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Born Kagawa, Japan

Work and Live in London

EDUCATION

1997      Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1994      Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo, Japan (Areas of focus: Ceramics, Glass Art, Education/Teaching Training)

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020                Metaphorical Boundaries, HPM space(private), London UK

2013                Kukai, collaboration with Robert Campbell, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

2012                Kukai: Sea and Sky, collaboration with Robert Campbell, SOIL, Seattle, WA

2010                Illuminant, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

2009                Poetic of Restraint, Dan & Gail Cannon Gallery of Art, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR

2007                The Logic of Place, Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN

2006                Floating Plaster / City Motion, Collaboration with Robert Campbell, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006                Dream Suspended, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

2005                Mapping the Moment, Howard House, Seattle, WA

2003                Red Stair, Window Dressing Urban Art Installation, Woolworth Window, Tacoma, WA

2001                Danger, King County Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

1999                Obtrusion and Obstruction, curated by Tracey Fugami, RAW Gallery, Seattle, WA

1998                Potential Encounter, Shoreline Community College Gallery, Seattle, WA

1998                Dirt, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

1997                How Can I Fit In, CMA Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

TWO PERSONS EXHIBITIONS

2005                Ma: NAC JAPAN, Novara Arte Cultura, Novara, Italy

2003                Simple Behavior, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2001                Atlas, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA

2001                White Vanishing, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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                蝶の羽ばたきTime Difference 時差 VOL. New YorkSeattle–London-Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

2018                In the Shadow of Olympus, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2016                Time Difference 時差展 VOL.2 Seattle-New York-Tokyo-Kobe, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan

2016                Evolution: Art, Science & Adaption, Seymour Conservatory, Tacoma, WA

2016                Seattle Public Utilities Cultural Perspectives Part 1, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Seattle, WA

2015                Bellingham National 2015 Exhibition and Awards, juried by Scott Lawrimore, Whatcome Museum, Bellingham, WA

2015                Time Difference: Seattle-New York-Tokyo, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2015                ART BEASTIES Pop-Up Show at Prole Drift, Prole Drift, Seattle, WA

2014                Fluid Destination, Art Beasties, Culture Fix Gallery, New York, NY

2014                INTRODUCTION, ART BEASTIES, Japanese artist collective first group exhibition in NYC, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY

2014                PART 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

2012                Set the Table for SAM, Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA

2011                currents 11, The 2nd Annual Santa Fe International New Media Festival, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM

2011                Senninbari, curated by Rumi Koshino, KOBO, Seattle, WA

2011                Artist for Japan, KOBO, Seattle, WA

2011                Japanese Artists Tsunami Fundraiser, curated by Toshi Asai and Ben Beres, Jo Bar Cafe, Seattle, WA

2010                BAM Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA

2010                Tacoma Foundation Nominees Exhibition, curated by Margaret Bullock, Kittredge Gallery, Tacoma, WA

2009                BUILD-A-HOUSE /OPEN HOUSE, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

2008                THE NATURE OF GROWTH, curated by Lars Husby, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA

2008                SOIL@SOIL, Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL

2008                Heritage and Windows, All Nations Cup 2008, Tukwila, WA

2007                Compass: New Directions, curated by Jill Conner, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2007                The 2007 Neddy Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

2006–2007      Building Tradition: Contemporary Northwest Art from Tacoma Art Museum, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA

2007                Electric Gallery, Union Substation, Municipal Tower Gallery, Seattle, WA

2007                Master Minds – abstract works from UW Ceramics Faculty and Alumni, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA

2007                Artist Trust 20 Years, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA

2007                In Focus: Seattle Galleries SOIL Gallery, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA

2007                2007 Artist Trust 20th Anniversary, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006                New Works Laboratory, 911 Media Arts Center and Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006                Common Ground, Curated by Jess Van Nostrand, SOIL Gallery, Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach, FL

2006                Skid Row, Howard House, Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach, FL

2006                ARTS PARTS, Gallery4Culture, Seattle, WA

2006                Hardline Organics Part Two – a tale of absurd optimism, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006                Fresh, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

