Yuco Ota
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Yuco Ota

H e A t

Through Yuco's paintings, she explores the idea of “heat” as a power source linked through the natural and emotional world to us; a synthesizing between our emotions and energy created from the heat in a state of flux.
Yuco uses physical appearance of fire, smoke, embers, and ashes as imageries of heat in her works. Yuco's responsive to the feel and look of them. And she attempts to personify them from her visceral interpretations.
Those who inhale and exhale heat, make her think of endless repetition of birth, burn, and die. The similar process also repeats in the individual mentality like a rolling wheel of fortune. Begin to be end; end is to begin. Somehow, this natural order of things is depressing, and emptiness.  But still Yuco feels compelled to expose object that could be carrier of heat as in flux and unchangeable karma.
They are corpse and eggs at simultaneously, and Yuco wants to preserve them as adorable as she perceives.

EDUCATION

2004 - 2007 Chelsea college of Art and Design BA (hons) painting course
2003 - 2004 Chelsea college of Art and design foundation degree Fine art
2002 - 2003 international colleque of language school in Norwich
2001 - 2002 Nagoya kawai art institute in Japan oil painting course
2000 - 2001 Nagoya kawai art institute in Japan basic design course
1998 - 2000 pop-eye art school of fine art in Japan

GROUP EXHIBITIONS & OTHERS

Jan.2010: ”Obsession/Repetitive gesture” Exhibition at Old Police station, London
Dec.2009: Christmas Open Exhibition at Absorb Arts Studio, London
Nov.09-Jan.10: New Group Show at Adovocate Gallery, London
Nov.2009: Scenery Chewer presents
"yes, I am a long way from home" at The Others Gallery, London
Jun.2009: Absorb Art Studios, Summer Open Exhibition, London
Apr.2009: “The Weather Underground” at Vibe Bar, Brick Lane, London
Jan.2009: Participate in London Art Fair at Design Business Centre, Lonodn
Dec.2008: Recent Works of Yuco Ota at Medcalf Exhibition Space, London
Oct.2008: Amuse Art Jam Finalists show at Kyoto Museum, Kyoto
Sep.2008: Finalisted for Amuse Art Jam Innternational
Copetition 2008 in Kyoto
Sep.2008: “Light on Canvas” at The Foundry, London
Aug.2008: Start Your Collection! at Contemporary Art Projects Gallery, London
Jun.2008: “`00 Nature Exhibition” part2 at Contemporary Art Projects Gallery, London
Apr.2008: “`00 Nature Exhibition” part1 at Contemporary Art Projects Gallery, London
Jan.2008: It’s not over yet exhibition at Et cetera Gallery, London
Nov.2007: Title of (SPACE) show at La Viande Gallery, London
Jul.2007: Selected exhibition of Best 20 graduates in London
at Salon Gallery “Salon summer show 2007”
Jun.2007: Degree Show at Chelsea Art and Design
May.2007: Short listed for Celeste Art Prize 2007
Apr.2006: Group exhibition at Royal Marsden Hospital, London
Mar.2006: 2 artists show at St. Georges Hospital, London
Oct.2005: Putney Art Theatre group exhibition
Nov.2004: Putney Art Theatre group exhibition