Yuken Teruya

Yuken Teruya (Japanese照 屋 勇 贤Yuken Teruya; born 18 June 1973 in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese visual artist, living in New York. Teruya works with different media on a variety of topics along everyday objects and traditional handicrafts.

Exhibitions

Teruyas work has been shown in a variety of exhibitions in the U.S., Europe and Japan.

Solo exhibitions (selection )

  • 2010 " My Great Grandma Is USA" Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2007 "Giving Tree Project ": Murata & Friends Gallery, Berlin, Germany
  • 2007 " Free Fish > -: ► The Art of Yuken Teruya " Asia Society, New York, USA
  • 2006 "Straight Flavor - Yuken Teruya " Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
  • 2005 " Forest Inc.": Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, USA
  • 2005 Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
  • 2002 Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, USA

Group exhibitions ( selection)

  • 2010 " Roppongi Crossing" Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2009 " Hundred Stories about Love": 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
  • 2008 " Art Scope 2007/ 2008": Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
  • 2008 "Wall Rockets ": The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, USA
  • 2007 " Attention to Detail ": The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, USA
  • 2007 " The Shapes of Space": Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
  • 2006 " Asian Pacific Triennial ": Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  • 2005 " Greater New York ": PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA
  • 2005 " Yokohama 2005: International Triennale of Contemporary Art ": Yokohama, Japan

Collections

  • Guggenheim Museum, New York
  • The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
  • Daiichi Seimei Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  • Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
  • Twigg - Smith Museum, Honolulu, USA
  • Hoffman Collection, Berlin, Germany
  • Altoids Collection, New Museum, New York, USA
  • Norton Collection, New York, USA
  • Charles Saatchi Collection, London, UK
  • Sakima Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan
  • Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
  • 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan

Prices

  • 2007 Painters and Sculptors Grant Program Award, Joan Mitchell Foundation, USA
  • 2006 Artist in Residence Award, Art Scope DaimlerChrysler Japan, Japan
  • 2005 NYFA fellowship - Lily Auchincloss Fellow 2002 Vision of Contemporary Artists, Japan
  • 2005 Emerging Artist Award, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Arts, United States
  • 2001 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship, Skowhegan, USA
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