Yo Fukui

Like the pursuit of a romance, an impractical delusion is my aesthetic philosophy. I believe the idea of delusion has the power to create fantastic situation in a moment.
I make objects that are provocative, deductive, enigmatic. My work is about an ideal, a mythology: a utopia. I have to be consciously aware and alert because this reality exists in the gap between space and time, in an alternative layer and depth. My work uses excessiveness to create a phantasmagorical situation. I want to change the world, maybe nothing is going to change, but it might through my art. 

Education

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, MFA Fine Arts 2005-2008

Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, BFA Ceramics 2002-2005

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Future Imperfect, David Salow Gallery, Los Angels, CA

2009 I love you no matter the world is destroyed, Clark County Government Center,

         Las Vegas, NV

2008 I’m gonna live ‘til I died, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

2007 Sensibility Heaven, Main Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

2007 I wish my name was Bill, MFA Midway Exhibition, Grant Hall Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

2006 No more sports car, Rotunda Gallery, Clark County Government Center, Las Vegas, NV

Group Exhibitions

2012 Defeat the Future, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV

2011 Pretty Vacant, Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY

2010 Eye on the Prize, Fountain NY Art Fair, New York, NY

2009 Space Jam, Union Gallery, New York, NY

2008 Open Works! Industry City, Brooklyn, NY

2008 MICRO-MACRO, Gallery SATORI, New York, NY

2008 3Dementia, Las Vegas, NV

2007 The Grand Juried Exhibition, Las Vegas, NV

2006 Lost in Spegas, DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

2006 Those Were the 2000’s, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV

Collection

Marjorie Barrick Museum

Honors and Awards

2009 Honorable Work in 2009, Golden Frame Award, ArtSlant

2006 Best in Show Award, Contemporary Arts Collective Juried Show, Las Vegas NV

2005 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Margorie Francis Laird Scholarship

         University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Recipient of Graduate Assistantship

Bibliography

Best of 2012:Arts News and Art Exhibition, Las Vegas Weekly, December 27,2012

First Friday Roundup, Las Vegas City Life; February 02, 2012

Three art Exhibitions you’ve gotta check out this month, Las Vegas Weekly; February 01, 2012

Artists say goodbye to Catherine Borg and Stephen Hendee with collaborative show,

Las Vegas Weekly; August 05, 2011

Review, Las Angels, ART LIES; No. 63/Fall 2009

Yo Fukui at David Salow Gallery, LA WEEKLY; August 19, 2009

Culture Monster, Los Angeles Times; August 06, 2009

Last Days, Las Vegas City Life; April 02, 2009

The Year that was, Las Vegas Weekly; December 24, 2008

Outsider’s break in, with a gallery show, Las Vegas Sun; January 22, 2008

Form’s function is common ground, Las Vegas Sun; April 29, 2008

Buffalo Sculpture, Las Vegas City Life; August 30, 2007

Jury of one in this show, sometimes it’s all in the names, Las Vegas Weekly; July 12, 2007

Jars of clay, Las Vegas City Life; May 31, 2007

Eye-popping art freezes time, Las Vegas Sun; May 18, 2006

It’s only a Dream, Las Vegas Review Journal; August 13, 2006

City Life Pick of the Week, Las Vegas City Life; May 18, 2006

Kansas City Art Institute Undergrad Catalog; 2005