Yuki Nakamura

Born 1971.
Sikoku Island, Japan
I am a Japanese-born sculptor working to create sculptural and installation pieces relating to physical spaces. I create spaces where viewers senses transcend sight, experimenting the space in an individual way thus becoming a whole with the installation. I am also interested in combining conventional and new materials towards the creation of dynamic installation: cross-cultural, multi-faceted contemporary sculptural forms that reflect and challenge our specific time, place, culture, and social environment.

My work reflects how time and space change in synch with our constantly evolving environment. I consider both the macro and micro worlds and how they shift within the internal, human and subjective perspective, how they become increasingly confused, chaotic and full of turmoil. My work questions the tenuous connection between the two worlds; the internal subjective self and the external world of cultural faade.

EDUCATION
1995-1997 Master of Fine Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1991-1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo, Japan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Suspended, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2005 Mapping the Moment, Howard House Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHBITIONS
2006 Hardline Organics Part Two a tale of absurd optimism, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Fresh, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 MA, NAC Japan, Novara Arte Cultura, Novara, Italy
2005 Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL
2005 Building Tradition: Gifts on Honor of the Northwest Art Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2004Masquerade, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Trespass: A Site Specific Installation, Chateau de La Napoule, La Napoule, France

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