2006                In Focus: Seattle Galleries at the RSG, Howard House, Seattle Art Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006                Hardline Organics: Part One, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005                Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach, FL

2005                Studios: Part 2, International District, The Seattle Art Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005                SOIL Artist-run Gallery 1995-2005, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005                Building Tradition, Curated by Rock Hushka, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

2005                SOIL Auction and SOIL Book Release, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA

2004                Sell out, Howard House, Seattle, WA

2004                Comfort, Threadshop, Seattle, WA

2004                Masquerade, Curated by Bret Marion, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2004                Transition and Transformation, City Space, Seattle, WA

2004                Material Witness, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA

2004                Trespass: A Site Specific Installation, Chateau de La Napoule, La Napoule, France

2003                YSA: Young Seattle Artists, Howard House, Seattle, WA

2003                2003 Northwest Annual, Juror: Esther Luttikhuizen, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

2003                Artists and Maps: Cartography as a Means of Knowing, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR

2003                Fashion Is ART, Fashion Show/Exhibition/Publication, Curated by THREAD for ART, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA

2003                Fashion Is ART, Kuhlman, Seattle, WA

2003                Collections and Creations, Curated by Randy Wood, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA

2003                Under Construction, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA

2003                University of Washington Ceramics Program 1969-1996, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2003                Multiple Coordinates, Curated by Ephriam Russell, Foster/White Gallery, Kirkland, WA

2002                Tiny Universe, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002                Multiplex; 22 Contemporary Artists, Curated by Michael Van Horn, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA

2002                LAVA 2002, Noodleworks, Organized by Yuki Nakamura, Jennifer West, and Claude Zervas, Seattle, WA

2002                SOIL does Houston, Houston Gallery, Seattle, WA

2000                00 / 01, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

2000                NoodleWorks Invitational 2000, NoodleWorks, Seattle, WA

2000                Good and Guilty, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA

2000                Mahlum Architects, Seattle, WA“

1999                The End: Tacoma Art Museum’s Biennial, Juror: Fred Wilson, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

1999                Pacific Northwest Annual, Juror: Jon Tupper, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

1999                Liminal, Curated by Christian French, ArtsEdge, ArtSpace, Seattle, WA

1999                Horsehead International Projects, Sand Point Navel Base, Seattle, WA

1999                Box Populi, ArtSpace, Seattle, WA

1999                Within, Curated by Christian French, ArtSpace, Seattle, WA

1998                Unbridled: New A.R.T. Organization: Artists Representing Themselves, Hanger at Sand Point Navel Base, Seattle, WA

1998                New SOIL Members, SOILGallery, Seattle, WA

1997                PUSH, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

1997                Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

1996                Beyond the Rock Garden, Curated by Mayumi Tsutakawa, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA    

1996                School of Art First Year MFA Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA

1994                Ceramics Graduation Exhibition, Asabu Museum of Arts and Crafts, Tokyo

1994                Put on the Earth, Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo

1992                Green Roof as Performance Symposium, Sagamihara, Japan

 

AWARDS/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS

2017                Artist Trust Fellowship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA USA

2013–2014      Washington State Teaching Artist Training Laboratory, ARTSWA, Seattle, WA

2011                Tacoma Artist Initiative Program, Tacoma Arts Commission, Tacoma, WA

2010                Artist Trust Grants for Art Project, Seattle, WA

2009                (Nominee) Foundation of Art Award, The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Tacoma, 2009

2009                Arts Special Project Program Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA

2007                (Nominee) Neddy Award, Behnke Foundation, Seattle, WA

2006                CityArtist Projects, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA

2006                4Culture Arts Special Project Program Grant (SOIL Hardline Organics Project), Seattle, WA

2005                Artist Trust Grants for Art Project, Seattle, WA

2005                4Culture Arts Special Project Program Grant, Seattle, WA

2004                Project Grant (SOIL Artist-run Gallery 1995-2005 publication project), Washington State Art Commission, Olympia, WA

