YUKO ADACHI: EXPRESSION: THE STATE OF BEING
Oil Paintings and Mixed Media Drawings
“I value…those artists…who consciously or unconsciously…embody the expression of their inner life…and who cannot work otherwise.” Wassily Kandinsky
In her own words, which resonate with those in Kandinsky’s Concerning the Spiritual in Art, Yuko Adachi, describes her mission as an artist, to “merge artistic emotion and awakened spiritual consciousness.” For Ms. Adachi, the “unknown path” of a new work is also the potential threshold for a spiritual journey. She feels most alive when her artistic and spiritual energies unite as she allows herself to simply “dive in”, freed from preconceived ideas.
This liberating process is clearly evident in her diverse mixed-media works on paper, wherein not only media and subject may vary dramatically, but so do her techniques and styles of drawing and painting. There is no greater contrast than in her works where she employs graphite and those in which she employs Sumi, traditional Japanese ink. To a degree her diversity stems from her international upbringing from the early childhood. She was born in Tokyo, Japan and was raised in Paris, London and the United States of America besides her motherland.
Yuko Adachi strives for an inner “stillness” in her paintings where she believes she and those who see her works can merge in recognizing not only the universal human condition, but also in a mutual longing for spiritual awakening and enlightenment.
One might see the bright colors of her palette and the undulating, curving forms that unite her compositions as a joyful expression of this conviction. However, she does not leave these positive expressions solely to the colors or forms she employs repeatedly; for the titles of her works also express the range of her metaphysical explorations and curiosity.
Frequently, she produces variations on a single theme, as in the Microcosm and the One Breath Series, where her energy flows from drawing to another.
It is no surprise that Yuko Adachi reveres the ground-breaking paintings of Wassily Kandinsky.
William Thrasher
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EDUCATION |
| 2003 |
Summer Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA (Life Drawing class with Paul Rahile sponsored by Paul Goodnight)
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| 1998-2001 |
The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Honor Student
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| 1999 |
The School of Museum of Fine Arts. Boston,MA.
Selected Exchange Student Program
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| 1993-1997 |
Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
Bachelor of Fine Art in French Literatur
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| 1995-1996 |
Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
Selected Exchange Student Program
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EXHIBITONS |
| 2007 |
Solo Exhibition, KEIKO Gallery, Boston MA
Juror's Choice、VISIONS、KATHRYN SCHULTZ GALLERY、Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
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2006
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Ilex, South End, MA., Thr 20th Annual South End Open Studios, MA., SOWA Art Walk 06, South End, MA., Laconia Gallery, South End, MA.
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2005
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Laconia Gallery, South End, MA., Bromfield Art Gallery, South End, MA., University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA., Red River Trading Co., South End, MA., The 19th Annual South End Open Studio, South End, MA.
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2004
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Zeitgest Gallery, Cambridge, MA., Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Boston, MA Jules Place, Boston, MA , Bernard Toale Gallery , Boston, MA., Mark Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Gallery at City Square, Charlestown, MA, Berman Erman Gallery, Tufts Health Plan Headquarters, Watertown, MA. Charity Gallery, Boston, MA, The MIills Gallery at The Boston Center for the Arts
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2003
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Mark Gallery, Cambridge, MA, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset,MA
artSPACE@16, Malden, MA, U.S.A. Individualize, juried show
The 17th Annual Open South End Studios,
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| 2002 |
Upstairs at Johnson Art Gallery, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Art=Smile curated group show.
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| 2001 |
Oppai Art Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
Juried International Exhibition sponsored by Wacol.
The FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Between lines, curated group show.
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2000
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Nikaten, Tokyo, Japan Juried Competition.
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PUBLICATIONS |
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2005
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Sampan Newspaper, Meniscus Magazine
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2002
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JMAGAZINE, Boston, MA
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2001
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JMAGAZINE, Boston, MA
Boston Globe
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AWARDS AND GRANTS |
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Juror's Choice, VISIONS,Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge MA Juried by Pamela Clark Cochrane, owner/director,Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
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2006
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July, Vermont Art Center, Artist Residency Fellowship, Johnson, VT,
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2005
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2nd Prize, RED, Cambridge Art Association, New England Open Show
Juried by Nick Capasso at DeCordova Museum
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2004
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April, 2nd Prize, The 18th Annual Exhibition Boston Puclic Library, Allston, MA
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