Yu Nishimura

Yu Nishimura’s paintings are based on simple motifs. People and animals, portrayed from up close or in wistful poses. City scenery mixed with nature: cars rushing off-road, lonely figures stray in suburban landscapes. The artist believes that perception is in a constant state of flux. To translate that impression into his canvases he operates with slightly blurred, misaligned edges, and layers of colors – soft, pale, translucent even.

“My working process, I feel, can be somewhat associated and coincide with the shapes left behind after the waves have receded on the beach, or the seawater seeping into the sand”, says Nishimura.

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Yu Nishimura motion, 2021

About

Yu Nishimura (b. 1982 in Kanagawa, Japan) lives and works in Kanagawa, Japan.

Education

He graduated from the Tama Art University, Tokyo, in 2004.

Exhibitions

Selected solo and duo exhibitions include CASTLE, Los Angeles (2024 with Magnus Frederik Clausen); ARCH, Athens (2024); Echigo-Tsumari, Tōkamachi (2023 with Kazuaki Takezaki); Crèvecoeus, Paris (2022); Dawid Radziszewski, Warsaw); KAYOKOYUKI, Tokyo (2020); and the Kanazawa 21st Century Museum, Ishikawa (2018).

Nishimura’s work has been included in group exhibitions at Chapter NY, New York (2024); BLUM, Los Angeles (2023); Goya Curtain, Setagaya (2023); The Warehouse, Dallas (2022); Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, Busan (2022); Simone Subal Gallery, New York (2022); BRAUNSFELDER, Cologne (2022); and SHOP Taka Ishii Gallery, Hong Kong (2021).

Collections

Yu Nishimura’s work is part of public collections worldwide. These include the AMOCA Wales - Artistic Museum of Contemporary Art, Wales; Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, Paris; MWoods Museum, Beijing; Kanazawa 21st Century Museum, Ishikawa; Kiyosu City Haruhi Art Museum, Kiyosu; and The Taguchi Art Collection, Tokyo.

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Yu Nishimura Sleep Walk
ARCH
May 29 – September 14, 2024

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