Rio Usui

I‘m thrilled to announce that a new platform 𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙩 @orbit_platform is ready to launch into the space, bringing new ideas and connections, expending the infinite energy! We have some exciting announcements landing on your way soon, stay tuned for more details, thank you for your support 💫🛰️💜 @orbit_platform 𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙩, a platform for …exhibition …publication …connection …expanding communities and fields 🌐🔄🪐 𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙩 is an international and interdisciplinary exhibition and publication platform that connects artists, designers, curators, writers, researchers, and other individuals and organizations. Through various mediums and formats, it presents the diverse orbits of their creations and activities, highlighting how they expand the boundaries of their fields and languages. Founded and directed by Rio Usui @rio_usui Graphic Design: Dahyun Hwang @da_hyonni Motion Graphics: Leon Calvin Rolle @calvinandleon #orbit #plattform #exhibition #publication #art #science #design #literature #research #community #collaboration

Fortune Cookie (Tsuji-ura 辻占), 2026 Fortune cookies, inkjet print on paper, Installation, dimensions variable Installations shots from „M/E“, a group exhibition at WBS Studio @wukvienna @akbild @macriticalstudies , led by Ruth Sonderegger and Maurício Ianês @mauricioianes #ruthsonderegger. Photo by Natália Zajačiková @natalia.zajacikova 💬🔹♾️🥠

Upcoming ➿🥠 @wukvienna @akbild @macriticalstudies 〰️〰️〰️ 𝑴/𝑬 Opening on 20. Jan Tuesday 5 - 10pm Readings at 6:30 pm Performance at 7:30 pm WUK, WBS Studio Währinger Straße 59, 1090 Wien @wukvienna Diana Andrei @sxcdelight Lukas Begale #lukasbegale Alexandra Octavia Corodan @5596emo3872ns Bryony Dawson @bryony_jean Nicole Dania Foelss @eonicx Giulia Gabrielli #giuliagabrielli Robin Ilian Grossmann @poet.ilian Nastasia Herzog @nastiolivia Sebastian Kokesch #sebastiankokesch Martina Lajczak @martinaleocadia Rio Usui @rio_usui Natália Zajačiková @natalia.zajacikova We are happy to invite you to our exhibition as part of MA critical studies @macriticalstudies  Project seminar entitled „The birth of art, individual (genius) and self-representation“ at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna @akbild , led by Ruth Sonderegger and Mauricio Ianês @mauricioianes  #ruthsonderegger Graphic design by @rio_usui

Blessing and Curse: portrait, fermentation, reflection, stare ➰

Sensitivity is a raw material.

🩵🐛🔋 Thank you for everyone who has met, supported, and inspired me. May the high spirit of hamster protect you🌾

🪁♾️ Thank you Nathalia @nathaliaazuero for amazing photos and documentation 🩵 It’s always such a pleasure to work with you, amiga☁️

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒚𝒂𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒂𝒔 🙂‍↕️💅🧋🗡️💙 “The Sword” is participating at the group exhibition “Wo ist der Morgen, den wir gestern sahen? (Where is the tomorrow we saw yesterday?) curated by Sophia Scherer @jamplemousse runs till 25. October 2024 @nova_artspace @bauhaus_uni Huge thanks and love to @jamplemousse and nova team! • (…) she creates new characters that serve as tools and vesselsfor projection in coping with our own crises and challenges. For the exhibition, Usui produced The Sword (2024), a large-formatposter adorning the staircase. In the detailed drawing, she uses traditional,graphic designs from film posters, reinterpreting and combiningthem with contemporary elements. The drawing is based on a film stillfrom The Three Treasures (1959), which deals with the Shinto interpretation of the creation story. In this scene, the heroic protagonist Yamatotakeru tries to defeat an evil snake with a sword. His mothercautions him the sword is not meant to kill, but protect. According tolegend, this sword is one of three sacred weapons of the Japanese imperial family and is therefore still part of Japan‘s nationalist narrative today. In parallel it lends itself to novel interpretation as a democratic tool that protects rather than destroys. By collaging attributes such as fake nails, eyelashes and bubble tea, Usui transforms the mother into a figure of the present and thus questions the emancipatory potential of pop and internet culture in contrast to Shintoism and conservative belief systems. Text by Sophia Scherer @jamplemousse The Sword, 2024 acrylic coloured pencil on paper 140 x 400 cm [1,3] Jannis Uffrecht @jannisuffrecht

𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 “Spinat, the martian Hamster, appears.”2024, Acrylic color pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm  火星ハムスター、現る。 Photos by Nathalia Azuero @nathaliaazuero ଘ🩵ଓ

𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 Gaze, 2024 Acrylic color pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm  “When you gaze into the hamster, the hamster gazes also into you.” Photos by Nathalia Azuero @nathaliaazuero 💭

Installation shots of „𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣“ diploma exhibition at Berkaer str.11, 1-3.7, 2024 @bauhaus_uni „Spinat, the martian hamster, appears“ 🩵🌈🦕 Photo 5: BLUEPRINT, 2024, Blueback poster paper, 356 x 252 cm Photos by Nathalia Azuero @nathaliaazuero

𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 Rainbow-Radiation, 2024 Acrylic color pencil, acryl on canvas, 250 x 180 cm the end, 2024, cutting sheet, 20 x 20 cm “Godzilla left behind radiation, while Spinat left behind rainbows.” 🌈🦕🫧 Photos by Nathalia Atuero @nathaliaazuero