Yuko Nasu
Born in Hiroshima, Japan
Lives and works in London


EDUCATION
2007 Global Arts Practice, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London UK
2006 MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London UK
1997 BFA Visual Design, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto Japan


PRIZE / AWARDS
2009 Jerwood Drawing Prize
2008 Jerwood Contemporary Painters
2006 Bloomberg New Contemporaries


SOLO EXHIBITION
2009 Detective, I-MYU projects, London, UK
  ------John Doe, The Arts Gallery, London, UK
  ------Shadow Mirror- Imagined portraits of unknown people, Void Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2007  Imaginary Portraits, Zizi Gallery, London, UK
2005 Ono Gallery, London UK
2004 Loop-Line, London UK
2003 Hair Club Paris, London UK


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2009 The Ivy The Ivy Restaurant, London, England
  ------Off Centre Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
  ------NO-ism Bodhi Gallery, London, England
  ------Five Years Sesame Gallery, London, England
2008 Jerwood Contemporary Painters Jerwood Space, England & Wales
  ------Art Beijing 2008 Beijing, China
  ------The Future 50 Project Space Leeds, England
  ------Characters: The people behind the portraits Atkinson Gallery, Southport, England
2007 Hand In Hand Embassy of Japan, London, England
  ------Future 20 Hoxton Square, London, England
  ------Xhibit 2007 The Arts Gallery, London, England
  ------Nothing to Declare Chelsea College of Art, London, England
2006 Bloomberg New Contemporaries London, Liverpool, Manchester, England
  ------Quick and Dirty The Oxo Tower, London, England
  ------Xhibit 2006 The Arts Gallery, London, England
  ------Recent Graduates 2006 Affordable Art Fair, London, England
  ------Emerging Art in Britain Sesame Gallery, London, England


MEDIA
2009 Art World (USA / Asia Edition) June / July 2009 (Cover / Main Feature)
  ------Pigeons & Peacocks Summer 2009
  ------Amelia's Magazine April 2009
  ------Pocketto April 2009
  ------Art World (UK & Europe) April / May 2009
  ------Vogue February 2009
  ------Elle February 2009
2008 The Independent 20 April 2008
2007 London Evening Standard 25 May 2007 (Ten Next Big Thing)
  ------The Art of Pop with Jarvis Cocker' Interview for Programme on Radio 4


PUBLICATION
2008 CHARACTERS: THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PORTRAITS c 2008 Atkinson Art Gallery, Published by Atkinson Art Gallery, ISBN 978-1-874516-17-0
2007 Written, Global Art Practice, Published by CHELSEA space, ISBN 978-1-906203-13-9
  ------fold07, Global Art Practice, Published by CHELSEA space, ISBN 978-1-906203-08-5
  ------Evening Standard, "The Next Big Thing", Wednesday 23rd May
  ------Xhibit 07 (exhibition catalogue), University of Arts London 2007
2006 newcontemporaries 2006, Published by New Contemporaries [1988] Ltd, ISBN 978-0-9540848-6-1
  ------Xhibit 06 (catalogue) University of Arts London 2006
  ------Affordable Art Fair 2006( catalogue)


MUSIC INDUSTRY
2006 Artwork for Dinosaur Jr 'Greatest Hits' Album & Promotional Campaign


COLLECTION
  ------Arad Collection, London, UK
  ------The Ivy, Caprice Holdings, London, UK
  ------Central Saint Maritins College of Art and Design, London UK
  ------University of the Arts London, London UK
  ------Private collections in UK, USA, Australia, Spain and Japan