Yuken Teruya

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

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 McDonalds 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.

Education

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

Selected exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

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 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

External links

• Yuken Teruya Official Website
• Yuken Teruya on ArtNet.com
• Selected exhibitions (pdf-file)
• Interview with Asian Art Newspapers