We are pleased to announce that the First our survey show “Ken + Julia Yonetani: That is why I want to be saved” will be held at the new Kadokawa Culture Museum. This unique art museum was designed by Kengo Kuma one of the world renowned architects and will be ground opened with our show on 6th November 2020 at Kadokawa Culture Museum in Saitama, Japan.
We are exhibiting our work “Three Wishes” in the Asia Society Triennial “We Do Not Dream Alone” NYC which will be opened on 27th October 2020 in the New York City. Over 40 individuals from 19 countries are set to participate.
Our monograph is now for sale at Mizuma Art Gallery here
Ken + Julia Yonetani have been creating works inspired by environmental destruction and issues related to the global economic system. They say that their motivation comes from their own anxiety: catastrophe being their self-proclaimed “shtick.” This time around, they turn their attention to the world of microorganisms. Through farming, in the last several years Ken + Julia have held a strong interest in the microbes that lurk under the ground in soils, and came to…
“RAW: Craft, Commodity, and Capitalism” We are showing our work Grape Chandelier in this really interesting exhibition at Craft Contemporary. Exhibition and Artist Statement below… RAW features nine contemporary artists who work with a range of commodities as artistic material to explore the historical and contemporary effects of global capitalism. Their deliberate use of these materials acknowledges the complex and enduring legacy of capitalistic structures, such as slavery, colonialism, and industrialization, and their human and environmental…
Our work The Three Wishes is currently showing in this exhibition at Lothringer13 in Munich, Germany. Benten Clay / Michael Danner / David Fathi / Nina Fischer & Maroan El Sani / Cornelia Hesse-Honegger / Henrik Plenge Jakobsen / Soichiro Mihara / Pieter Laurens Mol / Volker Sattel & Stefan Stefanescu / Kota Takeuchi / Peter Tillessen / Robert Voit / Jane & Louise Wilson / Ken & Julia Yonetani / Anne Zeitz & David Boureau “The…
MAM COLLECTION 009: KEN + JULIA YONETANI What the Birds Knew 2019.2.9(Sat) – 5.26(Sun) Curated by: Kondo Kenichi (Curator, Mori Art Museum) Further information: Please visit to Museum’s website →Click here Artist Talk: “In Their Own Words” →Click here for further information 2019.2.10 (Sun) 17:00-18:30 Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available “MAM Collection 009” will present What the Birds Knew (2012), a sculpture in the form of a glowing green ant made using uranium glass and…
Our new site specific installation Golden Pyramid is exhibited in BOAA (The Biennale of Australian Art). “The Victoria Gold Trophy” was a central feature of the London International Exhibition of 1862, representing the volume of gold imported to London from Victoria during the gold rush years of 1851-61, over 800 tons. The “Golden Pyramid” recreates this in a pyramid form, made from approx. 3000 meters of 24carat gold thread. Gold and pyramids historically have great…
Video on Welcome to the Anthropocene, featuring our collaboration with Dr. Julia Blanchard from the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania. Curated by Kira Ascroff and Video by Ninna Millikin
Our solo at Mizuma Gallery’s Booth in New York’s premier fair The Armory was in various features about the show. Click on each link to see the articles. Departures, “The 11 Must-See Works at This Weekend’s Armory Show” By Rachel Hurn on March 09, 2018 Philadelphia Style ART ADVENTURES: THE BEST AND MOST INSTAGRAMABLE OF THE ARMORY SHOW By Alexander Mason Hankin | March 8, 2018 | Lifestyle The Culture Trip “Highlights…