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Yuko Nishikawa

b. 1976, Japan. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

+ Education

  • 2002 BFA in Interior Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY. New York, NY

+ Solo Exhibitions

  • 2021 Tide, Room 68, Provincetown, MA Beans, Pinecones, Umbrellas, Sandro Paris’s 52 retails locations worldwide Obscure Plant Club, Tula Plants & Design, Brooklyn, NY
  • 2019 Petrichor, Olio Projects, Philadelphia, PA Nap, Sculpture Space New York, Long Island City, NY Spore, Cooler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  • 2017 At Dawn, Object(s) of Our Lives, Princeton, NJ Fantasy And Nightmare Today, Donghia, New York, NY Fantasy And Nightmare As of Yesterday and Fantasy and Nightmare Today, Rubelli, Milan, Italy.
  • 2016 To Morandi, Rubelli, Milan, Italy
  • 2015 Bevy, Donghia, New York, NY Dotsonpots, Choplet Gallery, New York, NY

+ Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2021 The Other SIde of the Rainbow, Artport Kingston, Kingston, NY Inside~Out, Brooklyn, NY Grumpy Sweeper, The Broom Show, Cooler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Art Show: Bedford 2021, Bedford, NY
  • 2020 La Manufacture, Edelkoort Exhibitions, Lille, France Value of Space, Queens, NY Squish, Summer Tea, Brooklyn, NY Broken Home, VSOP Projects x Cooler, Greenport, NY
  • 2019 1000 Vases, Paris, France The Stoop, Cooler Gallery, Brooklyn Designs, Brooklyn, NY The Green Life, LMAKgallery, New York, NY 46th Annual Art Show: Bedford, Bedford, NY
  • 2018 You See A Sheep, In Good Company: Material Culture, CasaCor Miami, FL You See A Sheep, In Good Company: Material Culture, FM/S Presents, Brooklyn, NY Diatom, URNS, Cooler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Somewhere Over the Interconnected Rainbow &Prospero's Grand St. Masque, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ 45th Annual Art Show: Bedford, Bedford, NY
  • 2017 The Largest Crop, The Big Small Show, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ Seascape, Beyond Studio, Brooklyn, NY The Largest Crop, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY Time Vessels, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY

+ Curatorial & Organizational Activities


  • 2017 - 2020: Founder and organizer of Salon at Forest, a monthly artist talk program, Brooklyn, NY
  • 2016 - Present: Founder of Forest, a studio and project space. Brooklyn, NY

+ Awards & Honorees

  • 2013 Winner, Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Awards, Origani Console Table for Donghia
  • 2014 Winner, Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Awards, Renaldo Chandelier for Donghia
  • 2017 Honoree, Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Awards, Accessories, Time Vessels