Yuko Nasu
mail to Yuko
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Born in Hiroshima, Japan |
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Lives and works in London |
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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
2009 |
Jerwood Drawing Prize |
2008 |
Jerwood Contemporary Painters |
2006 |
Bloomberg New Contemporaries |
Solo Exhibitions
2010 |
Quinquennial , Stour
Space, London, England |
2009 |
detective, I-MYU projects, London, England |
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John
Doe , the Arts Gallery, London, England |
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Shadow Mirror- Imagined
portraits of unknown people , Void Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
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2007 |
Imaginary Portrait , Zizi Gallery, London,
England |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 |
Depth Charge - Henrijs Preiss & Yuko Nasu, James
Freeman Gallery, London, England |
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Shadowside,
Bo.Lee Galley, Bath, England |
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3AM
'..sounds eternal..." , Cobden Club, London, England |
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BAD
IGLOO LUST, The Royal Standard, Liverpool, England |
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FACE,
Shanghai, China |
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The
Franks-Suss Collection - Phillips de Pury & Company The
Saatchi Gallery, London, England |
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A
Visual Dialogue Bo.Lee Gallery, Bath, England |
2009 |
The Ivy The
Ivy Restaurant, London, England |
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Off Centre Kevin
Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland |
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NO-ism Bodhi Gallery, London, England |
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Five Years Sesame
Gallery, London, England |
2008 |
Jerwood Contemporary Painters Jerwood Space,
England & Wales |
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Art Beijing 2008 Beijing, China |
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The Future 50 Project Space Leeds, England |
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Characters: The people behind the portraits Atkinson Gallery,
Southport, England
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2007 |
Hand In Hand Embassy of Japan, London, England |
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Future 20 Hoxton Square, London, England |
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Xhibit 2007 The Arts Gallery, London, England |
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Nothing to Declare Chelsea College of Art,
London, England |
2006 |
Bloomberg New Contemporaries London, Liverpool,
Manchester, England |
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Quick and Dirty The Oxo Tower, London, England |
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Xhibit 2006 The Arts Gallery, London, England |
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Recent Graduates 2006 Affordable Art Fair,
London, England |
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Emerging Art in Britain Sesame Gallery, London,
England |
Media
2009 |
Art
World (USA
/ Asia Edition) June / July 2009 (Cover / Main Feature !) |
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Pigeons & Peacocks Summer 2009 |
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Amelia's
Magazine April 2009 |
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Pocketto April 2009 |
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Art World (UK & Europe) April / May 2009 |
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Vogue February 2009 |
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Elle February 2009 |
2008 |
The Independent 20 April 2008 |
2007 |
London Evening Standard 25 May 2007 (Ten Next Big
Thing) |
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'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 |
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fold07, Global Art Practice, Published by CHELSEA
space, ISBN 978-1-906203-08-5 |
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Evening Standard, "The Next Big Thing",
Wednesday 23rd May |
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Xhibit 07 (exhibition catalogue), University
of Arts London 2007 |
2006 |
newcontemporaries 2006, Published by New Contemporaries
[1988] Ltd, ISBN 978-0-9540848-6-1 |
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Xhibit 06 (catalogue) University of Arts London
2006 |
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Affordable Art Fair 2006( catalogue) |
Music Industry
2006 |
Artwork for Dinosaur Jr 'Greatest Hits' Album & Promotional
Campaign |
Collections
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Arad Collection, London, UK |
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Franks-Suss Collection, London, UK |
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The Ivy, Caprice Holdings, London, UK |
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Central Saint Maritins College of Art and Design,
London UK |
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University of the Arts London, London UK |
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The Arts Council of Great Britain, London UK |
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Private collections in UK, USA, Australia,
Singapore, Spain and Japan |
Statement
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I am interested in faces because they surround me. Every day
is full of faces.
I am currently interested in drawing someone no one knows. To
draw someone we don't know, someone who might be.. who might be,
someone special.
This is my interest. Imaginary Portraits.
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