People on The Beach of Coney Island Painting

Atsushi Ohashi is an artist and art educator with more than 30 years of experience in New York City and Tokyo, Japan.  He started his artist career in 1982 as a sculptor with his first solo show in Tokyo influenced by conceptual minimalism.  He gradually shifted his artistic and philosophical interests to two-dimensional media and has concentrated on traditional oil painting since 2002.  His 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 by Janet Koplos.    In addition, from 1989 to 1994 he taught sculpture at the prestigious Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music. Currently he devotes his time to art education and teaches classes and workshops to children throughout New York City.