Yufuko Katahira
(Visual Artist)
Born: 1991 in Kanagawa, Japan.
Education
2018:
・Graduated from the Printmaking Course, Major in Western Painting, Department of Fine Arts, Joshibi University of Art and Design.
Teaching Experience
2024:
・Painting Instructor, Mori Studio (Preparatory School for Chinese Students Entering Japanese Art Graduate Schools).
2023:
・Drawing Instructor, Human Academy (Vocational School for Illustrators).
2017:
・Teaching Assistant (Silkscreen Technique), Department of Fine Arts, Major in Art Education, Joshibi University of Art and Design.
Patents
2023:
・Patent Pending (Application Number: JP2023-009163).
Awards
2025:
・Awarded the Semi-Grand Prize at the NY Open Call Exhibition 2025 Autumn/Winter “Stepping Into a World VI.”
2024:
・Received the Audience Award at “Statements from the Gallery: Perspectives for a New Generation 2024.”
2016:
・Received the Joshibi Encouragement Award.
・Received the Tahara Keiichi Award for “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” in the JOSHIBI “Photosynthesis Project.”
2015:
・Selected for the 10th Moon Art Exhibition.
2014:
・4th Place in GEISAI#20 (Competition hosted by Takashi Murakami).
Solo Exhibitions
2024:
・”Statements from the Gallery: Perspectives for a New Generation 2024 – Yufuko Katahira -psyche-“, Gallery K, Tokyo (A project co-hosted by contemporary art galleries in Ginza and Kyobashi, featuring solo exhibitions of recommended artists at each venue since 1993.)
2022:
・”Psychic Reality”, Gallery Field, Tokyo.
2021:
・”Inner space”, Gallery K, Tokyo.
Group Exhibitions
2025:
・”FIRST CONTACT”, REIJINSHA GALLERY, Tokyo.
2023:
・”Beautiful Time Part 1″, Gallery K, Tokyo.
2022:
・”Beautiful Time Part 3″, Gallery K, Tokyo.
2021:
・”Beautiful Time Part 1″, Gallery K, Tokyo.
2020:
・”Japanese Collage 2020 Part 3″, Gallery K, Tokyo.
2019:
・”Japanese Collage 2019 Part 3″, Gallery K, Tokyo.
2018:
・”This Transformation is Called Love”, Shinjuku Ganka Gallery, Tokyo.
2017:
・”This Everyday Life is Fiction”, Gallery Hinoki, Tokyo.
2015:
・”Change the Shape”, Gallery TEN, Tokyo.
・”TRIPS ARE TRIPS, GIRLS ARE GIRLS”, TAV Gallery, Tokyo.
・”People, Persons, One: Group Exhibition Part 1″, Gallery K, Tokyo.
・”Galaxy”, Cafe Otoira, Tokyo.
・”Cafe Hira Cafe I”, SaamRoa, Tokyo.
Juried Exhibitions
2025:
・”Stepping Into a World VI”, NY Open Call Exhibition 2025 Autumn/Winter, New York.
2018:
・”The 16th NAU 21st Century Art Alliance Exhibition”, The National Art Center, Tokyo.
2017:
・”1st Salon Lumière – Japan-France Contemporary Art”, Keihanna Memorial Park (Gallery Tsuki no Niwa), Kyoto.
2016:
・”Keiichi Tahara in JOSHIBI: Photosynthesis Project – The Narrow Road to the Deep North”, Joshibi Museum of Art, Kanagawa.
2015:
・”Wonder Festival”, Makuhari Messe, Chiba.
2014:
・”Exchange Exhibition of Five Art Universities”, Musashino Art University, Tokyo.
・”GEISAI#20 Award Winners Exhibition”, Hidari Zingaro, Tokyo.
・”GEISAI#20″, Tokyo Ryutsu Center, Tokyo (Public competition hosted by Takashi Murakami).
Media
2021:
・Kamino Shinbun, Japan – Featured article
2019:
・MUTERIUM Magazine, Online – Artist interview