Yufuko Katahira
Visual Artist
1991 Born in Japan
2018 B.F.A. in Fine Arts (Printmaking), Joshibi University of Art and Design
Patents
2026
Patent Granted (Patent No. 7839750, Japan).
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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.
Juried Exhibitions
2026
“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.
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
2026
Gekkan Bijutsu, July 2026 Issue – Featured
2021
Kamino Shinbun, Japan – Featured article
2019
MUTERIUM Magazine, Online – Artist interview
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.