Born in Tokyo in 1983. He now resides in Kyoto. Nakamura received his PhD in Art from Kyoto Seika University in 2011. Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Kyoto Seika University. Nakamura is engaged in academic research and production in the area of tiles and ceramics, from a viewpoint of craft associated with the folk and architecture, coming up with hypotheses based on published research and fieldwork observations to produce his own experimental sculptural objects, as part of his inquiries into marginal art-craft culture from the modern period onward.
Recent exhibitions include “Object Lessons” held at Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo in 2023. “17th Istanbul Biennial” held at Barın Han, Istanbul, Turkey in 2022. “Listening with Eyes and Looking with Ears | NAKAMURA Yuta feels his way to Kawai Kanjiro” held at The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto in 2022. “BANBUTSU SHISEI | Born from all things: A special blend by Yuta Nakamura” held at Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo in 2022. “New ways to grow” held at The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo in 2021. “Round Persimmon, Dried Persimmon” held at Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa in 2021. “What’s in the Vase?” held at The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto in 2020. “in number, new world / number of the whole world” held at Ashiya City Museum of Art & History, Hyogo in 2019. “The Ecology of Expression: Remaking Our Relations with the World” held at Arts Maebashi, Gunma in 2019. “MAM Research 007: Sodeisha - The Dawn of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics” held at Mori Art Museum in 2019. “Japan Rhine Stone, Luehdorfia japonica Line” held at Minokamo City Museum, Gifu in 2018. “Willow Festival Little Willow Festival” held at Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo in 2017. “Aichi Triennale 2016” held at Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art in 2016. “20th Biennale of Sydney” held at Carriageworks in 2016. “The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art” held at Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art in 2015. “Roppongi Crossing 2013: OUT OF DOUBT” held at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo in 2013.
He is co-author of “Out of MINGEI” (Seikosha, 2019). “Out of Mingei: Romantic Eyes” (Seikosha, 2022).
Current Exhibition: “Ginza Curator’s Room #010 Questioned by the Moon” November 29, 2024 - December 13 Shibunkaku Ginza, Tokyo.