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Aya Uekawa (上川紋） 1979 Born in Tokyo, Japan Currently lives and works in Beacon, New York |
Education
| 2008 | MFA , Hunter College, New York |
| 2004 | BFA, Hunter College, New York |
| 2001 | BA, Komazawa University, Tokyo, Japan |
Solo Exhibition
2009 "Sanctuary Dreams," Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
2008 "It's a really small world," Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York
2007 "Second World Complex." Arndt+Partner, Berlin
2006 "Heavenly Terrace Common Park-Hunting for Happiness," Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2011 | Thrown Together, Kravets|Wehby, New York |
| 2010 | Going International, FLAG Art Foundation, New York |
| Run and Tell That! New Work from New York, SUArt Galleries at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
| The Incomplete--Paris, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris |
| Spring 2, Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York |
| Pattern ID, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH |
| A Long Way From Home, Arndt and Partner, Berlin |
| 2009 | Super Fine, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York |
| Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Chealsea, New York |
| 2008 | Winter Escape, Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York |
| Wall Rockets:Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, FLAG Art Foundation, New York (traveling to Albright-Knox Art Gallery in 2009) | |
| Feminine Image, Nassau County Museum of Art, Contemporary Gallery, Long Island, New York |
| Stories, Eleven Rivington, New York |
| Arndt+Partner at Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland | |
| "The Large Format," Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York | |
| "Kunsthalle Lingen" in Lingen, Germany | |
| 2007 | "The Imcomplete Incomplete," Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York |
| "Making A Home," Japan Society, New York | |
| "The Imcomplete," Chelsea Art Museum, New York | |
| L.A. Art Fair, at Robets&Tilton, New York | |
| The Armory Show, at Arndt+Partner, New York |
| "JAPAN INC." Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York | |
| 2006 | "DO NOT STACK," Roberts&Tilton, Los Angeles |
| "a certain likeness," Gallery W 52, New York | |
| Art Basel 37, Arndt+Partner, Zurich |
| "25 Bold Moves," House of Campari, New York | |
| “New Trajectories I: Relocations,”Cooley Art Gallery, Portland, OR | |
| "School Days," Jack Tilton Gallery, New York | |
| 2005 | “Drawn,” Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York |
| “Frontier,” Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles | |
| “Is it live,” Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York |
Selected Bibliography
Catalogs
Pttern ID exhibition catalog,Rudolph and Cecilia Gunzburger Anderson, Arkon, OH, 2010
The Incomplete-Paris, Exhibition Catalogue, Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, 2010
'AYA UEKAWA' Solo exhibition catalog for Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati OH, 2009
Wall Rockets exhibition catalog, curated by Lisa Dennison, FLAG Art Foundation, 2008
Glasner, Barbara et. al., "Patterns 2. Design Art and Architecture," Birkhauser Verlag AG, Boston, 2008, pp. 288-291
Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York Exhibition Catalogue, Japan Society, New York, NY, 2007
The Incomplete, Exhibition Catalogue, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY, 2007
Selected Publications
| A.C. Frabetti | Some Effects of Small Scale, AEQAI, July 2009 |
| Morris, Matt | Art: Aya Uekawa at the Contemporary Arts Center, City Beat, July 14, 2009 |
| Shiner, Eric | "A Utopia Revisited: Aya Uekawa," Juxtapoz, January 2009, no. 96, pp. 64-77 |
| Pearce, Sara | "CAC Brushes up on Painting Exhibits," The Enquirer, June 15, 2008 |
| Tadaka, Natane | "Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York Japan Society," |
| Rosenberg, Karen | "Willingly or Unwillingly, Calling
New York Their Home," New York Times |
| Everts, Von Lotte, | "Mao Mit Popcorntute, Berliner Zeitung, September 4, 2007 |
| Itsuko, Hirai | “Marie Claire Cool Japan: Aya Uekawa,” Marie Claire Japan, July 2007 |
| Domani Magazine, Japan | "News 1," Domani, January 2008, p. 124 |
| Pogrebin, Robin | "The Week Ahead: Art," The New York Times, September 30, 2007, p. 4 |
| カ二ンガム、ジェイミー | "世界が尊敬する日本人１００”Newsweek Japanese edition, 2007.10.17. p.52 |
| Uekawa, Aya | +ING“ No.25 Winter 2007 p.0-5 |
| Moller, Tanja | "In Search of Happiness," Checkpoint #2 May-August 2007, Arndt+Partner, Berlin, p. 62 |
| Hirai, Ikuko | "Cool Japan A to Z:世界は『日本』に恋してる--Uekawa Aya" Marie Claire Japan, July 2007, No.50, p.79 |
| Ichikawa, Akiko | “新世代の'ヴォーグ'な女たち：Aya Uekawa 上川 紋（アーティスト）”Vogue Nippon, June 2007, No.94,p.139 |
| Vanzetti, Oliver | "Aya Uekawa," Flash News-At The Galleries, Flash Art International, October 2006, p55 |
| Cascade, Rebecca | "Talent Show," W, November 2006, p. 198 |
| Row, D.K. | “Ovitz collection takes on adventurous dimension,” The Oregonian,February 19, 2006 |
| Motley, John |
“Arts Rodeo,” The Portland Mercury, February 2, 2006, p.35 |
| Gallivan, Joseph | “Money Makes the Art go Round: Show offers glimpse into the mind and eye of Hollywood mogul,” Portland Tribune, January 24, 2006, B1-B2 |