YUKO SHIRAISHI
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1956
EDUCATION
1981-82 Chelsea School of Art, MA
1978-81 Chelsea School of Art, BA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Place to be Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel
2009 “Space Space,” Annely Juda Fine Art, London
2006 “Intimate Space,” MOT, Unit 54 Regents Studios, London
“A Way of Seeing: Josef Albers and Yuko Shiraishi,” Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York
“Project Above and Below,” Galerie Konig, Hanau
2005 “Temperature,” Annely Juda Fine Art, London
“Fohn,” Chelsea Space, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
2004 “Decade II,” Sirius Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
“Apriori,” Galerie Dorothy van der Koelen, Mainz, Germany
2003 “There and Back,” Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
“Tuesday is Cerise,” Waygood Gallery, Newcastle
“Index on Colour,” Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
2002 “Color—A Life of Its Own,” Mucsarnok/Kunsthalle, Bedapest, Hungary
“Infinite Line/Unendliche Linie,” Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
“Episode,” Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry
2001 “Assemble—Disperse,” Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Shigeru Yokota Gallery, Tokyo
“Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, Japan
“Rerospective II—Paintings and Works on Paper,” The Eagle Gallery, London
2000 Galerie Konstruktiv, Tendens, Stockholm
1999 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1998 ACP, Viviane Ehrli Galerie, Zurich
Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
1997 Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Shigeru Yokota Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1996 ACP Viviane Ehrli Galerie, Zurich
EAF (Experimental Art Foundation), Adelaide, Australia
Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Gallery Kasahara, Osaka, Japan
1994 ACP, Viviane Ehrli Galerie, Zurich
Galerie Konstruktiv, Tendens, Stockholm
1993 Gallery Kasahara, Osaka
Slade Gallery, University College, London
1992 Galerie Lupke, Frankfurt
Edward Totah Gallery, London
Shigeru Yokota Gallery, Tokyo
1991 Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth
Margaret Lipworth Fine Art, Florida
1990 Artsite, Bath
Galerie Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
Edward Totah Gallery, London
1989 Shigeru Yokata Gallery, Tokyo
Tieerhuys Galerij, Brugge
1988 Edward Totah Gallery, London
1984 Curwen Gallery, London
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1999 “As Dark As Light,” Tate Gallery St. Ives, St. Ives
“Geometry Art Between Albers and Nam Jun Pak,” National Museum of Berlin, Germany
New Art Gallery, Wallsaw Museum, Wallsaw
1998 “Clear and Saturated,,”Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Erfurt Museum, Germany
Ernst Museum, Budapest
“Geometric Abstraktion XVII,” Galerie Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
“Immerzeit,” Forum Konkrete Kunst Galerie on Fischmarkt, Erfurt, Germany
“25 Years,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1997 “Geometric Abstraktion XIV,” Galerie Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
Haus Bill, Zumikon, Zurich, Switzerland
“New Acquisitions,” Daimler Benz, Stuttgart, Germany
“Off the Wall,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
“Pretext Heteronyms,” San Michele, Rome, Italy
“Summer Shimmer,” Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1996 “Geometric Abstraktion XV,” Galerie Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
“New Painting from the Arts Council Collection,” Bath Museum, Bath
“Pretext Heteronyms,” Accademia Farnese, Capiarola, Italy
“The 10th Anniversary Exhibition, ACP Viviane Ehrli Galerie, Zurich
1995 “Geometric Abstraktion XIV,” Galerie Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
“New Painting from the Arts Council Collection,” The Drumcroon Gallery, Wigan; Norwich Gallery; University Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne
“Pretext Heteronyms, Clink Street Studios
“Walk-in Sculpture,” Shigeru Yokota Gallery, Tokyo
“White Out,” Curwen Gallery, London
1994 Atlantis Gallery, London
“Geometric Abstraktion XIII,” Galerie Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
”Lead and Follow,” Bade Gallery, Jarrow
“New Painting from the Arts Council Collection,” Darlington Arts Centre, Darlington and Oriel Gallery, Theatre Clwyd, Wales
“Surface Tensions,” Curwen Gallery, London
“Painters and Prints,” Curwen Gallery, London
“Unveiled,” Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester
1993 “Contemporary Art,” Courtauld Institute, London
“Geometric Abstraktion XII,” Galerie Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
“Moving into View—Recent British Painting,” Arts Council Touring Exhibition
“The Structure of Painting—Japanese Contemporary Stripes,” Bumpado Gallery, Tokyo
“Whitechapel Open,” Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Zwei Energien, Haus fur Konstruktive und Konkrete Kunst, Zurich
1992 Galerie Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
“Geteilte Bilder-Das Diptychon in der neuen Kunst,” Museum Folkwang, Essen
“A Sense of Purpose,” Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
“The Solstice,” Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth
“The 20th Anniversary Exhibition,” Gallery Kasahara, Osaka
1991 “Double Take,” American Japan Art Association, New York
Galerie Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
1990 Galerie Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
“Kunstlerinnen des 20 jahrhunderts,” Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
“Whitechapel Open,” Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1989 “From Prism to Paintbox, Colour Theory and Practice in Modern British Painting,” Oriel Gallery, Clwyd
Galerie Konstrucktiv Tendens, Stockholm
“Whitechapel Open,” Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1988 Curwen Gallery, London
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
“The Presence of Painting: Aspects of British Abstraction 1957-88,” Arts Council Touring Exhibition, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, Hatton Art Gallery, Newcastle; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
1987 “Curwen Artists in Chicago,” Curwen Gallery, London
Curwen Gallery, London
Orsman Studio, London
1986 “Arts of Today,” Budapest Gallery, Hungary
“The Camden Annual,” Camden Art Centre, London
“The Print Show 1986,” Angela Flowers Gallery, London
“Small Works from 34 Artists,” Curwen Gallery, London
1985-86 “The Japanese Eye,” Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
1985 “The Camden Annual,” Camden Art Centre, London
“Contemporary Art Fair,” Central Museum, Tokyo
“Day 1st Art,” Liget Galeria, Budapest
“International Biennale of Graphic Art,” Moderna Galeria, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
“Japanesque,” Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno, Wales
“Open Drawing Exhibition ‘85,” White Space Gallery, London
“Whitechapel Open Exhibition,” Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1984 “Abstraction in Japan,” Warwick Arts Trust, London
Curwen Gallery, London
“Industrial Sponsors Exhibition,” Warwick Arts Trust, London
1983 “Galerie 39, London
“International European Print Exhibition,” Musee d’Art Moderne, Liege, Belgium
Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo
1982 “Chelsea MA Painters,” Chapter 2, London
Curwen Gallery, London
1981 “Contemporary Japanese Prints,” Royal Academy of Arts, London
“Degree Show Selection,” Morley Gallery, London
1980 “New Contemporaries,” ICA, London
AWARD
1981-82 British Council Scholarship
PRIZE
1994 Jerwood Painting Prize, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh; Royal Academy of Arts, London
COLLECTIONS
Albertina Museum, Vienna
Arthur Andersen, London
Arts Council of Great Britain
British Council, London
British Government Collection, London
British Museum, London
Contemporary Art Society, London
Daimler Benz, Stuttgart
Graves City Art Gallery, Sheffield
IBM, London
London and Continental Bankers, London
Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Max Bill-George Vantongerloo, Zumikon, Switzerland
McCrory Corporation, New York
Ohara Museum, Kurashiki
Ove Arup, London
Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo
Unilever, London
Weishaupt Forum, Ulm
YKK, Japan