YURIKA K. K.

Profile

born in 22 April 1984, originally from Tokyo, Japan
柏崎　由璃香 ( Yurika Kashiwazaki ) is a Japanese contemporary artist focused on installation, sculpture, and photography, with an emphasis on design and illustration. She also engages in performance art, including drama and dance under the name " 宝 ( Takala ) ". Working as an artist since 2000 and a graduate of Tokyo NationalUniversity of Fine Art and Music, highlights from her curricula vitae include the following:

WORK

2011.05 [ORIGAMI-BOAT project] (installation) Kiev, Ukraine

2011.04 [ORIGAMI-BOAT project] (public installation) Rotterdam, Holland

2011.03 [ORIGAMI-BOAT project] (public installation) Rotterdam, Holland

This public installation was inspired by Japanese "Shourou-Nagashi", a ceremony to commemorate and guide departed spirits back to the other world. Traditionally, the ceremony centers on lanterns constructed from paper and wooden frames floated over water. In an alternative and secular re-interpretation of this tradition, 1000 purely origami boats are to be floated with open candlelight such that they may easily interact with their surroundings in an effort to highlight and contrast their relative exposure to, and relationship with the natural world. While literally referencing Japan's Sendai earthquake and subsequent tsunami, the installation is meant to serve not only as a moment of candid observation and remembrance for the fallen victims of this disaster, but also as a broader expression of the direct emotional pain and sorrow surrounding casualties throughout the modern world. As such, this timely event is scheduled to take place April 11th 2011, exactly one month following the earthquake in Japan.

2010.12 [Onondaga lake] ( series of photographs ) liverpool, NY

2010.03 B.A.in inter-media art,Tokyo national university of the arts

2010.01 [The modern arms - The Undertaker ] (installation-sculpture involving full-size reworked excavator) BankArt1929 Exhibition, Yokohama, Japan

2005-2009 Series of two-dimension pieces, commercial design and illustration, performance art. Tokyo, Japan.

2004.04 [ installation YOU ] at exhibition "Massage from body" Pepper's Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2003.12 [ installation YOU ] ( installation involving 500 feminine sanitary products ) Exhibition Art Path 2003, Ibaraki, Japan

2002.08 [ documentation MEAT ] ( video, photography, letter) Performance involving sharing daily life with a loaf of meat.

Documenting public reaction well as private settings, including common activities such as karaoke- bars classrooms, domestic activities,

and daily events. Tokyo, Japan.

Prize

Kawamata Prize 2010 by Tadashi Kawamata

contact

Yurika.K.K.mail@gmail.com

check her latest piece → http://orcinusorca22.blog65.fc2.com/ (blog)