Yuken Teruya

Yuken Teruya is a Japanese-born artist based in New York, known for his work inspired by memories of his native Okinawa. His art reflects the pristine nature of his island, which he reimagines through his paper bag constellations and paper forest series.

Biography of Yuken Teruya

Yuken Teruya was born in 1973 in Okinawa, Japan. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Tama Art University in Tokyo in 1996 and his Master of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2001.

Teruya has held several solo exhibitions at notable venues, including Josee Bienvenu Gallery in New York, Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Santa Monica, Dahlem Ethnological Museum/Asian Art Museum in Berlin, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery in London, and The Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo.

His work has also been featured in group exhibitions such as "Paper" at Saatchi Gallery in London (2013), the 18th Biennale of Sydney (2012), "Ties over Time: Japanese Artists and America" at the US Ambassador’s House in Tokyo (2010), "Hundred Stories about Love" at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan (2009), "The Shapes of Space" at The Guggenheim in New York (2007), and "Greater New York 2005" at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Queens, NY.

Teruya's works are included in the public collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Guggenheim in New York, the Flag Art Foundation in New York, the Charles Saatchi Collection in London, the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan, and the Mori Art Museum in Japan, among others.