Motomichi Nakamura, Japanese born and graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York, is an award-winning digital media artist, animator and immersive and projection mapping artist and educator based in Croton On Hudson, NY.
His animated films have been screened at Sundance Film Festival, Onedotzero Festival, Pictoplasma, Holland International Film Festival among many and his recent experimental film “Okami” won in The Leeds International Film Festival. His projection installation work has been exhibited globally in numerous museums and galleries including the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, Winzavod - Moscow Contemporary Art Center, MARCO in Monterrey Mexico, Gaite Lyrique Paris among others.
Commercially he has worked on projects for clients such as MTA New York, Channel 4, EA, MTV, USA Networks, UNIQLO and produced short films and music videos for artists including Nicola Cruz and the Swedish band The Knife which earned him international recognition.
Exhibitions
2024 “Cannonballs”, Balloon Museum, London, U.K.
2023 “NYC 3000”,commissioned by MTA Arts & Design, 52-screen Fulton Station wide video Installation, NYC
2023 “Red Eyes”, Outdoor Immersive Installation, Drachten, The Netherlands
2023 “Projection Walk”, Outdoor Immersive Installation, Berlin, Germany
2023 “From the beneath the earth”, Projection Mapping Installation, Denver, Colorado
2023 “Shadows and Light”, Solo exhibition, NowHere, SOHO, NY.
2022 Outdoor Pop-up projection, Bitbang Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2022 Projection at Little Island as part of summer program 2022, NYC
2022 Projection at Kaboom Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2021 Projection at The Arc museum, Daegu, South Korea
2021 “Monsters Among Us”, Solo exhibition, NowHere, SOHO, NY
2020 “Giant Salamander”, ZAZ10TS, Times Square, NY
2019 “When night falls”, 150 media stream, Chicago, U.S.
2019 Video Mapping Festival vol.2, Outdoor Projection Installation, Lille, France
2019 Spriten Kunsthall, Solo Exhibition, Skien, Norway
2018 GIAF governors island art festival, New York, U.S.
2017 Magic City, Collective Exhibition, Munich, Germany
2017 Paseo Project, Taos, U.S.
2016 Digitaliseum, Solo Exhibition, Malmo, Sweden
2015 Hyakume - One Hundred Eyes, Solo Exhibition, BAC gallery, Bogota, Colombia
2015 Newly Discovered, Solo Exhibition, Makaroni, Stockholm, Sweden
2015 JACK, video mapping sculpture, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico
2014 Unknown Beast, Solo Exhibition, Everyday Mooonday, Seoul, Korea
2014 Crypto-Animation, Solo Exhibition, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia
2012 Nuit Blanche,video installation,Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, France
2012 Passerby, video installation, Sofia Design Week, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 Missing Link, video installation, La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France
2011 Monstruos, Centro De Arte Contemporáneo De Quito, Quito, Ecuador
2008 Red Eyes, Moscow Contemporary Art Center Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
2005 Artbase 101, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC
Screenings
2022 Kaboom Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2020 Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Stuttgart, Germany
