Resume
Born in Kagawa, Shikoku Island, Japan
Live and Work in London
Ceramics Tutor / Technician / Morley College / London UK
Contributing Writer / Design Stories / Paris FR
Member / ART BEASTIES / NY USA
EDUCATION
2024 Master of Research Creative Practice MRes / University of Westminster / London UK
1997 Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics / University of Washington / Seattle WA USA
1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts / Ceramics / Joshibi University of Art and Design / Tokyo Japan
Areas of focus: Ceramics, Glass Art, Education/Teaching Training
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Metaphorical Boundaries / HPM Space / London UK
2013 Kukai / Collaboration with Robert Campbell / Kittredge Gallery / University of Puget Sound / Tacoma WA USA
2012 Kukai: Sea and Sky / Collaboration with Robert Campbell / SOIL Gallery / Seattle WA USA
2010 Illuminant / Howard House Contemporary Art / Seattle WA USA
2009 Poetic of Restraint / Dan & Gail Cannon Gallery of Art / Western Oregon University / Monmouth OR USA
2007 The Logic of Place / Peeler Art Center / DePauw University / Greencastle IN USA
2006 Floating Plaster / City Motion / Collaboration with Robert Campbell / Henry Art Gallery / Seattle WA USA
2006 Dream Suspended / Kittredge Gallery / University of Puget Sound / Tacoma WA USA
2005 Mapping the Moment /Howard House Contemporary Art / Seattle WA USA
2005 Ma: NAC JAPAN / Novara Arte Cultura / Novara Italy (2 persons)
2003 Red Stair / Woolworth Window Gallery / Tacoma WA USA
2003 Simple Behavior / SOIL Gallery / Seattle WA USA (2 persons)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Clay Thinking: Everyday Life – An installation of 100 Creative Explorations / Gallery East / University of Westminster / London UK
2024 30works30days / Artquest / London UK
2023 WHAT IF IT ALL WORKS OUT? The MRes Creative Practice Interim Show 2023 / Gallery West / University of Westminster / London UK
2023 and then: ART BEASTIES 10th Anniversary / EV Gallery / New York USA
2023 First 50 Years: Highlights from the Civic Collection, 1973–2023 / Arts at King Street Station Gallery / Seattle / WA
2023 Terra Forma / Ice House / London UK
2023 30works30days / Artquest / London UK
2020 There is No Answer: Curved Clay Ball / Arts Incubator Residency / Cornish College of the Arts / Seattle WA USA
2020 The Shaun Kardinal Art Museum / Museum of Museums / Seattle WA USA
2018 Butterfly Flutter: Time Difference VOL.３ New York–Seattle–London– Tokyo / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Tokyo Japan
(Awarded grants from Asahi Newspaper Cultural foundation)
2018 In the Shadow of Olympus / SOIL Gallery / Seattle WA USA
2016 Time Difference VOL.2 Seattle-New York-Tokyo-Kobe / Hyogo Prefectural
Museum of Art / Kobe Japan (Awarded grant from Kobe Cultural Support Foundation and crowdfunding from Parco Booster)
2016 Evolution: Art, Science & Adaption / Seymour Conservatory /Tacoma WA USA
2015 Bellingham National 2015 Exhibition and Awards /Juried by Scott Lawrimore / Whatcome Museum / Bellingham WA USA
2015 Time Difference: Seattle–New York–Tokyo / SOIL Gallery / Seattle WA USA
2015 ART BEASTIES at Prole Drift / Prole Drift / Seattle WA USA
2014 Fluid Destination / Art Beasties / Culture Fix Gallery / New York NY USA
2014 INTRODUCTION, ART BEASTIES, Japanese artist collective first group exhibition in NYC / Brooklyn Fire Proof / Brooklyn NY USA
2014 PARTY AT PARK / Sculpture Park / Seattle Art Museum / Seattle, WA
2013 Maneki Neko: Japan’s Beckoning Cats From Talisman to Pop Icon / Bellevue Arts Museum / Bellevue WA USA
2011 currents 11 / The 2nd Annual Santa Fe International New Media Festival / El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe / Santa Fe NM USA
2010 BAM Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown / Bellevue Arts Museum / Bellevue WA USA
2009 BUILD-A-HOUSE / Howard House Contemporary Art / Seattle WA USA
2008 SOIL@SOIL / Aqua Art Miami / Miami Beach FL USA
