BIO
Yuko Uchida is a multidisciplinary artist originally from Japan. In 2007, she moved to Brooklyn, NY, and began her studies at the National Academy School of Fine Arts. In 2009, she received the David McFadden Award from the ISE Cultural Foundation. Her work was exhibited in the ISE Selected Young Artists Show at the Tamada Project Museum in Tokyo, Japan, in December of that year. In 2013, her work was selected for the 6th Showcase Competition on ArtSlant. Additionally, she began performing with her collaborators on the streets of Bushwick and Manhattan, as well as in indoor venues including Judson Memorial Church, the National Academy Museum, Flux Factory, Ideal Glass Studio, and Studio 7 in Fort Tilden. Her performances have been featured in publications such as Hyperallergic (2016, 2017), Art Observed (2016), and Arti.NYC (2016).
Her first solo show, titled 'The Playground,' was held at Chashama in December 2018. In 2021, she participated in group shows including 'We’re Still Here...' at Arts Gowanus in Brooklyn and 'Up-cycling Detritus' with the Sculptors Alliance. From January to February 2024, she worked in residence at the Vermont Studio Center.
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EDUCATION
2023 February -April, Continuing Education Course, Advanced Painting with Ira Richer, School of Visual Arts, NY
2008-2013 National Academy School of Fine Arts, New York, NY
1997-1999 Nagoya Fashion College, Japan
AWARD/ RESIDENCY
2024 Vermont Studio Center Residency, VT
2021 City Artist Corps Grants, NY
2014 Italy Travel Scholarship, National Academy Museum and School, NY
2009 David McFadden Award, ISE Cultural Foundation, NY
PRESS/ PUBLICATION
2017 Hyper Allergic, Date Suggests Artists More Drawn to Cities than Ever, The art online magazine, NY
2016
- Arti. NYC, Performance Issue, Publication, NY
- Art Observed, AO On-Site Bushwick Open Studios 2016, The art online magazine, NY
- Hyper Allergic, 9 Artists to watch from the 2016 Bushwick Open Studio, The art online magazine, NY
- Arts Life, Pursuit the front line at the National Academy Museum, The art online magazine, NY
SOLO SHOW
2018-2019 The Playground, Chashama Union Square, New York, NY
SERECTED EXHIBITON
2023 West Chelsea Festival of Art 2023, ‘Just a Moment’, NY, NY
2023 Annual Spring Art Show, Oakcliff Sailing Club, NY
2022 Bailey House Gala & benefit Auction (sold), Artsy Online, NY, NY
2021
- Up-cycling Detritus, Sculptors Alliance, New York, NY
- We’re Still Here..., Arts Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
2020
- Spring Art Show, Oakcliff Sailing Club, NY
- Bailey House Gala & Auction (sold), Pier 60, NY, NY
2019
- Meadow Walk Art Show, Oakcliff Sailing Club, NY
- Juried Spring Art Show, Oakcliff Sailing Club, NY
- Bailey House Gala & Auction (sold), Pier 60, NY, NY
2013 Annual Emerging Japanese Artist's Exhibition, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2012 100 Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
PERFORMANCE
2021 "Life of Trees", Gansevoort street, NY, NY
2020 Annual LES Festival of the Arts Online, Theater for the New City, NY
2019 "Where You Are" and "Our Dialogue", Chashama Gallery, NY, NY
2018
-"Where You Are", XII Anarchist Performance Festival, Judson Memorial Church, NY, NY
-“Sunshower”, Ideal Glass Studio, NY, NY
2017
-"Hide and Seek", Secret Garden Art Fair Presented by Arti NYC, Studio7 Gallery, Fort Tilden, NY
-Collaborative Performance "Spring", Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
-"Parade 6 -Growth", Juried Exhibition Creative Mischief, National Academy Museum, NY
-"Parade 5 -Sacrifices”, 10th NYC Anarchist Art Festival, Judson Memorial Church, NY, NY
-"Parade 4 -The dreamland”, Juried Exhibition The E.M.B.C. Labyrinth, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
2016
- "Parade 3 -Soak and plants” in Bushwick Open Studio, Brooklyn, NY
-“Parade 1 -Chindonya", Street performance, Pier 94, New York, NY