News
'Kammerspiel: Die Sammlung Gabriele Rauschning', 26 November 2022 - 14 May 2023, Museums für Neue Kunst @ Haus der Graphischen Sammlung, Freiburg / DE
'Die Erfahrung der Landschaft', 18 January - 8 March 2023, Galerie Dittmar, Berlin
Arte Laguna Prize – International Contemporary Art, exhibition of the finalists, 11 March - 16 April 2023, Arsenale, Venice / IT
'Electric Shadows', solo curated by Chiara Giorgetti, 15 March - 05 May 2023 (extended!), Kunstraum Feller, Vienna
'Hana Usui - Fukushima Serie', solo, 7 May - 17 June 2023, INSEL Retz / AT
'A Hard Rain's A - Gonna Fall', curated by Lara Pan, 21 April - 17 June 2023, Jamestowns Arts Center / US
'HUMAN_NATURE', curated by Maria C. Holter and Julia Hartmann, 15 June - 17 September 2023, Künstlerhaus Wien
'HANA USUI: Fragile Beauty / The Age of Uncertainty', solo, 13 September - 25 October 2023, Galerie Dittmar, Berlin
'Die Schrift ist weiblich. Bild und Text in der internationalen Kunst', 17 March - 1 September 2024 Kunstforum Hermann Stenner, Bielefeld / DE
'KLIMA BIENNALE WIEN: Electric Shadows II @ Immediate Matters, 6 - 28 April 2024, Marcello Farabegoli Projects, Wien
'LEPROSY - Forest of Human Rights', solo curated by Gustav Schörghofer, 23 May - 12 October 2024, JesuitenFoyer, Vienna
Le Decathlon d'Apollon', 15 June - 11 August, group exhibition at Château de Montsoreau MCA / FR
Biography of Hana Usui (click here for short-biography in Japanese / 日本語)
| 1974 | Born in Tokyo |
| 1980-99 | Calligraphy studies; 1988-99 student of master Undo Inamura, Tokyo |
| 1994-98 | Art History studies at Waseda University of Tokyo |
| 1998/99 | Courses in design at Bunka Gakuin, Tokyo |
| 2000-10 | Artistic work in Vienna, Tokyo and Berlin |
| 2008-09 | Lectureship at the Art History Institute of Freie Universitaet Berlin |
| 2011- | Artistic work in Vienna / IT |
Awards, prizes, grants, lectures and performances
| 2022 | VIENNA ART WEEK: Open Studio Days FOTO WIEN: A Human Desert Made by Humans - The Fukushima-cycle by the japanese artist Hana Usui: Panel discussion with Konrad Paul Liessmann (philosopher) and Marcello Farabegoli (curator) moderated by Judith Brandner (ORF journalist) at the Department of Asian / Japanese Studies of the University of Vienna Prize for the graphic work and Medal of Honour from the Künstlerhaus Wien |
| 2021 | VIENNA ART WEEK: Open Studio Days |
| 2020 | Guest lecture at Tokyo University of the Arts GEIDAI |
| 2019 | VIENNA ART WEEK: catalogue presentation & Artist talk @ WOP, and Open Studio Days |
| 2017 | Workpresentation by Dr Anne Buschhoff for Kunstpause, Kunsthalle Bremen / DE |
| 2014 | Performance with casaluce/geiger at Salotto Vienna |
| Viennese Art Salon presented by MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art | |
| Ex Pescheria - Salone degli Incanti, Trieste / IT | |
| 2012 | VIENNA ART WEEK (special projects): presentation of catalogue Hana Usui. |
| Drawings on paper 2006-2012 at Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz | |
| 2007 | Solo-exhibition selected by the Haus der Kulturen der Welt for the Asia- |
| Pacific Weeks in Berlin; Performance with Yoko Tawada | |
| 1998 | Second prize in the national Keisei calligraphy competition |
| 1994-98 | Selected for the exhibitions at the national Mainichi and Keisei calligraphy |
