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- Born
- Tokyo, Japan
- Lives in San Diego, CA
- Education
- 1992
- M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
- 1990
- Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
- 1990
- B.F.A., San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
- Awards
- 1996
- Holbein Paint Art Award, Tokyo, Japan
- 1990
- CalArts Scholarship, Valencia, CA
- 1990
- Skowhegan School Scholarship, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
- Solo Exhibitions
- 2014
- Nascent, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- 2013
- DIOCHROMA, William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 2011
- Recent Paintings, Brian Gross Fine Art at One Post Street, San Francisco, CA
- GOLD, Gallery Kaze, Osaka, Japan
- 2008
- Baroque, Gallery KAZE, Osaka, Japan
- 2003
- Vulgar, Gallery Kaze, Osaka, Japan
- 2002
- Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo, Japan
- Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Gallery KAZE, Osaka, Japan
- 2001
- New Paintings, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO.
- 2000
- Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo, Japan
- 1999
- MOVE, Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo, Japan
- 1998
- Recent Work, Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo, Japan
- 1996
- Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- University Art Gallery, Cal State San Bernardino, San Barnardino, CA
- 1994
- Gallery UEDA Décor, Tokyo, Japan
- New Paintings, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
- 1992
- Delayed Zip 2, The Small Projects Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX
- Delayed Zip, Gallery UEDA Décor, Tokyo, Japan
- Tenebrous Vision, Thesis Exhibition, California Institute of The Arts, Valencia, CA
- 1991
- Paintings, Main Gallery, California Institute of The Arts, Valencia, CA
- 1990
- Paintings, Flor Y Canto Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
- 1989
- Innocent Cosmology 3, Flor Y Canto Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
- Innocent Cosmology 2, Flor Y Canto, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
- 1988
- Innocent Cosmology, LA Nicola Restaurant, Los Angeles, CA
- Group Exhibitions
- 2020
- 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA;
exhibition catalog
- 2013
- Summer Group Show, Art Cube Gallery, Laguna Beach , CA
- Sanbishousha – Ueda Collection, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan
- 2012
- Gallery Artists, Gallery KAZE, Osaka, Japan
- Art Kyoto 2012 (from Galery KAZE), Kyoto, Japan
- Art Osaka 2012 (from Gallery KAZE), Osaka, Japan
- AHAF (Asia Hotel Art Fair) 2012 (from Gallery Kaze), Seoul, Korea
- Kobe Art Marche 2012 (from Gallery KAZE), Kobe, Japan
- 2011
- Pictorial Theory of Evolution, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Art, Tochigi, Japan
- Pictorial Theory of Evolution, William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 2010
- Rediscovering: Oil Paintings of Japan – What’s Next in Oil Paintings, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi, Japan
- 2009
- Neo Abstract 21, Gallery KAZE, Osaka, Japan
- 2008
- Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan
- Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
- Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair, Hotel New Otani, Tokyo, Japan
- Sanbishousha, Ueda Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan; Tochigi Prefectual Museum of Fine Art, Tochigi, Japan
- 2007
- Yuasa Joji Exhibition 2007, Koriyama City Museum of Art The 15th Anniversary, Koriyama City Museum of Art, Fukushima, Japan
- Sanbishousha - Ueda Collection, Nerima City Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- Contemporary Artists Biography, curated by Yoshio Kato – 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Osaka Zoukei Center, Osaka, Japan
- 2004
- L.A. Years, Part 1, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 2003
- KIAF Korea International Art Fair: Special Exhibition JAPAN, Light of the East, Seoul, Korea
- 2001
- Pleasure of Retinal Paintings: Kazumi Nakamura and Ryuhei Rex Yuasa, Gallery KAZE, Osaka, Japan; Kaigan Dori Gallery CASO, Osaka, Japan
- Paintings Beyond Formalism For Interactionism, Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art, Kumamoto, Japan
- 2000
- Last Five Years at Grand Arts, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
- 1998
- Shouwa SHELL Gasoline Contemporary Art Award, Meguro Art Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
- 1997
- Art Today 10th Anniversary, Opera Aperta, Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Karuizawa, Japan
- Works On Paper 1997, University Of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
- 1996
- Artists Reception, Mezzanine at Towers, Irvine, CA
- 1995
- Art Today 95, Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Karuizawa, Japan
- Morphologia, curated by Kazuhiro Yamamoto at Tochigi Prefectral Museum of Fine Art, Akira Ikeda Gallery TAURA, Kanagawa, Japan
- V.O.C.A., Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- National Small Painting Exhibition, New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, NM
