Mutual Obligation 2009

installation view
uplands gallery

Mutual Obligation 2009

installation view
uplands gallery

Mutual Obligation 2009

installation view
uplands gallery

Mutual Obligation 2009

installation view
uplands gallery

Preposterous Proposition #1 2009

wood, aluminum foil, Hebel block

Preposterous Proposition #2 2009

wood, aluminum foil, Hebel block

Preposterous Proposition #3 2009

wood, metal bucket, Handy bag, nylon stuffing, bubble wrap

Preposterous Proposition #4 2009

paint brush, stainless bowl, wood, squeegee

Preposterous Proposition #5 2009

wood

Preposterous Proposition #6 2009

smiley balls, wood

Preposterous Proposition #6 (detail) 2009

smiley balls, wood

Preposterous Proposition #6 (detail) 2009

smiley balls, wood

Preposterous Proposition #7 2009

red and white nylon rope, wood, Hebel block

Preposterous Proposition #8 2009

aluminum grate, brass pole, stainless steel bowl, timber

Preposterous Proposition #9 2009

found picture, unfired clay, house paint, Hebel block

Preposterous Proposition #10 2009

wood, rubber, cotton threads

Preposterous Proposition #11 2009

sand, water, PVC pipe, stainless bowl, plastic bucket, Gumption, Hebel block, smiley ball, plastic watering can

Preposterous Proposition #12 2009

wood

Preposterous Proposition #13 2009

silica glass, Hebel block

Preposterous Proposition #14 2009

pillows, orange nylon rope, metal bucket

Preposterous Proposition #15 2009

wood, rope, plastic PET bottle, cordial

Preposterous Proposition #16 2009

aluminum

Koji Ryui, The Gift 3 2009

polystyrene, spray paint
200 x 38 x 19 cm

Mutual Obligation 2009

Installation View
Artspace, Sydney

Mutual Obligation 2009

Installation View
Artspace, Sydney

Dry Tree / Untitled Drawing 2009

timber, sand, steel bowl, cotton reels
installation view, Artspace, Sydney

Hostages 2009

pillows, synthetic rope, steel bin
installation view, Artspace, Sydney

The Big Foot 2009

aluminum
installation view, Artspace, Sydney

The Management 2009

aluminum and timber
installation view, Artspace, Sydney

Found Cup 2009

found cup
installation view, Artspace, Sydney

Dry Tree 2009

timber, sand, steel bin, synthetic rope, plastic bag
installation view, Artspace, Sydney

One Liner / Liquid Gold 2009

synthetic rope, plastic bottle, liquid
installation view, Artspace, Sydney

Fountain 2009

plastic bucket, steel bowl, pvc pipe, plinth, watering can, smiley ball
installation view, Artspace, Sydney

Moai 2009

installation view
Gallery 4A, Sydney

Moai 2009

installation view
Gallery 4A, Sydney

Moai 2009

installation view
Gallery 4A, Sydney

Moai 2009

installation view
Gallery 4A, Sydney

Moai 2009

installation view
Gallery 4A, Sydney

Moai 2009

installation view
Gallery 4A, Sydney

Primavera 2006

installation view
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Primavera (drawing performance) 2006

performance
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Like Wise 2008

Like Wise 2008

Installation view

Extended Network 2009

plastic straws

Disk Drawing 2008

engraved compact disc

Flagpole 2006

broomstick

Biography

  • Born 1976 in Kyoto, Japan. Arrived in Sydney in 1992.
  • Lives and works in Sydney

Education

2002  

  • Graduate diploma of design, University of Technology, Sydney

2000  

  • Bachelor of visual arts (honors), Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009

  • Moai, Gallery 4A, Sydney (With Huseyin Sami)
  • Mutual Obligation, Artspace Sydney

2008    

  • So Long,  Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
  • Untitled Installation, Incu, Sydney

2007  

  • Extended Network Towards the Happy End of the Universe, Downtown Artspace, Adelaide

2006  

  • Koji Ryui, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
  • Déjà vu, Horus and Deloris, Sydney
  • Nocturnal Emissions, Artbox-Sherman Gallery, Sydney

2005  

  • Milk Tree Society, Artspace, Sydney

2004  

  • minimall, ScottDonovan Gallery, Sydney

2002  

  • He huffed, He puffed, and He blew the house inBlock, Sydney
  • WFD" (collaboration with Natsuho Takita), First Floor, Melbourne

2001  

  • Proposal" (collaboration with Natsuho Takita), Blaugrau, Sydney  

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009

  • Dynamo Hum, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney 
  • Group Show, Sedition Gallery, Sydney
  • Problem Solving: Express Yourself, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne

2008  

  • New  Acquisitions MCA, Sydney
  • Graduation Show SCA, Sydney
  • Selected Recent Acquisitions The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
  • Different Shades of Black MOP, Sydney
  • Melbourne Art Fair Melbourne, Sarah Cottier Gallery
  • We keep our cowshit in the city, if you keep your bullshit in the city (Collaboration with Shane Haseman and Vicky Browne)           Firstdraft, Sydney

2007  

  • I ME MINE,  Horus and Deloris, Sydney
  •  LION,  Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney

2006 

  • Primavera,  MCA, Sydney
  • Paper , PICA, Perth
  • Transformative,  Blindside, Melbourne
  • Space Invaders,  4A Gallery, Sydney

2005   

  • Here (Performance project for Terminus) Firstdraft, Sydney
  • Gavin Hopkins Koji Ryui Nathan Thompson,
  • ScottDonovan Gallery, Sydney
  • PREDICTIVE TXT,  Hamish Mckay gallery, Wellington NZ
  • Nature By Proxy,  Brian Moore gallery, Sydney
  • Transformative, Peleton, Sydney

2004   

  • out of the blue,  MOP Project, Sydney
  • Octopus 5,  Gertrude contemporary art space, Melbourne
  • Fantasy Island,  Michael Lett, Auckland NZ

2003  

  • Islands in the stream,  (collaboration with Mary Teague, Natsuho Takita and Hany  Armanious),  Artspace, Sydney
  • Avoiding the eye area,  MOP Project, Sydney

2001   

  • Necessary Invention,  Artspace, Sydney (collaboration with Natsuho Takita)

Bibliography

2008   

  • New Acquisitions 2008 Exhibition catalogue, MCA Sydney
  • Hot in Melbourne, Art world magazine p120-121 UK

2007   

  • Koji Ryui, Artist Profile magazine, p20-22 Sydney

2006   

  • Artspace Projects 2005,  Yearbook, Artspace, Sydney
  • Primavera,  exhibition catalogue, MCA, Sydney
  • Nothing Magazine http://www.nothingmag.com/_issue10/index.html
  • Paper,  M&T exhibition catalogue, PICA, Perth
  • James Steele, Interludes in motion,  runway issue 7p36-37
  • Transformative, Exhibition catalogue, Peleton / Blindside, Sydney/ Melbourne
  • Shane Haseman , Islands in the stream,  Exhibition catalogue, Artspace, Sydney

2005     

  • A short ride in a fast machine-Gertrude contemporary art spaces 1985-2005  page7-9

2004      

  • out of the blue,  MOP exhibition catalogue, Sydney
  • Penelope Richardson , Octopus 5,   Artlink  Volume 24 no3
  • Robert Nelson, Octopus 5The Age Jul 21, Melbourne
  • Octopus 5,  Gertrude contemporary art space exhibition catalogue, Melbourne
  • Anthony Byrt , Art is a bunny rabbit, http://www.listener.co.nz/default    

2003    

  • Friends Avoiding The Eye area,  runway 2  Firstdraft gallery publication, Sydney

2001  

  • Alex Gowronski, Dividing LinesBroad sheet,vol 31 March

 

Collections

  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
  • The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
  • Chartwell Collection, New Zealand
  • Maddocs Collection, Melbourne

Awards and Prizes

2006

  • new work grant, Australian council of the arts