| competition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum |
Selected Solo Exhibitions (C=catalogue)
| 2022 | FOTO WIEN: A Human Desert Made by Humans, curated by Walter Seidl, Neuer Kunstverein Wien |
| 2021 | BERLIN ART WEEK: Fukushima, Club der polnischen Versager, Berlin |
| Go to Travel, Kunstraum Feller, Vienna | |
| Fukushima - 10 years later, Installation at Red Carpet Showroom Karlsplatz, Vienna | |
| 2019 | Bei Uns, WOP - Works on Paper Gallery, Vienna (cat.) |
| 2018 | Black End, Galerie Dittmar, Berlin |
| To Life, curated by Liesa Takagi-Nonami, Artcurial, Vienna | |
| Dieter Anderle Kunstprojekte, Linz / AT | |
| 2016 | High & Slow, with Thilo Westermann, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren / DE |
| 2015 | Works on Paper, Galerie Dittmar, Berlin |
| Black Rain, Salon M, Vienna | |
| Black Rain, Bildraum 01, Vienna | |
| 2014 | Daniela & Cora Hölzl gallery - EY5, Düsseldorf / DE |
| 2013 | Drawings on Paper, Galerie Dittmar, Berlin |
| 2010 | Galerie oko, Berlin |
| 2009 | Works on Paper, Manggha Museum, National Collection in Krakow / PL |
| Works on Paper, Galerie Waidspeicher, municipal gallery in Erfurt / DE | |
| Eine Linie ist eine Linie, with Friederike Maltz, Essenheimer Kunstverein / DE | |
| 2008 | Von der japanischen Kalligrafie zur freien Kunst, Schwartzsche Villa, municipal gallery in Berlin (cat.) |
| Kataru sen - disegno a cacciavite, 41 artecontemporanea, Turin / IT | |
| OPEN ART: Kiku, Galerie Lichtpunkt, Munich / DE (cat.) | |
| 2007 | Gallery Tomos, Tokyo |
| Negativ, Galerie oko, Berlin | |
| 2006 | Arbeiten auf Papier und Objekte, with Michel Sauer, Kunstkontor Rampoldt, Berlin (cat.) |
| 2005 | Galerie oko, Berlin |
| 2003 | Galeria Kierat I, Szczecin / PL |
| 2002 | Porgy & Bess, Wien |
| Kuso Galleria, Tokyo | |
| 1998 | Kuso Galleria, Tokyo |
Selected Group Exhibitions(C=catalogue)
| 2022 | 100 anni, 100 opere, 100 storie, city gallery of Bolzano-Bozen / IT (cat.) |
| UNCURATED, Marcello Farabegoli Projects @ Kunstraum Feller, Vienna | |
| 2021 | VIENNA ART WEEK: House of Losing Control, curated by Robert Punkenhofer and co-curated by Julia Hartmann, Vienna (cat.) |
| MUDS (Museo Dolina San Dorligo della Valle), curated by Pablo Chiereghin / IT | |
| Artists of the Gallery – A Selection II, Galerie Dittmar, Berlin | |
| 2020 | #JapanRevisited202x: then-now-after, curated by Sybilla Patrizia, online platform by the Austrian Cultural Forum Tokyo |
| 2019 | JAPAN UNLIMITED, curated by Marcello Farabegoli, frei_raum Q21 exhibition space / MuseumsQuartier Wien, Vienna |
| Works from the Collection, City Museum of Rimini / IT (cat.) | |
| 2018 | Show me Your Wound, curated by Johanna Schwanberg & Klaus Speidl, Dom Museum Wien, Vienna, (till 2019, cat.) |
| Ein Sommernachtstraum, Galerie Feichtner, Vienna | |
| 2017 | Works on Paper from the Collection, Kunsthalle Bremen / DE |
| PARALLEL VIENNA: Parallel & concordant, project statement curated by Marcello Farabegoli and Lucas Gehrmann, Vienna | |
| 30 Jahre Galerie Cora Hölzl Düsseldorf, driendl*archtitects, Vienna | |
| Wir sind aus solchem Zeug wie das zu Träumen..., Galerie Heike Curtze, Salzburg / AT | |
| 2016 | DRAWING BIENNAL: Profili del mondo, City Museum of Rimini / IT (cat.) |
