Born in 1973 in Okinawa, Japan. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Education

2001
MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York

1999
Post Baccalaureate, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1996
BFA, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan

Selected One-Person Exhibitions

2007
Free Fish, The Asia Society, New York
Yuken Teruya, Murata and Friend Gallery, Berlin Germany

2006
Waterborne Island, Asahi Art Collaboration, Tokyo, Japan

2005
VOLTAshow, Basel, Switzerland
Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Germany
FOREST INC., Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York

2004
Diverseworks, Houston, TX
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Voges + Partner, Frankfurt, Germany

2003
Murata and Friends Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

2002
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
K.S. Art, New York
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Arts, Ridgefield, CT

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
Landscape: Lu-Lu-Lu, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum, Shizuoka, Japan
Okinawa Montaged, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Drawn in the clouds: Contemporary Asian Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Into the Atomic Sunshine, Puffin Room, New York, NY, travelling.
Art Scope 2007/2008, Hara Museum, Tokyo, Japan & Berlin, Germany.
Second Lives, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
It's Getting Hot in Here, Montserrat College of Art Gallery, MA, travelling.
Wall Rockets, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Cancelled, Erased and Removed, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
Transformed, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, VA
When Lives Become Form: Dialogue with the Future? Brazil, Japan, Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2007
Thermocline of Art-New Asian Waves, ZKM|Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
Making A Home:Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York, The Japan Society, New York
Attention to Detail, Art FLAG Foundation, New York, NY

2006
Bangladesh Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Among the Trees, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
Waterborn Islands, Asahi Art Collaboration, Japan

2005
Drawing: Six Perspectives, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, Old Westbury, NY
The Acceptance World,Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Lost and Found, Gallery Sowaka, Kyoto, Japan
Yokohama International Triennial, Yokohama, Japan
Knock, Gallery Sowaka, Kyoto, Japan
7th Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, Luckman Gallery, California State University, L.A., CA
Greater New York, P.S.1, Contemporary Art Center, Queens, NY
Material Matters, Cornel University, Ithica, NY
Which way the tomorrow is?, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan

2004
A Stereoscopic Vision, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Simply Drawn, Luxe Gallery, New York
Fuchu Biennale, Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Refrain; Korean, Balkan, Okinawa Total Museum of Contemporary Arts, Seoul, Korea
Newpapers, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York
Initial Encounters, Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
Knots ‘n’ Structure, Gallery Evan, NY
Dessins et des autres, Galerie Anne De Villepoix, Paris, France
Dessins et des autres, Galerie Catherine, Brussels, Belgium
Intense Focus, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Drawing Outloud, HDC Gallery, New York

2003
Slab, University Gallery, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Hello Franklin, Im n Il Gallery, New York
Okinawan Contemporary Art, Naha City Gallery, Okinawa, Japan
White Meat & Sunlite, 2003, Wiensowski und Habord, Berlin, Germany
Midnight’s Children, Columbia University, New York
Selections Fall 2003, The Drawing Paper, New York
Better Homes and Gardens, Pennsylvania State University, PA
Group Show, Vogas + Partner, Frankfurt, Germany
Too Fresh, Nurture Art Gallery and Emerging Curator’s Resource Center, New York
Group Show, Gallery Evan, New York
TERRARIUM, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY

2002
VOCA:Vision of Contemporary Artists, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Model World, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Arts, Ridgefield, CTArt on Paper Weatherspoon Art Museum, NC
Paper Cut, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY

2001
Humble, Curated by Gerald McCarthy, Gallery Korea, New York
Plant Life, Curated by Patrick Callery K.S. Art, New York
Signature, Paper-bag and Self-Portrait, Curated by Mihee Ahn, Im n Il Gallery, Brookyn, NY
Young horses, Curated by Andy Cannon, The Jam Factory, London, England
Hot Lunch, School of Visual Arts Soho Gallery, New York
Interior Landscapes, Curated by Susan White and Marcia Godosky, Henry Street Settlement Abrons Art Gallery, New York
Retro Future Present, Magnifik Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2000
A-Mail, Hofer Galeriehaus, Hof, Germany
MFA Special Exhibition, School of Visual Arts Soho Gallery, New York

1996
Atopic Site; On Camp Off Base, Tokyo Bigsite, Tokyo, Japan
Vision of Contemporary Artists, Tokyo, Japan

Awards

2007
Painters and Scupltors Grant Program Award, Joan Mitchell Foundation, NY

2005     
NYFA Fellowship for Sculpture

2002
Vision of Contemporary Artists, Tokyo, Japan
Emerging Artist Award, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Arts, CT

2001
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship, Skowhegan, ME

Selected Bibliography

2007
Rosenberg, Karen, Willingly or Unwillingly, Calling New York Their Home,The New York Times, November 9, 2007
Art Listings, The New York Times, September 14, 2007
Art, The New York Times, August 31, 2007
Art in Review; MICROWAVE FIVE, The New York Times, August 24, 2007
Talbot, Emily, Yuken Teruya, Time Out New York, March 15, 2007 - March 21, 2007

2006
Bischoff, Dan, Exhibit Could Inspire Joyce Kilmer, The Star-Ledger, May 5

2005
Esplund, Lance, This is New York, But Only Part of It, The Sun New York, March 17
Scott, Andrea, Local Heros, Time Out New York, March 31 – April 7
Andrews, Betsy, Getting Ourselves Back to the Garden, Gay City News, April 28- May 4
Westcott, James, Greater New York 2005 Yuken Teruya: A Tree Grows in a Shopping Bag, Art Fairs International
Abbe, Mary, Curiously Fun Eclecticism, Star Tribune, June 17
Kimmelman, Michael, Youth and the Market, The New York Times

2001
Currah, Mark, Young Horses, Time Out London
Kalm, James, RetroFururePresent at Magnifik, NY Art Magazine, April
Shimabukuro, Hiroshi, Young Artists from NY, OCS

2000
Eggers, Dave, Top Ten, Art Forum, April
Sziegoliet, Von Ralf, A-Mail aus New York: Am Anfang war Hof

Public Collections
Guggenheim Museum, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Daiichi Seimei Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Twigg Smith Collection, Hawaii
Hoffman Collection, Berlin, Germany
Altoids Collection, New Museum, New York
Norton Collection, New York
Charles Saatchi Collection, London, England
Sakima Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan
Okinawa Prefectural Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan