machumaYu ’s works are interpretations of “bright darkness” that depict the loneliness, desperation, hope, joy, sadness, and conflict at the root of peoples’ hearts.
While mainly exhibiting in Fukuoka, she has been active in the Tokyo area as well since 2010, earning a devoted fanbase for her dark yet comforting artistic universe.
machumaYuProfile
| Started career as an artist works on oil paintings and Etchings in 1997, and has been active in the Tokyo since 2010. Lives and works in Fukuoka, Japan |
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| 【Selected Solo Exhibitions】 | |
| 2022 | machumaYu (SEIZAN GALLERY TOKYO 凸, Tokyo) |
| 2019 | machumaYu (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2018 | Yaneura no Kokyu (Gallery Kaze, Fukuoka) |
| 2017 | Gashu Hakkan Kinen-ten (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2016 | Monogatari no Yohaku (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo) |
| 2012 | Solo Exhibition (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo, continued in 2014) |
| 2009 | Hito wo Tabeta Kirin Ehon Genga-ten (Calo Bookshop & Cafe, Osaka) |
| 2005 | Solo Exhibition (Gallery Kaze, Fukuoka,continued in 2006, 2008-2012,2014) |
| 2004 | Solo Exhibition (amie, Nagasaki, continued in 2006) |
| 2003 | Solo Exhibition (Fukuoka) |
| 2002 | Solo Exhibition (Fukuoka) |
| 2000 | Solo Exhibition (Fukuoka) |
| 1999 | Solo Exhibition (Fukuoka) |
| 1998 | Solo Exhibition (Fukuoka) |
| 【Selected Group Exhibitions】 | |
| 2022 | machumaYu & Ami Yamashiro: Calendar (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2022 | Summer Festa (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo) Winter Festa (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo) |
| 2021 | JORKER (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo) |
| 2019 | THE GHOST TOWER (Gallery Cafe Zaroff, Tokyo) |
| 2018 | Nanatsu no Shiteki na Yūgi (Gallery Cafe Zaroff, Tokyo) DORADO GALLERY 10 shūnenkinen-ten (DORADO GALLERY, Tokyo) SUMMER FESTA 2018 (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo) |
| 2017 | Yū Yū-ten (Gallery Enlace, Fukuoka) Romantic na Omocha-bako (Gallery Cafe Zaroff, Tokyo) X’mas & Hajime-ten (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo) |
| 2016 | FANTASIC ART EXHIBITION (DORADO GALLERY, Tokyo) Shoujo no Kishido-ten (Gallery Cafe Zaroff, Tokyo) Watashi no Ichu no Gaka-ten (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo) |
| 2015 | Artwonderland (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo) Watashi no Hoshi no Oji-sama (silent music, Tokyo) Two Persons Exhibition “Futari no Komoriuta” (DORADO GALLERY, Tokyo) |
| 2014 | Heya no E (DORADO GALLERY, Tokyo, continued in 2014) Andersen Daisuki (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo) Something Precious (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, until 2016) |
| 2013 | Fantasic Art-ten (DORADO GALLERY, Tokyo, until 2014) Circus no Shi (DORADO GALLERY, Tokyo, until 2014) |
| 2012 | Monogatari no Naka no Shujinkou-tachi (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo, until 2014) Kioku no Naka no Shoujo-tachi (Yokohama Roman-kan, Kanagawa) |
| 2011 | interactive: YOUTH (Gallery Hinoki, Tokyo) Four Persons Exhibition “Gensou no Shita de” (Design Festa Gallery Harajuku, Tokyo) Gallery Echo-ann Summer Festa 2011 (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo, continued in 2014) |
| 2010 | IMAGINE-ten (Museum of Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka) Angel Drops (Fukuoka) Gallery Echo-ann no Christmas (Gallery Echo-ann, Tokyo, continued in 2015) |
| 2007 | Hako-ten (Gallery Oishi, Fukuoka) |
| 2005 | Aoi Tori (Gallery Kaze, Fukuoka) |
| 2003 | Nikkan Hanga Kouryu-ten (Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka) |
| 2002 | MOMO-ten (Fukuoka) |
| 2001 | Nikkan Kouryu Hanga-ten (Fukuoka Asian Art Museum) |
| 【Publications】 | |
| 2017 | Collection of oil paintings “COCON NOIR” (Kyuryudo） |
| 2016 | Picture book of oil paintings “Hito wo Tabeta Kirin”, revised edition |
| 2008 | Picture book of oil paintings “Hito wo Tabeta Kirin” |
| 【Other】 | |
| 2004 | Started permanent exhibition at Yufuin HOMME BLUE CAFÉ in Oita |
31/05/2019(fri) - 13/06/2019(thu)
11:00 am - 7:00 pm※ On (Thu) 6/6 only, the gallery will close irregularly at 5:00 PM.
The gallery will also close at 5:00 PM on Saturday, Sundays, and the final day of the exhibition.
※An evening opening reception will be held by Ginza Galleries on the opening day of the exhibition and the gallery will be open until 9:00 PM.
Artist in gallery: 5/31 (Fri), 6/2 (Sun), 5 (Wed), 7 (Fri), 9 (Sun), 13 (Thu) ※Times undetermined
※Raffle sale notice
Guests who visit the gallery in the period before the opening, until (Fri) May 31, by 1:00 PM can register their phone number or email address for entry into a raffle sale. Winners will receive notice via the contact information they provide.