2007 Compass: New Directions / Curated by Jill Conner / Black and White Gallery / Brooklyn NY USA
2007 Neddy Artist Fellowship Exhibition / Tacoma Art Museum / Tacoma WA USA
2006/2007 Building Tradition: Contemporary Northwest Art from Tacoma Art Museum / Whatcom Museum of History and Art / Bellingham WA USA
2007 Electric Gallery / Union Substation / Municipal Tower Gallery / Seattle WA USA
2007 Master Minds – abstract works from UW Ceramics Faculty and Alumni / Kirkland Arts Center / Kirkland WA USA
2006 New Works Laboratory / 911 Media Arts Center and Henry Art Gallery / Seattle WA USA
2006 Common Ground / Curated by Jess Van Nostrand / SOIL Gallery / Aqua Art Miami / Aqua Hotel / Miami Beach FL USA
2006 Skid Row / Howard House Contemporary Art / Aqua Art Miami / Aqua Hotel / Miami Beach FL USA
2006 Hardline Organics Part 2: A Tale of Absurd Optimism / SOIL Gallery / Seattle WA USA
2006 Fresh / Elizabeth Leach Gallery / Portland OR USA
2006 Hardline Organics Part 1 / SOIL Gallery / Seattle WA USA
2005 Aqua Art Miami / Aqua Hotel / Miami Beach FL USA
2005 SOIL Artist-run Gallery 1995-2005 / SOIL Gallery / Seattle WA USA
2005 Building Tradition / Curated by Rock Hushka / Tacoma Art Museum / Tacoma WA USA
2003 YSA: Young Seattle Artists / Howard House Contemporary Art / Seattle WA USA
2003 Artists and Maps: Cartography as a Means of Knowing / Lewis & Clark College / Portland OR USA
2003 Fashion Is ART / Fashion Show/Exhibition/Publication / Curated by THREAD for ART / Bumbershoot / Seattle WA USA
2003 University of Washington Ceramics 1969-1996 / The Clay Studio / Philadelphia PA USA
2003 Multiple Coordinates / Curated by Ephriam Russell / Foster/White Gallery / Kirkland WA USA
2002 Multiplex; 22 Contemporary Artists / Curated by Michael Van Horn / Bumbershoot / Seattle WA USA
2002 LAVA 2002 / Noodleworks / Curated by Thread for Art / Seattle WA USA
2000 00 / 01 / James Harris Gallery / Seattle WA USA
TEACHING/LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
2022– Ceramics Tutor / Technician / Morley College / London UK
2015 Teaching Artist / Digital Media & Advance Art (Painting & Drawing / Upper School / Charles Wright Academy /University Place WA USA
2014 Teaching Artist / Washington State Teaching Artist Training Laboratory / ARTSWA / Seattle WA USA
2013 Teaching Artist / Sherman Elementary School / Tacoma WA USA
2012 Plaster Casting / Kittredge Hall / University of Puget Sound / Tacoma WA USA
2006 Lecture / Art 120: Issues and Influences / University of Washington / Seattle WA USA
2006 Lecture / University of Puget Sound / Tacoma WA USA
2003 Lecture / Citizen Activism / The Evergreen State College / Olympia WA USA
1997 Solo Teaching / Ceramics / University of Washington / Seattle WA USA
1997 Teaching Assistant Visiting Artist Claudia Fitch / University of Washington / Seattle WA USA
1996 Teaching Assistant Visiting Artist Tip Toland / University of Washington / Seattle WA USA
1995 Teaching Assistant Visiting Artist Tre Arenz / University of Washington / Seattle WA USA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 Artist Presenter / Public Art Boot Camp Program / Office of Arts & Culture / EMP/ Seattle WA USA (also in 2016 and 2015)
2013 Panelist / Going Public: Transitioning from Studio Art to Public Work / University of Puget Sound / Tacoma WA USA
2012 Panelist / CityArtist Project / City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs / Seattle WA USA
2010 Panelist / SDOT Sidewalk Development Artwork Project / City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs / Seattle WA USA
2010 Artist Talk / NW Clay Symposium / Bellevue Arts Museum / Bellevue WA USA
2010 Artist Talk / Howard House Contemporary Art / Seattle WA USA
2009 Juror / 4Culture Gallery / 4 Culture / Seattle WA USA
1998–2009 Member / SOIL: Collective and Artist-run Gallery / Seattle WA USA
2007 Artist Talk / DePauw University / Greencastle IN USA
2006 Co-Curator / Hardline Organics / SOIL Gallery / Seattle WA USA
2006 Publication Project Director / SOIL 2006 / SOIL Gallery / Seattle WA USA
