Yuka Aratono
Artist
Born in Fukuoka, Japan
Based in Tokyo
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Exhibition & Open Studio, atelier ABC gallery, Tokyo
2015 sea-mountain-sky-birds-humans, Entrance Gallery, Sculpture Building at Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2014 eternity and a day, Entrance Gallery, Sculpture Building at Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2013 twinkling life, Entrance Gallery, Sculpture Building at Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Journey, Geidai Art Plaza, Tokyo
2019 Hyakki Yagyo, Geidai Art Plaza, Tokyo
2019 C:￥, Gallery MARUHI, Tokyo
2018 Tokyo International Art Festival 2018, Kobun Gallery, Tokyo
2015 Ph.D. Degree Exhibition, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2015 Beppu Contemporary Art Festival 2015 “Mixed Bathing World”: Wakuwaku Mixed Bathing Department, Tokiwa Beppu, Oita
2015 Kanazawa Sculpture Festival 2015, Kanazawa Student Community Civic Center, Ishikawa
2015 Material and Expression, Fukui City Art Museum, Fukui
2015 Kanazawa Ichi-go Ichi-e, Ginza no Kanazawa, Tokyo
2014 Summer Art Festival 2014: Exhibition of Young Artists for the Next Generation, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo
2014 22nd International Tannan Art Festival, Echizen City Hall, Fukui
2014 International Tannan Art Festival 2014: Small Works in Osaka, LADS GALLERY, Osaka
2014 9th Geidai Art Plaza Award Exhibition, Geidai Art Plaza, Tokyo
2013 8th Geidai Art Plaza Award Exhibition, Geidai Art Plaza, Tokyo
2013 Sculpture and Books — Daily Life —, Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo
2013 Greens, Be Ambitious, Shimukappu, Hokkaido
2012 Forms Born from Clay: Sculpture — Three Perspectives —, Cera Techno Toki, Gifu
2012 M.F.A. Degree Show, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
2011 21st Kanazawa Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Ishikawa
2011 B.F.A. Degree Show, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
2010 18th International Tannan Art Festival, Takefu City Hall, Fukui
2010 Material and Expression, Fukui City Art Museum, Fukui
2009 20th Kanazawa Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Kanazawa Station Motenashi Dome, Ishikawa
2008 Rin Exhibition, 54th Yongéisai, Kanazawa College of Art, Ishikawa
2007 19th Kanazawa Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Kanazawa Station Motenashi Dome, Ishikawa
Education
2013 – 2016 Ph.D. in Fine Arts (Sculpture), Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
2011 – 2013 M.F.A. in Sculpture, Kanazawa College of Art, Ishikawa
2012 Exchange Program, École nationale supérieure d’art et de design de Nancy, France
2007 – 2011 B.F.A. in Sculpture, Kanazawa College of Art, Ishikawa
2001 – 2005 B.A. in English Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo
Research & Projects
2018 – 2024 Principal Investigator, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(KAKEN) Project: Technical Reconstruction of 14th–16th Century Myanmar Celadon: A Study of Raw Materials and Production Methods for Color Revival. (Research Base: Department of Conservation, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts [Lab of Conservation Science, Lab of Conservation and Restoration – Crafts])
2016 – 2020 Project Assistant / Project Researcher, COI Site, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
Publications
2024 Technical Reconstruction of 14th–16th Century Myanmar Celadon: A Study of Raw Materials and Production Methods for Color Revival. Final Research Report, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKEN). [PDF]
2025 Scenes of Apparition: My Mythical Coming and Going Between “Place” and “Space”. Ph.D. Dissertation, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo.
Awards
2014 Selected, Art Meets Architecture Competition (AAC), Urbanet Corporation, Tokyo
2013 Selected, Art Meets Architecture Competition (AAC), Urbanet Corporation, Tokyo
2013 Selected, Turner Award 2013, Turner Colour Works Ltd., Tokyo
2008 Hiromi Itabashi Award, Rin Exhibition (54th Yongéisai: Four Arts Universities Festival)