemporary Art Centre in Kyiv, Cromwell Place and Southwark Park Galleries in London, and BnA_WALL in Tokyo. They presented the artist talk Reimagining the Human Body at Tate Modern in 2023 and were elected a Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors in 2024.
Recent recognition includes First Prize at the KANE Art Prize 2025, Finalist at Visual Art Open 2026 and the Ingram Prize 2024, and the Curator’s Choice Award at Blackdot Gallery in partnership with London Design Festival 2025. Their work is held in the Adamovskiy Foundation collection, and their practice has been supported by Arts and Culture Grants from the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.
Ohata holds an MA with Distinction in Contemporary Art Practice from the Royal College of Art and a BA (Hons) with First-Class Honours from Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London.
SELECTED CV
REPRESENTATION
K:art Studio, London, UK
SENSE GALLERY, Berlin, DE
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2024–Present
Royal Society of Sculptors, MRSS
EDUCATION
2021–2023
Royal College of Art: MA Contemporary Art Practice, London, UK. [Distinction]
2020–2021
Royal College of Art: Graduate Diploma Art & Design (Fine Art), London, UK.
2016–2019
University of the Arts London, Camberwell College of Arts: BA (Hons) Illustration, London, UK. [First-Class Honours]
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026
The Urgency of Art Prize 2026 Exhibition, London, UK. [Forthcoming]
Visual Art Open 2026 Finalists Exhibition, The Minster Building, London, UK. [Forthcoming]
Critical Threads, besea.n, St John’s College, Oxford, UK.
Inside Out: Echoes, The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK. [Performance]
B*O/D&Y, SPIRA9, GALLERY46, London, UK.
ρ ≠ 𝟶, ArtCan × K:art Studio, London, UK. [Online]
KunstRAI 2026, K:art Studio, Amsterdam, NL.
KANE Art Prize 2025 Award Exhibition, K:art Studio, London, UK.
MASS ADDITION, FUSION, BnA_WALL, Tokyo, JP. [Performance]
2025
Dear Madeleine, Qloud Collective, Noho Showrooms, London, UK.
London Design Festival 2025: No One has taught me this, Blackdot Gallery, London, UK.
L'Age D'Or, Hoxton Arches, London, UK.
2024
Durham Street Open Studios, Bow Arts, London, UK.
2024 Ingram Prize Exhibition, Unit 1 Gallery ǀ Workshop, London, UK.
Annual Open 2024, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK.
Gardens of Dreams, M17 Contemporary Art Centre, Kyiv, UA.
Queer East 2024: shedding:::selves, Ugly Duck, London, UK.
In Search of Some Phantom, International Body of Art, The Crypt Gallery, London, UK.
Welcome to the UK, Ugly Duck, London, UK.
2023
Homotopic, Culture& × Pacheanne Anderson, Cromwell Place, London, UK.
ACROSS & OVER, HSBC HQ, London, UK.
Alter-native, Ugly Duck, Courage Yard, London, UK.
EDGE, gallery G, Hiroshima, JP.
RCA2023 Degree Show, The Truman Brewery, London, UK.
Kaechan's Imagination Oasis, TAV GALLERY, Tokyo, JP.
recombinator, Staffordshire St, London, UK.
2022
Durham Street Open Studios, Bow Arts, London, UK.
l4nd$ȼp♠︎Ξ$, Tabula Rasa Gallery, London, UK.
CAP Salon, Dyson Gallery, London, UK.
Work in Progress 2022, Royal College of Art, London, UK. [Online]
2021
Kawaii Agency Launch Event, Avalon Cafe, London, UK.
Kawaii Agency, The Wrong Biennale. [Online]
Overexposed, VISIONARY Projects & Legion Paper, New York, US. [Online]
Humanism, BIOS Exploring Urban Culture, Athens, GR.
Lingua Franker, Shiftists, Hoxton 253, London, UK.
AWARDS & PRIZES
2026
Visual Art Open 2026: Finalist
The Urgency of Art Prize 2026: Shortlist
KANE Art Prize 2025: First Prize
2025
London Design Festival 2025, Blackdot Gallery: Curator’s Choice Award Winner
Homiens Art Prize, Winter 2025: Highly Commended
2024
2024 Ingram Prize: Finalist
2021
The Holy Art, Humanism Art Contest: Shortlist
2019
The Batsford Prize 2019, Fashion Category: Runner-up
RESIDENCIES & GRANTS
2026
FUSION × BnA_WALL Artist Residency 2026, BnA_WALL, Tokyo, JP.
