Yuki Nakamura
2610 N 31st Street, Tacoma, WA 98407 206.293.5285
EDUCATION
1995–1997 Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1991–1994 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
2013Kukai, collaboration with Robert Campbell, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2012Kukai: Sea and Sky, collaboration with Robert Campbell, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010Illuminant, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2009Poetic of Restraint, Dan & Gail Cannon Gallery of Art, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
The Logic of Place, Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
2006Floating Plaster / City Motion, collaboration with Robert Campbell, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Dream Suspended, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2005Mapping the Moment, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2001Danger, King County Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Dirt, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016EN/circle-connection-distance by Art Beasties, Hyogo Prefecture Art Museum, Kobe, Japan
2015Art Beasties: Time Difference, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 Fluid Destination, Art Beasties, Culture Fix Gallery, New York, NY
INTRODUCTION, ART BEASTIES, Japanese artist collective first group exhibition in NYC, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY
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
2012Elles @ SAM Gallery Featuring Northwest Women Artists, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
Set the Table for SAM, Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA
2011currents 11,The 2nd Annual Santa Fe International New Media Festival, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2010BAM Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown, juried by Bif Brigman, Stefanio Catalani, Akio Takamori, and Namita Wiggers, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
Tacoma Foundation Nominees Exhibition, Kittredge Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2009BUILD-A-HOUSE /OPEN HOUSE, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2008SOIL@SOIL, Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL
Heritage and Windows, All Nations Cup 2008, Tukwila, WA
2007 Compass: New Directions, curated by Jill Conner, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The 2007 Neddy Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Master Minds – abstract works from UW Ceramics Faculty and Alumni, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Artist Trust 20 Years, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006–2007Building Tradition: Contemporary Northwest Art from Tacoma Art Museum, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
2006New Works Laboratory, 911 Media Arts Center and Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Common Ground, curated by Jess Van Nostrand, SOIL Gallery, Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
Skid Row, Howard House Contemporary Art, Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
ARTS PARTS, Gallery4Culture, Seattle, WA
Hardline Organics – a tale of absurd optimism, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Fresh, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2005Ma: NAC JAPAN, Novara Arte Cultura, Novara, Italy (two – person show)
Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
SOIL Artist-run Gallery 1995–2005, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Building Tradition:Gifts in Honor of the Northwest Art Collection, curated by Rock Hushka, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2004Sell out, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Masquerade, curated by Bret Marion, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Trespass: A Site Specific Installation, Chateau de La Napoule, La Napoule, France
2003YSA: Young Seattle Artists, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2003 Northwest Annual, juried by Esther Luttikhuizen, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Artists and Maps: Cartography as a Means of Knowing, LewisClark College, Portland, OR
Fashion is ART, Fashion Show/Exhibition/Publication, curated by THREAD for ART,
Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
Simple Behavior, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA(two – person show)
University of Washington Ceramics Program 1969-1996, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2002Multiplex; 22 Contemporary Artists, curated by Michael Van Horn, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
LAVA 2002, Noodleworks, organized by Yuki Nakamura, Jennifer West, and Claude Zervas,
Seattle, WA
2001Pacific Northwest Annual Exhibition, juried by Sue Spaid, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Atlas, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA (two – person show)
200000 / 01, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999The End: Tacoma Art Museum’s Biennial, juried by Fred Wilson, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Pacific Northwest Annual, juried by Jon Tupper, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Horsehead International Projects, Sand Point Navel Base, Seattle, WA
TEACHING/LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
2013Teaching Artist, Artist in Residence at Sherman Elementary School, Tacoma, WA
2012Workshop and Artist Talk, Kittredge Hall, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2010Artist Talk,BAM Biennial 2010, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
Panelist,BAM Biennial 2010: NW Clay Symposium, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2010Artist Talk, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2007Artist Talk, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
2006 Lecture, Art 120: Issues and Influences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Lecture, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Artist Gallery Talk, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Guest Artist, Transcontinental, 911 artists2artists, 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Artist Talk, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2005Teaching Artist, Artist in Residency in Education, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Artist Talk, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Artist Talk, Tacoma Convention Center Public Art, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2004Artist Talk, Chateau de La Napoule, La Napoule, France
Guest Speaker, Transition and Transformation at City Space, Cornish College of Art, Seattle, WA
Guest Speaker, What’s UP?, invited by Carolyn Law and Anne Focke, Seattle, WA
2003Lecture, Meet the Artist: Citizen Activism, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
