Yasuyo Maruyama held her first solo exhibition, "Moments," in 2009 at GALLERY MoMo Roppongi in Tokyo after graduating from Tokyo Zokei University. In 2010, she participated in the "ASIA TOP GALLERY HOTEL ART FAIR" at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, marking her first presentation at an international art fair. In 2011, she received the Judge’s Award from Tamayo Iemura at the "Shell Art Prize Exhibition" and won the "ZOKEI Prize" for her graduation project at the ZOKEI Exhibition. In 2012, she was honored with an Honorable Mention by Hidetaka Hon at the "Liquitex Art Prize," and in 2013, she was selected for the "Sompo Japan Art Award."
In the summer of 2014, Maruyama was invited as a resident artist at Midwestern State University in Texas, where she held her first solo exhibition in the U.S., titled "Yasuyo Maruyama," at the university gallery. During her time in America, she exhibited her work at various venues, including "KIAF/14" (Hall A&B, COEX / Seoul, South Korea), "SINGAPORE ART FAIR" (Suntec City Tower / Singapore), and the "Avenir Exhibition" (Shunpu-dō Gallery / Nihonbashi, Tokyo).
She relocated to Texas in the summer of 2016. In 2018, Maruyama was recognized at the "VAA 35th Juried Open Exhibition" in Houston and was subsequently selected for the "Fifth Annual ARTSPACE 111 Regional Juried Exhibition" in Fort Worth. She also exhibited at prominent art fairs in the U.S., including "Texas Contemporary" (George R. Brown Convention Center / Houston) and "Superfine DC!" (Union Market / Washington D.C.).
In 2020, she held a solo exhibition titled "Mind's Eye" at Ro2 Art in downtown Dallas. The following year, she was selected for "NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS WEST #162," further expanding her presence in the U.S. art scene.
In 2023, Maruyama organized a traveling exhibition with Texas-based artists at Redbud Gallery (Houston) and the Wichita Falls Museum of Fine Arts, which had been postponed due to the pandemic. In Japan, she held a two-person exhibition at Gallery NAO (Roppongi) and at a gallery in the Hankyu Department Store in Osaka. Looking ahead to 2024, she plans to participate in a three-person exhibition at the HOKUBU Memorial Picture Museum in Sapporo, as well as group exhibitions in Tokyo (biscuit gallery / Shibuya, Artglotieux GALLERY OF TOKYO / Ginza), Kyoto (Kyoto TSUTAYA BOOKS), and Osaka (Hankyu Department Store Osaka Umeda Main Store). Currently, she is exhibiting in the group show "Forward Facing: A Look at Contemporary Portraiture" at the Tyler Museum of Art in Tyler, Texas.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
"The One Scene", East Gallery, Redbud Arts Center(Houston, Texas)
2021
"Ichigoichie - Treasure every meeting - ", The FORUM( Wichita Falls, Texas)
2020
"Mind's eye", Ro2 Art | Downtown(Dallas, Texas)
2016
GALLERY MoMo Projects(Tokyo, Japan )
2015
Foyer Gallery, Midwestern State University(Wichita Falls, Texas)
2013
GALLERY MoMo Ryogoku(Tokyo, Japan)
2010
Gallery Sakamaki(Tokyo, Japan)
2009
GALLERY MoMo Roppongi(Tokyo, Japan)
Selected GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Foward Facing: A Look at Contemporary Portraiture, Tyler Museum of Art (Tyler, Texas)
Metamorphoses, Artglorieux GALLERY OF TOKYO (Ginza, Tokyo)
ART & POP REMIX, Hankyu Department Store Osaka Umeda Main Store (Osaka, Japan)
TWO Art collectors, Kyuuyasudaginkoutamposoko (Gunma, Japan)
grid3, Kyoto TSUTAYA BOOKS (Kyoto, Japan)
grid3, biscuit gallery, Shibuya (Tokyo, Japan)
Metamorphose, HOKUBU Memorial Picture Museum, Sapporo (Hokkaido, Japan)
2023
Metamorphose, Contemporary Art Gallery, Hankyu MEN'S OSAKA (Osaka, Japan)
CROSSCURRENT Yokohama-Texas Exchange show 2023, Wichita Falls Museum of Fine Arts(Wichita Falls, Texas)
Metamorphose, GALLERY NAO (Tokyo, Japan)
CHAOS 9!, Ro2 Art Gallery(Dallas, Texas)
Yokohama-Houston Exchange Show, Redbud Arts Center(Houston, Texas)
SHE/HER, Ro2 Art Gallery(Dallas, Texas)
