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Yuken Teruya


Education
  
School of Visual Arts

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Yuken Teruya (jp.照屋 勇賢 Teruya Yūken, born 1973) is an artist based in New York City.

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Teruya was born in Okinawa. He works in a variety of media and often references consumer culture alongside traditional craft techniques. An example of his art is the series of McDonald's and high-end designer store bags into which Teruya cuts intricate tree shapes that are then pushed through into the interior of the bag, creating an enclosed environment within.

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Education

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  • 2001 MFA: School of Visual Arts, NY USA AKA America
  • 1999 Post Baccalaureate, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
  • 1996 BFA: Tama Art University, Tokyo Japan

    • Selected solo exhibitions

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    2011 "Journey": Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica

    2010 "My Great Grandma Is USA": Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan

    "Earn lots of money. No need to write any letters, Just send home the money first": Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York

    2007 "Giving Tree Project": Murata & Friends Gallery, Berlin, Germany

    "Free Fish": Asia Society and Museum, New York

    2006 "Straight Flavor - Yuken Teruya" Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan

    2005 "Forest Inc.": Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York

    Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany

    2002 Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica

    Selected group exhibitions

    2010 "Roppongi Crossing": Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

    "Ties over Time: Japanese artists and America": Exhibition at the Residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Tokyo, Japan

    2009 "Hundred Stories about Love": 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishikawa, Japan

    2008 "Art Scope, 2007/2008": Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

    "Wall Rockets": The FLAG Art Foundation, New York

    2007 "Attention to Detail": The FLAG Art Foundation, New York

    "The Shapes of Space": Guggenheim Museum, New York

    2006 "Asian Pacific Triennial": Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

    2005 "Greater New York": P.S.1, Contemporary Art Center, New York

    "Yokohama 2005: International Triennale of Contemporary Art": Yokohama, Japan

    Awards

  • 2007 Painters and Sculptors Grant Program Award, Joan Mitchell Foundation, US
  • 2006 Artist in Residence Award, Art Scope Daimler Chrysler Japan, Japan
  • 2005 NYFA fellowship - Lily AuchinclossLily Auchincloss Fellow 200 -Vision of Contemporary Artists, Japan
  • 2005 Emerging Artist Award, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Arts, US
  • 2001 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship, Skowhegan, US

    • Collections

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

    • References

    Yuken Teruya Wikipedia
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