Yoko Terauchi

Yoko Terauchi (born 1954) is an artist who makes sculpture and artists books, interested in concepts of the one, whole and interior and exterior.

Life and career

Terauchi was born in 1954 in Tokyo, Japan. She studied at the Department of Art and Design at Women's Art University in Japan, completing her degree in 1977 and Graduate School in 1978.[1] Terauchi then moved to London, where she studied the Advanced Course in Sculpture course at Saint Martins' School of Art between 1979 and 1981.[1]

Terauchi has since continued to exhibit regularly in the UK and internationally, including in Japan where she returned to live. Her practice consists predominantly of sculptural installations and book works. She is currently holds a position of professor at Aichi University of the Arts, Tokyo.

In 1984 Yoko Terauchi, at the request of Leeds Art Gallery and the Henry Moore Centre, spent a week in Leeds, UK, making a new piece of sculpture in Leeds Art Gallery. Terauchi made the new work publicly within the gallery space, interacting with visitors and school groups throughout the week who were able to ask questions about her working process. During this time she produced the work Hot Line 19, part of a series of works she made using industrial English telephone cables.[2]

Publications

Terauchi published a number of artist books through the Coracle Press including One, 2012 -Coil/Join, 1994 - Cuckoo, 1992 - Paper Wire and Lead ,1986.[3]

The book work Ebb and Flow, also produced by Coracle Press in 1988, is held by Henry Moore Foundation Sculpture Research Library Special Collections.[4]

Out of Mind Out of Sight, Published by Fruitmarket Gallery and Chisenhale Gallery, Edinburgh/London, 1994. Exhibition catalogue for the exhibition that showed at both galleries.[5]

Selected exhibitions

London-Aichi, SAKURA AUA Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, 2019[6]

Standing Point 1, Keio University Art Centre, Tokyo, Japan, 2017

Schema – Sukima, Laure Genillard Gallery, London, UK, 2014[7]

Aerial Tower, Aichi University of the Art Satellite Gallery, Nagakute, Japan, 2010[8]

Hot Line, Museum für Post und Kommunikation, Berlin, Germany, 1996[9]

Air Castle, Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK, 1994[10]

Sculptors at work, Cathedral Precincts, Canterbury, UK, 1985[11]

Pool: Yoko Terauchi, South London Gallery, London, UK, 1985[12]

Making Sculpture, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK, 1984[1]

References
  1. "表参道画廊 竹下都企画寺内曜子展". www.omotesando-garo.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  2. Buckingham, Les. "Yoko Terauchi at Leeds Art Gallery". Leeds Arts Calendar. 94: 26–31.
  3. "booklist". coracle. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  4. "Yoko Terauchi 'Ebb & Flow'". Henry Moore Foundation. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  5. "Yoko Terauchi 'Out of Mind Out of Sight' – Chisenhale Gallery". Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  6. "Yoko Terauchi: London-Aichi @ SA•KURA AUA Gallery – ART iT: Japanese-English contemporary art portal site". Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  7. "SCHEMA – SUKIMA | JULY / SEPT 2014 : LG London". lglondon.org. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  8. "■寺内曜子－空中楼閣2010 Oct.18 - Nov.14 , 2010 - 愛知県立芸術大学サテライトギャラリー Website". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  9. "Yoko Terauchi at Museum für Post und Kommunikation (1996)". www.artdesigncafe.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  10. "Yoko Terauchi – Chisenhale Gallery". Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  11. "Hot Line 51". www.vads.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  12. "Pool: Yoko Terauchi - South London Gallery Archive". slgarchive.org. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
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