BIOGRAPHY
YUKO NASU
Born in Hiroshima, Japan
Lives and works in Okinawa, Japan
EDUCATION
2007
Global Arts Practice, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London UK
2006
MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London UK
1997
BFA Visual Design, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto Japan
PRIZE/AWARDS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Quinquennial , Stour Space, London, England
2009
detective, I-MYU projects, London, England
John Doe , the Arts Gallery, London, England
Shadow Mirror- Imagined portraits of unknown people , Void Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2007
Imaginary Portrait , Zizi Gallery, London, England
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
SANGO picaresque, Tokyo, Japan
2011
Confidence - Ryuta Suzuki & Yuko Nasu, Cafe Millet, Kyoto, Japan
2010
Depth Charge - Henrijs Preiss & Yuko Nasu, James Freeman Gallery, London, England
Shadowside, Bo.Lee Galley, Bath, England
3AM '..sounds eternal..." , Cobden Club, London, England
BAD IGLOO LUST, The Royal Standard, Liverpool, England
FACE, Shanghai, China
The Franks-Suss Collection - Phillips de Pury & Company The Saatchi Gallery, London, England
A Visual Dialogue Bo.Lee Gallery, Bath, England
2009
The Ivy The Ivy Restaurant, London, England
Off Centre Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
NO-ism Bodhi Gallery, London, England
Five Years Sesame Gallery, London, England
2008
Jerwood Contemporary Painters Jerwood Space, England & Wales
Art Beijing 2008 Beijing, China
The Future 50 Project Space Leeds, England
Characters: The people behind the portraits Atkinson Gallery, Southport, England
2007
Hand In Hand Embassy of Japan, London, England
Future 20 Hoxton Square, London, England
Xhibit 2007 The Arts Gallery, London, England
Nothing to Declare Chelsea College of Art, London, England
2006
Bloomberg New Contemporaries London, Liverpool, Manchester, England
Quick and Dirty The Oxo Tower, London, England
Xhibit 2006 The Arts Gallery, London, England
Recent Graduates2006 Affordable Art Fair, London, England
Emerging Art in Britain Sesame Gallery, London, England
MA degree show at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, England
MEDIA
2009
Art World (USA / Asia Edition) June / July 2009 (Cover / Main Feature !)
Pigeons & Peacocks Summer 2009
Amelia's Magazine April 2009
Pocketto April 2009
Art World (UK & Europe) April / May 2009
Vogue February 2009
Elle February 2009
2008
The Independent 20 April 2008
2007
London Evening Standard 25 May 2007 (Ten Next Big Thing)
'The Art of Pop with Jarvis Cocker' Interview for Programme on Radio 4
PUBLICATIONS
2010
.Cent magazine issue 16, ISBN 977-175084403-9
2008
CHARACTERS: THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PORTRAITS c 2008 Atkinson Art Gallery
Published by Atkinson Art Gallery, ISBN 978-1-874516-17-0
2007
Written, Global Art Practice, Published by CHELSEA space, ISBN 978-1-906203-13-9
fold07, Global Art Practice, Published by CHELSEA space, ISBN 978-1-906203-08-5
Evening Standard, "The Next Big Thing", Wednesday 23rd May
Xhibit 07 (exhibition catalogue), University of Arts London 2007
2006
newcontemporaries 2006, Published by New Contemporaries [1988] Ltd, ISBN 978-0-9540848-6-1
Xhibit 06 (catalogue) University of Arts London 2006
Affordable Art Fair 2006( catalogue)
Artwork for Dinosaur Jr 'Greatest Hits' Album & Promotional Campaign
COLLECTIONS
Arad Collection, London, UK
Franks-Suss Collection, London, UK
The Ivy, Caprice Holdings, London, UK
Central Saint Maritins College of Art and Design, London UK
University of the Arts London, London UK
The Arts Council of Great Britain, London, UK
Private collections in UK, USA, Australia, Singapore, Spain and Japan