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Yuko Nasu
Education
2005－2006 MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, UK
1993－1997 BFA in Visual Design, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan
Solo exhibition
2007 Imaginary Portraits (Zizi Gallery, London, UK)
Group exhibitions
2007 Hand in hand (Japanese embassy, London, UK- forthcoming in Oct )
Behind The Mask (Sesame Art Gallery, London, UK)
Xhibit 07 (The Arts Gallery, London, U.K )
Nothing to Declare (The GAP gallery, Chelsea college of art and design, London, UK)
2006 The Great Exhibition room (The Arlington gallery, London, UK)
Emerging Art in the UK (Sesame Art Gallery, London, UK)
One Artisland (491 gallery, London, UK)
Recent graduates exhibition 2006 (Affordable Art Fair, London, UK)
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2006 (Liverpool and London, UK)
Xhibit 06 (The Arts Gallery, London, U.K )
Quick and Dirty (Barge House, London, U.K)
Award
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2006
Publication
Evening Standard (London news paper) / 23.05.07
Fold 07, c 2007 Global art practice, published by CHELSEA space,
ISBN 978-1-906203-08-5
Collections
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
University of the Arts London, London, UK
Private collections in UK
<Artist statement>
My work - I am interested in portraits/faces because I am surrounded by them everyday.
Every day life is filled with portraits on the media such as newspapers and TV programmes.
A portrait in the media can be special to those who recognise the person, however to some they will remain an
unknown. When an audience looks at portraits, the audience has an interest in who is depicted in it.
However I am not interested in drawing someone special.
Recently, I am interested in drawing someone whom no one knows.
My aim is that the audience can be reminded of someone they know when they look at my work.
The person they see depends on who is viewing my art.
To draw "someone who we don't know / someone who might be someone special" is my interest. This is why my
works are named "Imaginary portrait."
My work is also about stereotypes and prejudices to people.
I am really interested in people's appearance because I really love to imagine and guess people's history and
personality through their appearance.
I usually draw imaginary people rather than specific people because I have learned from many cases that we
can never judge a person by his or her appearance. I am curious about what sorts of things can make a
person be recognized/ differentiated from others. E.g. voice, shape, fashion style...
People look very different, there are many types of skin, hair and eye colours. People also dress very different
from each other.
In my work, I would like to explore these differences.
In order to find what the most important thing to differentiate people is, I create a lot of drawings. Through
these drawings which were inspired by the public, I have made my "Imaginary portrait series."
Education
2005－2006 MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, UK
1993－1997 BFA in Visual Design, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan
Solo exhibition
2007 Imaginary Portraits (Zizi Gallery, London, UK)
Group exhibitions
2007 Hand in hand (Japanese embassy, London, UK- forthcoming in Oct )
Behind The Mask (Sesame Art Gallery, London, UK)
Xhibit 07 (The Arts Gallery, London, U.K )
Nothing to Declare (The GAP gallery, Chelsea college of art and design, London, UK)
2006 The Great Exhibition room (The Arlington gallery, London, UK)
Emerging Art in the UK (Sesame Art Gallery, London, UK)
One Artisland (491 gallery, London, UK)
Recent graduates exhibition 2006 (Affordable Art Fair, London, UK)
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2006 (Liverpool and London, UK)
Xhibit 06 (The Arts Gallery, London, U.K )
Quick and Dirty (Barge House, London, U.K)
Award
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2006
Publication
Evening Standard (London news paper) / 23.05.07
Fold 07, c 2007 Global art practice, published by CHELSEA space,
ISBN 978-1-906203-08-5
Collections
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
University of the Arts London, London, UK
Private collections in UK
<Artist statement>
My work - I am interested in portraits/faces because I am surrounded by them everyday.
Every day life is filled with portraits on the media such as newspapers and TV programmes.
A portrait in the media can be special to those who recognise the person, however to some they will remain an
unknown. When an audience looks at portraits, the audience has an interest in who is depicted in it.
However I am not interested in drawing someone special.
Recently, I am interested in drawing someone whom no one knows.
My aim is that the audience can be reminded of someone they know when they look at my work.
The person they see depends on who is viewing my art.
To draw "someone who we don't know / someone who might be someone special" is my interest. This is why my
works are named "Imaginary portrait."
My work is also about stereotypes and prejudices to people.
I am really interested in people's appearance because I really love to imagine and guess people's history and
personality through their appearance.
I usually draw imaginary people rather than specific people because I have learned from many cases that we
can never judge a person by his or her appearance. I am curious about what sorts of things can make a
person be recognized/ differentiated from others. E.g. voice, shape, fashion style...
People look very different, there are many types of skin, hair and eye colours. People also dress very different
from each other.
In my work, I would like to explore these differences.
In order to find what the most important thing to differentiate people is, I create a lot of drawings. Through
these drawings which were inspired by the public, I have made my "Imaginary portrait series."