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Biography of Yasuko Nakamura -
Clay Artist -
Yasuko Nakamura
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EXHIBITIONS -
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2008
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Nasu-shoja kofuku-no-kagaku ,Utunomiya, Tochigi ,Japan Temple Beth-el ,St,,Petersburg ,Florida,,U.S.A The Art of Healing ,St,Petersburg ,Florida.U.S.A |
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1996-present
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Galleria Silechia Sarasota,Florida.U.S.A |
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2007
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The Art Village, St.Petersburg ,Florida,USA Pava Art Exhibition,Clear Water,Florida,USA The Art Healing,St,Petersburg,Florida,USA Mirai-kan kofuku-no-kagaku,Utunomiya,,Tochigi,Japan |
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2006
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Fire and Rain Gallery, Folsom, California, USA Kane Marie Fine Art Gallery, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA The Art Center, St. Petersburg, Nasu Shoja kofuku-no-kagaku, Utunomiya , Tochigi ,Japan |
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2005
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The Gallery Soho, Palm Spring, California, USA Nikko Shoja kofuku-no-kagaku, Utunomiya, Tochigi , Japan The Art Center of Dunedin, Florida, USA |
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2004
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Kingdom Alan Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA |
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2003
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The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA |
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2002
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The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA |
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2001
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Expression in Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA The Gallery Soho, Palm Spring, California, USA |
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2000
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O’Bernier Gallery, San Diego, California, USA Running Ridge Gallery, New Mexico, USA |
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1999
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Tallahassee Museum of Art, Tallahassee, Florida, USA Salt Creek Artworks, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA |
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1998
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The John and Mable Ringling Museum of fine Art, Sarasota, Florida, USA Salt Creek Artworks, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA |
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1997
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Eckerd College, Sarasota, Florida, USA Vincent William Gallery, Pasadena, Florida, USA Florida Craftsmen, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, USA |
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1996
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Salt Creek Artworks, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA Kentucky Museum, Alabama, USA Atlanta Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
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1995
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St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Art, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA |
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1992
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Daimaru Art Gallery, Kochi, Japan |
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1987
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American Craft Council Show, Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
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1986
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Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
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1982
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Daimaru Art Gallery, Kochi, Japan |
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- AWARDS
& HONORS -
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2007
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Hawai Shoja kofuku-no-kagaku,Honolulu,Hawaii,USA San Francisco shibu shoja,San Francisco,California,,USA |
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2006
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Steven king collection “Star Power” Invitation Show Selected Featured Artist, The Art Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA |
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1998
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Honorable Mention, State of Florida Artist Fellowship Program, USA |
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1996
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Selected for Spotlight ’95 National American Crafts Council Touring Show,
USA Best of Ceramics, All-Florida Juried Show, Center for the Arts, USA |
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1995
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Selected for Spotlight ’95 National American Crafts Council Touring Show,
USA |
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1990
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The Best of Ceramics, Crosby Garden, Toledo, Ohio, USA Best of show, Mainsail Arts Festival, Coco Beach, Florida, USA |
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1989
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Award of Excellence, North Shore Art League, Winnetka, Illinois, USA Judges Award, Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival, Pensacola, Florida, USA The Claire Paul Purchase Award, Miami Beach, Florida, USA The Best of Ceramics, Crosby Garden, Toledo, Ohio, USA |
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1988
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The Best of Ceramics, Beaux Art Fair, Miami, Florida, USA Judges Award, Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival, Pensacola, Florida, USA |
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1987
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First Prize, Michigan Guild Christmas Fair, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
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1986
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Award of Excellence, North Shore Art League, Winnetka, Illinois, USA Selected Poster Artist: ACC Lincoln Center, New York, New York, USA |
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1981
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Third Prize, Kochi Prefecture Annual Juried Show, Kochi, Japan |
- EDUCATION -
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1970-1974
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BF, English and American Literature. Doshisha Women’s College, Kyoto, Japan. |
- APPRENTICESHIP
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1983-1993
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JT Abernathy, Master Ceramicist, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Studied the production of clays and glazes incorporating intense ceramic techniques associated with firing of gas, salt, and, sawdust kilns. |
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1983
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Juan Quesada, Master Potter (Marta Ortiz, Mexico). Studied hand-built Mexican pottery and the use of human hair brushes applying natural red and yellow slips. |
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1982
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Emma Louis, Master Potter, Acoma
Indian Reservation, New Mexico. Studied Acoma Indian traditional hand
built pinch-pot technique, yucca brush painting on clay and cow manure
chip pit-firing technique. |
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1977-1974
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Yoshiki Iuchi, Master Ceramicist, Yowakobo Pottery Studio/Workshop, Kochi, Japan. Studies incorporated hand building and throwing traditional Japanese shapes on wooden kick wheels, constructing wooden and metal ceramic tools, and processing local clay from surrounding rice paddies. Worked and fired with a five-chambered kiln, a wood-fired climbing kiln (Naborigama), a wood –fired salt kiln, and aided with the construction of an Anagama (original Korean traditional kiln). |
- WORKSHOP -
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1982
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Mexican and American Indian Pottery at the University of Southern California Idyllwild Campus (Palm Springs, California) via the scholarship recommendation from Susan Peterson. |
Yasuko Nakamura
St.Petersburg, FL 33710
Phone: 727-343-5915
E-mail：yasukoart@hotmail.com