CV: Natalia Nakazawa
Education:
2010 MFA, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2008 MSEd, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY
2004 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Exhibitions:
2024 Critical Tapestries, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium
2023 A Soil Thick with Promise, solo exhibition, curated by Katherine Gressel, Established Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Gathering, curated by Sophia Ma and Cecile Chong, FiveMyles, Brooklyn, NY
2023 New Explorations in Mediascapes and Memoryscapes, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, RI
2022 Vector, curated by Bianca Abdi-Boragi, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 Soft Solidarity: Uniting to Protect, Heal and Empower, Chelsea Market & Pearl River Mart Gallery
2022 Brooklyn Voices, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Transplantada / Transplanted, curated by Karina Skvirsky, Lafayette College Galleries, Easton, PA
2021 With Liberty and Justice, curated by Kimi Kitada, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO (Reviewed on KC Studio)
2021 Shining in the Low Tide, curated by Danny Báez, Unclebrother, Hancock, NY
2021 Afterimage, Maake Magazine, curated by Alex Paik, online
2021 The Red Wood, curated by Julia Westerbeke, online
2020 With the Grain, curated by Patricia Fabricant, Equity Gallery, SoHo, NY
2020 Art Off-Screen, Numeraki, Queens, NY
2020 The Future is LATINX, The Art Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
2020 Distance, Tiger Strikes Asteroid PDF, online
2020 TITLE TBD, curated by Meghana Karnik, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH (Companion Website)
2019 IN/FLUX, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
2019 Figuring the Floral, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
2019 Over, Under, Forward, Back, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2019 Among Friends / Entre Amigos, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, New York, NY
2018 Endless Editions Biennial: Optimism, EFA Project Space, New York, NY
2018 The Wall That Went for a Walk, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Our Stories of Migration, Double Knot, Tribeca Art + Culture Night, New York, NY
2018 Thinking Collections, Asia Contemporary Arts Week, New York, NY
2018 Art, Artists, and You, Children's Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY
2018 Change of State, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2018 Our Stories of Migration, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2017 Our Stories of Migration, World Culture Festival: Journeys, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2017 The Real Staff Show, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2017 Vagabond Time Killers, Wassaic Project, Maxon Mill, Wassaic, NY
2017 Multilocational, The Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Visual Heteroglossia: In Absentia, solo installation, 1 Main Street, DUMBO, NY
2015 Ways to Lighten Up, Splinters & Logs, Brooklyn, NY
2014 SHIFTCASE Projects, SELECT Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL
2014 Exhibition No. 13, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2014 Uncharted Territories, Solo exhibition, Space for Public Art, New York, NY
2014 Emerald City, The Gateway Projects, Newark, NJ
2013 Silhouette, 20|20 Gallery, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2012 Aldea Arts Program, Aldea Home, San Francisco, CA
2012 Recent Work, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2011 The Preview Show, Studio H, Brooklyn, NY
2010 CCA Graduate MFA Thesis Exhibit, The Nave, San Francisco, CA
2009 APAture, Goforaloop Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Contemporary Craft Art Exhibition, Student Center, San Francisco, CA
2009 War! And Pictures, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 CCA Open Studios, CCA Hooper Studios, San Francisco, CA
2009 Rafflesia Remix: A Corpse Flower Anthology, PLAySPACE, San Francisco, CA
2008 Spring Artist’s Exhibit, Broome Street Gallery, Soho, NY
2007 Abstract Thought, Topaz Arts Inc, Project Diversity Queens, Woodside, NY
2007 Goodbye to the Beautiful Things, Naked Duck Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Queens International 2006: Everything All at Once, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
2006 Summer Festival Art Exhibition, ISE Cultural Foundation, Soho, NY
2006 Selected Work, Solo exhibition, Urbána Cityspa and Tea Bar, Charlotte, NC
2005 Square Foot IV, Project Spaceman, Brooklyn, NY
2004 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2003 Culture Shock, Solo exhibition, Providence Athenaeum, Providence, RI
Residencies and Awards:
2024 NYSCA Grantee, Flux Factory, NY
2022 Wave Hill Winter Workspace residency, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
2021 CAMPO Garzon, Pueblo Garzon, Uruguay
2021 Interlude Residency, Livingston, NY
2020 Triangle Arts NYC, DUMBO, NY
2019 SPACE at Ryder Farm Family Residency
2019 MASS MoCA Artists Residency
2019 Children’s Museum of Manhattan Artist Residency
2018 Wassaic Project Winter Artist Residency
2008 California College of the Arts Scholarship (2008 – 2010)
2007 Power of Art Award, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
2007 1,000 Cranes Video Project, 2007 Service Learning Project, AmeriCorps
2006 ISE Cultural Foundation Certificate of Commendation, Alexandra Munroe, Senior Curator of Asian art at the Guggenheim, ISE Cultural Foundation
Public Commissions:
2024 Jackson Heights: Growing into the Future, Percent for Art, Jackson Heights Public Library, Queens, NY, completion is forthcoming
2022 The Bronx Through Time, Public Art for Public Schools, El Corazon del Bronx Avenue, Bronx , NY
Institutional Collections:
Rockefeller Foundation
Facebook / Meta
Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSKCC)
Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy collection
Press:
2023 Fiber is the New Painting: A Younger Generation is Weaving and Sewing Personal Histories, by Wendy Vogel
2022 Women Artists of Color are Using Textiles to Rewrite History, by Ayanna Dozier
2022 The Art Treasures Behind NYC’s School Doors, by Gail Robinson
2019 America’s Diverse Social Tapestry Shines with “IN/FLUX” on view at Pelham Art Center, by Audra Lambert
2019 At the Arlington Arts Center, A Strong Showing of Fiber, Washington City Paper, by John Anderson
2019 Artists Roam at Unique Children’s Museum Exhibition, West Side Rag, by Michael McDowell
2019 The Challenges Female Artists Face Mid-Career, Artsy, by Anna Louise Sussman
2019 5 Ways To Have A Totally Free Weekend In D.C., dcist, by BreAnna Bell
Talks and Workshops:
2022 Wave Hill Winter Workspace Open Studios, Bronx, NY
2021 Triangle Arts NYC Open Studios virtual event
2020 The Future of Art Education, Art World Conference
2019 Artist Talk: Our Stories of Migration, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2019 Visiting Artist: Intersecting Identities in the Art World, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2019 Quilted Stories with Natalia Nakazawa, The Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY
2019 Labor in Context Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY
2019 Have, Want, Need: Towards a Collective Approach to Education, College Art Association, New York, NY
2019 Our Stories of Migration Workshop: Lunar New Year, Dedalus Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Freedoms and Burdens, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2018 Unarchiving Woven Histories: Artist Talk + Workshop, Self-Taught Genius Gallery, LIC, Queens, NY
2018 Have, Want, Need: Towards a Collective Approach to Education, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY
2017 The Shifting Landscape of Social Media and Marketing for Artists, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Artist/Life, Honolulu Biennial, Honolulu, HI
2017 Artist/Life, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
2017 Artist/Admin: Doing Both, CUE Foundation, New York, NY
2016 Artist Talk with Saya Woolfalk, Voice of a Woman Festival, Spring Studios, Soho, NY
2013 - 2016 Visiting Lecturer, Art World and Professionalism, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Artist Talk: Emerald City, with David Antonio Cruz, Kelly Vetter, and Ariel DeAndres mediated by Jasmine Wahi, The Gateway Center, Newark, NJ
2014 Arts in Bushwick Panel Discussion: The Role of Art + Funding Progress
Panelists: Hrag Vartanian (Hyperallergic), Deborah Brown (Storefront Ten Eyck), Ben Davis (Artnet and 9.5 Theses on Art and Class), mediated be Alexis Celments (Hyperallergic), Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
Teaching:
Social Practice CUNY Teaching Scholar in Residence, 2023 - 24
Intro to Socially Engaged Art (undergraduate), Queens College, SP 24
Fundamentals of Art (undergraduate), Queens College, SP 24
MFA Critical Writing (graduate), Queens College, FA 23
Social Practice Seminar (graduate), CUNY Graduate Center, FA 23
Advanced Practice: New Textiles (graduate), Parsons School of Design, SP 23
Graduate Core: Studio Visits (graduate), Parsons School of Design, FA 22
Materials and Methods in Art Education (graduate), CCNY, SP 2019, SP 2018, SP 2020, FA 2020, SP 2021, FA 2021, SP 2022
Intro to Art Education (undergraduate), CCNY, Fall 2018, FA 2019
Identity and Culture in Art Education (undergraduate), CCNY, SP 2018
Curriculum Development in Art Education (undergraduate), CCNY, FA 2017, FA 2018, FA 2019
Arts Education & Administration:
Studio Program Director, 2022 - present
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, LES, NY
Studio Program Assistant Director, 2012 - 2022
The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY, NY
Museum of Arts and Design, 2012-2019
Museum Educator and Arts Reach Educator
Curatorial Projects:
2023 The Voice of Many, The Voice of One: Collective Action for Resistance and Mutual Aid, January 15 - March 5, 2023, The Clemente, LES Gallery, NY
2021 [body]2[body]: EFA New Member Exhibition, September 7 - December 7. Artists: Keren Anavy, Mahsa Biglow, Janet Loren Hill, Melissa Joseph, Kosuke Kawahara, Hayoon Jay Lee, jc lenochan, Michael Mandiberg, A young Yu. Curated by Natalia Nakazawa and HC Huỳnh
2021 In the Wake of Slumber, May 15 - June 9, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY.
2020 Freedom is an Act: EFA New Member Exhibition. Artists: Allen Ball, Laura Anderson Barbata, Odette England, Jason File, Katya Grokhovsky, Anina Major, Nazanin Noroozi, Whitney Oldenburg, Susan Silas
2019 Ghost Chair, co-curated with Deric Carner, November 9 - December 14, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington, DC. Artists: Sera Boeno, Heather Theresa Clark, Brian Dunn, Patrick Harkin, Luke Ikard, Kaitlin Jensco, Antonio McAfee, Curtis Miller, Ellen Xu
2018 Protest Club: An exhibition of EFA International Partnerships Artists and EFA Studio Member Artists, March 6 - July 1, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
Artists: Ava Ansari, Salar Ansari, Maria Elvira Escallon, Rashwan Abdelbaki, Şener Özmen, Wafaa Bilal, Saya Woolfalk, Richard Jochum, Karina Skvirsky, Pablo Helguera
2015 Translated Cities, January 22 – February 21, Shirin Gallery NY, Chelsea, NY
Artists: Manuel Acevedo, Isidro Blasco, Austin Eddy, Shara Hughes, Armita Raafat, Hilda Shen, Dannielle Tegeder.
Catalog design by Deric Carner andfeature essay by Chloe Bass
2014 Internal Dialogues, February 26 – May 26, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY. Artists: Patty Cateura, Heejung Cho, Sally Egbert, Suzan Frecon, Ryan Sarah Murphy, Gary Petersen, Max Razdow, Karina Skvirsky, Hank Willis Thomas
2014 Where’s Art: The Cabinet, Guest Curator, Artist: Deric Carner