New Works and Favorites, Ro2 Art Gallery(Dallas, Texas)
2022
Portraits: Impressions of our Times, LHUCA(Lubbock, Texas)
Portraiture: Image and Identity, Art Corridor (Tarrant County College Southeast)(Arlington, Texas)
9th Annual Texas Juried Exhibition, Artspace111(Fort Worth, Texas)
2021
Good & Plenty : 2021 Texas Painting Symposium Attendee Exhibition, 5&J Gallery (Lubbock, Texas)
TEXAS NOW , Artspace 111(FortWorth, Texas)
VISIBLE : Asian and AAPI Artists in America, Ro2 Art Gallery(Dallas, Texas)
Art 214, The Latino Cultural Center(Dallas, Texas)
2020
2020, Ro2 Art Gallery(Dallas, Texas)
2019
Crosscurrent International Exchange show 2019, Kanagawakenmin Hall(Yokohama, Japan)
Texas Vignette Art Fair 2019, The Women's Museum(Dallas, Texas)
interaction vol.4, GALLERY MoMo Ryogoku(Tokyo, Japan)
Crosscurrent International Exchange show 2019, Tokyo Metoropolitan Art Museum(Tokyo, Japan)
CHAOS!!!!!, Ro2 Art Gallery(Dallas, Texas)
2018
VAA 35th Juried Open Exhibition, BLUEORANGE Gallery(Houston, Texas)
ARTBOX.PROJECT New York 1.0, the jury exhibition, Stricoff Gallery(New York, New York)
Fifth Annual ARTSPACE 111 Regional Juried Exhibition: Juried by Christina Rees, Artspace 111(Fort Worth, Texas)
HEAT WAVE, Cindy Lisica Gallery(Houston, Texas)
CHAOS!!!!!, Ro2 Art Gallery(Dallas, Texas)
Avenir, SHUNPUDO GALLERY(Tokyo, Japan)
texas contemporary, Cindy Lisica Gallery/George R. Brown Convention Center(Houston, Texas)
Trio - ZOG -, Gallery NAO(Tokyo, Japan)
Superfine DC!, Cindy Lisica Gallery/Union Market(Washington, DC )
PINK, NorthLight Gallery, The Kemp Center For The Arts(Wichita Falls, Texas)
Making Moves, Goldmine Gallery(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
2017
The Faculty exhibition, The Juanita Harvey Art Gallery(Wichita Falls, Texas)
Suguru Hiraide, Sachiko Miki, Toko Tokunaga, Yasuyo Maruyama, LA ARTCORE BREWERY ANNEX(Los Angeles, California)
Avenir, SHUNPUDO GALLERY(Tokyo, Japan)
2016
Faces and Heads, Miura Jiro Gallery(Tokyo, Japan)
When they were young, Miura Jiro Gallery(Tokyo, Japan)
50FACES Vol.2, REIJINSHA GALLERY(Tokyo, Japan)
Avenir, SHUNPUDO GALLERY(Tokyo, Japan)
Over the top, Hankyu Umeda Main DepartmentStore(Osaka, Japan)
Crosscurrent International Exchange show 2016, Wichita Museum of Art at Midwestern State University(Wichita Falls, Texas)
2015
Salaryman Collecter, Tenjinyama Cultural Plaza(Okayama, Japan)
Jacket Art, GALLERY ARK(Kanagawa, Japan)
Avenir, SHUNPUDO GALLERY(Tokyo, Japan)
2014
Faces and Heads, Miura Jiro Gallery(Tokyo, Japan)
Fuyuhiko Yamamoto collection, Gallery Yasashi jikan(Tokyo, Japan)
Jacket Art, PALLET GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
KIAF/14, Hall A&B, COEX(Seoul, Korea)
SINGAPORE ART FAIR, Suntec City Tower(Singapore)
The Faculty exhibition, The Juanita Harvey Art Gallery(Wichita Falls, Texas)
FACE exhibition 2013 - 2014.VOL.2, REIJINSHA GALLERY(Tokyo, Japan)
Avenir, SHUNPUDO GALLERY(Tokyo, Japan)
The modern of Objective Painting, Hankyu Umeda Main DepartmentStore(Osaka, Japan)
2013
FACE exhibition 2013, Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art(Tokyo, Japan)
Portrait Jam - Humans we are - , AKIBATAMABI in 3331 Arts Chiyoda(Tokyo, Japan)
INTRO, The Art complex Center of Tokyo(Tokyo, Japan)
Avenir, SHUNPUDO GALLERY(Tokyo, Japan)
rgb+ vol.3 2012 Exhibition, ZOKEI Gallery(Tokyo, Japan)
Objective Painting of the day, Hankyu Department Store (flagship store)(Osaka, Japan)
The Hive Gallery & Studio(Los Angels, California)
2012
Liquitex Art Prize Exhibition 2012, Laforet Museum Roppongi(Tokyo, Japan)
rgb+ vol.4 2012 Exhibition, ZOKEI Gallery(Tokyo, Japan)
Onward – Navigating the Japanese future 2012, Hive Gallery(Los Angels, California)
Lots of people Exhibition, Art Labo Hashimoto(Kanagawa, Japan)
Objective Painting of the day, Hankyu Department Store (flagship store)(Osaka, Japan)
2011
Young Japanese Artists 2011 Exhibition, 2/20 GALLERY(New York, New York)
Turning point Exhibition, GALLERY MOMO ROPPONGI(Tokyo, Japan)
Art on the Pearl Exhibition, Initiate Pearl(Tokyo, Japan)
rgb+ vol.3 2011 Exhibiton, ZOKEI Gallery(Tokyo, Japan)
Joint Graduation Exhibition of 5 Art Universities in Tokyo, The National Art Center(Tokyo, Japan)
Shell Art Award Exhibition 2011, Hillside Forum(Tokyo, Japan)
Charity Auction to Benefit the Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake : Art of Our Time Exhibition, Tokyo Art Club 3F・4F(Tokyo, Japan)
2010
International Art Triennale 2010, Osaka University of Arts Art Information Center(Osaka, Japan)
KAWAII Award Exhibition, Shibuya Seibu(Tokyo, Japan)
via art 2009, Shinwa Art Museum(Tokyo, Japan)
AMUSING, GALLERY Sakamaki(Tokyo, Japan)
SUMMER GROUP SHOW, HOP STEP JUMP, GALLERY MOMO ROPPONGI(Tokyo, Japan)
ASIA TOP GALLERY HOTEL ART FAIR 2010, GRAND HYATT HONG KONG(Hong Kong, China)
2009
Creative Spiral, Tokyo Zokei University Yokoyama Memorial Manzu Art Museum(Tokyo, Japan)
AMUSING, Gallery Sakamaki(Tokyo, Japan)
Via art 2009, Sinwa Art Museum(Tokyo, Japan)
Xmas Art Festival-A Present form Ginza, Gallery Sakamaki(Tokyo, Japan)
Summer Group Show, Hop Step Jump, GALLERY MoMo Roppongi(Tokyo, Japan)
Joint Graduation Exhibition of 5 Art Universities in Tokyo, The National Art Center(Tokyo, Japan)
2008
FRIDAY THE 13'S, Kondo Seminar Exhibition, ZOKEI Gallery(Tokyo, Japan)
POSITIVE'S, Tokyo Zokei University(Tokyo, Japan)
2007
GIRL2, Gallery Yamate(Kanagawa, Japan)
2006
GIRL, Gallery Kirari(Tokyo, Japan)
AWARDS
2022
Honorable mention awards, 9th Annual Texas Juried Exhibition: Juried by Daisha Board, Director of Daisha Board Gallery(Fort Worth, Texas)
2021
Nominated for The Art 214 Juried Exhibition(Dallas, Texas)
2018
The 3rd place award, VAA 35th Juried Open Exhibition(Houston, Texas)
Nominated for The ARTBOX.PROJECT New York 1.0 exhibition(New York)
Nominated for The Fifth Annual ARTSPACE 111 Regional Juried Exhibition: Juried by Christina Rees(Fort Worth, Texas)
2013
Nominated for SONPO JAPAN MUSEUM OF ART Award 2013(Tokyo)
2012
Moto Hideyasu Jury Prize, Liquitex Art Prize 2012 Competition(Tokyo)
2011
Tamayo Iemura Jury Prize, Shell Art Award 2011 Competition(Tokyo)
ZOKEI Award 2010, Tokyo Zokei University(Tokyo)
2010
Nominated for International Art Triennale Competition 2010(Tokyo)
Nominated for KAWAII Award 2010(Tokyo)
2009
Nominated for via art 2009 Competition(Tokyo)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 - 17
Resident Artist, in Fine Arts, Juanita & Ralph Harvey School of Visual Arts at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas
2011 - 13
Assistant to Professor, Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan
COLLECTIONS
HOKUBU Memorial Picture Museum, Hokkaido, Japan
JAPIGOZZI COLLECTION, Italy
Osaka University of Arts, Osaka,Japan
Private collections
PRINT MEDIA
CANVASREBEL, May, 2023 https://canvasrebel.com/meet-yasuyo-maruyama/
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS WEST #162
Voyage Houston, July, 2018 http://voyagehouston.com/interview/check-yasuyo-maruyamas-artwork/
Art Collector, October issue, October, 2018
Monthly For The prospective Art students No.152,HEARST fujingaho, July, 2014
Monthly For The prospective Art students No.151,HEARST fujingaho, May, 2014
Monthly Art, December issue, December, 2014
Monthly Art, December issue, December, 2013
Monthly Art, June issue, June, 2013
Creative Spiral vol.4, April, 2013
Creative Spiral vol.3, January, 2013
THE WINDOW OF ARTS, May issue, May, 2012
Monthly GALLERY, April issue, April, 2011
Art Collector, December issue, December, 2010
TELEVISION
2012
Wonderful Single Life, Japanese TV Drama (art display)
I love you: Solder, Japanese TV Drama (art display)
WORKSHOPS
2012
Workshop: Kirakira Oekaki : Working with Art Labo Hashimoto(Kanagawa, Japan)
2013
Workshop: AIUE Oekaki : Working with Art Labo Hashimoto(Kanagawa, Japan)
GALLERY AFFILIATION
GALLERY MoMo (Tokyo, Japan)
SHUNPODO GALLERY (Tokyo, Japan)
GALLERY NAO (Tokyo, Japan)
Ro2 Art (Texas, U.S.A)