Osamu James Nakagawa

Osamu James Nakagawa (born 1962)[1] is an American photographer and professor at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana known for his work using digital photography while the technology was still in its infancy.

Osamu James Nakagawa
Nakagawa at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, 2015
Born1962
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationSt. Thomas University in Houston, Texas, University of Houston
OccupationPhotographer
ChildrenHikari Nakagawa
Websitewww.osamujamesnakagawa.com

Life and work

He was born in New York City and raised in Tokyo, Japan from the age of one. At 15, he moved to Houston, Texas. He earned his bachelor's degree in studio art from St. Thomas University in Houston, Texas in 1986, and he earned is MFA in photography from University of Houston in 1993.[2]

Nakagawa's work is shown around the world. He's best known for his Okinawa trilogy which includes Gama, Banta, and Remains. His other bodies of work include Mado, his window series, Drive in Theater, and May 15s.[3] In 2009, he won the John Simon Guggenheim fellowship,[4] and in 2010, he won the Higashikawa A New Photographer Award in Japan.[5] In 2014, he also won the Sagamihara Photographer of the Year in Japan[6]

In many interviews, he describes himself as being culturally "divided" between Japan and America and therefore turns to photography to express that division.[7]

Exhibitions

2008
  • Course: Osamu James Nakagawa, Banta, SEPIA International Inc., New York, New York. (In Conjunction with 2008 Asian Contemporary Arts Week)

2009
  • Banta: Osamu James Nakagawa, Sakima, Museum of Art, Okinawa, Japan

2010
  • Banta:Stained Memory, Osamu James Nakagawa, Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan, Traveled to Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka Japan
  • Remains: Osamu James Nakagawa, Tosei Gallery, Tokyo Japan,
  • Banta/Gama,Higashikawa : Osamu James Nakagawa, New Photographer of the Year Award Exhibition, Higashikawa Cultural Center, Hokkaido, Japan

2011
  • Banta: Osamu James Nakagawa, 1839 Contemporary Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Kai: following the cycle of life: Osamu James Nakagawa, Tanto Tempo Gallery, Kobe, Japan
  • Banta: Osamu James Nakagawa, Core Program for the Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Australia

2012
  • Banta cliffs + Gama caves, Poissant Gallery, Houston Texas, in conjunction with 2012 Houston International Fotofest.
  • Kai, following the cycle of life: Osamu James Nakagawa, Art in Hospital Project, Nishiwaki Municipal Hospital, Nishiwaki, Hyogo, Japan
  • Banta cliffs + Gama caves, Osamu James Nakagawa, Les Rencontre d'Arles 2012 - Le Prix Decouverte, nominated by Tadashi Ono, Arles, France

2013
  • OKINAWA TRILOGY 沖縄, オキナワ, Okinawa: Osamu James Nakagawa, Kyoto University of Art and Design, curated by Noboru Tsubaki and Mariko Takeuchi.
  • Gama Caves: Osamu James Nakagawa, Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, IN

2014
  • GAMA Caves: Osamu James Nakagawa, SepiaEYE Gallery, New York
  • GAMA Caves, Photo Gallery International, Tokyo, Japan
  • BANTA, GAMA, Remains, Shandai Gallery, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Tokyo Japan

2008
  • Transformational Dialogue, Fine Art Gallery, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, curated by Susan Kae Grant
  • Wind, Paris Photo 2008, Carrousel Du Louvre, curated by Esa Epstein, director of SEPIA International, New York

2009
  • The Circle, curated by Esa Epstain, director of SEPIA International, New York

2010
  • Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, curated by Yasufumi Nakamori
  • Land: Country Life in the Urban Age, 2010 Nooderlicht Photofestival, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands curated by Wim Melis.

2011
  • Landscapes East/Landscapes West, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, curated by Ling-en Lu

2012
  • SUPERNATUREAL: Osamu James Nakagawa, Ingo Günther, Terry Taylor, Yu Yamauchi, Robyn Voshardt & Sven Humphrey, Miyako Yoshinaga Art Prospects, New York, New York.
  • Okinawa Painted by Artists, Sakima Art Museum, curated by Michio Sakima, Okinawa, Japan
  • After Photoshop: Manipulated Photography in the Digital Age, curated by Mia Fineman, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

2013
  • Yayoi Kusama/Osamu James Nakagawa/Iri&Toshi Maruki, Sakima Art Museum, curated by Michio Sakima, Okinawa, Japan
  • Reimagining the Landscape and the Future of Nature, curated by Dana Friis Hansen, director, Grand Rapid Art Museum.
  • Tanto Tempo Collection + Mt.Rokko International Photo Festival Fundraising Exhibition 2013 Vol.1, Hiroshi Watanabe, Osamu James Nakagawa, Patrick Taberna, Ryo Owada, Yoshihiro Hagiwara, Meg Birmbaum, Tanto Tempo Gallery, Kobe, Japan

2014
  • Nuchidu-takara/Life Itself as a Treasure: Battle of Okinawa- Permanent Collection, Iri and Toshi Maruki, Toyomitsu Higa, Mitstsuhito Yoneyama, Takeki Shima, and Osamu James Nakagawa, Sakima Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan
  • GRAM Selects Art Prize 2013 Encore, Grand Rapid Art Museum

http://www.osamujamesnakagawa.com/

References
  1. "Osamu James Nakagawa: The Banta Cliffs". En Foco's Blog. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  2. "Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts » Faculty". www.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  3. Nakagawa, Osamu James. "Osamu James Nakagawa". osamujamesnakagawa.com. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  4. "John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". www.gf.org. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  5. "Towada Art Center: The Higashikawa Awards". http://towadaartcenter.com/. Retrieved 2020-09-06. External link in |website= (help)
  6. LensCulture, Osamu James Nakagawa |. "Osamu James Nakagawa | LensCulture". LensCulture. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  7. Ibold, Hans (2012). "Osamu James Nakagawa: Photographer". Bloom Magazine. Monroe County Public Library.
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