Yuriko Yamaguchi

Yuriko Yamaguchi (born 1948) is a Japanese-born American contemporary sculptor and printmaker. Using more natural mediums, she creates abstract designs that are used to reflect deeper symbolistic ideas.

Early life and education Yamaguchi was born in Osaka, Japan in 1948. Unable to speak English, she moved to the United States at the age of twenty-three and used art as an outlet for expression. It was at this time where she began to build sculptures which incorporated multiple mediums, including wood and wire. Such materials were used to symbolize delicacy and simplicity within Japanese culture – a life from which she gained much artistic inspiration.

She attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1974 with a BA degree.

Over her career, her work had been seen through solo shows and public commissions. In this time, she has presented 50 solo shows, mainly located in Japan, California and Washington DC. A brief volume of work can be seen here through the following:

Museum collections and public art Whisper #2 (2023), National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Philip Morris Art Collection, New York, N.Y. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Public art commissions SRI, Reston, Virginia, 2017 Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD, 2015 Washington Dulles International Airport, Station A, “Wonder of Wonders” transferred from Bethesda, 2013 Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC, 2012 Harman Center for the Arts, Shakes Theater, Washington, DC, 2007 Metalwork for South Corridor Light Rail Project, Charlotte, NC, 2007 Wall Mural, consisting 8 patinated bronze form at the New Washington Convention Center, 2003 Wall Mural; 14’x27′ consisting 28 patinated bronze forms at Concourse T, Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia. Commissioned by the City of Atlanta, Department of Aviation, GA, 1999 Wall Mural; 9’x32′ consisting of 41 patinated bronze forms located at 7475 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD, Sponsored by JBG Associates, 1998

Solo exhibitions Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC, 2021 Werner Thoni Art Space, Barcelona, Spain, 2017 Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX (Apr–Aug), 2016 Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA, 2015 Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC, (Apr), 2014 Howard Scott Gallery, New York, NY, 2011 Towson University, Asian Gallery, Towson, MD, 2010 Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC, 2009 University of Maryland Gallery, College Park, MD (Sept–Dec), 2007 Numark Gallery, Washington, DC (Nov), 2005 Gallery NAF, Nagoya, Japan (Nov), 2004 Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Apr–Junes), 2002 Emon Gallery, Japan (April), 2000 Numark Gallery, Washington, DC, 1999 Emon Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, 1997 Baumgartner Galleries, Inc., Washington, DC, 1993 Inax Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 1992 Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 1991 Penny Campbell, Newport Beach, CA, 1990 SECCA (Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art), Winston-Salem, NC, 1986 Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC, 1984 Japanese Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, 1975 Jentel Artist Residency Award, 2010 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Artist Residency Award, 2009 Myrthine & Louis Memorial Prize for Installation, the National Academy of Museum, NYC, 2008 Finalist for Kreeger Museum Award, 2008 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, 2006 Joan Mitchell Foundation Award, 2005 Benesse Award (Japan), 2005 Franz & Virginia Bader Foundation Grant, 2004 Virginia Museum Professional Fellowship, 2001 Virginia Commission of Arts Individual Grant, 2000 Mid Atlantic/National Endowment for the Arts Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, 1995 Virginia Commission of Arts Individual Grant, 1994 Salzburg Kunstlerhaus Artist-Residency Grant, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, 1993 Virginia Prize, 1990 Virginia Museum Professional Fellowship, 1988 Visual Arts Residency Grant, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, 1986 Virginia Museum Professional Fellowship, 1985 Fellowship, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, 1982