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PRESS RELEASE
Yuko Moriyama
Artist in Residence  J+BAN 2003

Monday 20 October - Saturday 8 November 2003
Monday to Saturday 12 am - 7 pm
Closed on Sunday, Last day until 6 pm

Artist's dialogue:Saturday 1 November, 2 pm - 4 pm
Closing party: Saturday 8 November, 2 pm - 4 pm

Earlier in the year London based artist and architect Yuko Moriyama exhibited her work in a solo show in Tokyo, part of Japanese & British Art Now or J&BAN. Following an invitation by the SPICA art Yuko returns to the capital as Artist in Residence at the gallery. During her three-week residency Yuko will produce large scale, site-specific waterscapes which she sourced from the River Thames in London. Her highly emotive drawings on paper deal with the meditative, spiritual and symbolic nature of water.
 
Yuko has lived, studied and worked in the UK since 1978. She attended the University College London and the Architectural Association and for a decade worked on architectural projects in the UK and Japan. Recently she has concentrated on developing a career as an artist. Her 2000/1 London debut exhibition Water Spirits, a series of exquisitely rendered works received widespread praise.
 
Yuko is a quintessential J&BAN artist, a Japanese who embodies both cultures and draws from both. Her work has an essential Japanese spiritualit which will remain wherever she resides.
 

J&BAN is supported by the loyal and on-going support from our two main sponsors, Standard Chartered Bank of Tokyo and the Great British Sasakawa Foundation in Tokyo. Finally, I would like to thank Mr. & Mrs. Nishijima of SPICA art for making this Artist in Residence possible.
 
Kathryn Bell J&BAN organiser