About

Kayo Nakamura

Born: Los Angeles, CA

Resides: Unincorporated Kittitas County, WA

EDUCATION

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 2003

Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art: Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

Bachelor of Science in Studio Art: Biola University, La Mirada, CA  

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2022                                      

Central Washington Artists Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima Valley College Yakima, WA

2021                                      

Supersonica, Bryan Oliver Gallery, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA

2012                                      

Everything Dolphins! 1-20 Gallery, New York, NY

2011

The Catechism Cataclysm:  Special Effects Assistant. Included in Sundance Film Festival, Running on IFC (Independent Film Channel) Filmed in Seattle.

Chain Mail, Samson Projects, Boston, MA Seattle, WA.

Make Skateboards, 1-20 Gallery, New York, NY

Don’t Fall in Love with a Dreamer— Seattle Pacific University Art Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2010                                      

Immersion Program: Somewhere Between the Dust and the Light—Summercamp Projects—Los Angeles

2009                                      

Drawings—Artists Space, New York, NY

2008                                      

Your Documents Please—International Identification Document Exhibition, Museum of Arts and Crafts-Itami, Itami-shi, Japan.  ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan.  Galerie Paris, Yokohama, Japan.  2B Galéria, Budapest, Hungary.  Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin, Germany. GALÉRIA Z, Bratislava, Slovakia.  Galería Ajolote Arte Contemporáneo, Guadalajara, Mexico.  Alma in Manhattan, New York, NY

2007                                      

Hope, Faculty Exhibition, Seattle Pacific University Art Gallery, Seattle, WA.

Counterpointe, Coreana Museum, Seoul, South Korea

Anonymous III, Washington Projects for the arts/Corcoran, Washington D.C.

Range, d.e.n. contemporary, Culver City, CA

2006                                      

Faculty Exhibition, Biola University Art Gallery, La Mirada, CA

Half Full, Tusculum College Art Gallery, Greenville, TN

2005

Pitcher, Pitcher, Pitcher, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

Hello, Concrete Walls Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004                                     

LA Freewaves “How Can You Resist?”  REDCAT Theater, Los Angeles, CA

Boundary Crossings, Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Navel Your Contemplate, Roshambo Gallery, Healdsburg, CA.

Old Cake, Gallery 341, San Pedro, CA

SuperSalon, Samson Projects, Boston, MA

2003                                      

INPORT Video Performance Festival, Estonia

Up Close with Artists and Their Art, Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA

So Be It, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

Sweet Chariot, Installation Gallery, Claremont, CA

2002                                      

Neophunk, Progress Space, Pomona, CA

Myriad Voices, West Gallery, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

Artopatamus, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

There’s No Place Like Home, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

Expecting, White Room Gallery, Claremont, CA

2001                                      

Ripe, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA