ABOUT
Yumiko Ono
Born in Kobe, Japan.
After completing BA in Kyoto Seika University, Ono completed her MA in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, as well as Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, and also studied in Hungary and Israel with the government scholarship in each country. Currently Ono works in the field of contemporary art world widely.
The theme of Ono's work is utopia and she combines various architecture, which she found on her research to create fictive architecture by using anti architectural materials such as drawings on tracing paper, slip cast porcelain and textile.
Education:
2003-2004 Exchange, Glasgow School of Art
2001-2005 BA degree in oil painting, Kyoto Seika University
2005-2007 Research study, Hungarian University of Fine Arts
2007-2008 Research study, Academy of Fine Arts in Prague
2008-2010 MgA degree in Intermedia, Academy of Arts, Architecture
and Design in Prague
2011-2012 Research study, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
2015-2016 Foundation course, St. Petersburg State University of Culture
2016-2018 MA degree with honors in ceramics, St. Petersburg Stieglitz
State Academy of Art and Design
Grants/Scholarships/Prizes
2005-2007 Hungarian Government Scholarship
2007-2008 Japanese Government Young Artists Oversea Programme
2008-2010 Czech Government Scholarship
2011 Asahi Shimbun Foundation Grant
2011-2012 Israeli Government Scholarship
2015-2018 Russian Government Scholarship
2018 CAF Award Finalist
2022 Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation Grant
Franconia Sculpture Park Fellowship
2023 Japan Foundation
TOKAS-ESW Exchange Residency Program
Collections:
Imperial Porcelain Factory (Hermitage), St. Petersburg, RU
Kohler Co. USA
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, USA
Yelabuga State Historical Architectural and Art Museum Preservation, Yelabuga, RU
Residencies:
2008 At Home Gallery, Šamorín, SK
2011 Meetfactory, Prague, CZ
2015 Gyeonggi Creation Center, Ansan, KR
2017 ISCP, New York, USA
2018 MASS MoCA, Massachusetts, USA
2019 John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Wisconsin, USA
Retreat, New York, USA
St. Petersburg Art Residency, St. Petersburg, RU
Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, TW
2020-2021 Paradise AIR, Matsudo, JP
2021 Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, JP
HISAI artist project, Tsu, JP
2022 C.A.P. Clay Studio, Kobe, JP
Franconia Sculpture Park Fellowship, Minnesota, USA
CCI Fabrika, Moscow, RU
2023 RSJ, Rio de Janeiro, BR
BANFF Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, CA
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh, UK
Güterbahnhof, Bremen, DE
2023-2024 Beja Vu, Beja, PT
2024 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Nebraska, USA
Rainha Dona Leonor Museum, Beja, Portugal
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), New York, USA
2025 Cross Cultural Room, Taiwan, USA
Shandaken: Storm King, New York, USA
Ceramic Artist Exchange Tandem 2025,
Keramikkünstlerhaus Neumünster, Neumünster, DE
Solo* / Group Exhibitions:
2006 dot, Kuplung, Budapest, HU
2007 Yumiko Ono FrizTerem, Budapest, HU
tick, Kuplung, Budapest, HU
3 animations*, Eizo Studio 1928, Kyoto, JP
2008 sleep*, At Home Gallery, Šamorín, Slovakia
tower*, Eizo Studio 1928, Kyoto, JP
frames*, Gallery BAZARA club, Kobe, JP
Exhibition at Olshanske Hrbitovy*, Gallery F43, Prague, CZ
2009 zoom in, Gallery VSUP, Prague, CZ
4 o'clock*, Piano Café, Holešov, CZ
2010 Body Limits, Gallery NTK, Prague, CZ
making the world, Gallery Emila Filly, Ústínad Labem, CZ
120 X 120 cover exhibition, 66 Gallery, Prague, CZ
Hányásban állsz!, Bakelít Multi Art Center, Budapest, HU
Garden*, Gallery 207, Prague, CZ
Here and There* (two persons exhibition), castle, Popovice, CZ
Home*, Gallery Cube, Prague, CZ
Home*, TabačkaKulturfabrik, Košice, SK
Plan B*, Cafe Tureček, Prague, CZ
International Art Symposium ElementsCuisine, Galanta, SK
Looking FWD, Eizo Studio 1928, Kyoto, JP
2011 Artists for ArtMap, NoveScena ND, Prague, CZ
Kikkas, Amsterdam, NL
In Optima Forma, Gallery Emila Filly, Ústínad Labem, CZ
return*, Gallery Fleur, Kyoto, JP
visitors, Gallery MeetFactory, Prague, CZ
Here and Now, Printa Gallery, Budapest, HU
Finally Together, Gallery Emila Filly, Ústínad Labem, CZ
Topophilia, Work Detroit Gallery, Detroit, USA
