Rio Usui is a Japanese artist and curator based in Weimar, Germany.

EDUCATION

2024 Diploma Fine Arts, class of Prof. Björn Dahlem, Prof. Jana Gunstheimer, Bauhaus-University Weimar

2023 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Curatorial Study, Art and Technology Study

CURATORIAL PROJECTS AND EXHIBITIONS

2024- Founder and director of orbit, a platform for exhibition and publication

2021-2023 Curatorial member of ONA project room, Tokyo

　　 2022-2023 Curatorial member of ∴ (therefore), Tokyo

2020-2024 Curatorial assistant of university gallery nova space, Bauhaus-University Weimar

2019-2021 Member of the student curatorial team marke.6 , Weimar

2024 orbit jum jum jum..., group exhibition, PLLI, Seoul

Empty Shapes, group exhibition, THE PLAN, Chicago, IL

2023 fission ∞ fusion, a duo exhibition by Veranika Khatskevich and Nagisa Yokoyama, R for D, Tokyo

2022 Go With The Flow, group exhibition, R for D, Tokyo

LE FILET, Alizée Gazeau solo exhibition, ONA project room, Tokyo

Epoch/é, Sarah Bildstein solo exhibition, ONA project room, Tokyo

New Species, Jini x Juju Kusanagi, R for D, Tokyo

POST-IT!, graphic collective HHHA solo exhibition, same gallery, Tokyo

ideal pictures, Kohei Kawatani solo exhibition, R for D, Tokyo

2021 Sample from ø mars, Tokyo University of the Arts., Ibaraki Japan.

ø mars, collaborative Instagram online exhibition with class Prof. Björn Dahlem and Department of Intermedia Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts

meta/lawn, collaborative online exhibition with Hochschule für Künste Bremen

SOFASOGOOD, online exhibition and artist talk at nova space, Weimar, artist talk with Jan Tichy

ARTIST SOLO EXHIBITION

2024 super fiction, diploma graduation exhibition, Bauhaus-University Weimar

2022 Phantom On The Blue Lawn, 11m3 projektraum, Weimar

　　　 ℃, M2 challenge (JAXA) x Rio Usui, ONA project room, Tokyo

GROUP EXHIBITION

2024 Wo ist der Morgen, den wir gestern sahen?, nova space, Weimar

Lyonel Kunstpreis 2024, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Weimar

2023 POWER HOUSE Ep1. Where do we grow from here, nova space, Schiller Museum,

2022 UNMONUMENTAL MOMENTS, Jena Kunstverein, Jena

2021 Sample from ømars, Tokyo University of the Arts, Ibaraki, Japan

ø mars, an Instagram online exhibition on Mars

2020 TURBO TURBO, Altes Funkhaus, Weimar

2019 Basic Instincts, Altes Funkhaus, Weimar

HOSPITALITY, Haus 1, Berlin

PUBLIC ART PROJECT

2023 ANALOG, Art on the Mart, Chicago Architecture Biennial 2023 (CAB 5), Chicago, IL

COLLECTION

gopea kunstraum, Bad Bentheim

ART FAIR

Academy Position, POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair, 2024

SCHOLARSHIPS / GRANTS

Krearivefonds Young Talent 2024,Bauhaus-University Weimar

promos-stipendium 2023, DAAD, Bauahus-Uiversity Weimar

Frauenförderfonds 2021, Bauhaus-University Weimar

PUBLICATION

orbit 01, bamdoo press, August 2024, ISBN: 979-11-987973-1-5 (03600)