Ayuko Sugiura - WW Gallery

Ayuko Sugiura’s works are underpinned by an interest in iconography and myth constructed by contemporary society. She merges these constructs and develops them into ‘hybrid’ sculptural forms, or immersive environments. Often the works take on a multi-sensorial experience that evokes very particular emotions from the viewers. Sugiura is represented by WW Gallery, London.

Born in Tokyo, Japan 1984
Living and Working in London since 2008

Training

9/2008-6/2010　MFA in Fine Arts / Sculpture, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
4/2003-3/2007　BA in Fine Arts / Sculpture, Musashino Art University

Upcoming

Solo show at WW Gallery, Spring 2012

Group Exhibitions

2011　The Charter of the Forest, Lincoln Museum, Lincoln, UK
2011　'Afternoon tea', WW gallery at Venice Biennale, The Quaffers Pavilion, Venice, Italy
2011 　London Art Fair - Art Star Super Store by WW gallery, Business Design Centre, Islington, London, UK
2010　 UJADF finalist exhibition, Pall mall Gallery, London, UK (a competition organised by EWACC)
2010　 No espere mas / Wait no more, pop-up Gallery, London, UK (curated by Mary Gorge)
2010　 Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
2010　 Drink & Dial, WW Gallery, London, UK　(curated by Chiara Williams and Debra Wilson)
2009　 Interim show, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
2008　 art_icle Prise, Fine Art Competition, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2007　 Iwamuro Art Site, Niigata, Japan
2007　 Degree Show, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
2006　 Interim Show, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
2005　 Kodaira Art Festival. －the public art festival. (showing and curating), Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
2005　 [DERODERO], Group Exhibition, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
2004　 Kodaira Art Festival, －the public art festival., Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan

Residencies

2009　 Residency at the Merz Barn, Littoral Arts Trust, Ambleside, England
2009　 MERZDORF Workshop, Royal College of Art, London, UK

Prizes

2010　 Shortlisted for Finalist of UJADF award
2010　 Shortlisted for ACME studio award
2010　 Runners-UP Prize, UCL Medal for Philanthropy, Design Competition, University College London
2009　 Andor Scholarship, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
2008　 Shortlisted and selected exhibition, art_icle Prise, Fine Art Competition, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

Bibliography

2011 Catalogue for the UK collateral exhibtion Afternoon Tea at the 54th Venice Biennale

Publications

2010　 Speed, Light/colour, scale, space, published by the Slade School of Fine Art, ISBN 978-0-903305-05-1
2009　 Slade Print Project, Sculpture, Selected Prints, Book

Works

Pink Elephant, 2010, size 150×100 × 30 (cm), Silicone, Jesmonite

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