ARTIST

Yuken Teruya

1973
Born in Shimajiri-gun Haebaru-cho, Okinawa, Japan

EDUCATION

2001
MFA, School of Visual Arts, NY
1999
Post Baccalaureate, Maryland Institute College of Art, MD
1996
BFA, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan

AWARDS

2007
Painters and Sculptors Grant Program Award, Joan Mitchell Foundation, NY
2006
Artist in Residence Award, Art Scope DaimlerChrysler Japan, Japan
2005
NYFA fellowship - Lily Auchincloss Fellow
2000
Vision of Contemporary Artists, Tokyo Japan
Emerging Artist Award, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Arts, CT
2001
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship, Skowhegan, ME

Selected SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
Yuken Teruya, Murata&Friend Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Free Fish >–:_ The Art of Yuken Teruya, Asia Society, NY
Yuken Teruya and 3D News, Shoshanawayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006
Straight Flavor – Yuken Teruya, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
Teruya Yuken- Waterbone Islands, Asahi Art Festival, Sumida River Side Gallery, Tokyo
2005
Yuken Teruya, Shana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Yuken Teruya, josee bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY
Yuken Teruya, Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Germany
2004
Diverse Works Art Space, Houston, TX
Voges and Partner Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
2003
Murata and Friends Gallery, Berlin, Germany
lizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2002
Shoshanawayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
K.S. Art, New York, NY
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Arts, Ridgefield, CT
1995
Anne Gallery, Saitama, Japan

Selected GROUP EXHIBITONS

2008
Landscape: Lu-Lu-Lu , Shizuoka Prefectural Museum, Shizuoka, Japan
Okinawa Montaged, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Drawn in the clouds: Contemporary Asian Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
It's Getting Hot in Here, Akus Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Art Scope 2007/2008, Berlin, Germany
Second Lives, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
Wall Rockets, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Into the Atomic Sunshine, Daikanyama Hillside Forum, Tokyo, Japan
Transformed, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, VA
Art Scope 2007/2008, Hara Museum, Tokyo, Japan
When Lives Become Form: Dialogue with the Future? Brazil, JapanMuseum of Modern Art, San Paulo, Brazil
It's Getting Hot in Here, Montserrat College of Art Museum, New Beverly, MA
Into the Atomic Sunshine, Puffin Room, New York, NY
2007
Milk Crown and Mushroom Cloud, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, Florida
Attention to Detail, The Art FLAG Foundation, New York, NY
Trends of Okinawan Culture 1872-2007, Okinawa Prefectural Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan
Making a Home, Japan Society, New York
Serendipitous-Tangents, Gallery FACTORY Seoul, Korea
Un/Fair Trade – Die Kunst der Gerechtigkeit, Neue Galerie Graz, Graz
Super PHAT, School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York
Views of Water: From Monet and Taikan to the Present, Yokohama Art Museum, Yokohama
Theermocline of Art-New Asian Waves, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
The Shapes of Space, Guggenheim Museum, New York,
Arte Povera Now and Then: Perspectives for a New Guerrilla Art, Esso Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Asian Pacific Triennial, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Crafty, MassArt, Boston, MA
Global, Westport Arts Gallery, Westport, CT
Workshop by “Toyota: Children meet Artists in Okinawa” Hospital, University of the Ryukyu Okinawa
Gardens, Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Aich, Japan
Rapt!, Object Galley, Sydney, Australia
Rapt!, Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne, Australia
Bangladesh Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2005
The Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Anyang Public Art Project, Anyang, Korea
Yokohama 2005: International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan
Art Center Seattle, Washington, Luckman Fine Arts Complex LA, Los Angels, CA
Knock, Gallery Sowaka, Kyoto, Japan
Greater New York, P.S.1, Contemporary Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
Material Matter, Cornell University, NY
Which way the tomorrow is? Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2004
So Weit Japan , Kunstallianz Berlin, Berlin Germany
Beginning Here:101 Ways,Visual Arts Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Initial Encounters, Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
Knots ‘n’ Structure, Gallery Evan, NY
Dessins et des autres, Galerie Anne De Villepoix, Paris, France
Dessins et des autres, Galerie Catherine, Brussels, Belgium
Intense Focus, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, OR
Drawing Outloud, HDC Gallery, NY
Newpaper, Cristinerose/Joseebienvenu Gallery, New York, NY
A Stereoscopic Vision, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Simply Drawn, Luxe Gallery, NY
Fuchu Biennale, Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Refrain; Korean, Balkan, Okinawa, Total Museum of Contemporary Arts, Seoul, Korea
2003
You-I You-I, Murata & Friends, Berlin, Germany
Slab, University Gallery, Illinois State University, IL
Hello Franklin, Im n Il Gallery, NY
Internal Excess,The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Okinawan Contemporary Art, Naha City Gallery, Okinawa, Japan
White Meat & Sunlite 2003, Wiensowski und Habord, Berlin, Germany
The Broken Mirror,LeRoy Neiman Center Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Midnight’s Children, Columbia University, NY
Selections Fall 2003, The Drawing Paper, NY
Better Homes and Gardens, Pennsylvania State University, PA
Group Show, Vogas + Partner, Frankfurt, Germany
Too Fresh, Nurture Art Gallery and Emerging Curator’s Resource Center, NY
Knots in Structure, Gallery Evan, NY
TERRARIUM, Bronx River Art Center, NY
Schnipseljagd - paper chase, Muellerdechiara, Berlin, Germany
2002
VOCA:Vision of Contemporary Artists, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Model World, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Arts, Ridgefield, CT
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, NC
Paper Cut, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Before and After, The Asian Art Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Humble, curated by Gerald McCarthy, Gallery Korea, New York, NY
Plant Life, curated by patrick Callery K.S. Art, New York, NY
Signature, Paper-bag and Self-Portrait, Curated by Mihee Ahn, Im n Il Gallery, Brookyn, NY
Young horses, Curated by Andy Cannon, The Jam Factory, London, England
Hot Lunch, School of Visual Arts Soho Gallery, New York, NY
Interior Landscapes, curated by Susan White and Marcia Godosky, Henry Street Settlement Abrons Art Gallery, New York, NY
I Love 01, curated by Yuken Teruya, Yasaibatake, Okinawa, Japan
Settlement Abrons Art Gallery, New York, NY
Retro Future Present, Magnifik Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Bienaore, Maejima Art Center, Okinawa, Japan
2000
A- Mail, Hofer Galeriehaus, Hof, Germany
MFA Special Exhibition,School of Visual Arts Soho Gallery, New York, NY
1997
Peace Message, Tokyo Bigsite, Tokyo, Japan
1996
On Camp Off Base, Tokyo Bigsite, Tokyo, Japan
1995
CHURA, Okinawa City Gallery, Okinawa, Japan

PUBLIC COLLECTION

  • Guggenheim Museum, New York
  • The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Daiichi Seimei Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  • Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
  • Twigg Smith Collection, Hawaii
  • Hoffman Collection, Berlin, Germany
  • Altoids Collection, New Museum, New York
  • Norton Collection, New York
  • Charles Saatchi Collection, London, England
  • Sakima Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan
  • Okinawa Prefectural Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan

Selected BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007
Rosenberg, Karen, Willingly or Unwillingly, Calling New York Their Home, The New York Times, November 9, 2007
Art Listings, The New York Times, September 14, 2007
Art, The New York Times, August 31, 2007
Art in Review; MICROWAVE FIVE, The New York Times, August 24, 2007
Talbot, Emily, Yuken Teruya, Time Out New York, March 15, 2007 - March 21, 2007
2006
Cotter, Holland, Art in Review; E7, The New York Times, September 15, 2006
Genocchio, Benjamin, ART REVIEW; Tristate Talent Search Hits a High Note, The New York Times, August 6,2006
Bischoff, Dan, Exhibit Could Inspire Joyce Kilmer, The Star-Ledger, May 5
2005
Egan, Maura The Remix; The Paper Boy, The New York Times, December 4, 2005
Genocchio, Benjamin, ART REVIEW; One Layer Leads To Another Layer, The New York Times, November 6, 2005
Esplund, Lance, This is New York, But Only Part of It, The Sun New York, March 17
Scott, Andrea, Local Heros, Time Out New York, March 31 – April 7
Andrews, Betsy, Getting Ourselves Back to the Garden, Gay City News, April 28- May 4
Westcott, James, Greater New York 2005 Yuken Teruya: A Tree Grows in a Shopping Bag, Art Fairs International
Abbe, Mary, Curiously Fun Eclecticism, Star Tribune, June 17
Kimmelman, Michael, Youth and the Market, The New York Times, March 15,2005
2004
Mathonnet, Philippe, Art | Basel, Bouquet D’images à Fleur D’émotions, Le Temps, June 19
Coulson, Amanda, Yuken Teruya, Art on Paper, November/December
Klaasmeyer, Kelly, Teruya’s Bag, Houston Press, November 25
Roeske, Sharon, Diverseworks: Yuken Teruya, Notice Forest, Arts Houston, December
2003
Johnson, Ken, ART REVIEW; Redefinitions of Drawing Go to the Wall (and Off It), The New York Times, September 12, 2003
Harrison, Helen, ART REVIEWS; Recycling Paper: Not Just Good for the Environment, The New York Times, January 5, 2003
2002
Onaga, Naoki, Yuken Teruya, VOCA
Uehara, Kou, Yuken Teruya, Okinawa Times
Zimmer, Willliam ART; From Now and From Then, Art That's Both New and Novel, The New York Times, October 20, 2002
Smith, Roberta, ARBORETUM, New York Times, May 18
2001
Currah, Mark, Young Horses, Time Out London
Kalm, James, RetroFururePresent at Magnifik, NY Art Magazine, April
Shimabukuro, Hiroshi, Young Artists from NY, OCS
2000
Eggers, Dave, Top Ten, Art Forum, April, p58
Sziegoliet, Von Ralf, A-Mail aus New York: Am Anfang war Hof
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