Naomi Nakazato

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Biography

Naomi Nakazato's (b. 1992 Arlington, VA) multidisciplinary work spans drawing, painting, sculpture,printmaking, and installation to examine belonging, faulty language, and location within hybridity. She received a BA from Anderson University, South Carolina and an MFA from The New York Academy of Art, New York. Her work has recently exhibited at Field Projects (NY), 5-50 Gallery (Queens, NY), Galerie Tracanelli (Grenoble, FR), Geary Contemporary (NY), Paradice Palase (Brooklyn), and VACATION Gallery (NY). Nakazato was awarded two Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants, an initiate Brandon Fellowship at the Greenville Center for the Creative Arts in Greenville, South Carolina, a 2017 summer residency at the Leipzig International Artists Program in Leipzig, Germany, and a 2018-19 Keyholder Residency at The Lower East Side Printshop. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

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