- Small Works on Paper, Cimarron Art National, Oklahoma State University, OK
- 1994
- Beyond Bounds II, A Barely Contained Art Affairs, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, MO
- 1993
- Sean Kelley Presents, Sean Kelley Studio, Kansas City, MO
- 1990
- Mixed Metaphors, Sushi Gallery, San Diego, CA
- 1987
- O Nepenthean, Omniscient, San Diego, CA
- Awards
- 1997
- Shouwa SHELL Gasoline Contemporary Art Award, Tokyo, Japan
- Lectures
- 2014
- (Guest Speaker), Contemporary Arts Committee for San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, Ca
- 2011
- What Is It To Have Flexible Mind and Unorthodox Thinking? Part 2, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
- 2010
- Poetic and Scientific Language (Japanese vs. English), Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
- What Is It To Have Flexible Mind and Unorthodox Thinking?, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
- 2007
- Artist Talk, “Sanbishousha – Ueda Collection”, Nerima City Art Museum, Tokyo
- 2001
- Artist Interview, Kaigan Dori Gallery CASO, Osaka, Japan
- Artist Interview, Osaka Zoukei Center, Osaka, Japan
- 1996
- California State University San Barnardino, San Barnardino, CA
- 1996
- Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
- 1990
- San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
- 1989
- Mira Costa College, Mira Costa, CA
- Selected Collections
- Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi, Japan
- Nerima City Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Beverly Wilshire A Four Seasons Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA
- Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Grand Cayman Villa, Grand Cayman
- Neiman Marcus, Newport Beach, CA
- Neiman Marcus, San Francisco, CA
- Neiman Marcus, Chicago, IL
- Four Seasons Hotel Aviera, Carlsbad, CA
- Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco, CA
- Red Rock Resort and Spa, Red Rock, NV
- Green Valley Ranch Resort and Spa, Las Vegas, NV
- The Mirage, Las Vegas, NV
- Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
- Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco, CA
- Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV
- Hotel Blake, Chicago, IL
- Hallmark, Kansas City, MO
- Sheraton Maui Resort, Maui
- Nikko Hotel, Odaiba, Tokyo, and Nagoya
- Pan Pacific Hotel, Yokohama, Japan
- Imperial Hotel, Osaka, Japan
- Sheraton MIYAKO Hotel, Osaka, Japan
- Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, GA
- Royal Caribbean: Celebrity Cruise - “Silhouette Project” - Ceiling Design for the theater
- Matsunoki Daycare, Tokyo, Japan
- M’z Hair Salon, Tokyo, Japan
- Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Sun City, Ginza, Tokyo
- Bibliography
- 2013
- 50 California Artists You Should Know, #14 Rex Yuasa, July 10, 2013
- ArtweekLA, Rex Yuasa Diochroma, April 22, 2013
- 2011
- “Pictorial Theory of Evolution,” Catalogue by Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art, Tochigi, Japan
- 2008
- Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair (Catalogue), page 20 , Gallery Kaze
- 2004
- Takami, Akihiko. Painted History #13, BT Bijutsu Techou, February
- 2002
- Nagoya, Satoru. Reviews, Flash Art, July-September
- 2001
- Ohnishi, Wakato. Art Reviews, Asahi Shinbun, Asahi Newspaper, March 31, Osaka, Japan
- Image of Today V, catalogue by Kumamoto Prefectral Musuem of Art, Kumamoto, Japan
- "Dialogue Ryuhei Yuasa and Kazumi Nakamura," Kumamoto Nichinichi Shinbun, Kumamoto Nichinichi Newspaper, March 20. Exhibition Preview
- Shockey, Ben. "Abstraction for the Sensory-Overloaded," Review, p. 43, April
- Trafton, Robin. Preview/Art – Driven to Abstraction, Kansas City Star, March 30
- 2000
- Sanda, Haruo. Art Reviews, Mainichi Newspaper, Spetember 12, Tokyo, Japan
- 1999
- Sanda, Haruo. Art Reviews, Mainichi Newspaper, September 14, Tokyo, Japan
- Ryuhei Yuasa, Shuukan Shinchou, p. 40, Weekly Shinchou Magazine, October 14. Tokyo, Japan
- 1998
- Yuasa, Ryuhei. Critique and Representation, Acryart, Vol. 31
- 1997
- Nakamura, Urara. Opera Aperta Art Today ’97, exhibition catalogue, Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Karuizawa, Japan
- Yuasa, Ryuhei. Ryuhei Yuasa: Holbein ArtAward Recipient, 1997, Acryart, Vol. 30
- 1996
- Shizuyo, Becker. From Los Angeles, BT Bijutsu Techou, July
- 1995
- Yamamoto, Kazuhiro. Ryuhei Yuasa, Exhibition Catalogue by Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
- Nakamura, Urara. Art Today ’95, exhibition catalogue, Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Karuizawa, Japan
- Hayashi, Yoko. Review Tokyo, BT Bijutsu Techou, June
- Yamamoto, Kazuhiro. Ryuhei Yuasa, V.O.C.A ’95, Exhibition Catalogue, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- 1993
- Segi, Shinichi. Post Collection: Ryuhei Yuasa, Shukan POST, Weekly Magazine POST, Feburary 4
- 1992
- Shizuyo, Becker. From Los Angeles, BT Bijutsu Techou, May
- 1991
- Hall, Jacqueline. Gallery Exhibition Shows Young Talent. The Columbus Dispatch, The Art, July 4
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