Y U K A O T A N I

Born/ Tokyo, Japan

Currently lives and works in New York City

 

Education

2008 MFA Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI

2000 BFA Tama Art University Tokyo, Japan

 

Solo Exhibitions

2010 "Rock Garden Disco –for a recurrence of an economic bubble" Pepper's Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2008 "Irrationally Exuberant" Gallery Catacomb Central Falls, RI

2008 "Party is Over" TAP room(RISD) Providence, RI

2004 "Out of Pod" Morita Bank Fukui, Japan

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2010 "Hand+Made Contemporary: The Performative Impulse in Art, Craft and Design"

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX

2010 "Heed The Machine, Illustorious" Exhibitions&Residencies at the former convent of St. Cecilia's Parish, Brooklyn, NY

2009 "Objective Affection" BOFFO, Brooklyn, NY

2009 "BIGG: Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass" OSU Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH

2009 "Related Process" Gallery 579, New York, NY

2008 OVS No.7 CRG Gallery, New York, NY

2008 "Wright Biennale" UCLA, CA

2008 "Performance Night" TAP room (RISD) Providence, RI

2008 "RISD MFA Thesis Exhibition", Providence Convention Cetner, Providence, RI

2008 "Fear/Less" Sol Koffler Gallery(RISD) Providence, RI

2008 "Body/Ritual" Sol Koffler Gallery(RISD) Providence, RI

2007 "Eidolon-exploring the ephemeral" Three Rivers Art Festival Gallery Pittsburgh, PA

2007 "Rain or Shine" Sol Koffler Gallery(RISD) Providence, RI

2007 "Glass Department Show" Sol Koffler Gallery(RISD) Providence, RI

2007 "RISD Triannale" Woods Gerry Gallery(RISD) Providence, RI

2006 "UMASS Exchange" University of Massatusetts, Amherst, MA

2006 "VERSUS" Sol Koffler Gallery(RISD) Providence, RI

2005 "Site/Sight" Westminster Gallery Providence, RI

 

Awards

2009 Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program

2007 Friends of Glass Scholarship, RISD

2007 Partner Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School and RISD

2007 Technical Assistantship Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

2005-2008 Graduate Fellowship, RISD

 

Residency Programs

PAA Public Art Academy Artist in Residence Program at Pajama Factory 2010

chashama North Artist in Residnece Program 2008

 

Curatorial

2010 "Post-Glass Video Festival" Heller Gallery, NY Co-curator: Anjali Srinivasan

2009 "How Is This Glass? " Corning, NY Co-curator: Anjali Srinivasan

http://howisthisglass.blogspot.com/

2008 "Performance Night" TAP room(RISD) Providence, RI