Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2021 “Face Escapes,” Neumann Wolfson Art, Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL

2018 “Survivors and True Lies”(Two person show), Neumann Wolfson Art, New York, NY

2016 “American Pies,” Kravets|Wehby, New York, NY

2015 “’Good’ Girls”, Kravets|Wehby, New York, NY

2009 “Sanctuary Dreams,” Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

2008 “It’s a really small world,” Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York

2007 “Second World Complex.” Arndt+Partner, Berlin

2006 “Heavenly Terrace Common Park-Hunting for Happiness,” Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025     “Prayer/Pattern/Prayer,” Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY

2019      Expo Chicago, Neumann Wolfson Art

2013     “AftermodernisM,” Nassau County Museum of Art, NY

“Surreal Selves,” Baltimore Museum of Art, MD

2010    “Going International,” The Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY

“Run And Tell That! New Work From New York,” SU Art, Syracuse, NY

“Pattern ID,” Akron Museum, Akron, OH

2009    “Kunsthalle Lingen” in Lingen, Germany

2007    “Making A Home,” Japan Society, New York

“The Imcomplete,” Chelsea Art Museum, New York

2006    “25 Bold Moves,” House of Campari, New York

“New Trajectories I: Relocations,” Cooley Art Gallery, Portland, OR

“School Days,” Jack Tilton Gallery, New York

Collections

Baltimore Museum of Art

Burger Collection

Cleveland Clinics Art Foundation

Fuhrman Family Collection

MoCA

Neumann Family Collection

Ovitz Family Collection

Rose Art Museum

Bibliography

Catalogs

Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York. Exhibition catalog. Japan Society, New York, NY, 2007.

The Incomplete. Exhibition catalog. Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY, 2007.

Glasner, Barbara, et al. Patterns 2: Design, Art and Architecture. Boston: Birkhäuser Verlag AG, 2008, 288–91.

Wall Rockets. Exhibition catalog. Curated by Lisa Dennison. FLAG Art Foundation, 2008.

AYA UEKAWA. Solo exhibition catalog. Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2009.

Anderson, Rudolph, and Cecilia Gunzburger Anderson. Pattern ID. Exhibition catalog. Akron, OH, 2010.

The Incomplete–Paris. Exhibition catalog. Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, 2010.

Selected Publications

Cascade, Rebecca. “Talent Show.” W, November 2006, 198.

Motley, John. “Arts Rodeo.” The Portland Mercury, February 2, 2006, 35.

Vanzetti, Oliver. “Aya Uekawa.” Flash Art International, October 2006, 55.

カニンガム、ジェイミー. “世界が尊敬する日本人100.” Newsweek (Japanese edition), October 17, 2007, 52.

Ichikawa, Akiko. “新世代の‘ヴォーグ’な女たち:Aya Uekawa 上川紋(アーティスト).” Vogue Nippon, June 2007, no. 94, 139.

Everts, Von Lotte. “Mao Mit Popcorntüte.” Berliner Zeitung, September 4, 2007.

Rosenberg, Karen. “Willingly or Unwillingly, Calling New York Their Home.” The New York Times, November 9, 2007.

Frabetti, A. C. “Some Effects of Small Scale.” AEQAI, July 2009.

Morris, Matt. “Art: Aya Uekawa at the Contemporary Arts Center.” CityBeat, July 14, 2009.

Shiner, Eric. “A Utopia Revisited: Aya Uekawa.” Juxtapoz, no. 96 (January 2009): 64–77.

McVey, Kurt. “Japanese-American Painter Aya Uekawa Serves Up ‘American Pies’ at Kravets Wehby Gallery.” Fortune Magazine, December 2016.

“Meet Aya Uekawa | Artist & Mother.” Shoutout Miami, June 2021.Bibliography

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