EDUCATION
2018- 2020 Maryland Institute College of Art, M.F.A in Mount Royal School of Art
2011 – 2015 Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan Ph.D. in Japanese Painting
2009 – 2011 Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan M.A. in Japanese Painting
2005 – 2009 Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan B.F.A in Japanese Painting
SCHOLARSHIP + AWARDS
2021 Fellowship Artist-in-Residence Program at Franconia Sculpture Park (Selected Residency)
2020 Mount Royal friendship (Graduating award at MICA)
2019 US-Japan Creative Arts Fellowship
2019 The Program of Overseas study for Upcoming Artists Fellowship (Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japanese Government)
2018 The Leslie King Hammond Graduate Fellowship (MICA) https://www.mica.edu/student-resources/gradcommunity/graduate-grants-fellowships-and-on-campus-employment/dr-leslie-king-hammond-graduate-award/yoshi-nakamura/
2013 The program of Duskin Ainowa Foundation for the effects of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 in New York
2009 The Ikuo Hirayama Fellowship
2009 Top student and the public collection of Tokyo Taito-ku (Graduating award at Tokyo University of the Arts)
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Solo exhibition, Sound Borders Whitestone Gallery (Taipei)
2023 Solo exhibition, Voices of the Forest Karuizawa Gallery (Karuizawa)
2022 Solo exhibition, In Between-Resonance Whitestone Gallery (Tokyo)
2021 Solo exhibition, Julio Fine Arts gallery, Loyola University (Baltimore)
2021 Solo exhibition, Wave Pool gallery, the upstairs space (Cincinnati)
2021 Solo exhibition, The Welcome Project (Cincinnati) 木timberland 木 project
2021 Solo exhibition, Visionaries + Voices gallery (Cincinnati)
2020 “A roving presence” , Residency program (Baltimore)
2019 “Bodily Constructs” , The group exhibition (Baltimore)
2013 – 2017 “Group Horrizon” , Takashimaya Co., Japanese Painting (Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka)
2013 Solo exhibition, Rashinban Gallery, Japanese Painting (Tokyo)
2011 Solo exhibition, Shinseido Gallery , Japanese Painting (Tokyo)
2007 Solo exhibition, Novemver Gallery, Japanese Painting (Tokyo)
Lecture
USA
Facebook live, https://www.facebook.com/100003756178071/videos/2745242925781063/ (concept)
Franconia Sculpture Park, https://www.franconia.org/events-programs/dinner-and-discussion/ (release)
JAPAN
Education x Sign Language x Art Project Discussion
Subject: “Could we overcome the limits of communication and make connections with people? ”
Guest: Yoshi Nakamura (Artist) Norihiko Saito (Professor in Japanese painting at Tokyo University of the Arts)
Moderator: Miyuki Tanaka (Curator)
Project Manager: Eri Makihara, Natumi Kanno
Date: January 15, 2022 (13:00-14:40 Tokyo)
https://www.tsa-deaf.com/deafart3
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