1996Teacher, Beginning Handbuilding Ceramics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1996Teaching Assistant, worked with visiting artist Tip Toland, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1995Teaching Assistant, worked with visiting artist Tre Arenz, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2013–Member, Art Beasties, Japanese Artist Collective, New York, NY
2013Panelist, Going Public: Transitioning from Studio Art to Public Work, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2012Panelist, CityArtist Project, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
2010Panelist, SDOT Sidewalk Development Artwork Project, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
2009 Juror, 4Culture Gallery, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
Publication Project Director,SOIL 2006, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Juror, Senior Student exhibition, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Juror, Artist Trust Grants for Art Project, Seattle, WA
Panelist, 4Culture Arts Organization Sustained Support Program, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
Advisor, Marketing in Arts, Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, WA
2005 On–Site Evaluator, Arts Organization Sustained Support Program, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
Advisory Committee for Public Art Projects, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA
2002-2005 Publication Project Director, SOIL: Seattle’s Artist-run-Gallery 1995<2005
2004Panelist, Arts Special Projects Program, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2003 Panelist, 3 Public Art Projects, Atlantic/Central Base Expansion, Cultural Development Authority of King County, Seattle, WA
1998–2009Member, SOIL: Collective and Artist-run Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998–2000Studio Assistant, worked with Claudia Fitch, Seattle, WA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2006Co-Curator, Hardline Organics, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003Co-Curator, Fashion is Art, Seattle, WA
2002Co-Curator, LAVA 2002, Seattle, WA
AWARDS/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
2013–2014Washington State Teaching Artist Training Laboratory, ARTSWA, Seattle, WA
2011Tacoma Artist Initiative Program, Tacoma Arts Commission, Tacoma, WA (also in 2003)
PUBLIC ART: In Depthtraining program, Tacoma Arts Commission, Tacoma, WA
2010Artist Trust Grants for Art Project, Seattle, WA (also in 2005 and 1999)
2009Finalist, Foundation of Art Award, The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Tacoma, WA Arts Special Project Program Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA (also in 2006, and 2003)
2007Finalist, Neddy Award, Behnke Foundation, Seattle, WA
Scholarship, Final Cut Pro, 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2006 CityArtist Projects, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
Arts Special Project Program Grant for Hardline Organics, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2004Project Grant for SOIL Artist-run Gallery 1995<2005 publication, Washington State Art Commission, Olympia, WA
Joshibi Intensive Creative and Research Fellowship Award, Joshibi University Art and Design, Tokyo
Finalist,Joshibi Paris Award,Joshibi University Art and Design, Tokyo
2003 Arts Special Projects Program Grant for SOIL Artist-run Gallery 1995<2005 publication, Cultural Development Authority of King County, Seattle, WA
Emerging Public Artists Roster training program,Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA
2002 Artist Trust / Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
PONCHO Northwest Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2001 The Pollock-Krasner Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
George Tsutakawa Memorial Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1999Finalist, Betty Bowen Art Award, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2014Bay Terrace, City of Tacoma Municipal Art Program, Tacoma, WA
2008Filament, Seattle Municipal Building, Seattle City Light, Seattle, WA
2006White Vanishing: Light and Shadow, Electric Gallery, Union Street Substation Project, Seattle, WA
2004 Seeded Forest, Collaboration with Joe Miller, New Tacoma Convention Center, Tacoma, WA
Treemap, Umbrella Project, Tacoma Art Museum, WA
PUBLIC ARTIST ROSTER
2013–Seattle Arts and Culture Established Artist Roster
2013–Sound Transit Roster
2011–Oregon Public Art Roster
2011–Washington State Public Art Roster
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2006New Works Laboratory, 911 Media Arts Center and Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005Novara Arte Cultura, Novara, Italy
2004La 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
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2012City of Tacoma’s Portable Works Collection Purchase, Tacoma, WA
2009Pierce County Art Bank Portable Works, Tacoma, WA
2008 Seattle City Light, Seattle, WA
2006Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas
2004Tacoma Convention Center, Tacoma, WA
2003Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2002Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
2001The Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA
PUBLICATIONS
2013CARTOGRAPHY: Artists + Maps, Katharine Harmon, UnderTable Press, China
2011Return to the Viewer: Selected Art Reviews by Matthew Kangas, Midmarch Arts Press
2009500 Ceramic Sculptures, juried publication, Lark Books
CARTOGRAPHY: Artists + Maps, Katharine Harmon, a hardcover edition by Princeton Architectural Press
2008 Yuki Nakamura, artist monograph, Jill Conner, Rock Hushka, Stefano Catalani, Gary Owen, Fionn Meade, Jen Graves and Elizabeth Brown, Seattle, WA
SOIL 2008, profile by Sara Callahan, SOIL Publications, Seattle, WA
2007Compass: New Directions, Jill Conner, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The2007 Neddy Artist Fellowship, text by Jess Van Nostrand, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
One Shots 2006, curated publication, Visual Codec, Seattle, WA
2006SOIL2006, introduction by Jess Van Nostrand, profile by Jill Conner, SOIL Publications, Seattle, WA
NAC, Davide Vanotti, NAC Publications, Novara, Italy
2005SOIL Artist-run Gallery 1995-2005, introduction by Yuki Nakamura, essay by Fionn Meade, profile by Rock Hushka and Stefano Catalani, SOIL Publications, Seattle, WA
2003Fashion is Art, essay by Rhonda Howard, profile by Fionn Meade, THREAD for ART, Seattle, WA
Building Tradition, Rock Hushka, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Artists and Maps: Cartography as a Means of Knowing, Linda Tesner, The Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lewis &Clark College, Portland, OR
2002LAVA 2002, essay by Rhonda Howard,profile by Anna Fahey, THREAD, Seattle, 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).
Kangas, Matthew. “Yuki Nakamura.” International Exhibition Reviews. Art in America (May 2010).
Langner, Erin. “Yuki Nakamura and Gretchen Bennett.” The Stranger (January 12, 2010).
Hackett, Regina. “Yuki Nakamura – old light.” Artsjournal.com. Another Bouncing Ball (January 14, 2010).
Levine, Stacey. “Man Repeatedly Drowns in Elevator Lobby. Seven new art installations unveiled in the City Light Building.” City Arts (February 2009).
Grant, Adriana. “Utility sheds some light on lobby art.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer (February 13, 2009).
Lombardi, D. Dominick. “Compass: New Directions A show curated by Jill Conner at Black & White Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.” D’art International (Spring/Summer 2008).
Art Fag City. “Compass New Directions at Black and White Gallery in Williamsburg.” (November 8, 2008).
Stevens, Rodger. “Compass: New Directions.” Wagmag (October 1, 2007).
Kelly, Peter. “Shiplike 'city,' scenes of war, pirate radio featured in new Henry exhibits.” UWEEK (November 16–29, 2006).
Conner, Jill. “Anime and Role Play: Bubblegum Crisis.” Whitewall Magazine (Third Issue 2006).
Luttikhuizen, Esther. “The Curator’s Eye: In Thin Air.” City Arts (November/December 2006).
Peter, Sue. “Brilliant Collaborations. Digital experimenters are paired with traditional artists, to dazzling effect.” Seattle Weekly (October 11, 2006).
Graves, Jen. “Kingdom, Come.” The Stranger (September 28–October 4, 2006).
Farr, Sheila. “New Works Lab experiments mix old media and new.” The Seattle Times (September 22, 2006).
Liang, Yi. “SOIL.” Vision Magazine, China (September 2006).
Conner, Jill. “Fragile Simplicity,” Sculpture Magazine (July/August Issue, 2006).
Neyens, Matt. “Yuki Nakamura Mapping the Moment at Howard House.” Rivet, R15 The Green Issue (2006).
Lind, Katie. “Nakamura Brings the Suspense to UPS.” The Trail (February 17, 2006).
Kangas, Matthew. “A delightful show of team spirit at SOIL.” Seattle Times (January 20, 2006).
Peper, Staci. “Gallery pushes the boundaries of ceramic art.” Tacoma Weekly, Section C (January 19, 2006).
Engelson, Andrew. “Mark Takamichi Miller & Yuki Nakamura.” Seattle Weekly (October 5–11, 2005).
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).
Kunimatsu, Susan. “Art Worlds: The expanding universe of Yuki Nakamura.” International Examiner (August 4–17, 2004).
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).
Graves, Jen. “The Arts: Fashion Is…eclectic, individual–and certainly, Fashion Is Art.” The News Tribune (August 31, 2003).
Parvaz, D. “No common thread to artists’ fashion statements.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer (August 29, 2003).
Hall, Emily. “The Meaning of Clothes.” The Stranger Bumbershoot Rx (August 28, 2003).
Stoesz, David. “Yuki Nakamura and Claude Zervas.” Seattle Weekly (April 2–8, 2003).
Irizarry, Elvis. “The Fictional Atlas of Yuki Nakamura.” International Examiner (November 20–December 3, 2002).
Brown, Elizabeth and Corrin, Lisa. “The Mountain is Out.” MODERN PAINTERS (Autumn 2002).
Hall, Emily. “Pay Attention, Please; Artists Before the Eruption.” The Stranger (May 30, 2002).
Graves, Jen. “’Lava’ art challenges – and involves – you.” The News Tribune (May 19, 2002).
Kangas, Matthew. “Works in BAM’s Annual - resist traditional categories.” The Seattle Times (October 19, 2001).
H.K, Leo. “Danger: The Art of Yuki Nakamura.” International Examiner (July 18–31, 2001).
Hackett, Regina. “Meet the artists.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer (October 5, 2000).
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