yupuuri

"Ever since she was a little girl, Yuri has always been fond of drawing pictures and making crafts. Having specialized in art in high school, she took a path of fashion art as her interest in fashion grew in her university days. She immersed herself in the joy of making clothes using various materials. After working as a designer of children's clothes, she decided that she wanted to express the tenderness and warmth of fabrics through artworks while making use of her experience in designing.

In 2020, she coined the word yupuuri, merging her name Yuri and her beloved dog Puu to symbolize the happiness that resides in her. With her hope to deliver happiness to the whole world, she works on her pieces aiming to create digital art that no one has seen before. Her signature works are two-dimensional pieces in which “collage stuffed toys” and digital expression fuse together.

Major exhibitions include ""Mystere I"" exhibition at gallery art point, Ginza (2021) and at Hilton Tokyo (2021). In 2022, she was awarded the Contemporary Art Prize for ""Heart Art in KYOTO"" at the Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art. "

小さな頃から、絵を描いたり工作をしたりすることが好きだった友梨。高校で芸術を専門的に学び、大学ではファッションに興味を持ちファッションアートの道へと進む。色々な素材を使って服をつくっていく事の楽しさに没頭した。その後、子ども服のデザイナーを経て、その経験を生かしながら布の持つ優しさや暖かみを、アートで表現したいと思い立つ。

2020年、本名yuriと愛犬puuを混ぜ合わせた造語で自分の中の幸せを象徴するものとしてyupuuriをスタートさせた。『世界中にhappyを届けたい！』の気持ちで、今までまだ誰も見たことがないアートを表現するべく、作品に向き合っている。作品は、『コラージュぬいぐるみ』をデジタルと融合させてひとつの平面作品に仕上げるスタイルで制作される。主な展示には2021年銀座gallery art point『mystere l』展 ・2021ヒルトン東京 『文化藝術展』2022年heart art in Kyoto 京都京セラ美術館で現代芸術選賞を受賞した。