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Yo Fukui
Yo Fukui is an artist living and working in New York. He was born in Shiga, Japan in 1979.
He graduated from high school in Hiroshima, Japan before coming to the United State in 1999.
After a short time at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Yo transferred to the Kansas City Art Institute
where he received a BFA in Ceramics in 2005. And Yo received his MFA in Sculpture from
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas where his work moved away from ceramics to large structures covered in felt since 2007.
Education
University of Nevada Las Vegas, LV, NV, MFA Fine Arts 2005-2008
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, BFA in Ceramics 2002-2005
Solo Exhibitions
2009 - Future Imperfect, David Salow Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 - I Love you no matter The World is Destroyed, Clark County Government Center, Las Vegas, NV
2008 -
I'm gonna live 'til I died, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2007 - Sensibility Heaven, Main Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2007 -
I wish my name was Bill, MFA Midway Exhibition, Grant Hall Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2006 -
No More Sportcar, Rotunda Gallery, Clark County Government Center, Las Vegas, NV
Group Exhibitions
2011 - Pretty Vacant, Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
2010 - Eye on the Prize, Fountain NY Art Fair, New York, NY
2009 - Space Jam, Union Gallery, New York, NY
2008 - Open Works! Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
2008 - MICRO-MACRO, Gallery SATORI, New York, NY
2008 - 3Dementia, Las Vegas, NV
2007 - The Grand Juried Exhibition, Las Vegas, NV
2006 - Lost in Spegas, DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2006 - Those Were the 2000's, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
Honors and Awards
2009 - Honorable work in 2009, Golden Frame award, ArtSlant
2006 - Best in Show Award, CAC juried show, Las Vegas, NV
2005 - University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Margorie Francis Laird Scholarship
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Recipient of Graduate Assistantship
Bibliography
Review, Los Angeles, ART LIES; No. 63/Fall 2009
YO FUKUI AT DAVID SALOW GALLERY, LA WEEKLY; August 19, 2009
Culture Monster, Los Angeles Times; August 6, 2009
Last Days, Las Vegas City Life; April 2, 2009
The year that was, Las Vegas Weekly; December 24, 2008
Outsider's break in, with a gallery show, Las Vegas Sun; Jan 22, 2008
Form's function is common ground, Las Vegas Sun; April 29, 2008
Buffalo Sculpture, City Life; August 30, 2007
Jury of one in this show, sometimes it's all in the names, Las Vegas Weekly; July 12, 2007
Jars of clay, City Life; May 31, 2007
Eye-popping art freezes time, Las Vegas Sun; May 18, 2006
It's Only a Dream, Las Vegas Review Journal; August 13, 2006
City Life Pick of the Week, City Life; May 18, 2006
Kansas City Art Institute Undergrad Catalog; September 2005