2006 Juror / Artist Trust Grants for Art Project / Seattle WA USA
2006 Panelist / Arts Organization Sustained Support Program / 4Culture / Seattle WA USA
2006 Artist Talk / Transcontinental / 911 artists2artists / 911 Media Arts Center / Seattle WA USA
2005 Artist Talk / Howard House Contemporary Art / Seattle WA USA
2005 Artist Talk / Tacoma Convention Center Public Art /Tacoma Art Museum / Tacoma WA USA
2005 On–Site Evaluator / Arts Organization Sustained Support Program / 4 Culture / Seattle WA USA
2005 Advisory Committee / Public Art Project / Wing Luke Asian Museum / Seattle WA USA
2002–2005 Publication Project Director / SOIL: Seattle’s artist-run-gallery 1995<2005 / SOIL Gallery / Seattle WA USA
2004 Panelist / Arts Special Projects Program / 4 Culture / Seattle WA USA
2004 Artist Talk / Chateau de La Napoule / La Napoule France
2003 Co-Curator / Fashion Is Art / Seattle WA USA
2003 Panelist / 3 Public Art Projects / Atlantic/Central Base Expansion / Cultural Development Authority of King County / Seattle WA USA
2002 Co-Organizer / LAVA 2002 / Seattle WA USA
1998–2000 Claudia Fitch Studio Assistant / Seattle WA USA
1998–2000 Gallery Assistant: Howard House / Seattle WA USA
AWARDS/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
2017 Artist Trust Fellowship / Artist Trust / Seattle WA USA (also in 2002)
2011 Tacoma Artist Initiative Program / Tacoma Arts Commission / Tacoma WA USA (also in 2003)
2010 Artist Trust Grants for Art Project / Seattle WA USA (also in1999, 2005)
2009 Arts Special Project Program Grant / 4Culture, Seattle WA USA (also in 2006, 2005, 2003)
2006 CityArtist Projects / City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs / Seattle WA USA
2004 Project Grant / Washington State Art Commission / Olympia WA USA
2004 Joshibi Intensive Creative and Research Fellowship Award / Joshibi University of Art and Design / Tokyo Japan
2002 PONCHO Northwest Scholarship / Pilchuck Glass School / Stanwood WA USA
2001 The Pollock-Krasner Grant / The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / New York NY USA
2001 George Tsutakawa Memorial Scholarship / Pratt Fine Arts Center / Seattle WA USA
1999 Emergency Grant / Change.Inc, / New York NY USA
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2020 Arts Incubator Residency / Cornish College of the Arts / Seattle WA USA
2006 New Works Laboratory / 911 Media Arts Center and Henry Art Gallery / Seattle WA USA
2005 Novara Arte Cultura / Novara Italy
2004 La Napoule Art Foundation Artist in Residence / La Napoule France
2001 Centrum Creative Residency / Port Townsend WA USA
2001 Vermont Studio Center /Johnson VT USA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2017 City of Seattle Portable Works Collection Purchase / Seattle WA USA
2012 City of Tacoma’s Portable Works Collection Purchase / Tacoma WA USA
2009 Pierce County Art Bank Portable Works / Tacoma WA USA
2008 Seattle City Light / Seattle WA USA
2009 Pierce County Art Bank Portable Works / Tacoma WA USA
2006 Ulrich Museum of Art / Wichita Kansas USA
2003 Tacoma Art Museum / Tacoma WA USA
2002 Microsoft Corporation / Redmond WA USA
2001 The Swedish Cancer Institute / Seattle WA USA
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2024 PlayFORM / Overlake Station / Sound Transit / Redmond WA USA
2017 TransFORM Ill / Lecture Hall / Evergreen State College / Olympia WA USA
2017 TransFORM ll / Bay Terrace / Tacoma Housing Authority / Tacoma WA USA
2014 TransFORM l / Bay Terrace, City of Tacoma Municipal Art Program / Tacoma WA USA
2008 Filament / Seattle Municipal Building / Seattle City Light / Seattle WA USA
2006 White Vanishing: Light and Shadow / Electric Gallery / Union Street Substation / Seattle WA USA
2004 Seeded Forest / Collaboration with Joe Miller / New Tacoma Convention Center / Tacoma WA USA
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Remark / 4 Culture / Seattle WA USA
2019 Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2018 / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Tokyo Japan