| PARALLEL VIENNA (project statements): Border Crossing, Marcello Farabegoli Projects, Vienna (cat.) | |
| 2015 | VIENNA ART WEEK (Special Projects): Perpetuum Mobile, Garage at Kunst Haus Wien |
| Spazio libero, curated by Alexandra Grimmer at M8, Treviso / IT | |
| 2014 | VIENNA ART WEEK (Special Projects): No more Fukushimas, Marcello Farabegoli Projects @ Verein08, Vienna |
| Intuition + Abstraktion, Daniela & Cora Hölzl gallery - EY5, Düsseldorf / DE | |
| Dialog der Stille, artmark Galerie, Vienna | |
| 2013 | Daniela & Cora Hölzl gallery - EY5, Düsseldorf / DE |
| shape the scape. Line up - Landschaft im Dialog, curated by Agnes Hoffmann, Kit Schulte Contemporary Art, Berlin (cat.) | |
| shape the scape, widmertheodoridis, Zurüch / CH | |
| At the Nexus of Painting and Writing, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul (cat.) | |
| 2012 | 41 artecontemporanea, Turin / IT |
| 2011 | Hans Hartung, Informel and Its Impact, Gut Altenkamp, Papenburg / DE |
| 2010 | Hans Hartung, Informel and Its Impact, Kupferstichkabinett - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
| Kami. Silence-Action, Japanese Contemporary Art on Paper, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden / DE | |
| Art to Go II - Neuerwerbungen der Artothek, Kommunale Galerie Berlin, municipal gallery in Berlin | |
| Gallery collection Vol. I, 41 artecontemporanea, Turin / IT | |
| 2009 | SENSAI - die Reinheit der Form in der Japanischen Kunst, Museum Residenzgalerie Salzburg / AT (cat.) |
| 2008 | MANIFESTA 7 (parallel event): the pix of signs, municipal gallery of Bolzano-Bozen / IT |
| Art Academy Gallery, Erlengut near Zürich / CH | |
| Art en Capital, Grand Palais, Paris (cat.) | |
| 2007 | Collegio Raffaello, Urbino / IT |
| 40 Jahre für die Kunst - Finale, Kunstkontor Rampoldt, Berlin | |
| Engraving, 41 artecontemporanea, Turin / IT | |
| 2006 | Jahresgaben, n.b.k. - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein |
| 2005 | Japan Now, Manggha Center, The National Museum in Kracow / PL |
| 1994-98 | Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum |
Art Fairs
Berliner Kunstsalon 2006 with Galerie oko Berlin
Berliner Liste 2007, 2008 and 2009 with Galerie oko Berlin
DRAWING NOW PARIS 2013 and 2014 with fruehsorge contemporary drawings berlin
VIENNAFAIR 2015 with Marcello Farabegoli Projects
PARALLEL VIENNA 2016, 2017 and 2020
Selected Public Collections
Albertina, Vienna
Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien - Kupferstichkabinett (The Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna)
Angermuseum Erfurt / DE
Berlinische Galerie (State Museum of Modern Art, Photography & Architecture, Berlin)
Dom Museum Vienna - Otto Mauer Collection
Kunsthalle Bremen / DE
Kunstpalast Düsseldorf / DE
Manggha Museum of Japanese Art & Technology, Krakow / PL
Musei di Rimini / IT
Museum der Moderne Salzburg / AT
Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), Berlin
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings - The National Museums in Berlin)
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden - Kupferstich-Kabinett (Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs - Dresden State Art Collections)
Update 01.2023