Katsutoshi Yuasa (Japanese, born )

Katsutoshi Yuasa (Japanese, b.1978) is a Tokyo-born artist, best-known for his large, detailed woodcuts based on photographs. He received a BA in Fine Art, painting, and printmaking from Musashino Art University in Tokyo, and later went on to complete his MA at the Royal College of Art in London. Since graduating, Yuasa has had residencies in Israel, France, Netherlands, and the United States. He describes his work as a fusion between traditional Japanese printmaking and contemporary image capture, translating pixels into hand-carved lines on wooden blocks.

Yuasa has held exhibitions at a number of international institutions, including, We are all a bit Different at the Chambers Gallery in London, England (2004); Woodcuts at the Cobra Museum of Modern Art in Amstelveen, Netherlands (2008); and Miraculous at the ISE Cultural Foundation in New York, NY (2013). He is represented by TAG Fine Arts in London. He lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.

Timeline

1978
Born Tokyo, Japan
2001
The 6th Gunma Biennale Award
1998–2002
BA, Fine Art, Painting and Printmaking, Musashino Art University, Tokyo
2003–2005
MA, Fine Art, Printmaking, Royal College of Art, London
2004–2005
Royal College of Art Fine Art Bursary
2005
Clifford Chance Purchase Prize
2005
Davis Langdon Award
2005
Royal College of Art Publishing Prize
2006
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten / Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Amsterdam NL
2006
The Nomura Cultural Foundation Fellowship
2007
Esquire Digital Photograph Awards ’06–’07, Won Judge’s Award
2007
Musashino Art University Paris Award
2007
Esquire Digital Photograph Awards ’06–’07, Won Judge’s Award
Currently lives and works in Tokyo Japan

Exhibitions

2014
London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Islington, London
2012
London Original Print Fair, with TAG Fine Arts, Royal Academy, London
2011
London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Islington, London
2010
Multiplied Contemporary Editions Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Christie’s, London
2010
25th London Original Print Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Royal Academy, London
2010
'Printmaking: A Contemporary Perspective,' Black Dog exhibition space, London
2010
London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Islington, London
2009
SCOPE BASEL, (TAG Fine Arts), London
2009
Natural Incidents / Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery, Edinburgh (solo)
2009
SUMMER EXHIBITION 2009/ Royal Academy of Arts, London invited by Eileen Cooper RA
2009
On View: New Work from Kala / Kala Gallery, Berkeley US
2009
Beyond the Line / Gaain Gallery, Seoul KR
2009
The London Art Fair Islington, London
2009
Watercolours And Drawings Fair, (Tag Fine Arts), London
2009
20/21international Art Fair, (Tag Fine Arts), London
2009
24th London Original Print Fair (Tag Fine Arts), London
2009
TAG Fine Arts Collaboration with The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Japan House, London (solo) Japan House, London
2009
Woodcuts: Depth of Monochrome/ INAX Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
2008
Christmas Group Show/ TAG Fine Arts, London GB
2008
Chris Orr curates, Royal College of Art, London
2008
23rd London Original Print Fair, (Tag Fine Arts), London
2008
Printbasel (Tag Fine Arts), Basel
2008
Art London (Tag Fine Arts), London
2008
Woodcuts/ COBRA Museum of Modern Art (solo)
2007
The Aaf (Tag Fine Arts), Amsterdam
2007
Summer Eshibition 2007/ Royal Academy of Arts, London
2007
Creekside Open X2 Exhibition Selected by Victoria Miro/ APT Gallery, London
2007
LAAG/ Galerie 37 Spaarnestad, Haarlem
2007
Esquire Digital Photograph Awards 06-07/ Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
2007
Sea Change/ Mark Jason Gallery, London
2007
The world is overflowing with light/ CIBONE Gallery, Tokyo, (solo)
2007
The London Original Print Fair/ Royal Academy of Arts, London
2007
The London Art fair Islington, London
2006
Previem Berlin, The Emerging Art Fair, Berlin
2006
Contrasts/ Corn Exchange Gallery, Edinburgh, (solo)
2006
Woodcuts : Impure Reflections/ Perlberg Contemporary Art, New York, (solo)
2006
Floating World/ ASPN Galerie, Leipzig, (solo)
2006
Open Ateliers 2006/ Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
2006
RCA Secret/ Royal College of Art, London
2006
Natural Wonders/ Mark Jason Gallery, London
2005
hotspots Within the context of the emerging artists series/ Sammlung Essl – Kunst der Gegenwart, Vienna AT
2005
Davis Langdon Award 2005/ Davis Langdon, London
2005
Postgraduate Printmaking in London 2005/ Clifford Chance LLP, London
2005
Summer Exhibition 2005/ Royal Academy of Arts, London
2005
The Show 2005/ Royal College of Art, London
2005
Originals 05/ Mall Gallery, London
2005
Show by 4 Japanese Artists/ Hockney Gallery at Royal College of Art, London
2005
2nd year itch/ Café gallery, London
2004
The Beginning of a Story/ Galley ES, Fukuoka, (solo)
2004
RCA Secret/ Royal College of Art, London
2004
Interim Show/ Royal College of Art, London
2004
Toyota Exhibition 04/ Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
2004
We are all a bit Different/ The Chambers Gallery, London
2002
Graduation works exhibition/ Musashino Art University, Tokyo
2002
Infinite Space in Yanaka’s House/ Yanaka’s House, Tokyo, (solo)
2001
Last Paradise/ Musashino Art University, Tokyo, (solo)
2001
Last Paradise/ Musashino Art University, Tokyo
2001
The 26th Annual Exhibition of The Association of Japanese Art College/ Machida City Museum of Printing, Tokyo
2001
Kajitsu (Past Summer)/ Gallery Pirka, Tokyo
2001
The Gunma Biennale for young artists/ The museum of Modern Art, Gunma
2000
katsutoshi yuasa exhibition 2000/ Musashino Art University, Tokyo, (solo)
2000
Flat Time/ Musashino Art University, Tokyo, (solo)
2000
2000 exhibition/ Musashino Art University, Tokyo
2000
Invisible Exhibition 2000/ Parthenon Tama and Tama Central Park, Tokyo
1999
Quadruplets exhibition 1999/ Musashino Art University, Tokyo
1998
Quadruplets exhibition 1998/ Musashino Art University, Tokyo

Public Collections

Royal College of Art, UK
Musashino Art University, Japan
Defi co., ltd., Japan
Clifford Chance LLP, UK
Bouwfonds, Netherlands
Calyon corporate and investment bank, UK