2025
The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Arts & Culture Grant: Recipient
2022
The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Arts & Culture Grant: Recipient
COLLECTIONS
Adamovskiy Foundation, Kyiv, UA.
Private collections, internationally.
TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
2023
Closing Conversation with Pacheanne Anderson, Cromwell Place, London, UK.
Art that explores boundaries in culture & life with JJ Walsh, YouTube & Podcasts. [Online]
Edge Artist Talk, gallery G, Hiroshima, JP.
Reimagining Human Body, Tate Modern Lates, Tate Modern, London, UK.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
2026
The Urgency of Art Mag - The Urgency of Art Prize 2026 Shortlisted Artist - Megumi Ohata
The Urgency of Art Mag - Issue 16: K:art Studio
Phantasmal Gallery - GHOSTS Magazine
2025
Blackdot Gallery - London Design Festival 2025: No One has taught me this
Sold Out Publishing - Welcome to the UK
2024
Suboart Magazine - What Does the Body Need to Be Relatable?
Vogue UA - 8 most interesting August exhibitions in Kyiv and Lviv
Plaster Magazine - London art exhibitions: Plaster staff picks
2023
Culture& - Homotopic: External expressions of the worlds that live within us
Seek Sustainable Japan by JJWalsh - Art that explores boundaries in culture & life
HSBC × Royal College of Art - ACROSS & OVER
GET HIROSHIMA - The Edge Exhibition “Boundary” Paintings & Sculpture
TOKYO ART BEAT - Kae Tanaka "Kae-chan's Imagination Oasis"
Royal College of Art - RCA2023 Megumi Ohata
SPONSORSHIPS
2023
Hiroshima Artist Brush Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JP.
Bentley Advanced Materials, London, UK.
PROSTHETICS & WORKSHOP EXPERIENCE
2026
Elden Ring (2028), Tristan Versluis, London, UK.
Film (A24) | Junior Technician
2025
My Sad Dead (2026), Tristan Versluis, Baza, ES.
TV mini series (Netflix) | Prosthetics Trainee
More Is More (2025), Tristan Versluis, Baza, ES.
Installation (Max Siedentopf × Haus Nowhere) | Prosthetics Trainee
Untitled Sculpture (2025), Uta Sienkiewicz, London, UK.
Sculpture | Prosthetics Technician
2023
Hands Sculpture Series (2023), Makiko Harris, London, UK.
Sculpture | Prosthetics Technician
In the Beginning, There was Alchemy (2023), Alyse Stone, London, UK.
Short film | Prosthetics Artist
2022
Collective Healing Youth Club (2023), Deividas Vytautas, London, UK.
Short film | Prosthetics Artist
CIRCA Prize 2023 finalist; screened at Piccadilly Lights, London.
filled up, torn open (2022), Deividas Vytautas, London, UK.
Short film | Prosthetics Artist
Sakura Portrait (2022), Fangxinyue Wang, London, UK.
Photography | Prosthetics Artist
All Said And Done (2022), Blake Hart-Wilson, London, UK.
Installation | Prosthetics Technician
2021
BFFS 4 LIFE (2021), Audrey Gretz, Tokyo, JP.
Editorial | Prosthetics Artist
Featured in Sunstroke Press and Spaghettimag.
Haunted Love Hotel (2021), Audrey Gretz, Tokyo, JP.
Photography | Prosthetics Artist
2020
Elf Girl (2020), Audrey Gretz, Tokyo, JP.
Photography | Prosthetics Artist
2019
SILLY BILLY MEAT DELI (2019), Bart Seng Wen Long, London, UK.
Photography | Prosthetics Artist & Technician
WORK EXPERIENCE
2026
Junior Technician, Tristan Versluis, London, UK.
2025
Prosthetics Trainee, Tristan Versluis, Baza, ES.
2024
Artist Assistant, Makiko Harris Studio, London, UK.
2019–Present
Freelance Prosthetics Artist & Technician, London, UK & Tokyo, JP.
2019
Runway Show Assistant, FACETASM, Paris, FR.
2015–2016
Artist Assistant, FOGHORN, Tokyo, JP.
EDUCATION
2021–2023
Royal College of Art: MA Contemporary Art Practice, London, UK. [Distinction]
2020–2021
Royal College of Art: Graduate Diploma Art & Design (Fine Art), London, UK.
2016–2019
University of the Arts London, Camberwell College of Arts: BA (Hons) Illustration, London, UK. [First-Class Honours]
COURSES & TRAINING
2023
3-Day Eye Making Workshop with Peter Tindall, Bentley Advanced Materials, London, UK.
2018
Home Sewing and Simple Garment Making, University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins, London, UK.