September 26, 2012

Aki Nakazawa (JP)

Aki Nakazawa (born 1976), a video artist and curator, lives and works in Cologne, Germany. She studied visual media and video art at the Art College of Nihon University in Tokyo. Since 1997, she is a member of the video-art group “Spread Video-art Project” (SVP) in Tokio. She works for international film and video festivals, institutions and museums as a video-artist and as a curator. Her video Negai wo hiku [Drawing wishes] (2006) has been shown and awarded in many international film and media art festivals, including the WRO 07 Media Art Biennale.

Solo exhibitions (selection):

2009 Amky Knitting Project Vol-5 / Amky, Art & Society, Tokio (lecture & screening)
2008 Makitheque Vol.2 – Aki Nakazava / Gallery Maki, Tokio
2007 screen spirit_continued / staedtische galerie im buntentor, Bremen
2002 Beyond the gaze / Cafe Kranz, Tokio
2001 Personal Vision 2001 /Kobe Art Villege Center, Kobe, Japan

Group exhibitions (selection):

2011 Femlink – International Video Collage / TAC Art Center Eindhoven, Holland & Artos Foundation, Cyprus
2010 Malaysia-Japanese Videoart Exchange / National Gallery / Kuala Lumpur
2009 – 10 fully booked / Hotel Beethoven / Bonn
2009 body. space. time / Galerie Station Mousonturm, Frankfurt am Main
2008 CASZ CONTEMPORARY ART SCREEN ZUIDAS / Public Screen Zuidas, Amsterdam
2008 13. Marler Video-Kunst-Preis / ZKMax, München
2008 Workflow – Junge Videokunst / DASA Dortmund

Awards and grants:

2011 the collection of the city of Cologne (“Negai wo hiku / Drawing wishes”)
2011 Chargesheimer – Stipendium (honorary mention) / the City of Cologne
2008 13. Marler Video – Kunst – Preis, special mentioning and a supportship at the Academy of Media Art Cologne Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl
2007 WRO 07 (1. Prize) / Wrocław, Poland
2007 20. Stuttgarter Filmwinter (Honorary Mention & Wand5 – Frontal – Ehrenpreis) / Stuttgart
2006 backup festival. Neue medien im film (2. Preis) / Weimar
2005 Fellowship for Young Japanese Artist in Overseas / the Agency of Cultural Affaires, Japanese Government
2003 Aqua planet video festival (mention award) / Shiga, Japan