COLLECTIONS
The Ashiya City Museum of Art & History (Hyogo, japan), Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (Hyogo), Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts (Osaka, Japan), The Miyagi Museum of Art (Miyagi, Japan), Guggenheim Museum (New York), etc.
YUKO NASAKA
YUKO NASAKA
Yuko Nasaka’s artworks presented at the Nika Exhibition and Ashiya City Art Exhibition caught the eye of Jiro Yoshihara, leader of the Gutai Art Association, in 1962. As a result, Nasaka joined the Gutai group the following year. The motif of a circle was ingrained in the artist’s memory because her family’s business involved producing circular meters and dials for ship’s control panels. The circle became a lifelong trademark of her artistic career. Her first solo exhibition at the Gutai Pinacotheca (1964), which consisted of a space filled entirely with concentric circles, drew attention from visitors and prominent international figures, such as Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Merce Cunningham. After taking a sabbatical from her career, the artist returned to art with a series of large pieces with circles. Nasaka’s boundless circles and her artistic perspective continued to fascinate the art world, and her works grew popular in Europe.
ARTWORKS
NEWS
ARTICLES
MAJOR EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS
IMAGES
∞-6PIECES, 1965, Resin and lacquer on board, 104.5 x 69.3cm
Infinity, 1965, Resin, lacquer on board, 45.0 x 45.0cm
Work NY-60, 1967, Ressin, lacquer on board, 35.0 x 35.0cm
Work 1968, 1968, resin, lacquer on board, 43.5 x 43.5cm
Work, 1968, Resin, lacquer, fabric on board 40.0 x 40.0cm
Work, 1978, Acrylic on board, 20.5 x 20.5cm
Untitled(Fabric, print), 2013, Print on fabric, 168.0 x 139.0cm
BIOGRAPHY
- 1938
- Born in Osaka Japan
- 1962
- Awarded Mayor`s Prize in 15th Ashiya-City Exhibition Won 47th Nika Exhibition Participated 5th Contemporary Art exhibition Studies under Jiro yoshihara
- 1963
- Joined to Gutai Group
- 1964
- First Solo exhibition at Gutai Pinacoteca
- 1965
- Received an honorable mention in 9th Shell Exhibition Exhibition in Paris (Stadler Gallery/Paris)
- 1966
- Exhibition in Netherland /2nd Lausanne International Exhibition
- 1967
- Participated 4th Exhibition of young artists
- 1970
- Presented a field sculpture work at Osaka Expo Museum
- 1979
- Exhibition of Jiro Yoshihara and later Gutai (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art)
- 1985
- Exhibition of Jiro Yoshihara and `Gutai`1954-1972 (Ashiya-Citizen Center)
- 1987
- Received a second prize of IBM Picture and illustration competition
- 1988
- 10th Enba Prize Exhibition
- 1989
- Women`s 89 (Osaka Contemporary Art Center)
- 1990
- Exhibited Osaka Triennale`90 1st International Contemporary Creator Contest
- 1991
- Women`s 91 (Osaka Contemporary Art Center)
- 1992
- Gutai Exhibition (The Miyagi Museum of Art)
- 1993
- Exhibition Osaka Triennale`93 4th International Contemporary Gutai Exhibition II 1959 – 1965 (Ashiya City Museum of Art and History) Gutai Exhibition III 1965 – 1972 (Ashiya City Museum of Art and History)
- 2004
- 50 Anniversary `Gutai` Retrospective (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art)
- 2005
- Avant-Garde Women 1950- 1975 (Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Art)
- 2008
- Exhibition: Osaka for Female Artists/ 20 Century Beijinga and Avant- Garde (Osaka City Modern Museum)
- 2012
- GUTAI: The Spirit of an Era (The National Art Center/Tokyo)
- 2013
- Gutai: Splendid Playground (Guggenheim Museum/ New York)
- 2014
- Solo Exhibition at Whitestone Gallery
- 2015
- Yuko Nasaka, Axel Vervoodt Gallery, Wijnegem - Antwerp
- 2017
- Meditative Minimalism: Confusion and Order, SAKURADO FINE ARTS, Tokyo