Exhibition

29.09.06 - 21.10.06
Front Gallery
Yuken Teruya
RAPT! 20 Contemporary Artists from Japan
Presented by the Japan Foundation for the Australia - Japan Cultural Exchange Year in 2006

Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces is proud to present a brand new body of work by Japanese born, New York based artist Yuken Teruya. Having recently undertaken a one-month residency at Artspace in Sydney, as well as a one-week residency at Bundanon in rural New South Wales, Teruya will present a multi-faceted installation in Gertrude’s Front Gallery that responds to the unique geographical perspective of Australia. Comprising of three wall- and floor-based tents that will house projections of the Japanese night sky, as well as intricate pencil-drawings of the celestial southern sky, Teruya’s installation will invite us to contemplate the mystery and awe of the universe and that of human existence. Fusing portraiture with astrological mapping, and connecting the magnitude of the universe with the trace of human life, Teruya’s installation will offer a quiet meditation on the geo-political undercurrents of planetary research, as well as the romance of 19th century astronomy. Exploring the nature of relationships among different structures, and presenting both microcosmic and macrocosmic scales and perspectives, Teruya’s exhibition marks an exciting shift in his internationally celebrated practice.

Yuken Teruya was born in Okinawa, Japan. He received a BFA from Tama Art University in Tokyo in 1996, and a MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York in 2001. Recent solo exhibitions include Waterborne Island, Asahi Art Collaboration, Tokyo, Japan 2006; VOLTAshow, Basel, Switzerland 2005; and FOREST INC., Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York 2005. Selected group exhibitions include Bangladesh Biennial, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2006; Among the Trees, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, USA 2006; Yokohama International Triennial, Yokohama, Japan 2005; and Greater New York, P.S.1, Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA 2005. He is represented by Saatchi Gallery, London, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York and Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica.