When: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Mondays-Fridays (Gallery Hours); Monday, December 8 – Friday, February 27 (exhibit dates)

Where: Giustina Gallery at The LaSells Stewart Center, 875 SW 26th ST Corvallis, OR

Details: Yuji Hiratsuka’s artwork unfolds as a vivid dialogue between tradition and modernity, revealing selections from three decades of playful yet deeply considered printmaking. Known for his innovative fusion of intaglio processes with delicate, Japanese-imbued color palettes, Hiratsuka crafts figures that balance elegance, satire, and quiet introspection. Yuji’s characters are poised somewhere between the theatrical and the intimate. Yuji invites the viewer to examine the complexities of identity, cultural hybridity, and the small absurdities of everyday life. Throughout the exhibition, recurring motifs, subtle humor, and exquisitely layered surfaces demonstrate his commitment to craftsmanship and his distinctive voice within contemporary print media. This capsule retrospective covers 1988-2025 and celebrates an artist who has continually expanded the expressive possibilities print, transmuting technical mastery with rich, imaginative visual language.

Yuji Hiratsuka is widely collected and public institutions include: The British Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, Tokyo Central Museum, Panstwowe Museum in Poland; The House of Humor and Satire in Bulgaria, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cleveland Art Museum, Portland Art Museum, New York Public Library, The Library of Congress and The Smithsonian’s Museum of Asian Art.

Cost: Free

Information: https://events.oregonstate.edu/event/yuji-hiratsuka-retro-urban-style