2004                Joshibi Intensive Creative and Research Fellowship Award, Tokyo

2004                (Finalist) Joshibi Paris Award, Tokyo

2003                Arts Special Projects Program Grant (SOIL Artist-run Gallery 1995-2005 publication project), Cultural Development Authority of  King County, Seattle, WA

2003                EDGE: Professional Development Program, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA

2003                Tacoma Artist Initiative Program Grant, Tacoma Arts Commission, Tacoma, WA

2002                Artist Trust / Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA

2002                (Finalist) Joshibi Intensive Creative and Research Fellowship Award, Tokyo

2002                PONCHO Northwest Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2001                 The Pollock-Krasner Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc, New York, NY

2001                 George Tsutakawa Memorial Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

2000                Artist’s Grant, Artist-in-Residence, Vermont Studio Center, VT

1999                 (Finalist) Betty Bowen Art Award, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

1999                 Artist Trust Grants for Art Project, Seattle, WA

1999                 Emergency Grant, Change.Inc, New York, NY

1996                 Milnor Roberts Scholarship, School of Art, University of Washington

1995                 Gonzales Scholarship, School of Art, University of Washington

 

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2020                Arts Incubator Residency, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA

2006                New Works Laboratory, 911 Media Arts Center and Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005                Novara Arte Cultura, Novara, Italy

2004                La Napoule Art Foundation Artist in Residence, La Napoule, France

2003                PONCHO Artist-in-Residence, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

2001                Centrum Creative Residency, Port Townsend, WA

2001                Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2016                Seattle Public Utilities Portable Works Collection Purchase, Seattle, WA USASeattle

2012                City of Tacoma’s Portable Works Collection Purchase, Tacoma, WA

2009                Pierce County Art Bank Portable Works, Tacoma, WA

2008                Seattle City Light, Seattle, WA

2009                Pierce County Art Bank Portable Works, Tacoma, WA

2006                Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas

2004                Tacoma Convention Center, Tacoma, WA

2003                Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

2002                Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA

2001                The Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA

 

PUBLICATIONS

2019                Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2018, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

2018                蝶の羽ばたきTime Difference 時差VOL. New YorkSeattle–London–Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Art Beasties Publications

2016                Time Difference 時差展 VOL.2 SeattleNew YorkTokyoKobeHyogo 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, a hardcover edition by Princeton Architectural Press

2008                Yuki Nakamura, artist monograph, essays by Jill Conner, Rock Hushka, Stefano Catalani, Gary Owen, Fionn Meade, Jen Graves and Elizabeth Brown, Seattle, WA

2008               SOIL 2008, profile by Sara Callahan, SOIL Publications, Seattle, WA

2007                Compass: New Directions, essay by Jill Conner, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2007                The 2007 Neddy Artist Fellowship, essay by Jess Van Nostrand, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

2007                One Shots 2006, Curated Publication, Visual Codec, Seattle, WA

2006                SOIL 2006, Introduction by Jess Van Nostrand, Design by Thom Heileson, Members Profile by Jill Conner, SOIL Publications, Seattle, WA

2006                NAC, Essay by Davide Vanotti, NAC Publications, Novara, Italy

2005                SOIL Artist-run Gallery 1995-2005, Introduction by Yuki Nakamura, Design by Thom Heileson, Essay by Fionn Meade, Members Profile by Rock Hushka and Stefano Catalani, SOIL Publications, Seattle, WA

2003                Fashion Is Art, Essay by Rhonda Howard, Artist Entry by Fionn Meade, Design by Rebecca Richards, THREAD for ART, Seattle, WA

2003                Building Tradition, Written by Rock Hushka, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

2003                Artists and Maps: Cartography as a Means of Knowing, Written by Linda Tesner, The Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lewis &Clark College, Portland, OR

2002                LAVA 2002, Essay by Rhonda Howard, Design by Rebecca Richards, Artist Entry by Anna Fahey, Published by THREAD, Seattle, WA

