Link to: Nakamura Yoko Website
| CAREER | 1950 Born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. JAPAN 1971 Graduated from the Department of Japanese Linguistics & Literature, Toyoko Gakuen Women's College. 1972 Graduated from the Advanced Course of the Department of Home Economics, Toyoko Gakuen Women's College. 1976 Met NAKAMURA Kimpei and was introduced to the fascination of ceramics. PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS: 2014 “Whistle-whistle. Tap-tap. - Ugh Spider - " Le Deco, Tokyo 2011 “Do not want you to say it’s unexpected. - A pigeon and a bean - “ Le Deco, Tokyo 2009 “I can see the truth at Last. - A wooden box and a mesh -“ Gallery Natsuka, Tokyo 2007 “Slight Difference” Art Gallery C Square of Chukyo University, Aichi 2004 "Stainless Steel Mesh Collaboration" SATOSHI TANAKA, Tokyo 2003 "Tokyo ware vs. Mesh work / An Installation Collaboration by Kimpei and Yoko Nakamura -The Tactile, Decoration and Transparency-" Gallery Natsuka, Tokyo 2000 "Suspended Bodies - Inside" Gallery Natsuka, Tokyo "Suspended Bodies - Outward" Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo 1992 "Forms of Clay and Mesh - Cloud Negatives" GALLERY WHITE ART, Tokyo SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2017 Three People Exhibition “Accessories and/or Decorations” Galerie wa2, Tokyo 2016 “Auspicious Celebration of Lives” Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita 2009 “International Project 2009 WOMAN POWER” Hanjoen Art Center, Korea 2006 Outdoor Exhibition “Amabiki Village and Sculpture 2006” Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki（'08/ ’11/ ’13/ ’15 ) "Stylishness of Contemporary Ceramics - Focusing on East Japan artists” Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum 2005 "The 40th international Ceramic and Sculpture Boleslawiec 2004" POLAND, Ceska Republik 2001 "A Shriek from an Invisible Box" Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo 2000 "Fusion - Ceramic 21" Mokpo International Ceramics Pre-Expo 2000, Invited Artists Exhibition, KOREA 1993 "Annex Shigaraki '93" Shiga Prefectural Museum of Modern Art Gallery COLLABORATION: 2018 Ryo Kato and Yoko Nakamura “House on the sea” Toki Art Space, Tokyo ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: 2004 "The 40th International Ceramics and Sculpture Workshop Boleslawiec 2004" POLAND 1993 The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga WORKSHOP: 1998 Workshop at Kyung Hee University Art Dept., Ceramics Course, KOREA PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo Argentine Museum of Modern Art, The House of Japan, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA AWARD: 1995 The Special Juror Prize of The 4th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Gifu |
AMABIKI 2019
Pupas and a Cocoon in the sound of a chirping mole cricket
ステンレスメッシュ、木、軽量ターポリンStainless Steel Mesh, Wood, Synthetic Fiber
67×67×190 (h)cm ×2
繭 430×240×180 (h)cm
AMABIKI 2015
Into the deep red cloud !
stainless steel stay, Stainless steel mesh
150×80×120 (h)cm
80×80×60 (h)cm
AMABIKI 2013
"Under a deep blue sky, there is a wisp of cloud. Whistle-whistle, Tap-tap"
Stainless steel mesh
530×470×190 (h)cm
In a thick forest, a spider stands under a quiet tree trunk. And I
hear the song of Yashiko Baba, it snuggles up to me.
When a child asks, 'Moku-san, what is this?'
Rubbing his red nose, Moku-san replies 'It's a ne piece of
clothing.'
From 'Kinoko no Maihime' by IZUMI Kyoka
AMABIKI 2011 In the midst of winter
A bird flew out of a cage, Ms. Berg!
Wood, Stainless steel mesh
160×264×200 (h)cm
Staring at a huge bird cage in a gazebo under a cherry blossom tree, I start to wonder whose it is, but in the next moment I realize that it doesn't matter at all. Simply, it is a fact that I saw a bird flew away just now. A bird cage and I, we both remain standing as if nothing happened in the air.
AMABIKI 2008
Let's Talk About Thailand in the Pavilion
Wood, Stainless steel mesh
452×1,120×230 (h)cm
In spring this year I visited Thailand, and I imagine that is what inspired me. I was fascinated with the structure of this Old Pavilion and how it skirts the boundaries between inside and out, seeming to at once reveal and conceal the surrounding landscape. I wanted to explore the relationship between "suspension" and "esting" as I recreated this carefully preserved structure in this new space.
AMABIKI 2006
May they Bloom with the Sacred Lotus - An Homage to Two Mothers
Wood, Stainless Steel Mesh, Synthetic Fiber
3250×2500×130 (h)cm
This site is at a plateau in Amabiki Village. I love the ever-changing scenery of this place, where a 1400-square meter marsh gently melds into the surrounding forest. I'll never forget when I first laid eyes on the marsh, a meeting that inspired me to create objects that could float upon its surface -- wire mesh bodies suspended on a raft along with giant synthetic fiber leaves which I arranged to resemble a Lotus flower. The weight of the water, the movement of the wind, the power of buoyancy -- these are all concepts I wished to weave into this piece.