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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