Nakako Okamoto
Birth
1973 Born in Nara Prefecture in Japan
Education
1997 Bachelor of Art in Oil Painting, Aichi Prefectural University of Art and Music, Japan
2004 Master of Art in Painting, Wimbledon College of Arts University of the Arts London, UK
2013 Ph.D. in Media Art, Kyoto City University of Art, Kyoto City, Japan.
Work experiences
2005-2010 A restoration specialist of Toshodai-ji, a Buddhist temple in Japan
2010-2011 An assistant to school committee, the Department of Human Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
2013-2014 A project researcher, Graduate School of Art, Kyoto City University of Art, Japan.
2014-now An art teacher of the Asuru, Osaka, Japan
2022-now A project researcher in Kyoto Tachibana University, Japan
2021-now Established the Kaiju Mirai Project – Art, People and community in Sakurai City –
Exhibitions
Solo
2020 [The Tesla Club: A collaboration by Shin Ikeda and Nakako Okamoto] 2kw gallery, Shiga, Japan
2017 [A journey through a magneto-cosmic land], Nooo Kitty, Osaka, Japan
2014 Nakako Okamoto solo exhibition, Media Studio, Kyoto City University of Art, Kyoto, Japan
2013 Nakako Okamoto solo exhibition, Torary Nand, Osaka, Japan
2011 Nakako Okamoto solo exhibition [ Art and the Brain: The Potential for Hyper-Sanity], Torary Nand, Osaka, Japan
2005 Nakako Okamoto solo exhibition, Torary Project, Osaka, Japan
2005 [One thousand kites project] （Yoshino River, Nara, Japan）
2004 [Absolute Perfection: One thousand kites project] (Wormwood Scrubs Park, London, UK）
Group
2022 [The Kyotentai exhibition], the Kaiju Mirai Project, Nara, Japan
2021 [Ten years after], +1art, Osaka, Japan
2020 [Phenomenological Sketch Exhibition], gallery Haku, Osaka Japan
2013 [Eureka note sketchy], Gallery Yasuda, Osaka, Japan
2012 An experimental work of Neogium magnetic stimulations, Kyoto City University of Art, Kyoto, Japan
2010 [The Artists Resolution Meeting vol.2] , at the vacant store in Soemon-cho, Osaka, Japan
2008 [Chandelier], The Torary Project, Osaka, Japan
2008 [The DOOR], Port Gallery T, Osaka, Japan
2008 [The Torary Project show], Art Fair Tokyo 101,Tokyo, Japan
2007 [The Artists Resolution Meeting vol.1], Creative Center Osaka(Namura Shipbuilding), Osaka, Japan
2006 [The Torary Project show], CASO, Osaka, japan
2005 [Art Project Ideas 2005], Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2004 [intermission], Space44, London
1997 [Three artists’ show], SpaceX Aichi Art Center, Nagoya, Japan
1995 [Three artists’ show], City gallery, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Workshops
2013 [SUMMER ART SCHOOL] Kyoto City University of Art, Kyoto, Japan
2007 [One thousand kites project], Higashiosaka Art Museum, Osaka, Japan
Experimental fieldworks
3rd January 2023, Miho no Matsubara, Japan
15th August 2019, Amboseli National Park, Kenya
13th August 2019, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
31st December 2018, Kota Kinabalu, Borneo Island, Malaysia
31st December 2018, Dubrovnik, Croatia
31st December 2017, The Sigiriya Citadel Rock, Sri Lanka
13th August 2017, The statues of Moai, Easter Island/ Rapa Nui, Chilean island
5th May 2017, Angkor Wat, Cambodia
23rd November 2014, Enjyu-gahama, Gobo city, Wakayama, Japan
14th Jan 2014, Atera-no-Nanataki waterfall in Aichi, Japan
13th January 2014, The ravine Nagatoro in Saitama, Japan
12th Jan 2014, The lake Suwa, Nagano, Japan
1st January 2014, Mt.Aso Kusasenri, Kumamoto, Japan
31st December 2013, The port Beppu, Oita, Japan
29th December 2013, Tobe thrust fault, Ehime, Japan
22nd December 2013, The Kino river, Wakayama, Japan
24th November 2013, The cape Irago, Mie, Japan
23rd November 2013, The shrine Ise Jingu, Mie, Japan
4th November 2013, The river Yoshino, Tokushima, Japan
23rd December 2012, Mt.Fuji, Sizuoka, Japan
14th December 2012, Tonomine, Nara, Japan
23rd November 2012, The Bungui pass, Nagano, Japan
Residency
2022 17th April – 8th May La Wayaka Current（Guna Yala, Panama）
Scientific researches
2013 Role of the left posterior middle temporal gyrus on artistic creativity in drawing: A study using TMS and functional NIRS（non-peer reviewed）
2010 Role of the left posterior middle temporal gyrus on artistic creativity in drawing（non-peer reviewed）
2009 The effect of sleeplessness on artistic creativity
(All the experiments were held at the Department of Human Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan)