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Yui Usui
Born in Tokyo, 1980
Lives and works in Saitama, Japan
Education
2006 Master of Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan
2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
Selected solo exhibitions
2025
Yui Usui, etc. books BOOKSHOP, Tokyo, Japan
2023
Needle on the Palm, Nara Woman’s University Memorial Hall, Nara, Japan
2021
Fundamentals curated by XYZ collective, CADAN YURAKUCHO, Tokyo, Japan
2019
Kart Invitation Program Vol. 10 Yui Usui, Kawaijuku Art Institute Shinjuku Gallery Kart, Tokyo, Japan
2018
ALLNIGHT HAPS 2018 “Belief” #1, HAPS office, Kyoto, Japan
2017
From Our Room, Gakushuin Women’s College, Tokyo, Japan
Yui Usui, Galerie Shimon, Tokyo, Japan
Yui Usui, Yokohama Civic Gallery Azamino Showcase Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
2016
Sugar, XYZ collective, Tokyo, Japan
Shadow Work, Kurumaya Museum of Art, Tochigi, Japan
Speculum, studio J, Osaka, Japan
2013
Empty Names, Ain Soph Dispatch, Nagoya, Japan
Shadow of a Coin, studio J, Osaka, Japan
2009
Yui Usui, Ain Soph Dispatch, Nagoya, Japan
2008
Ghosts, studio J, Osaka, Japan
2006
Playing in a Quiet Room, INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo, Japan
After the Party, studio J, Osaka, Japan
Selected group exhibitions
2025
Public Art Research Center 12 [PARC12] SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES, Sapporo Ekimae-dori underground walkway, Hokkaido, Japan
AKUNE UMIMACHI ART FESTIVAL 2025, Akune city, Kagoshima, Japan
Seesaws, WHAT CAFE, Tokyo, Japan
Chasing the Horizon at Daybreak Chikako Ikeguchi × Yui Usui, Tokyo University of the Arts Aizumi Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Yōga and Handmade, nichido contemporary art, Tokyo, Japan
2024
SENSE ISLAND/LAND 2024, Yokosuka City Museum, Kanagawa, Japan
(MU) (NU) FES, Outenin, Osaka, Japan
Fiber Art, Saiko, Kyoto University of Arts Galerie Aube, Kyoto, Japan
2023
Something Seasonal, TORBAY, London, UK
Tokyo Biennale “OSHIBORI Linkage”, Tokyo area, Japan
U MA MI (MU) ME MO, oz studio Shibuya East, Tokyo, Japan
—Thinking about Caring and Motherhood through Contemporary Art When? Where? By Whom? For Whom? Why? How?
Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
2022
JAPAN. BODY_PERFORM_LIVE Resistance and Resilience in Japanese Contemporary Art
Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy
From a Point of Togetherness / With People, Not for People, Kobokan Bekkan, Tokyo, Japan
Everywhere Gather Yourself Stand, SCAI PIRAMIDE, Tokyo, Japan
A Day of Housewife, presented by Ka.hi.ya, Tokyo, Japan
2021
FEMINISMS, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Punctum: Diffuse Reflection Feminism, B&B/BONUS TRUCK GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2020
Saitama Triennale 2020, Former Omiya ward office, Saitama, Japan
The Beginning of Life/Art Cloth Weaves Our Times, From Aomori, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori Public University, Aomori, Japan
2019
4th Triennale of KOGEI in Kanazawa, People’s Gallery at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Takamatsu Contemporary Art Annual vol.08, Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan
Assembridge NAGOYA 2019, Port of Nagoya area, Aichi, Japan
Aichi Triennale 2019, Nagoya city art museum, Aichi, Japan
The Shouts and Murmurs of Women -The Vulnerable Collective Will Change the World, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Gallery B, Tokyo, Japan
Sarashina Nikki Kou -Imaginary Rooms of Women, Ichihara Lakeside Museum, Chiba, Japan
2018
Assembridge NAGOYA 2018, Port of Nagoya area, Aichi, Japan
Hills Art & Life Project Community Engagement Program, the Toranomon/Nishi-Shimbashi neighborhood, Tokyo, Japan
VOCA2018, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Street Justice, Galaxy Gingakei, Tokyo, Japan
Contemporary Tales from the Province Ⅴ, Susaki Machikado Gallery, Kochi, Japan
2016
Assembridge NAGOYA 2016, Port of Nagoya area, Aichi, Japan
2015
O, Shanaynay, Paris, France
Japanese Nightingale Doesn’t Sing at Night, XYZ collective, Tokyo, Japan
2014
XYZ collective at Brennan & Griffin – Man & Play, Brennan & Griffin, New York, USA
2012
Utsusemi, Jokaiso, Komaki
2011
Project AOTA SHINYA + andbooks (NISHIZONO ATSUSHI), Star Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Arima-Spa Side Street Art Project 2011, Kobe, Japan
2010
Kiroku no Kioku, Cultural Forum Kasugai Gallery, Aichi, Japan
2009
Real Life Sensibility, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
After School, the former Rissei primary school, Kyoto, Japan
2008
Uzumasa Shuccho Shigoto, art space NIJI, Kyoto, Japan
Public collections
Aichi prefectural museum of art, Japan
The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Ltd., Japan
Bank of Kyoto, Ltd., Japan
© 2009 Yui Usui