- Yuken Teruya
Yuken Teruya (born 1973) is an artist based in
Brooklyn .Teruya was born in
Okinawa . He works in a variety of media and often references consumer culture alongside traditionalcraft techniques. [Shinya Watanabe, [http://www.spikyart.org/anotherexpo/yukenteruyaintroductione.htm Yuken Teruya Introduction] , [http://www.spikyart.org SpikyArt.org] ] An example of his art is the series ofMcDonalds 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. [ [http://mocoloco.com/art/archives/003763.php MocoLoco.com] ]elected Exhibitions
2007
"Free Fish", Asia Society and Museum, New York
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica
"Un/Fair Trade", Neue Galerie Graz
2006
"The Shapes of Space", Guggenheim Museum, New York
"Recorder", Object Australia’s New Design Centre Project Space, Australia
2005
"Which way the tomorrow is?", Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
"VOLTAshow", Basel, Switzerland
"Altoid’s Curiously Strong Collection", The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
"The Acceptance World", Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
"Greater New York 2005", P.S.1, Contemporary Art Center, New York
2004
Galerie Anne De Villepoix, Paris
"Dessins et des autres", Galerie Catherine, Brussels
Voges + Partner, Frankfurt
2003
"White Meat & Sunlite", Wiensowski und Habord, Berlin
References
External links
*Yuken Teruya [http://yukenteruyastudio.com Official Website]
*Yuken Teruya on [http://www.artnet.com/artist/424481464/yuken-teruya.html ArtNet.com]
*Article from [http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/07_yuken.html AsiaSociety.org]
*Further information from [http://www.murataandfriends.de/past_exhibition/2003_04_11_Teryua/j_2003_04_11.html Murata and Friends]
*Images, biography and texts from the [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/yuken_teruya.htm Saatchi Gallery]
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