Yuko Nasu

Born in Hiroshima, Japan.Lives and works in Japan. Recently, I am interested in drawing someone whom no one knows. My aim is that the audience can be reminded of someone they know when they look at my work. The person they see depends on who is viewing my art. To draw "someone who we don't know / someone who might be someone special" is my interest. This is why my works are named "Imaginary portrait."

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

2009 Jerwood Drawing Prize
2008 Jerwood Contemporary Painters
2006 Bloomberg New Contemporaries

-----solo show

2010 Quinquennial , Stour Space, London, England
2009 detective, I-MYU projects, London, England
John Doe , the Arts Gallery, London, England
Shadow Mirror- Imagined portraits of unknown people , Void Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2007 Imaginary Portrait , Zizi Gallery, London, England


-----selected group show

2010 Depth Charge - Henrijs Preiss & Yuko Nasu, James Freeman Gallery, London, England
Shadowside, Bo.Lee Galley, Bath, England
3AM '..sounds eternal..." , Cobden Club, London, England
BAD IGLOO LUST, The Royal Standard, Liverpool, England
FACE, Shanghai, China
The Franks-Suss Collection - Phillips de Pury & Company The Saatchi Gallery, London, England
A Visual Dialogue Bo.Lee Gallery, Bath, England
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 portrai...