Yumiko ONO

After completing BA in Kyoto Seika University, Ono completed her MA in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, as well as Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, and also studied in Hungary and Israel with the government scholarship in each country. Currently Ono works in the field of contemporary art world widely.

The theme of Ono's work is utopia and she combines various architecture, which she found on her research to create fictive architecture by using anti architectural materials such as drawings on tracing paper, slip cast porcelain and textile.

Born in Kobe, Japan.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2024
- Cascade, Rainha Dona Leonor Museum, Beja, Portugal.
2023
- Constellations, Beja Vu, Beja, Portugal.
- Composition IV, Summerhall Meadow Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Duo exhibition APART / A PART, BPART / B PART, Ciao Container, Güterbahnhof, Bremen, Germany.
- Peripeteia, Triumph Gallery & A-house, Moscow, Russia.
2022
- Duo exhibition Mass and Assembly, Sukoudo, Iga, Japan.
- Unbuilt, ARTHAUS, Moscow, Russia.
- Stones on white, Gallery 301, Kobe, Japan.
- HISAI project,  Tsu City Hisai Ars Plaza, Tsu, Japan.
2021
- Lorem ipsum, Gallery 301, Kobe, Japan.
- Complex, Koganehara Complex Community House, Matsudo, Japan.
2020
- Organic Matter, Diem Phung Thi Museum, Hue, Vietnam.
2019
- Epitomes, MOCA Taipei, Taipei, Taïwan. 
- Transforming Shell, 2,04 Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Utopia, Slag Gallery, New York, USA.
2018
- Grids, Gallery 301 due, Kobe, Japan.
2016
- Paper Empire, 2,04 Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2014
- Stone Skipping, Entrance Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic.
2014
- Landscape, Gallery 301, Kobe, Japan.
2012
- Sen, Honen-in temple, Kyoto, Japan.
- Muslim Call, Gallery ve Sklepě, Prague, Czech Republic.
2010
- Home, Gallery Cube, Prague, Czech Republic.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2025
- UTOPIA, ARCADIA AND REALITY, Ural Branch of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
- International Biennale of Ecological Art, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
- Cross-Cultural Room Exchange, Taipei, Taïwan
- Cross-Cultural Room Exchange, CAAC Gallery 456, New York, USA.
- Ceramic Artist Exchange Tandem, Keramikkünstlerhaus Neumünster, Germany.
2024
- Breathing Particles, TOKAS, Tokyo, Japan.
- The Nature of Cities Festival, Atelier Gardens, Berlin, Germany.
2022
- Biwako Biennale 2022, Hikone, Japan.
2021
- Beppu Art Month, Hiromiya, Beppu, Japan.
- 3331 Art Fair 2021, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
- SCAPES, Slag Gallery, New York, USA.
- KUGURU, Kame Design Architects, Ichikawa, Japan.
2020
- ART GATE OGIKUBO2020, Ogikubo Shotengai, Tokyo, Japan.
- Transpositions-III, Museum of Nonconformist Art, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2019
- Ogikubo Church Shopping Street and Art-Information Exhibition, Suginami City Hall Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2018
- Fragile Things, Osnova Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
- Contemporary Art Foundation Award Finalists’ Show, Hillside Forum, Tokyo, Japan.
- Open Studios, MASS MoCA, Massachusetts, USA.
- International Creative Laboratory "Bashnya", Yelabuga State Historical Architectural and Art Museum Preservation, Yelabuga, Russia.
- Artists’ house, BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama, Japan.
- UNSTATED, Coburn Projects, New York, USA.
- Always First Demolition, Dispersed Holdings, New York, USA.
2017
- Collaboration, Gallery Tunnel, Moscow, Russia.  
- International Festival “Space of Fire,” Gudov, Russia.
- Glass and Ceramics in landscape, Yelagin island, St.Petersburg, Russia.  
2015
- Taehwa River Eco Art Festival, Ulsan, South Korea.
- Paradise Reopening, Paradise Motel, Incheon, South Korea.
- 12th International Gyeonggi Ansan Art Fair, Ansan, South Korea.
- MAY FLY II, Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul, South Korea.
2014
- Transition, Y Gallery, Minsk, Bielorussia.
- Kyoto Sento Art Festival 2014, Kyoto, Japan.
- Therefore n after, INEX Gallery, Belgrade, Russia.
2013
- Domani: The Art of Tomorrow, National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan.
2012
- Site Specific, Artists’ Studio, Jerusalem, Israel.
2011
- Utopia on the Brink of an Abyss, National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Topophilia, Work Detroit Gallery, Detroit, USA
- Visitors, Gallery MeetFactory, Prague, Czech Republic.
- International Art Sympozium“Elements Cuisine,” Galanta, Slovakia


GRANTS AWARDED

2023
- Mary and Chris Fong Family Endowment.
- TOKAS Exchange program.
2022
- Franconia Sculpture Park Fellowship.
- Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation.
2018
- CAF award finalist.
2015
- Russian Government Scholarship (2015-2018).
2012
- The Asahi Shimbun Foundation.
2010
- Israeli Government Scholarship (2010-2011).
2008
- Czech Government Scholarship (2008-2010).
2007
- Japanese Government Young Artists Oversea Program (2007-2008).
2005
- Hungarian Government Scholarship(2005-2007).


RESIDENCIES

2025
Ceramic Artist Exchange Tandem, Keramikkünstlerhaus Neumünster, Germany.
2024
- LMCC, New York, USA.
- Rainha Dona Leonor Museum, Beja, Portugal.
- Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Nebraska, USA.
2023
- Beja Vu, Beja, Portugal.
- Güterbahnhof, Bremen, Germany.
- Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- BANFF Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada.
- RSJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2022
- CCI Fabrika, Moscow, Russia.
- Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, USA.