Yui Yaegashi
Yui Yaegashi (b. 1985, Chiba, Japan) lives and works in Tokyo. Yaegashi received a B.A. from the Tokyo Zokei University’s Department of Painting (2009) and her M.F.A. from Tokyo Zokei University’s Graduate School of Art and Design (2011). Her work has been included in SCHMALTZ at Guimarães, Vienna, Austria; Particularities curated by Chris Sharp at X Museum, Shanghai, China; and in solo exhibitions at Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan; Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL; Queer Thoughts, New York, NY; and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland. In Spring 2020, Yaegashi completed a self-directed residency in New York City supported by the Japanese Government’s Department of Art and Culture. Yui Yaegashi is represented by Parrasch Heijnen in Los Angeles and Misako & Rosen in Tokyo.
Select Press
2017
“Yui Yaegashi’s ‘The Rain is Gone’ at Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago.” Blouin Artinfo, July 2017.
Varadi, Keith J. “Yui Yaegashi at Parrasch Heijnen Gallery,” Contemporary Art Review LA, January 12, 2017.
2016
Pagel, David. “What to See in L.A. Galleries: Tiny Paintings of Breathtaking Beauty, Photographs of the Super-Smart.” Los Angeles Times, December 2016.
Pagel, David. “Quiet is the New Loud.” Gallery Magazine, December 2016.
Robinson, Mark. “Crafting Palm Sized Stories - Paintings by Japanese Artist Yui Yaegashi.” OEN, September 2016.
2015
Schmid, Christina. “Yui Yaegashi.” Artforum, November 2015.
”Yui Yaegashi: To and From Home.” Midway Contemporary Art, 2015.
2014
Schaad, Gabrielle. “The Way of Painting.” Artforum, July 2014.
“Yui Yaegashi.” art: Painter’s Atelier, issue 002, 2014: pp. 166-167.
“Yui Yaegashi.” The Way of Painting (Tokyo: Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, 2014): pp. 113-117.