ABOUT: With a visual vocabulary that is abstract but allusive, Yasue Maetake’s sculptures evoke associations with Baroque dynamism and Animism, along with futuristic variations of natural forms and industrial aesthetics. While spotlighting her techniques in welding, carving, and degrading materials, they often appear to be in arrested states of rebirth. They partner directly with human customs and creation.
BIO: Yasue Maetake is a Tokyo-born artist living and working in New York. Her work has been shown at institutions such as; Espacio 1414, The Berezdivin Collection, San Juan; Queens Art Museum, New York; 10th Sonsbeek, Arnhem, Netherlands; ASU Art Museum, Arizona and among others. Solo exhibitions include Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Chimney, New York, Microscope, New York, and Nina Johnson, Miami and others. Maetake’s work has been featured in Sculpture Magazine and reviewed in Artforum, The New York Times, ArtAsiaPacific, FlashArt, and others. Maetake was named as one of “20 international women advancing the field of sculpture” by Artsy, and a recipient of a NYFA Fellowship in Sculpture and a residency in the studio of El Anatsui in Ghana sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan. In summer 2024, Maetake’s essay centered on Eva Hesse will be published in Transatlantique Collection, Paris. She earned her MFA from Columbia University in New York.