1997                Master of Fine Arts 1997, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1996                Beyond the Rock Garden: Craft Forms for a New World Asian / Pacific American and   Canadian Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2013–              Member, Art Beasties, Japanese Artist Collective, New York, NY

2013                 Panelist, Going Public: Transitioning from Studio Art to Public Work, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

2012                 Panelist, CityArtist Project, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA

2010                 Panelist, SDOT Sidewalk Development Artwork Project, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA

2009                 Juror: 4Culture Gallery, 4 Culture, Seattle, WA

2007                 Assistant, Aqua Art Miami, Seattle, WA

2006                 Co-Curator, Hardline Organics, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006                 Publication Project Director: SOIL 2006, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006                 Juror: Senior Student exhibition, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

2006                 Juror: Artist Trust Grants for Art Project, Seattle, WA

2006                 Panelist: 4Culture Arts Organization Sustained Support Program, 4Culture, Seattle, WA

2006                 Volunteer: Marketing Project, Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, WA

2005                 On–Site Evaluator, Arts Organization Sustained Support Program, 4 Culture, Seattle, WA

2005                 Advisory Committee “Public Art Project,” Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA

2002–2005       Publication Project Director: “SOIL: Seattle’s artist-run-gallery 1995<2005”

2005                Artist in Residency in Education, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

2004                Panelist: Arts Special Projects Program, 4 Culture, Seattle, WA

2003                Co-Curator, “Fashion Is Art,” Seattle, WA

2003                EDGE: Professional Development Program, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA

2003                Panelist: 3 Public Art Projects, Atlantic/Central Base Expansion, Cultural Development Authority of King County, Seattle, WA

2003                Interpreter/Assistant: Worked with Katusshige Nakahashi, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002                Co-Organizer, “LAVA 2002,” Seattle, WA

2001                Juror: Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA

1998–2000      Claudia Fitch Studio Assistant, Seattle, WA

1998                Gallery Assistant: Howard House, Seattle, WA

1997–1998      Sales Associate: Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

1998–2009      Member: SOIL: Collective and Artist-run Gallery, Seattle, WA

1995                Solo Teaching: Ceramic Handbuilding, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1992–1994      Kosho Ito Installation Assistant, Tokyo

 

TEACHING/LECTURES/WORKSHOPS

2017                Artist Presenter, Office of Arts & Culture, Public Art Boot Camp Program, EMP, Seattle, WA

2016                Artist Presenter, Office of Arts & Culture, Public Art Boot Camp Program, EMP, Seattle, WA

2015                Teaching Artist, Digital Media & Advance Art, Charles Wright Academy, University Place, WA

2015                Artist Presenter, Office of Arts & Culture, Public Art Boot Camp Program, EMP, Seattle, WA

2013                Teaching Artist, Artist in Residence at Sherman Elementary School, Tacoma, WA

2012                Workshop and Artist Talk, Kittredge Hall, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

2010                BAM Biennial Artist Talks, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA

2010                BAM Biennial 2010: NW Clay Symposium, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA

2010                Artist Gallery Talk, Howard House, Seattle, WA

2007                Artist Talk, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN

2006                Lecture, Art 120: Issues and Influences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2006                Lecture, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

2006                Artist Gallery Talk, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

2006                Guest Artist, Transcontinental, 911 artists2artists, 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle, WA

2006                Artist Gallery Talk, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

2005                Artist Gallery Talk, Howard House, Seattle, WA

2005                Slide Talk, Tacoma Convention Center Public Art, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

2004                Slide Talk, Chateau de La Napoule, La Napoule, France

2004                Guest Speaker, “Transition and Transformation” at City Space, invited by Cornish College of Art, Seattle, WA

2004                Guest Speaker, “What’s UP?” invited by Carolyn Law and Anne Focke, Seattle, WA

2003                Lecture, “Meet the Artist: Citizen Activism,” The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

