Hana Usui

Hana Usui
Born	April 17, 1974 Tokyo
Nationality	Japan
Known for	Drawing

Hana Usui (笛吹 花 Usui Hana, born April 17, 1974 in Tokyo) is a Japanese artist.

Hana Usui was born in Tokyo in 1974 and studied art history at Waseda University and Japanese calligraphy. In 2000, she moved to Vienna to start a career as a free visual artist. In the years that followed she primarily worked in Berlin. Since 2011, Hana Usui has lived and worked in Vienna and Bolzano-Bozen (Italy). Her drawings are made of black or white oil paint, which she carves into paper with a screwdriver and often embeds into ink washes.^[1]

Selected Exhibitions

Sources:^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

• 2013 Galerie Dittmar, Berlin, DE ^[8]
• 2013 Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, KR, Catalogue (Group Exhibition)
• 2013 Kit Schulte Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE, Catalogue (Group Exhibition)^[9]
• 2011 Hans Hartung, Informel and Its Impact, Gut Altenkamp, Papenburg, DE (Group Exhibition)
• 2010 Hans Hartung, Informel and Its Impact, Kupferstichkabinett – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, DE (Group Exhibition),^[10][11]
• 2010 Kupferstich-Kabinett – Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, DE (Group Exhibition)^[12]
• 2010 Kommunale Galerie Berlin, Berlin, DE (Group Exhibition)^[13]
• 2009 Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Crakow, PL^[14]
• 2009 Sensai, Museum Residenzgalerie Salzburg, AT, Catalogue (Group Exhibition)^[15]
• 2009 Galerie Waidspeicher, municipal gallery in Erfurt, DE^[16]
• 2008 Schwartzsche Villa, municipal gallery in Berlin, DE, Catalogue ^[17]
• 2008 Parallel event to Manifesta7, municipal gallery of Bolzano-Bozen, IT (Group Exhibition) ^[18]
• 2008 41 artecontemporanea, Turin, IT^[19]
• 2007 Galerie oko, Berlin, DE^[20]
• 2006 Kunstkontor Rampoldt, Berlin, DE, Catalogue
• 2005 Galerie oko, Berlin, DE,^[21][22]
• 2002 Kuso Galleria, Tokio, JP
• 1998 Kuso Galleria, Tokio, JP
• 1994–98 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, JP (Group Exhibition)

Selected Collections

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• Angermuseum Erfurt, DE
• Berlinische Galerie (State Museum of Modern Art, Photography and Architecture Berlin), DE
• Kupferstichkabinett – Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien (The Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna), AT
• Kupferstichkabinett – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Museum of Prints and Drawings - The National Museums in Berlin), DE
• Kupferstich-Kabinett – Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs - Dresden State Art Collections), DE
• Museum der Moderne Salzburg, AT
• Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Crakow, PL
• Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), Berlin, DE

Selected Bibliography

• Niklas Maak: The Japanese painter Hana Usui at Oko in Berlin, Review in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2006 February 26
• Marcello Farabegoli: From Japanese Calligraphy to free Art - Works on paper by Hana Usui, In: Hana Usui, Exhibition Catalogue of Schwartzsche Villa, Publisher Office for Culture of Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf, 2008,^[29][30]
• Niklas Maak: Lines Leading into the Future, Review in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2010 August 26
• Bernhard Maaz: Hana Usui - Affective Stroke and Explosive Sheet, In: Hana Usui - Drawings on paper 2006–2012, Publisher Marcello Farabegoli, Vienna, 2012,^[31][32]
• Andreas Schalhorn: Tracing the Line - On the Drawings by Hana Usui, In: Hana Usui - Drawings on paper 2006–2012, Publisher Marcello Farabegoli, Vienna, 2012,^[33][34]
• Literature by and about Hana Usui in the German National Library catalogue
• Literature by and about Hana Usui in the Austrian National Library catalogue

References

1. "Hana Usui. Drawings 2006-2012", Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
2. Homepage of Hana Usui , Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
3. "Hana Usui. Drawings 2006-2012", Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
4. fruesorge contemporary drawings, Berlin , Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
5. Galerie Dittmar, Berlin , Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
6. Kunstkontor Rampoldt, Berlin , Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
7. artnet , Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
8. Galerie Dittmar, Berlin - Ausstellungen , Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
9. Kit Schulte Contemporary Art , Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
10. Museum of Prints and Drawings - The National Museums in Berlin "Hans Hartung, Informel and Its Impact"
11. Maak, Niklas "Linien, die in die Zukunft führen", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2010 August 26, Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
12. Annual report Dresden State Art Collections , Dresden, 2011, Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
13. Bezirksamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf von Berlin "Art to go II", Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
14. Museum of Japanese Art and Technology Manggha , Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
15. Residenzgalerie Salzburg [http://residenzgalerie.at/Kataloge.36.0.html?cHash=b6d1523509&tx_commerce_pi1[showUid]=196], Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
16. Landeshauptstadt Erfurt , Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
17. Bezirksamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf von Berlin [www.berlin.de/ba-steglitz-zehlendorf/presse/archiv/20080109.1530.91898.html], Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
18. Manifesta7 , Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
19. Bria, Ginevra , 2008, May 12, Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
20. Herold, Thea "Kratzspuren", Der Tagesspiegel, 2007 November 03, Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
21. Daniels, Corinna "Abstraktes von Hana Usui im Atelier oko", Die Welt, 2005 June 03, Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
22. Maak, Niklas "Linientreu: Die japanische Malerin bei Oko Berlin", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2006 February 26, Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
23. Homepage of Hana Usui , Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
24. "Hana Usui. Drawings 2006-2012", Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
25. fruesorge contemporary drawings, Berlin , Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
26. Galerie Dittmar, Berlin , Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
27. Kunstkontor Rampoldt, Berlin , Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
28. artnet , Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
29. Literature by and about Hana Usui in the German National Library catalogue, Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
30. Literature by and about Hana Usui in the Austrian National Library catalogue, Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
31. Literature by and about Hana Usui in the German National Library catalogue, Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
32. Literature by and about Hana Usui in the Austrian National Library catalogue, Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
33. Literature by and about Hana Usui in the German National Library catalogue, Retrieved on 2014 January 14.
34. Literature by and about Hana Usui in the Austrian National Library catalogue, Retrieved on 2014 January 14.

External links

• Homepage of the artist
• Galerie Dittmar Berlin
• fruehsorge contemporary drawings Berlin
• Museum of Prints and Drawings - The National Museums in Berlin
• Marcello Farabegoli Projects
• "Vienna Art Week: Präsentation des Kataloges von Hana Usui", OTS-APA (Austrian Press Agency)