2018 Butterfly Flutter: Time Difference VOL.３ New York‒Seattle–London–Tokyo / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum / Art Beasties Publications
2016 Time Difference VOL.2 Seattle‒New York‒Tokyo‒Kobe / Hyogo Prefectural
Museum of Art / Art Beasties Publications
2013 CARTOGRAPHY: Artists + Maps / Katharine Harmon / Under Table Press / China
2011 Return to the Viewer: Selected Art Reviews by Matthew Kangas / Midmarch Arts Press
2009 500 Ceramic Sculptures / Lark Books
2009 CARTOGRAPHY: Artists + Maps / Text by Katharine Harmon / Hardcover Edition / Princeton Architectural Press
2008 Yuki Nakamura / Artist Monograph / Seattle WA USA
SOIL 2008 / Profile by Sara Callahan / SOIL Publications / Seattle WA USA
2007 One Shots 2006 / Curated Publication / Visual Codec / Seattle WA USA
2006 SOIL 2006 / SOIL Publications / Seattle WA USA
2006 NAC / Essay by Davide Vanotti / NAC Publications / Novara Italy
2005 SOIL Artist-run Gallery 1995>2005 / SOIL Publications / Seattle WA USA
2003 Fashion Is Art / Essay by Rhonda Howard / Artist Entry by Fionn Meade / Design by Rebecca Richards / THREAD for ART, Seattle WA USA
2003 Building Tradition / Written by Rock Hushka / Tacoma Art Museum / Tacoma WA USA
2003 Artists and Maps: Cartography as a Means of Knowing / The Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art / Lewis &Clark College / Portland OR USA
2002 LAVA 2002 / Essay by Rhonda Howard, Design by Rebecca Richards, Artist Entry by Anna Fahey, Published by THREAD / Seattle WA USA
SELECTED REVIEWS OF EXHIBITIONS
Ponnekanti, Rosemary. “Digital and Physical mesh in the mystical Nakamura-Campbell exhibit “Kukai” at Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound. The New Tribune. January 23, 2013
Graves, Jen. “Porcelain, Animation, Sound, and Mylar After Japan’s Tsunami.” The Stranger. (January 18, 2012)
Kangas, Matthew. “Bellevue Art Museum Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown.” Ceramic Monthly. (April 2011), pp.56–57.
Kangas, Matthew. International Exhibition Reviews. Art in America (May 2010), p.165
Langner, Erin. “Yuki Nakamura and Gretchen Bennett.” The Stranger (January 12, 2010)
Hackett, Regina. “Yuki Nakamura – old light.” Another Bouncing Ball (www.artsjournal.com)
Lombardi, D. Dominick. “Compass: New Directions A show curated by Jill Conner at Black & White Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.” D’art International. Volume 11, Number1. (Spring/Summer 2008)
Art Fag City. “Compass New Directions at Black and White Gallery in Williamsburg.” Thursday, November 8, 2008.
Kelly, Peter. “Shiplike ‘city,’ scenes of war, pirate radio featured in new Henry exhibits.” UWEEK, Vol. 24, No. 8 (November 16–29, 2006).
Conner, Jill. “Anime and Role Play: Bubblegum Crisis.” Whitewall Magazine (Third Issue 2006), p. 137.
Peter, Sue. “Brilliant Collaborations. Digital experimenters are paired with traditional artists, to dazzling effect.” Seattle Weekly (October 11, 2006), p. 71.
Graves, Jen. “Kingdom, Come.” The Stranger (September 28–October 4, 2006), p. 61
Liang, Yi. “SOIL.” Vision Magazine, China (September 2006), pp. 193–194
Conner, Jill. “Fragile Simplicity,” Sculpture Magazine (July/August Issue, 2006), pp. 42–47.
Neyens, Matt. “Yuki Nakamura Mapping the Moment at Howard House.” Rivet, R15 The Green Issue (2006), p. 27.
Lind, Katie. “Nakamura Brings the Suspense” to UPS.” The Trail, Volume 94, Issue 12 (February 17, 2006), p. 12.
Jelenkovich, Gioia Raimondi. “Mostra al Nac Miyuki Yokomizo e Yuki Nakamura.” Corriere di Novara (April 28, 2005).
Kunimatsu, Susan. “Art Worlds: The expanding universe of Yuki Nakamura.” International Examiner (August 4–17, 2004), p. 1, p. 11.
B.G. “Les artists du monde ouvrent leurs ports.” Nice-Matin (February 29, 2004).
Irizarry, Elvis. “The Fictional Atlas of Yuki Nakamura.” International Examiner (November 20–December 3, 2002), p. 13.
Brown, Elizabeth, and Corrin, Lisa. “The Mountain is Out.” MODERN PAINTERS (Autumn 2002), p. 47.