Yasuko OTSUKA
Biography
Born in 1968 in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
1991: B.F.A. in Painting (Printmaking), Tama Art University
1995: M.F.A. in Painting (Printmaking), Tama Art University
2004–2005: Stayed in the UK with a grant from the Pola Art Foundation; studied at Edinburgh College of Art (Scotland, UK)
2009–2010: Stayed in Edinburgh, UK, under the Japanese Government (Agency for Cultural Affairs) Overseas Study Program for Emerging Artists
Currently lives and works in Nagoya.
Solo Exhibitions
1992: Ai Gallery, Tokyo
1992: Galerie de cafe Den, Tokyo
1993: Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo
1995: Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo
1997: Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya
1997: Tokiwa Gallery, Tokyo
1998: Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya
2000: Gallery Floor 2, Tokyo
2000: G.H Gallery, Tokyo
2001: works 1994-1997, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2001: Sculpture of Water, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya
2002: Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya
2002: Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2002: Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery / Project N, Tokyo
2003: U8 project (Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design), Komaki, Aichi
2004: Cairn Gallery, Pittenweem, UK
2004: Open Studio, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
2005: Flat Exhibition, Edinburgh, UK
2007: Sculpture of the Sky, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2010: Spectrum Blue, Tent Gallery (Edinburgh College of Art), Edinburgh, UK
2010: Sleeper Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2010–2011: color plan, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2014: space color, Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2016: Sleeper Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2018: Color Pool, Button Gallery (MAT, Nagoya), Nagoya
2021: one moment blue, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya
Group Exhibitions
1992: Galerie de cafe Den, Tokyo
1993: Ai Gallery, Tokyo
1995: Ai Gallery, Tokyo
1998: Galerie de cafe Den, Tokyo
1999: Galerie de cafe Den, Tokyo
2000: SCOPE, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya
2001: Line and Space / Landscape, Fukui City Art Museum, Fukui
2005: Colorful!, The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
2006: March part 2, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya
2007: NEWS, Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya
2007: Artist designed new year greeting card in Tokyo, Gendai HEIGHTS Gallery Den, Tokyo
2007: City_net Asia 2007, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2008: Outdoor Research, Minokamo City Museum, Minokamo, Gifu
2010: editions, Cairn Gallery, Pittenweem, UK
2010: Little Vehicle, Hoshi Gallery, Nagoya (Curated by Eiji Watanabe)
2012: Woodland Gallery 2012, Minokamo City Museum, Minokamo, Gifu
2013: Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2013: Sleeper Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2014: Open Eyes = Open Mind III, Life Up Square Eyes, Maebashi, Gunma
2014: Schema – Sukima, Laure Genillard Gallery, London, UK
2016: Eiji Watanabe / Yasuko Otsuka, Hebel_121, Basel, Switzerland
2016: LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, Art Lab Aichi Otsubashi, Nagoya (Exhibited by Star Projects)
2016: Hebel_121, Basel, Switzerland
2017: Art Obulist 2017: Art Obu Art, The Relation Bldg 2F, Obu, Aichi
2017: Eiji Watanabe “Ink Drawing” / Yasuko Otsuka “Sculpture of the Sky” and other works, Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019: Aichi Art Chronicle 1919-2019, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya
2019: Outside the Mosquito Net, Hebel_121, Basel, Switzerland
2020: Creative Dialogue with the Museum 03: What Creates Value?, Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori
2021: Kakegawa Chaennale, Kakegawa, Shizuoka