Yuko Oda
Yuko Oda received her Bachelor of Arts from Duke University in Visual Arts and Philosophy in 1997 and a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design (2002). Oda was born in Japan. After more than fifteen years living in New York, she moved to Boston in 2017. She is currently teaching in the Art and Design Department at University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
Oda’s drawings, animations and installations have been exhibited at SIGGRAPH Asia (China), Beijing Today Art Museum, Dumbo Arts Festival (NY), Hynes Convention Center Art Program (MA), Boston Center for the Arts, Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Annemarie Sculpture Garden and Art Center (MD), Maki Fine Arts Gallery (Japan), and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, among others. Her drawings were part of the Drawing Center’s Viewing Program in New York City. Oda has also been an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center, Chashama North Residency (NY), Goetemann Artist Residency (MA), Byrdcliffe Artist Residency (NY), and the Painting Residency at the School of Visual Arts (NY).
Oda was featured in a two-person exhibition, Exquisite Entanglement, which ran at 13FOREST from July 23 to September 23, 2022.
Japanese mineral pigment on paper, 20 1/4" x 24 1/2" framed
In this series, Yuko Oda responds to our human-dominated environment by drawing insects, plants and other living organisms at moments of transformation and adaptation. Oda imagines what reality could be in the not so distant future, and natural beings take on supernatural forms. From destruction to rebirth, this series represent nature’s calamities, resilience and power to heal.