YUKO ADACHI CURRICULUM VITAE

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

Collected by Boston Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital

2024 Featured in Art New England

2019 First Prize, International Art Project Art Axis, Ukraine

2011 Invitational Exhibition, Danforth Art Museum, Brockton, MA

2007 First Prize and cover art feature, Artscope Magazine

2007 Best in Painting, Manhattan Art International, New York

2006 Fellowship Grant, Vermont Art Center

Exhibited in the United States, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, China, Japan and Costa Rica

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PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA
Pinta & Schwartsburg LLP (confirm the name) Aeon Group Ltd
Private collections in 13 countries

SELECTED RECOGNITION

2024 Featured in Art New England

2019 First Prize, International Art Project Art Axis, Ukraine

2011 Invitational Exhibition, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

2007 Best in Painting, Manhattan Art International, New York

2007 First Prize, Artscope Magazine, with a cover art feature

2006 Fellowship Grant, Vermont Art Center

2005 Second Prize, Cambridge Art Association International Competition, juror Nick Capasso, DeCordova Museum

2005 Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery

EXHIBITIONS

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 Liebes Leben, Celebration of the New Bibliothek Steinhausen, Zug, Switzerland

2011 Celebration of NOW, Albright Gallery, Concord, MA, USA

2008 Burst of Colors, Urban Living Studio, Boston, MA, USA

2007 Expression: The State of Being, Keiko Gallery, Boston, MA, USA

2006 Dance in the Bloom, ILEX, Boston, MA, USA

2004 Messages, Berman Gallery, Watertown, MA, USA

2001 Healing Art, MIT Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge, MA, USA

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2010 Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, USA

2009 1+1, New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA, USA

2008 Inside Out, Baak Gallery, Cambridge, MA, USA

2006 Red River Trading Company, Boston, MA, USA

2001 Awakening of the Soul, Upstairs at Johnson Gallery, Boston, MA, USA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Beams of Light, Love Nosara, Nosara, Costa Rica

2016 Kunst Supermarkt, Solothurn, Switzerland

2015 Front of Bicycle, Galerie Katapult, Basel, Switzerland


2011 Invitational, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, USA

2010 Biomorphia, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA, USA

2010 POP Gallery, Gloucester, MA, USA

2009 Vivid Wonders of Startled Imagination, MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA, USA

2009 Home Is Where the Art Is, Children's Hospital, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, MA, USA

2009 Three Women, Mayor's Art Gallery, Boston, MA, USA

2008 Mixed Plates Plus Metal, Venus Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA

2008 Future Art 2008, Mills Gallery at the BCA, Boston, MA, USA

2008 Hit the Deck, SXSW, Austin, TX, USA

2008 Hit the Deck, WMC, Miami, FL, USA

2008 New Blood Art Fair, The Light Box, London, United Kingdom

2008 Flag, Lamarong Gallery, Hohhot, China

2007 Vision, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA, USA

2005 Red, University Place Gallery, Lincoln, MA, USA

2005 Sound of Painting, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA, USA

2005 Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA, USA

2005 Cuatro, Mark Gallery, Cambridge, MA, USA

2005 Contemporary Paintings, Gallery at City Square, Charlestown, MA, USA

2005 Bromfield Art Gallery, Boston, MA, USA

2004 18th Annual Drawing Show, Mills Gallery at the BCA, Boston, MA, USA

2003 Gift, Mark Gallery, Boston, MA, USA

2003 Works on Paper, South Shore Art Center, MA, USA

2003 Individualized, Artspace@16, Malden, MA, USA

2001 Oppai Art, International Juried Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan

2001 Between Lines, FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA, USA

1999 Nikaten, Tokyo, Japan

AWARDS & EDUCATION

AWARDS, EDUCATION, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2019 First Prize, International Art Project Art Axis, Center for Cultural and Art Initiatives, Ukraine

2009 Best Public Art, South End News Favorite 2009, Boston, MA, USA

2008 Scholarship, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston, USA

2007 Best in Painting, Healing Power of Art, Manhattan Art International, New York, NY, USA

2007 First Prize, Vernal Escape, Artscope Magazine. Jurors: Britta Konau, Center for Maine Contemporary Art; Linda Lamberston, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art; C. Laferriere, Artscope writer

2007 Juror's Choice, Vision. Juror: Director, Clark Gallery, MA, USA

2006 Luminary Pick, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Juror: Valerie Wilder, Executive Director, Boston Ballet

2006 Fellowship Grant, Vermont Art Center, VT, USA

2005 Second Prize, Red, Cambridge Art Association International Competition, Cambridge, MA, USA. Juror: Nick Capasso, DeCordova Museum

2004 Second Prize, 18th Annual Exhibition, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, USA

2003 Paul Goodnight Artist Grant

Continuing Education Grant, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, MA, USA

EDUCATION

Sophia University

Georgetown University, Exchange Program, Full Scholarship

Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Dean's List and Merit Scholarship

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Exchange Program, Full Scholarship

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Continuing Education, Grant Recipient

SELECTED PRESS

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

2025  NewsBreak, "How Yuko Adachi's Unique Art Transforms Energy into Beauty and Balance"

2025  Modern Love, Contemporary Art Feature, The Liminal Space' (October 3)

2025  Art Business News, "Unlocking the Art of Happiness: Dopamine Decor and Joyous Living"

2024  Art New England, March/April, "The Healing Power of Art," MA, USA

2024  OM Times, "Soul Medicine with Lightcodes"

2024  GritDaily, "How Lightcodes Are the New Artform for Spiritual Healing"

2024  Authority Magazine, "How to Develop Mindfulness"

2024  The Tonic, Radio Broadcast and Podcast

2023  CREA Magazine, Japan

2023  AYTLS Magazine, March, online

2019  Aspekte, September issue, page 16, Steinhausen, Switzerland

2010  Takara Magazine, July/August issue, cover art, Boston, MA, USA

2010  LIVES, Volume 5, page 56, April/May issue, Daiichi Shuppan, Tokyo, Japan

2010  IN RED, page 50, September issue, Takarajima Shuppan, Tokyo, Japan

2010  Imprevue, "The Said and the Unsaid," May, No. 2, Boston, MA, USA

2010  Cat Bennett, The Confident Creative, Findhorn Press, London, United Kingdom

2009  MCLA Beacon, North Adams, MA, USA

2009  North Adams Transcript, "Imagination," North Adams, MA, USA

2009  Berkshire Fine Arts, "Vivid Wonders at MCLA Gallery 51," North Adams, MA, USA

2008  The Metro, Boston, MA, USA

2008  The Berkeley Beacon, online article, Boston, MA, USA

2008  SOWA Newsletter, interview, March/April issue, South End, Boston, MA, USA

2007  Artscope, New England's Culture Magazine, centerfold, May/June issue

2007  Takara Magazine, front cover for all 11 issues of 2007, Boston, MA, USA

2007  Takara Magazine, interview, September issue, Boston, MA, USA

2007  Laconia Gazette News, fall issue, Boston, MA, USA

2007  Manufactured Dissent, interview, online

2005  Meniscus Magazine, "Cosmic Mojo," online

2005  Sampan Newspaper, interview, "Speaking with Paint," Boston, MA, USA

2004  Meniscus Magazine, "Sound of Paintings," online

2002  J Magazine, July issue, front cover, Boston, MA, USA

2001  J Magazine, April and October issues, front cover, Boston, MA, USA

2001  Boston Globe, City Weekly, "Gallery Encourages Art with a Message," January 28, Boston, MA, USA

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