Rikuo Ueda

Rikuo Ueda ( Japanese ウ エ ダ リ ク オ , Ueda Rikuo ; * 1950 in Osaka Prefecture , Japan ) is a Japanese contemporary artist who uses the wind to create drawings worldwide . His works are accordingly referred to as wind drawings. The first work of this kind was made in Denmark in 1997.

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At the beginning of every wind drawing there is the conception and implementation of a device made mainly of natural materials such as branches , stones and cord. Ueda attaches one or more writing implements such as ballpoint pens or wax pencils , occasionally cotton wool dipped in ink or twigs with ripe berries to a slightly movable part of this construction . Scooped paper of different formats usually serves as a drawing surface. With the help of these devices, the artist creates the framework for the creation of his work; the actual physical act of drawing is then always carried out by the wind. The duration of the drawing process is not limited in advance. The traces that the wind leaves on the drawing surface with the help of the writing instruments give expression to its unique character. The drawing results are unpredictable and vary depending on the selected location and time of year .

Exhibitions (selection)

• 2018 "Letter", Art Station Sankt Peter Cologne
• 2017 “After nature”, Museum Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg vd Höhe, Germany
  • “The tree as a work of art”, WÄLDERHAUS, Hamburg, Germany
• 2015 “DISEGNO - Drawing Art for the 21st Century”, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, Germany
• 2014 “Art Fair Osaka 2014”, Mariella Mosler & Rikuo Ueda, HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA, Osaka, Japan
• 2013 “UKU Shima Art Festival”, Nagashiki, Japan
  • "Ponbetsu Art Project", Ponbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
• 2012 “The Fourth Guangzhou Triennial”, Guangdong Museum of Art, China
  • “WWAT World Wide Art Transport”, Delden Hol landt, Netherlands
• 2011 “Wind-Still Visualizing the Immaterial” (Steen Rasmussen and Rikuo Ueda), Kunsthal Nord, Denmark
  • "Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival", Guandu Nature Park, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2010: Galerie Mikiko Sato, Hamburg
• 2007: WIND / Steen Rasmussen + Rikuo Ueda, Tikotin Museum, Haifa, Israel
  • Yamada House, Art Base Null, Osaka, Japan
• 2006: Installation, The Windhaus in Ernst-Barlach-Haus in Jenischpark , Hamburg , Germany
• 2003: LAGA2003, Gronau, Germany - Losser, Netherlands
  • Installation, St. Nikolai Church Hamburg, Germany
  • WIND DRAWING, MSG Hamburg, Germany
  • Installation, architecture summer 2003, Hamburg, Germany
  • BLAESTEN GAAR FRISK, Gimsinghoved Art, Denmark
  • WIND, Aarhus Kunstbygning, Denmark
  • Wind Drawing, Gallery OU, Osaka, Japan
• 2002: Artist-in-residence in Hamburg, Germany
  • Solo exhibition, Mikiko Sato Gallery Hamburg, Germany
  • Solo exhibition, Perron 1 in Delden, Netherlands
  • Wind, IKON in Birmingham , United Kingdom
  • Guest Artist, Depauw University in Indiana , USA
  • Artist-in-Residence, Wabash College , Indiana, USA
  • Artist-in-Residence, College of Charleston , South Carolina , USA
• 2001: WIND, Remissen Brande, Denmark , Dublin , Ireland , Elba , Italy
  • Solo exhibition, Cultural Center, Japanese Embassy, ​​Denmark
  • Drawing Workshop, Invetro Gallery in Hannover , Germany
  • Osaka Triennale 2001, Awarded Prize, Kaigan Dori Gallery in Osaka , Japan
• 2000: Solo exhibition, Aarhus KunstForing, Aarhus, Denmark
  • Exhibition 2000 for Kids, Hiroshima City of Contemporary Art Hiroshima , Japan
  • Solo exhibition, John Waldron Arts Center , USA
  • Univercity 2000, Ball State University , Mancy , Indiana, USA
  • Guest Artist, Indiana University , Bloomington , Indiana, USA
• 1994: Festival of Wind, Omiya Shrine Kyōto , Japan
• 1987: Performance Air Wing, Tennoji Expotision Osaka, Japan
• 1973–1976: Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia

Prices

• 2015 Hans Platschek Prize, Karlsruhe, Germany
• 2001 Osaka Triennale Prize of the Goethe Institut Kansai and Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
• 1996 Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
• 1988 Emba Art Concours Award Prize, Hyogo, Japan
• 1984 International Art Exhibition of Japan, Awarded Prize, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Public collections

• State Collection of Graphics, Munich, Germany
• Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden - Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, Germany
• Hans Platschek Foundation, Hamburg, Germany
• Contemporary Art Collection of Osaka Prefectural Government, Japan
• State College Wabash, Indiana, USA
• State College Charleston, South Carolina, USA

literature

• Sebastian Giesen: Rikuo Ueda: The Wind House . Barlach House, 2006, ISBN 3-9809809-3-6 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Marked by strong winds. In: FAZ . August 14, 2010, p. 35.
2. ↑ Hamburg Architecture Summer 2006: "Das Windhaus": RIKUO UEDA AUS JAPAN, accessed on May 18, 2008 (pdf)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
3. ^ Review in the Hamburger Abendblatt, accessed on May 18, 2008

Web links

• Mikiko Sato Gallery (de)
• Rikuo Ueda - Official Homepage (en)