Yuka Yamaguchi

Yuka Yamaguchi is a self-taught visual artist from Kobe, Japan. She moved to Canada in 2000, settling in Saskatoon in 2005. Colour pencils and paper are her medium. Her drawings are developed intuitively, without pre-planning. She believes in the power of the unconscious mind and, in one sense, her art is a way for her to explore the relationship between body and mind. She has exhibited her work regionally in Saskatoon and Edmonton, and internationally in Tokyo, Los Angeles, Berlin, Portland, San Francisco, and Taipei.

Curriculum Vitae

Exhibitions

2022 "Art Now" SK Fine Art Fair, Art Placement Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2022 "Wild In The City", Group Show, Saskatoon, Canada
2010 "Fujiyama girls", Junko Mizuno, Yuka Yamaguchi and Makiko Sugawa, Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Rome, Italy 2009
2010 "Indoor Playground", Solo show, Stall Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
2010 "New Works", Fumi Nakamura, Lilly Piri & Yuka Yamaguchi, Thinkspace Gallery, LA
2010 "Culver City Invasion", Group show, Thinkspace Gallery, LA
2010 "Tales from an imaginary menagerie", Palo Alto Art Foundation, SF
2008 "Flatlanders", Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
2008 Toronto International Art Fair, Douglas Udell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2008 "Group Show", Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
2008 "Group Show", Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2008 "100 Stories", Crystal Liu, Ruth Marten, Rachel Sumpter, and Yuka Yamaguchi, Hosfelt Gallery, NY
2008 "Vocabularies of Metaphor", Amy Cutler, Fay Ku, Shahzia Sikander, Ruth Marten, Liliana Porter, Yuka Yamaguchi, Yelena Yemchuk, and Rachel Sumpter, Hosfelt Gallery, SF
2008 "The Affordable Art Fair" in NYC, Mauger Modern Gallery, Bath, UK
2008 "Krakow Screen Festival", Cracow, Poland
2008 "Drawing", Group show, Thinkspace Gallery, LA
2008 "Handmade Plush Doll Show", Monkeyhouse, LA
2008 "Paper Pushers", Group show, Gallery 1988, SF
2008 "Visceral Valentine", Group show, Apama Mackey Gallery, Houston
2008 "Hello, My Name Is", Group show, ISM gallery, Long Beach, CA
2008 "Strict Japanese High School", Solo Print show, Pause Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2008 "Fight for flight", Group show, Thinkspace Gallery, LA
2008 "Environment 911", Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
2008 "Aha!", Group show, Helm Gallery, Tacoma, Washington
2007 "Girls at Play", Three-person show, Compound Gallery, Portland
2007 "Tree trimming 2", Group show, J Flynn Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2007 "Christmas Machine", Group show, MFK Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2007 "Tiny Show", Group show, Double Punch Gallery, SF
2007 "1950 Ford Show", Group show, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
2007 "untitled LOVE project, phase 4", Group show, Thinkspace Gallery, LA
2007 "iMyGrate", Group show, anteism.com, International
2007 "Broadway Art Encounter", Saskatoon, Canada
2007 "“Batch splash", Group show, SCYAP, Saskatoon, Canada
2007 "Personal : Political", Artist by Artist with Dave Geary, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
2007 "her-i-cane Godiva Women’s Art Festival", Established Artist, Saskatoon, Canada
2007 "Reach+", Group show, Taiwan
2007 "Art-o-rettes", Group show, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
2007 "Kindness of Stranger", Group show, Helm Gallery, Tacoma
2006 "My Mind is Everywhere", Solo show, Royal Red Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
2006 "Rooms for changing", Group show, Art Project Gallery, Regina, Canada
2006 "Broadway Art Encounter", Saskatoon, Canada
2006 "International Edible Book Festival", Saskatoon, Canada
2006 "her-i-cane Godiva Art Festival", emerging artist, Saskatoon, Canada
2005 "Loud Silence" (Photography), Project room, Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, Canada
2005 "Christmas Art lottery", AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
2004 "Nonchalant", Solo show, Sleepless Goat Cafe, Kingston, Canada

Symposium

2022 GEI Art Symposium of Japanese Canadian artists and Japanese artists living in Canada “What is worth passing along in our artistic community?”, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

Teaching

2022 Drawing class for Kids, Saskatoon, Canada
2020 Drawing with Kids - Free Online Art sessions for children, Saskatoon, Canada

Publishing

2018 "Broken Pencil" magazine, Toronto, Canada
2011 "Computer Arts Projects" UK
2010 "Dark Inspiration", Hong Kong 
2008 "Untitled Love Project Book", ISM Gallery, Long beach 
2008 The District Magazine, Grand Opening, ISM Gallery, LA 
2008 Thirdspace Magazine, University of Victoria Women’s Centre, Victoria, Canada 
2008 The Case, graphic design magazine, UK
2008 Lolocal Magazine, Mexico 
2007 Arsenal Pulp Press, cover/back image, Vancouver, Canada
2006 "Unbound - Gender in Asia", Kyoto Journal, Kyoto, Japan
2006 "The boring life of Spencer, the ennui dog", Self published Amigurumi Book, Saskatoon, Canada

Ads

2007 2 Campaign ads, Boutique Tuan Tuan, in Apple Daily Newspaper, Taiwan 

Catalogues

2008 "Flatlanders", Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada 
2008 Mauger Modern Art, Mauger Modern Art Gallery, Bath, UK

Interviews

2011 "Enduring Japanese Styles", Computer Arts Projects, UK 
2010 Art Junkie, Mexico 
2010 Warp Magazine, Mexico
2008 The Case Magazine, UK
2007 TV interview with Bravo!, Canada 
2007 TV interview with Shaw TV, Saskatoon, Canada 
2007 "Yuka Yamaguchi" Milk Magazine, Hong Kong
2007 "Yuka’s Strange Fantasy", Madame Figaro Magazine, Taiwan 
2006 "Artist keeps it fun", Saskatoon Star Phoenix Newspaper, Saskatoon, Canada 
2006 "All I can see", The Sheaf, University of Saskatchewan Student paper, Saskatoon, Canada 

Reviews

2008 "Flatlanders", Galleries West Website Canada 
2008 "Yuka Yamaguchi" Galleriest’s musing Blog Todd Hosfelt
2009 "Yuka Yamaguchi’s Indoor Playground", Jenn Sharp, Verb Newspaper, Saskatoon, Canada
2009 "Nightmares and Dreamscapes", Bart Gazzola, Planet S Magazine, Saskatoon, Canada 
2007 "Beauty of Grotesque", Bart Gazzola, Planet S Magazine, Saskatoon, Canada 

Artist Talks

2009 Grade 11, Art Class, Walter Murray Collegiate, Saskatoon, Canada
2009 " Indoor Playground", The Stall Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
2008 "Flatlanders", Panel discussion, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada 

T-Shirt Designs

2006 "inside my head", CFCR 90.5FM Radio, Saskatoon, Canada

Poster Designs 

2014, 2015 "Hiroshima/Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Memorial Day", Saskatoon, Canada 
2011 "Help Japan" Fundraiser for Tohoku Earthquake, Saskatoon, Canada 

Auction/Donation

2020 Silt Studio People’s Cup Online Auction, Regina, Canada
2020 Regina Food Bank, Carmichael Outreach
2011 Tohoku Earthquake art auction Japan Red Cross, Saskatoon, Canada

Music

2018 - 2022 Japanese Taiko Drum performer, Living Sky Taiko, Saskatoon, Canada

Grants

2019 Independent Artist Grant, Established Artist, Saskatchewan Arts Board
2007, 2008 Independent Artist Grant, Emerging Artist, Saskatchewan Arts Board 

Saskatchewan Arts Board (3)