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Yuta
Nakamura

               


BIOGRAPHY

1983Born in Tokyo

2011D. Arts, Kyoto Seika University

2016Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists (Short-term: Sydney), Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
Lives and works in Kyoto. Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Kyoto Seika University

Selected Exhibitions

2025Sketches: Views from Ishiguro’s Porch in Yase, Kyoto Seika University Gallery Terra-S

2024Ginza Curator’s Room #010 Questioned by the Moon, SHIBUNKAKU, Tokyo
Out of MINGEI / Dig up the Folk, The B-side of MINGEI!, Lifestyle Design Center, Tokyo (Yosuke Jikuhara + Yuta Nakamura)
ONE SINGLE BOOK, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo

2023Kanjiro Kawai – What is Kanjiro’s Charm?, Toyota City Folk Craft Museum, Aichi, Japan
Locus of a Butterfly: HASEGAWA saburo’s Illusion, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Object Lessons, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo (Ebosi Yuasa + Yuta Nakamura)
Genpei Akasegawa Photos: Particles of Art Scattered in Daily Life, SCAI PIRAMIDE, Tokyo

202217th Istanbul Biennial, Barın Han, Turkey
Eyes on TOHOKU 1930-1945, Iwate Museum of Art, Japan; Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan; Tokyo Station Gallery (Yosuke Jikuhara + Yuta Nakamura)
Listening with Eyes and Looking with Ears | NAKAMURA Yuta feels his way to Kawai Kanjiro, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
BANBUTSU SHISEIBorn from all things: A special blend by Yuta Nakamura, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo

2021New ways to grow: Artists Envision a Post-Covid World, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts
Round Persimmon, Dried Persimmon, Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan
Tiles, Small Shrine and Tourism, Season 8, Shimogyo Diver Citizen Center, Kyoto (Ken Tanimoto + Yuta Nakamura)
THE POWER OF ORIGIN, The Japan Folk Crafts Museum, Osaka (Yosuke Jikuhara + Yuta Nakamura)

2020What’s in the Vase?, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Out of Mingei: Akita snow sleigh, Bruno Taut and Tokushi Katsudaira, Akita University of Art Gallery Biyong Point, Japan (Yosuke Jikuhara + Yuta Nakamura)

2019YAMBARU ART FESTIVALl 2019-2020, Ogimi Village Former Shioya Elementary School, Okinawa, Japan (Ken Tanimoto + Yuta Nakamura)
in number, new world / number of the whole world, Ashiya City Museum of Art & History, Hyogo, Japan
The Ecology of Expression: Remaking Our Relations with the World, Arts Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Tiles, Small Shrine and Tourism, Season 6, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan (Ken Tanimoto + Yuta Nakamura)
MAM Research 007: Sodeisha—The Dawn of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
An Encouragement of Tatsukichi Fujii’s Handicrafts, Nomura Tailor, Kyoto (APP ARTS STUDIO)

2018Ishiguro Munemaro and his Yase Toyo Kiln: New Discoveries after 50 Years, Kyoto Seika University Gallery Fleur
Japan Rhine Stone, Luehdorfia japonica Line, Minokamo City Museum, Gifu, Japan
Tiles, Small Shrine and Tourism, Season 5, Gallery PARC, Kyoto (Ken Tanimoto + Yuta Nakamura)
Aspirations: 8 Doors, Kyoto Seika University Gallery Fleur
Out of Mingei, Seikosha, Kyoto (Yosuke Jikuhara + Yuta Nakamura)
20th DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow, The National Art Center, Tokyo

2017Willow Festival Little Willow Festival, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
Asia Corridor Contemporary Art Exhibition, Kyoto Art Center (Ken Tanimoto + Yuta Nakamura)
Tile and Botanical Garden: Tourism of Tropical Plants, Higashiyama Botanical Garden, Aichi, Japan

2016Setouchi Triennale 2016, Takamijima, Kagawa, Japan (APP ARTS STUDIO)
Tiles, Small Shrine and Tourism, Season 3, Gallery PARC, Kyoto (Ken Tanimoto + Yuta Nakamura)
Aichi Triennale 2016, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
20th Biennale of Sydney, Carriageworks

2015The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
Tiles, Small Shrine and Tourism, Season 2, Gallery PARC, Kyoto (Ken Tanimoto + Yuta Nakamura)
Unknown City: Inside Out, Kyoto Seika University Gallery Fleur, Kyoto

2014Tiles, Small Shrine and Tourism, Gallery PARC, Kyoto

2013Roppongi Crossing 2013: OUT OF DOUBT, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

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