• YUJI HIRATSUKA
  • GROOVY UMBRELLAS
  • 2008 intaglio, relief, stencil
    30-3/4 x 22-3/8 inches
    Edition of 15, #4/15

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EDUCATION
1987-1990 MFA. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1985-1987 MA New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
1973-1978 BS Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, Japan
Present – Professor of Art, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Recent Work, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2022 Contemporary Narratives, Spazio Foyer, Trento, Italy (First Place award, FIIC – Festival Internazional di Income Contemoranra – 2021)
2011 A Decade of Prints, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2010 COLAPASTA in Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 Hybrid Individuals/Identés hybrids, Engramme, Québec, Canada
2010 Old Town Gallery, Tustin, CA
2010 Persona Perspectives, Beppu Wiarda Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 Urban Portraits, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
2009 CSN Cheyenne Campus Fine Arts Gallery, College of Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas, NV
2008 Beppu Wiarda Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 Houston Fine Arts and Framing, Ashland, OR
2007 Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
2006 Lisburn Art Centre, Lisburn, N. Ireland
2006 Stone Metal Press, San Antonio, TX
2006 Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2005 Orava Gallery, Dolny Kubin, Slovakia
2005 Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
2005 Lawson Gallery, Columbia College, MO
2004 Tinhorn Press/Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 Schurman Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2004 Art Gallery, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR
2004 The House of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
2004 Aruma Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX
2002 Pleser Japanese Art, Munich, Germany
2002Tolman Collection, Tokyo, Japan
2002 CCArts (Center for the Creative Arts), Yorklyn, DE
2002 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 Helios Gallery, Ashland, OR
2001 Chicago Center for the Print, Chicago, IL
2001 New Media Gallery, Ventura College, Ventura, CA
2000 Haggerty Art Center Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2000 Broadway Gallery, Portland, OR
2000 Helios Gallery, Ashland, OR
2000 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Artists Under Quarantine, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Prints by Augen Gallery Artists, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2011 16th Space International Print Biennale, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea (Excellent Prize)
2010 14th International Biennial Print Exhibition ROC, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2009 Guanlan International Print Biennial, Guanlan Print Original Industry Base, Guanlan, China
2009 Qijiang International Print Festival 2009, Qijiang Farmer’s Printmaking Exhibition Hall, Qijiang, China
2009 Exhibition of Stream of International Prints, Anyang Albaroshija Hall, Anyang, South Korea
2008 53rd College Woman’s Association of Japan Print Show, Takanawa Place, Tokyo, Japan
2008 XV German International Triennial of Graphic Art 2008, Frechen, Germany
2008 13th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Poland-Lódz, Lódz, Poland
2008 North, East, West, South, World International Printmaking Exhibition, Ameile Gallery, Beijing, China
2008 Making Waves: Contemporary Japanese Prints from Mary and William Way Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2008 Works from Estate of Elly Guerin, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2007 52nd College Woman’s Association of Japan Print Show, Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan
2007 UralPrint Triennial 07, Ufa Art Gallery, Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia
2007 International Multiple Art Exhibition, Gyeongnam International Art Festival, Gyeongnam Provincial Art Museum, Gyeongnam, South Korea
2007 Aomori Print Triennial, Aomori Contemporary Art Center, Aomori, Japan
2007 Miniprint Finland 2007, Lahti City Museum, Lahti, Finland, (Honorable Mention Award)
2007 Wrexham Print International, Memorial Gallery, Yale College, Wrexham, Wales, UK (Intaglio Printmaker’s Award)
2007 Prints Tokyo 2007, Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno, Tokyo, Japan,
2007 Essence of Asia, Organized by Reflect-arts, Asian Fusion Gallery, Asian Cultural Center, New York, NY
2007 Occidental Artist, Nuture Art, Brooklyn, NY
2007 New Prints 2007, International Print Center New York, New York, NY
2007 On the Cutting Edge, Contemporary Prints from CWAJ, Thomas Jefferson Building, The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
2005 Le Biennale Internationale d’Estampe Contemparaine de Trois-Riviéres, Trois-Riviéres, Québec, Canada
2005 IV Novosibirsk International Biennial of Contemporary Graphic Art, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
2005 International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Poland-Lódz, ‘05, Villa Gallery, Lódz Poland
2005 4th Lessedra Mini Prints 2005, Lessedra Gallery & Contemporary Art Projects, Bulgaria, (Special Prize)
2005 Wrexham Print International 2005, Wrexham Art Centre, Wrexham, North Wales, UK
2005 The Fly Over the Hokusai, Novosibirsk State Art Museum,
2005 Encounters/Encouentros-Printmakers of the Pacific Rim, Instituto de Baja California Tijuana Galleria del Multforo, Tijuana, Mexico
2004 5th International Mini Print Triennial, Lahti Museum, Lahti, Finland
2004 13th Seoul Space International Print Biennial, Seoul Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2004 4th Évora Printmaking Festival International Biennial, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
2004 11th International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition, Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
2004 VII International Art Triennale, Majdanek 2004, Lublin, Poland
2003 Biennale Internationale d’Estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivéres, Masion de la Culture de Trois-Rivéres, Quebéc, Canada
2003 Works on Paper, Painting and Sculpture from Japan, Art Gallery Klueber, Weinheim, Germany
2003 Seven Print Artists from Around the World, Hyundai Art Center, Ulsan, S. Korea
2002 Biennale Studio Livan 2002, L’Arte Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2002 12th Space International Print Biennial Seoul, Sungkok Museum, Seoul, Korea
2002 Zeichen der Gengenwart, Vienna Art Center, Vienna, Austria
2002 Lessdra 1st World Art Print Annual, Sofia City Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2002 Made in Japan, Usher Gallery, Lincoln, England, UK
2002 Male Form Grafki, Polska-Lódz, Lódz, Poland
2001 Wrexham International Print Exhibition, Memorial Gallery, Yale College, N. Wales, UK
2001 International Print Triennial in Kanagawa, Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
2001 Japan 2001, Bristol City Museum, Bristol, England, UK
2001 Miniprint Finland 2001- 4th International Miniature Graphics Triennial, Lahti City Museum, Lahti, Finland
2000 Majdanek 2000, VI International Art Triennale, Lublin, Poland. (Equal Prize)
2000 International Print Triennial-Krakow 2000, Bridge to the Future, Krakow, Poland
2000 10 Kunsttage Dornum 2000, Japan Tradition und Moderne, Dornum, Germany
2000 Northwest Print Council Group Exhibition, University of Guanjuto, Guanjuto, Mexico

COLLECTIONS
The British Museum, London, UK
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
House of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
New York Public Library, New York, NY
OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Pañstwowe Museum Namajdanku, Lublin, Poland
Portland Art museum, Portland, OR
Tokyo Central Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Worcester Museum of Art, Worcester, MA