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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.

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