2019 London International Animation Festival, London, UK
2019 Austin Music Video Festival, Austin, U.S.
2019 Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds, UK - Winner
2019 International Moving Film Festival, Abadan, Iran - Semi Finalist
2019 PIAFF, Paris International Film Festival, Paris, France
2019 SICAF 2019, Seoul, South Korea
2019 Pictoplasma Festival, Berlin, Germany
2016 Linoleum Media Art Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
2015 The 12th Sedicicorto, Forli, Italy
2014 37th Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden
2014 Winter Festival, Tate St Ives, London, UK
2014 Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands - Winner
2014 Pictoplasma Characters in Motion, Berlin, Germany
2014 Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
2010 Fête de l'Animation, Lille, France
2010 Cannes AVIFF Art Film Festival, Cannes, France
2009 16th Stuttgart International Festival of Animation Film, Stuttgart, Germany
2008 SXSW, Austin, Texas. - Finalist
2007 Platform International Animation Festival, Portland, U.S. - Winner
2004 Sundance Film Festival, Park City, U.S.
2004 New York Video Festival at Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, U.S.
2001 Sundance Film Festival, Park City, U.S.
Awards and Honors
2022 Chongqing Light Art Festival, Chongqing, China
2021 Third place winner - I CUBE Immersive Experience Competition, Fuzhou, China
2019 Winner -The Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds, UK
2019 Semi Finalist - International Moving Film Festival, Abadan, Iran
2013 Jury for Animation Category -Society of Illsutrators, Illustrators 56, New York
2008 Finalist - Music Video category, SXSW, TX, U.S.
2007 Best Music Video, Platform International Animation Festival, Portland, U.S.
2006 Guilty Pleasure, Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2006 Kuroda/Uchiyama Award, Adobe Motion Awards, Tokyo, Japan
2001 Distinctive Merit Award New Media, The 80th Art Directors Annual, New York, U.S.
Teaching experiences
2021- Adjunct Professor at School of Visual Arts, NYC
2016-21 Adjunct Professor at The New School Parsons, NYC
2021 Workshop Instructor at Paseo Project, Tos, New Mexico
2021 Workshop Instructor at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan
2021 Workshop Instructor at China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
2007 Workshop Instructor at The Oslo International Academy of Arts, Oslo, Norway
2004 Adjunct Professor at Pratt Institute, NYC
Lectures
2022 Lecturer in Animation and Immersive Art
Bit Bang Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2020 Lecturer on Projection Mapping and Immersive Art
Winona State University, Minnesota
2019 Lecturer on Projection Mapping and Immersive Art
Pratt Institute, New York
2017 Lecturer on Experimental Animation
The Harwood Museum of Art, New Mexico
2016 Lecturer on Character Design
Pictoplasma, New York
2015 Lecturer on Digital Media and Experimental Animation
Bukruk Urban Art Festival II, Bangkok, Thailand
2015 Lecturer on Media Art and Experimental Animation
Linoleum Media Art Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
2015 Lecturer on Animation and Experimental Animation
KAeD, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
2014 Lecturer on Character Design and Career for Digital Media Artists
Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia
2013 Lecturer on Character Design and Career for Digital Media Artists
CROMIA, Ibarra, Ecuador
2013 Lecturer on Media Art and Animation
Chilemonos Animation Festival, Santiago, Chile
2011 Lecturer on Character Design
Pictoplasma, Berlin, Germany
2011 Lecturer on Character Design
Gaite Lyrique, Paris, France
Residencies
2022 Paseo Project, Artist Residency, Taos, New Mexico
2021 4heads Governors Island Artist Residency, NYC
2020 Montana Colors virtual residency, Barcelona, Spain
2018 Rencontres Audiovisuelles, Video Mapping Festival, Lille, France
2010 St.Lawrence University, Visiting artist, Canton, New York
Permanent Collections
Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia
Digitalcraft, Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt, Germany
Sundance Institute UCLA Archive
Artport, Whitney Museum of American Art
Bibliography
2020 “20 Projection Mapping Artists Creating Otherworldly Installations”, ARISTA, U.S.
2014 “Nakamura anime le monstre”, Le Monde, France
2014 “Motomichi Nakamura”, Eloquence, S.Korea
2014 “Motomichi Nakamura, Crypto-Animation”, Roanoke Times, Virginia
2010 “Lamp”, Daz-magazine, Hong Kong
2009 “Video + Visuals”, MONDO dr, UK
2008 “Behind the scenes”, Computer Arts Projects, UK
2008 “Linoleum Experimental Animation Festival”, Ultro Russia TV, Russia
2008 “Who cares about graphic design history?”, eye, UK
2007 “Characters”, eye, UK
2001 “Digital Sundance”, CNN, U.S.