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Weston Teruya is a contemporary artist and arts administrator based in Oakland, California. He is best known for his work in the fields of public art, community engagement, and social practice.
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Teruya received his BFA from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2000 and his MFA from the California College of the Arts in 2006. He has exhibited his work in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including at the Honolulu Museum of Art, the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, and the Asian Art Museum.
Teruya is the founder and director of the Oakland-based arts organization, The Center for Cultural Innovation, which provides resources and support to artists and arts organizations. He is also a founding member of the Oakland-based artist collective, The Great Wall of Oakland.
In addition to his work as an artist and arts administrator, Teruya is a lecturer at the California College of the Arts and a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a board member of the San Francisco Arts Commission and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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Weston Teruya has exhibited widely. In 2019 he had a solo exhibition, expansion (land.water.sky), at the Commons Gallery, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI. In 2018 he and Related Tactics exhibited Added Value, a public art project in collaboration with Stephanie Syjuco and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In 2017-18 Teruya created Means of Exchange (South of Market), a public project with Kearny Street Workshop & Kimberley Acebo Arteche, in San Francisco, CA. In 2017 he was in a three-person show, The future needs new plans, at the Patricia Sweetow Gallery, in Oakland, CA. In 2016 he exhibited the installation the space left behind, as his Recology Artist-in-Residence show, in San Francisco, CA. In 2016 he exhibited NextNewPaper, in a group exhibition at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA. In 2016 his work was shown in Work in Progress: Investigations South of Market, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA. In 2015 his work was included in a three-person show, Art + Process + Ideas, at the Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA In 2011 he had a solo exhibition, 2x2 Solos: Weston Teruya, at Pro Arts Gallery, in Oakland, CA. In 2009 he had a solo show, The Pull of Two Signs Rising Over the Land, at the Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
In 2018 Teruya received an Asian Cultural Council Individual Fellowship to participate in a three-month residency in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2019. Teruya received a fellowship in 2017 from the Kala Institute to create a sculptural installation addressing cross-racial solidarity movements that link communities of color. He was a 2017 Artist-in-Residence at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco where he created the city breathing, a paper installation. In 2016 Teurya and collaborator Kimberley Acebo Arteche were awarded a CreativeWorkFund grant to produce AllTogether Now at the San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery. Teruya received the Artadia Award in 2009.
In 2016, Teruya was an artist-in-residence at Recology, a residency program which provides artists with access to the San Francisco Solid Waste Transfer and Recycling Center. In response to this environment, he created Lessons Learned a sculptural installation made from recycled paper, office supplies, construction debris and other material from the city dump as part of his body of work, The Space Behind.
He was a Commissioner for Berkeley Civic Arts Commission, Berkeley, CA between 2013-2016. In 2014, Teruya was selected by the Berkeley Art Center to be the sole juror for the exhibition 'Feature'. Teruya curated shows for the Berkeley Art Center, Southern Exposure (art space), and the Kearny Street Workshop in San Francisco.
Teruya's work touches upon issues of power and politics, often in relation to the San Francisco Bay Area. His work in 2010, The Gracious City at Its Neighbor’s Edge, explores the geographical and social juxtaposition of a golf course and Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. His art also draws upon his own background, such as in his works related to the Hawaiian diaspora. His research involves the exploration of community histories in relation to the intersection of social movements and public space. Teruya's art has been presented by the San Francisco Arts Commission as part of the Market Street Poster Series, responding to the social dynamics related to sanctuary cities.
Weston Teruya (born 1977 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an Oakland-based visual artist and arts administrator. Teruya's paper sculptures, installations, and drawings reconfigure symbols forming unexpected meanings that tamper with social/political realities, speculating on issues of power, control, visibility, protection and, by contrast, privilege. With Michele Carlson and Nathan Watson, he is a member of the Related Tactics artists' collective and often exhibits under that name.
Weston Teruya was born in Honolulu, Hawai'i, in 1977. He studied at Pomona College and received his BA in Studio Art, with a minor in Asian American studies in 1999. He studied a dual master's degree at California College of the Arts and graduated in 2007 with an MFA in Painting and Drawing and MA in Visual and Critical Studies.
