Read Jen Graves' review of Floating Plaster/City Motion in The Stranger

Read Regina Hackett's review of Floating Plaster/City Motion in The Seattle PI

Read Jill Conner's feature on Yuki Nakamura in Sculpture Magazine

Read Matthew Kangas' review of Hardline Organics in Seattle Times

Click here to read Regina Hackett's review of Mapping the Moment in the Seattle PI

Read Andrew Engelson's Visual Arts Pick in Seattle Weekly


YUKI NAKAMURA

EDUCATION

1997 MFA University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1994 BFA, Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo, Japan

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
Solo Show, Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, IN

2006
New Works Laboratory, 911 Media Arts Center and Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Suspended, Kitteridge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

2005
Mapping the Moment, Howard House, Seattle, WA

2003 Z
Simple Behavior, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2001
Atlas, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
White Vanishing, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Danger, King County Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

1998
Dirt, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
Compass: New Directions, Black & White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Neddy Award Nominations, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

2006
“Hardline Organics”, Co-Curator, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Artist Trust, Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA

2005
Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach. FL
MA: NAC Japan, Novara Arte Cultura, Novara Italy
Building Tradition: Gifts in Honor of the Northwest Art Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

2004
Masquerade, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Trespass: A Site Specific Installation, Chateau de La Napoule, La Napoule, France

2003
YSA: Young Seattle Artists, Howard House, Seattle, WA
Red Stair, Window Dressing Urban Art Installation, Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma, WA

2003
Northwest Annual, Juror: Esther Luttikhuizen, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Artists and Maps: Cartography as a Means of Knowing, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
Fashion is ART, Runway Performance/ Exhibition/ Publication, Curated by THREAD for ART, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
Collections and Creations, Curated by Randy Wood, Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA

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

2001
Pacific Northwest Annual, juror: Sue Spaid, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

2000/ 01
James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA

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

1998
Pacific Northwest Annual, Juror: Jon Tupper, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Horsehead International Projects, Sand Point Naval Base, Seattle, WA
Unbridled: New A.R.T. Organization: Artists Representing Themselves, Hanger Art Sand point Naval Base, Seattle, WA

1997
PUSH, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2006
Matt Neyes. "Yuki Nakamura Mapping the Moment at Howard House", Rivet, R15 The Green Issue
Katie Lind. "Nakamura brings the Suspense to UPS", The Trail, FEbruary 17
Matthew Kangas. "A Delightful Show of Team Spirit at SOIL", Seattle Times, January 20
Staci Peper. "Gallery Pushes the Boundaries of Ceramic Art", Tacoma Weekly, January 19

2005
Giola Raimondi Jelenkovich. “Al Nac le installazion di due artiste giapponesi,” Corrierre di Norara, May 6.
Sabrina Marforio. “Installation d'avangurdia, tanti ospiti perdue artiste giapponesi,” Novaraoggi, April 29.
Gioia Raimondi Jelenkovich. “Mostra al Nac Miyuki Yokomizo e Yuki Nakamura,” Corriere di Novarra, April 28.

2004
Jen Graves. “Contemporary Art Infuses and Informs Convention Center,” The Tacoma News Tribune, November 10.
Regina Hackett. “Soil Collective's Self-portraits are, Literally, High Art,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 17.
Susan Kinimatsu. “Art Worlds: The Expanding Universe of Yuki Nakamura,” International Examiner, August 4-17.
B.G. “Les Artists du Monde Ouvrent Leurs Ports,” Nice-Matin, February 29, 2004.
Regina Hackett. “Howard House hits a hot note with its young artists show,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 17.

2003
Jen Graves. “The Arts: Fashion is…” Tacoma News Tribune, August 31.
D. Parvaz. “No common thread to artists' fashion statements,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 29.
Emily Hall. “The Meaning of Clothes,” 2003 Stranger Bumbershoot Rx, The Stranger, August 28.

2002
Elvis Irizarry. “The Fictional Atlas fo Yuki Nakamura,” International Examiner, November 20.
Elizabeth Brown, Lisa Corrin. “The Mountain is Out,” MODERN PAINTERS, Autumn.
Emily Hall. “Pay Attention, Please; Artists Before the Eruption,” The Stranger, May 30.
Jen Graves. “Lava Art Challenges-and involves-you,” The News Tribune, May 19.

2001
Regina Hackett. “Northwest Pluck at BAM,” Seattle Post Intelligencer, October 23.
Matthew Kangas. “Works in BAM's Annual Resist Traditional Categories,” The Seattle Times, October 19.
Leo H.K. “Danger: The Art of Yuki Nakamura,” Asian American Journal: International Examiner, July 18.

2000
Regina Hackett. “Meet the Artists,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 5.

1997
Soyon Im. “Push at the Soil Gallery,” International Examiner, October 15, 1997.

AWARDS / GRANTS

2006
Artist Book: City Artist Grant, Seattle, WA

2005
Artist Trust GAP Grant Award, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
Arts Special Project Program Grant, 4 Culture, Seattle, WA

2004
Project Grant (SOIL Book Project), Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
Joshibi Intensive Award for Excellent Work and Research Award, Joshibi University of Arts and Design, Tokyo.

2003
Tacoma Artist Initiative Program Grant Award, Tacoma Arts Commission, Tacoma, WA.
Arts Special Projects Program Grant, Cultural Development Authority of King County, Seattle, WA

2002
Artist Trust Fellowship Award, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
PONCHO Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

2001
The Pollock-Krasner Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc, New York, NY
George Tsutakawa Memorial Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

1999
Artist Trust Gap Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
Emergency Grant, Change Inc, New York, NY

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

1995
Gonzales Scholarship, School of Art, University of Washington

ARTIST IN RESIDENCIES

2005
NAC: Novara Arte Cultura, Novara, Italy

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

2003
PONCHO Artist in Residence, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA

2001
Centrum Foundation, Port Townsend, WA
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

PUBLICATIONS

2005
SOIL: Artist Run Gallery 1995-2005, SOIL Publications, Seattle, WA

2003
Fashion is Art, THREAD for ART, Seattle, WA
Building Tradition, written by Rock Hushka, Tacoma Art Museum, WA
Artists and Maps: Cartography as a Means of Knowing, written by Linda Tesner, The Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR

2002
LAVA 2002, THREAD, Seattle, WA
1996
Beyond the Rock Garden: Craft Forms for a New World, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Seeded Forest: Terrazzo Floor in collaboration with Joe Miller, New Tacoma Convention Center, WA
Tacoma Art Museum, WA
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
The Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA