Background
Judy Nakagawa began studying sculpture at the Corcoran School of Art+Design in Washington, DC in 1998. In 2002 she was awarded the Corcoran School’s Berthold Schmutzhart Award for sculpture. She exhibited her work in Washington DC at the Whitewalls Gallery, at the Corcoran; the Jackson Art Centre, in Georgetown; and, had a solo show at the Errant Space Gallery in the National Press Club Building in downtown Washington.
She moved to Vancouver in 2004, where she participated in numerous shows, including two major solo shows: “In Pursuit of a Quiet Art” at the Japanese Canadian National Museum in Burnaby, BC; and “A Steveston Beginning: Remembering My Mother” at the Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site in Richmond, BC.
Since moving to Ottawa in 2018, she has been represented by and shown her work at Studio 66.
Education
Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, D.C., 1999 – 2002
University of British Columbia, B.A., 1975
Shows
- En Masse: Memory and Proliferation. Joint show with Yvonne Wiegers, Studio 66, Ottawa ON, February 2020
- Complicated Heart: Love, Loss and Other States of Being. Solo Show, Visual Space Gallery, Vancouver BC, 2016
- A Steveston Beginning: Remembering My Mother. Solo Installation, Britannia Shipyards, Richmond, BC, 2016
- Gone, Paper Festival. The Silk Workshop, Granville Island, 2010
Two Night Stand. Dance Performance, Vancouver International Dance Festival, 2009 - Shinju, (Double Suicide). Theatrical Installation, Performance Works, Granville Island, Vancouver, B.C., 2008
- Leap, An Exhibition of Art and Photography. Group Show, The Roundhouse Community Center, in conjunction with the Vancouver International Dance Festival, Vancouver, B.C., 2008
- Art and Worship Series. Solo Show, Ellesmere United Church, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., 2008
- In Pursuit of a Quiet Art. Solo Show, Japanese Canadian National Museum, Burnaby, B.C., 2007
- All You Can Eat. Group Sculpture Show, Capilano University, North Vancouver, B.C., 2005
- Out of the Rain. Invitational Fundraiser, Roundhouse, Vancouver, B.C., 2005
- Errant Space Gallery, Solo Show, National Press Club Building, Washington, D.C., 2001
- Open Studios, Jackson Art Center, Washington. D.C., November 2001
Whitewalls Gallery, Corcoran School, Group Sculpture Show, Washington, D.C., January 2002 - Whitewalls Gallery, Corcoran School, Group Sculpture Show, Washington, D.C., February 2000
Education
Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, D.C., 1999 – 2002
University of British Columbia, B.A., 1975