Ryo Ogawa, better known as RoamCouch was born in Gifu, Japan in 1976. He is a street artist. He began to draw in his childhood, influenced by Japanese comics, and started working as a designer at the age of 18. Afterwards, he was diagnosed with a serious illness, which made him rethink his life and career and he subsequently made up his mind to become an artist.
In 2011, now dubbed “RoamCouch”, he began his transition into a full-time artist. He produces his exquisite and romantic works of art by using over fifty different layers of hand cut stencil, and has been showcased at solo and group exhibitions both within and outside Japan. His detailed and rich stencil paintings redefined the stereotypical image of stencil art. In 2014, he opened his first solo show titled “A Beautiful Life” in New York and achieved an amazing feat of selling out the entire collection.
RoamCouch started a project named “Emotional Bridge Project” in 2014 and has painted murals voluntarily to revitalize his hometown. His aim is to attract art fans to his hometown by publicly exhibiting his works of art. Calling his new style “Neo Ukiyo-e”, RoamCouch works on art pieces to clearly indicate Ukiyo-e of modern times by blending stencil art with Japanese handmade paper “Mino washi”.

Shows

2022 – Seeking The Stars in Next street gallery – Paris/France

2022 – ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROAM in Exclusive Urban Art – Roma/Italy
2021 – Roamcouch/Jeff Gillette in Arts Galore – Dubai / UAE
2020 – Love tags – Gallery Kawamatsu – Tokyo / Japan
2019 – Pow!wow!Hawaii – Hawaii / USA
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2016 – Dream wall round – ISETAN(Shinjyuku) – Tokyo / Japan
2016 – NIGHT HAWKS – Gallery Kawamatsu – Tokyo / Japan
2016 – Art Collection – Mitsukoshi(Nihonbashi) – Tokyo / Japan
2016 – Security? – Gallery Kawamatsu – Tokyo / Japan
2016 – Art Osaka 2016 – Osaka / Japan
2015 – DECLARE – 2 Three Gallery – Paris / France
2015 – Layerd Details – Bergen / Norway
2015 – Art Osaka – Osaka / Japan
2015 – ART FAIR SAPPORO 2015 – Sapporo / Japan
2015 – Street art exhibition – ISETAN(Shinjyuku) – Tokyo / Japan
2015 – Street Heart – ISETAN(Shinjyuku) – Tokyo / Japan
2015 – NEO JAPAN – Micheco galerie – Munich / Germany
2015 – Different Strokes – Hin Bus depot – Penang / Malaysia

2014 – Beautiful Life – New york / USA
2013 – True Colors – Shop 13 – London / UK
2012 – Dead Rock Stars – SPOKE ART/Oakland, CA / USA
2012 – Street Smart – Bergen Kjøtt – Bergen / Norway