1997                Teaching, Ceramics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1996                Teaching Assistant (with visiting artist Tip Toland), University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1995                Teaching Assistant (with visiting artist Tre Arenz), University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

2016–              Overlake Station, Sound Transit, Redmond, WA

2017                TransFORM ll, Bay Terrace, Tacoma Housing Authority, Tacoma, WA

2017                TransFORM Ill, Lecture Hall, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

2014                TransFORM, Bay Terrace, City of Tacoma Municipal Art Program, Tacoma, WA

2008                Filament, Seattle Municipal Building, Seattle City Light, Seattle, WA

2006                White Vanishing: Light and Shadow, Electric Gallery, Union Street Substation Project, Seattle, WA (14 feet high and 100 feet long, fabricated on vinyl mesh material)

2004                Seeded Forest, New Tacoma Convention Center, Tacoma, WA Collaboration with Joe Miller)

2004                Umbrella Project, Tacoma Art Museum, WA

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

Ponnekanti, Rosemary. “Sculpting Young Artists. Ceramic guru guides Sherman students in clay work, schoolwide project“. The New Tribune. March 23, 2013

Duff, Deanna. “Women take over: Northwest Asian Artists at SAM.” Northwest Asian Weekly (November 15, 2012).

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)

Levine, Stacey. “Man Repeatedly Drowns in Elevator Lobby. Seven new art installations unveiled in the City Light Building.” City Arts (February 2009), p. 9.

Grant, Adriana. “Utility sheds some light on lobby art.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer (February 13, 2009), p. 27.

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.

Rodger Stevens. “Compass: New Directions.” Wagmag (2007-10-01).

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.

Luttikhuizen, Esther. “The Curator’s Eye: In Thin Air.” City Arts (November/December 2006), p. 30.

Peter, Sue. “Brilliant Collaborations. Digital experimenters are paired with traditional artists, to dazzling effect.” Seattle Weekly (October 11, 2006), p. 71.

Hackett, Regina. “Collaboration between new media technicians and visual artists.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer (October 6, 2006), p. 35.

Graves, Jen. “Kingdom, Come.” The Stranger (September 28–October 4, 2006), p. 61

Farr, Sheila. “New Works Lab experiments mix old media and new.” The Seattle Times (September 22, 2006), p. 39.

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.

Kangas, Matthew. “A delightful show of team spirit at SOIL.” Seattle Times (January 20, 2006), p. 41.

Peper, Staci. “Gallery pushes the boundaries of ceramic art.” Tacoma Weekly, Section C (January 19, 2006), p. 2.

Clayton, Chris and Smith, Briony.  “Seattle Magazine’s Picks of the Month’s best.”  Seattle Magazine (December 2005) online

Engelson, Andrew. “Mark Takamichi Miller & Yuki Nakamura.” Seattle Weekly (October 5–11, 2005), p. 71.

Jelenkovich, Gioia Raimondi. “Al Nac le installazion di due artiste giapponesi.” Corriere di Novara (May 6, 2005).

Marforio, Sabrina. “Installation d’ avangurdia, tanti ospiti perdue artiste giapponesi.” Novaraoggi (April 29, 2005).

Jelenkovich, Gioia Raimondi. “Mostra al Nac Miyuki Yokomizo e Yuki Nakamura.” Corriere di Novara (April 28, 2005).

Graves, Jen.  “Contemporary art infuses and informs convention Center.” The Tacoma News Tribune (November 10, 2004), p__.

Hackett, Regina.  “Soil Collective’s self-portraits are, literally, high art.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer (September 17, 2004), p.__.

Ichikawa, Etsuko.  “Yuki Nakamura at SOIL Artist Collective.”  YOUMAGA (2004)

http://www.youmaga.com/event/art/05.html.

Hackett, Regina. “Howard House hits a hot note with its young artists show.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer (September 17, 2004)

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).

Stoesz, David. “FASHION IS ART,” Seattle Weekly (August 27–September 2, 2003), p. 90.

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