Motomichi Nakamura is an animator, projection artist and lecturer based in Brooklyn, NY.
He was born and raised in Japan. He attended Parsons School of Design in NYC where he studied Communication Design and Illustration. He lived in Quito, Ecuador for 7 years after finishing school and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
He works with various media including, painting, sculpture, animation, projection mapping and his 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, Taubman Museum of Art in Virginia among others. His films have been screened at Sundance Film Festival, Onedotzero Festival, and Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Commercially he has worked on projects for clients such as EA, MTV, USA Networks and Sony and produced a music video for the Swedish band The Knife.
Exhibitions:
2017 Magic City, Munich, Germany
2016 TCDC, Bangkok, Thailand
2015 Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Mexico
2014 Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia
2013 Museo de la Ciudad, Quito, Ecuador
2012 Nuit Blanche, Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, FR
2011 La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France
2011 Centro De Arte Contemporáneo De Quito, Quito, Ecuador
2011 Volksbühne Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2008 Winzavod - Moscow Contemporary Art Center, Russia
2005 Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY, U.S.
Live Video Mixing Performances:
2015 Bukruk Urban Art Festival II, Bangkok, Thailand
2015 Linoleum Media Art Festival, Kiev, Ukraine
2012 The Cuenca Biennial, Cuenca, Ecuador
2011 Vj Op De Dom 2011, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2011 Missing Link Show/Pictoplasma, VOLKSBÜHNE, Berlin, Germany
2008 Riverbeats Live ‘08, Parramatta Riverbank, Parramatta, Australia
2008 Winzavod - Moscow Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia
2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
2007 MOMA Family Event, Modern Museum of Art, New York, U.S.
Screenings:
2014 Winter Festival, Tate St Ives, London, UK
2014 Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2009 16th Stuttgart International Festival of Animation Film, Germany
2008 San Francisco International Animation Festival, San Francisco, U.S.
2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
2007 Sónar CINEMA 2005, Barcelona, Spain
2006 Onedotzero_10, Europe, Africa, Asia, South America
2004 Sundance Digital Film Festival, Park City, U.S.
2004 New York Video Festival at Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, U.S.
2002 Sundance Digital Film Festival, Park City, U.S.
Bibliography:
2014 “Motomichi Nakamura”, Eloquence, 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
Publications:
2010 International Design Year Book, China
2009 Stash DVD vol.62, by Stash Media, Canada
2009 The Visual Dictionary of Illustration, UK
2009 Stash vol.49 (DVD), by Stash Media, Canada
2008 Motion Blur2 (DVD), by Onedotzero, UK
2008 Best Of Submarine Channel(DVD), by Submarine Channel,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 Pictoplasma 3, Berlin, Germany
2006 STASH vol.25 (DVD), by Stash Media, Canada
2006 Vjing: Art+Technology of Live Audio/Video, U.S.
Awards and Honors:
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.
Workshops and Teaching:
2016 - Present
Visiting professor
The New School, Parsons School of Design, NYC
2014 Character Design
Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia
2013 Projection Mapping
Centro De Arte Contemporáneo De Quito, Quito, Ecuador
Lectures:
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 Media Art and Animation
Chilemonos Animation Festival, Santiago, Chile
Education:
Parsons School of Design, New York, BFA Illustration, 1996