Bad Deal, Karlin, Prague, CZ
Utopia on the Brink of an Abyss, National Gallery in Prague, CZ
2012 Site Specific, Artists’ Studio, Jerusalem, IL
Dirty, Fast, and Superficial, Empty House, Jerusalem, IL
Muslim Call*, Gallery ve Sklepě, Prague, CZ
Sen*, Honen-in temple, Kyoto, JP
Concentrado V, Gallery Apis, Rio de Janeiro, BR
Concentrado V, Gallery Crux, Brandys, CZ
2013 Domani, National Art Center, Tokyo, JP
2014 Landscape*, Gallery 301, Kobe, JP
Stone Skipping*, Entrance Gallery, Prague, CZ
Therefore n after, INEX Gallery, Belgrade, RS
Kyoto Sento Art Festival 2014, Kyoto, JP
Transition, Y Gallery, Minsk, BY
The artist of the year 2014, Gallery 301, Kobe, JP
2015 MAY FLY II, Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul, KR
12th International Gyeonggi Ansan Art Fair, Ansan, KR
Paradise Reopening, Paradise Motel, Incheon, KR
TEAF2015 Taehwa-river Eco Art Festival, Ulsan, KR
2016 Paper Empire*, 2,04 Gallery, St. Petersburg, RU
2017 Spring-2017, Exhibition Center St.Petersburg
Union of Artists, Saint Petersburg, RU
International Festival Space of Fire, Gdov, RU
Glass and Ceramics in Landscape
Elagin Island, St. Petersburg, RU
Collaboration. Ceramic East-West in the II International
scientific conference Contemporary art of East, Stroganov
Moscow State University of Arts and Industry, Moscow, RU
Maid of Mist, Church Street, New York, USA
2018 Always First Demolition, Dispersed Holdings, New York, USA
Unstated, Coburn Projects, New York, USA
Grids*, Gallery 301, Gallery 301 due, Kobe, JP
House of Artists, BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, JP
International Creative Laboratory Bashnya,
Yelabuga State Historical Architectural and Art Museum
Preservation, Yelabuga, RU
Contemporary Art Foundation Award Finalists’ Show
Hillside Forum, Tokyo, JP
the artists of the year 2018, Gallery 301, Kobe, JP
Fragile Things, Osnova Gallery, Moscow, RU
2019 Ogikubo Church Shopping Street and Art-Information
Exhibition, Suginami City Hall Gallery, Tokyo, JP
Utopia*, Slag Gallery, New York, USA
Transforming Shell, 2,04 Gallery*, St.Petersburg, RU
Epitomes, MOCA Taipei, Taipei, TW
2020 Organic Matter, Diem Phung Thi Museum, Hue, VN
Transpositions-3, Museum of Nonconformist Art,
St.Petersburg, RU
Art Gate Ogikubo 2020 art festival, Ogikubo Shotengai, Tokyo, JP
2021 Complex*, Koganehara Complex Community House, Matsudo, JP
KUGURU, Kame Design Architects, Ichikawa, JP
Lorem ipsum*, Gallery 301, Kobe, JP
SCAPES, Slag Gallery, New York, USA
art fair 3331 Art Fair 2021, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, JP
the artists of the year 2021, Gallery 301, Kobe, JP
Beppu Art Month, Hiromiya, Beppu, JP
2022 Reproduction of Hisai roof tiles and the interpretation into art
Hisai Ars Plaza, Tsu, JP
KUGURU Kame Design Architects, Ichikawa, JP
stones on white*, Gallery 301, Kobe, JP
unbuilt*, ARTHAUS, Moscow, RU
Biwako Biennale 2022, Hikone, JP
Mass and Assembly* (two persons show), Sukoudo, Iga, JP
World*, Bison Gallery, Kobe, JP
2023 open studios, BANFF Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, CA
open studios, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh, UK
VA Voom Voom, Gallery VŠUP, Prague, CZ
Courtyard Event*, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh, UK
I Can Love Me Better Than You Can, Concept Store See, Kobe, JP
Peripeteia*, Triumph Gallery, Moscow, RU, A-house, Moscow, RU
APART / A PART (two persons show) Güterbahnhof, Bremen, DE
BPART / B PART (two persons show) Güterbahnhof, Bremen, DE
KUNST PARTY, OAG Art Center Kobe, Kobe, JP
Composition IV*, Summerhall Meadow Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Constellations*, Beja Vu, Beja, PT
2024 World Youth Festival 2024, Sirius, RU
Art Fair 1703, Central Exhibition Hall Manezh, St. Petersburg, RU
The Nature of Cities Festival Atelier Gardens, Berlin, DE
Breathing Particles, TOKAS, Tokyo, JP
Cascade*, Rainha Dona Leonor Museum, Beja, Portugal
open studios, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, USA
2025 International Biennale of Ecological Art, Nizhny Novgorod, RU
Mythopoeia*, SLAG & RX, New York, USA
Film Festivals:
2006 International Fine Arts Film Festival, Szolnok, HU
2007 International Animation Film Festival Tindirindis, Vilnius, LT
2008 Film Festival in Zest Oike, Kyoto, JP
2011 Southside Film Festival, Glasgow, UK