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--- Urban Nature 2013 |
Born in Tokyo, Japan
Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA Master of Fine Arts Degree 2010 Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan Bachelor of Arts Degree in Science of Design 2001
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012 Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY, USA: Holey Space
2011 CAM Raleigh-Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC, USA: Urban Nature
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Bronx Calling: The Second AIM Biennial (forthcoming)
2012 The Shirey, Brooklyn, NY, USA: The Standard Deviation
Cuchifritos, New York, NY, USA: Bivalence Ise Cultural Foundation, New York, NY, USA: Making Landscapes Speaks Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY, USA: Matchmaker 2011 Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY, USA: Folles d' Hiver 2010 Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY, USA: Plus One Yasashii Yokan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan: Color Party-Orange Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, USA: Serial Intentions, That's Just It The Affordable Art Fair NYC 2010, New York, NY, USA Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, USA: Multiplex 2009 Westside Gallery, New York, NY, USA: A Legacy Revised Yasashii Yokan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan: Color Party-Purple 2008 Ozone Gallery, Tokyo, Japan: Color Party-Blue 2007 DIC Color Square, Tokyo, Japan: Color Party-Red 2004 White Box/The Annex, New York, NY, USA: White Box Local 525
GRANTS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES 2013 The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, Taos, NM, USA: The Foundation Fellowship
2012 The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, USA: The Artist in the Marketplace Program Artists Alliance Inc., New York, NY, USA: The Lower East Side-Rotating Studio Program Nomura Foundation, Tokyo, Japan: Grants 2011 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA: Residency Program 2010 Chashama, Brooklyn, NY, USA: Studio Program Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY, USA: Artists Residency Program School of Visual Art, New York, NY, USA: School of Visual Arts Graduate Department Award School of Visual Art, New York, NY, USA: The Alumni Society of School of Visual Arts Scholarship Award
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Redaktion, Von."“Urban Nature” – Skulpturen von Naoko Ito," Berlin-based online magazine I-REF, April 9, 2013 Wilmott, Francesca. “Standard Deviation at The Shirey,” temporaryartreview.com, November 12, 2012
"Urban Nature 2011," online magazine thisispaper, thisispaper.com, 2011
"Glass Gardens-Urban Nature," the Banff Centre Press’ online journal BOULDERPAVEMENT issue 4, boulderpavement.ca, 2011
Kellner, Chelsea. “Create your own art at First Friday,” Midtown Raleigh News, June 29, 2011
Connolly, Tara L. “Contemporary Art Engages the Community at the Newly-Opened Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh,” Quarterlife Tango Blog, June 13, 2011
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Quillin, Martha. “Contemporary art showcase opens in Raleigh,” News & Observer, May 1, 2011
Delcambre, Dave. “CAM’s Time Arrives,” nc artblog, April 30, 2011 “CAM Raleigh opens with two amazing shows,” The Herald Sun, April 29, 2011
Vitiello, Chris. “Years in the works, Raleigh's Contemporary Art Museum opens,” Independent Weekly, April 27, 2011
Chandler, Stacy. “New Contemporary Art Museum aims to stir Raleigh's artistic pulse,” News & Observer, April 24, 2011 Donahue, T.S. “CAMera Ready,” artsee Magazine, March-April, 2011 Interview and Photo: "Time After Time,” Blend Magazine (The Netherlands), #02 July- September 2010 Review: Gloss Magazine (Brazil), March 2010 Zhang, Yujing. "Cold Body-Cherishing Lives", a+a Magazine (China), March 2010
Levy, Alison. artslant.com, May 2009 |