Urara Tsuchiya

Urara Tsuchiya (b. 1979, Japan) lives and works between Glasgow and London. Her practice explores the boundaries of taboos, for example referencing the juxtaposition of animal/human or adult/baby to strange and humorous effect. The artist works across ceramics, sculpture, costume, as well as expanding into performance, video and live events in which her material objects work as props for an alternate environment.

Recent solo exhibitions include: Throwing Caution to the Wind, Galerie Lefebre & Fils, Paris (2021), Auntie Urara’s Blabber Mouth, PAOS, Guadalajara (2021), Warm Drizzle, Gallery Golsa, Oslo (2020) and Home Bound, Ada Project, Rome (2020). Selected group exhibitions include: Pornotopia Revised, Kunsthalle Exnergasse Kex, WUK, Vienna (2022), On Being an Angel (with Motoko Ishibashi), Ritsuki Fujisaki Gallery, Tokyo (2022) and Homeplace, V.O Curations, London (2021), amongst others.

Night Tree, 2023, glazed ceramic, 53 x 47 x 42 cm

Piggy’s Dream, 2022, glazed ceramic, 15 cm x 43 cm

Untitled (lamp), 2020, glazed stoneware, 30 cm x 26 cm x 40 cm

Untitled, 2019, glazed stoneware, 63cm x 44 cm x 23cm

Untitled, 2019, glazed stoneware, 13 cm tall

Untitled, 2019, glazed stoneware, 33 cm x 20 cm

Beef Case , 2019, glazed stoneware, 43 cm x 36cm x 19cm

Mini Bar, 2019, glazed stoneware with moving parts, 55 cm x 40 cm

Untitled, 2019, glazed stoneware, 58 x 23 x 38cm

Give us a Meow (still), 2019, video, 9 minutes 3 seconds

JUST cLoSE YoUR EYES anD IMaGInE I HaVEn’T EVoLVED’, 2016, glazed earthenware, 20 cm x 7 cm x 10 cm

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Panda Bowl (commission), 2020, glazed earthenware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Installation view, Room Service, Union Pacific, 2016

Room Service, Union Pacific, 2016

Room Service, Union Pacific, 2016

Room Service, Union Pacific, 2016

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

World Doesn't Revolve Around You, 2023, glazed ceramic, 78 cm x 74 cm x 64 cm

Untitled, 2020, glazed earthenware, approx 30 x 18 cm

Installation view of Frieze Focus booth 2019

Why Men Love Bitches, 2019, paint on silk, 62 cm x 52 cm

Untitled, 2019, glazed stoneware, 20 cm x 20 cm

Untitled, 2019, glazed stoneware, 20 cm x 20 cm

Untitled (Sauna), 2019, glazed stoneware, 42 x 30 x 30 cm

Untitled, 2019, glazed stoneware, 28 x 70 x 39cm

Give us a Meow (still), 2019, video, 9 minutes 3 seconds

Untitled (Elsa fountain), 2019, glazed earthenware, 80 cm x 73 cm

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Installation view, Room Service, Union Pacific, 2016

Installation view, Room Service, Union Pacific, 2016

Room Service, Union Pacific, 2016

Room Service, Union Pacific, 2016

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable

Just Close Your Eyes and Imagine I Haven’t Evolved, 2016, glazed earthenware and stoneware, dimensions variable