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Artificial Nature: Flora, The Trophy Room LA, CA
2015
Seeing, The Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
2014
Shiny Happy Wannabe, Tally Beck Contemporary, New York, NY
2012
Americana, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
Persona, Tally Beck Contemporary, New York, NA
2009
Identities, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008
Dual Perspective, @ Space Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Cultural Identity, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2006
Nobuhito Nishigawara, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2005
Zokei, Lied Art Gallery, Lied Education Center for the Arts, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
2003
Nobuhito Nishigawara, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2002
Nobuism: Thesis Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, AZ
1997
Cockroach - three series of installations, The Banff Center for the Arts, Alberta, Canada
Signal Fires, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Cup Show - curated by Alan Chin, Los Angeles, CA
Nobuhito Nishigawara & Tainting Xu, Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta, GA
COUPLES IN CRAFT, Craft in America, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Michi (道）: Distinctive Paths, Shared Affinity: An Exhibition of Japanese American Ceramic Artists, Traveling Exhibition currated by Yoshi Fujii and Juliane Shibata
Locations:
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
University of Central Missouri Gallery of Art and Design: Conjunction with NCECA 2016, Warrensburg, MO
Bowing Green State University, Bowing Green, OH
Carleton College, Perlman Teaching Museum, Northfield MN
NCECA 2016, Curated by Darcy Badialli, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
Chromophobia, Curated by Peregrine Honig and Michael Schonhoff, Kansas City Art Institute, Grand Arts Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Across the Table, Across the Land (commissioned by NCECA), curated by Namita Gupta Wiggers and Michael Strand, Charlotte Street Foundation in conjunction with NCECA, Kansas City MO
2014
LA Air Show, LA Convention Center, Tally Beck Contemporary
Mas 6, Torrance, curated by Artra Curatorial Team, Torrance Art Museum, CA
artMRKT San Francisco, Tally Beck Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2013
Software: 21st Century Ceramics From Los Angeles, curated by Jason Ramos, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Contemporary Art Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
artMRKT San Francisco (forthcoming in May), Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, Tally Beck Contemporary Gallery
2012
Fresh, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Hong Kong Contemporary, Gallery Lara Tokyo, Hong Kong
Laguna Art Museum Auction, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
Contemporary Art Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
artMRKT Hamptons, Tally Beck Contemporary Booth 316
2011
OPEN, A 25th Anniversary Show, Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA
Gateway Japan, Curated by Max Presneill, The Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2010
The OsCene 2010: Contemporary Art and Culture in OC, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
(Re)Form, Curated by Catherine L. Futter, The H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2009
ZOOM, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, Mark Moore Gallery
Fresh, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA
Auction 100, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Palette to Palate 2009, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
ARTRA, curated by Max Presneill, Venice, CA
2008
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, Mark Moore Gallery
Summer in Chelsea, Winston Wachter Fine Art, NYC, NY
Contemporary Art Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Los Angeles Art Show, Santa Monica, CA – Winston Wachter Gallery Booth P-105
2007
Art Miami, Miami, FL – Winston Wachter Fine Art Booth
Dichotomies, See Line Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (sponsored by Japan Foundation)
Group Figuration Show – Allegory -, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
XII Art Auction: Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Agape, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
New Artists, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
ACROSS THE PACIFIC: Contemporary Asian Ceramic Art, Muckenthaler Cultural Center Foundation, Fullerton, CA
2006
neither MAN nor BEAST, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ
2005
Japan/USA-Santa Fe Clay, The Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM
Annual Ceramic Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2004
Nobuhito Nishigawara, Trinity Gallery, Georgia, Atlanta
Nobuhito Nishigawara, Byron Cohen Contemporary Arts, Kansas City, Missouri
Mesa Contemporary Arts Permanent Collection, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
Three Generations in Ceramics, University of Arizona, Art Museum, Tucson, AZ
New Acquisitions: Ceramics, Phoenix Airport Museum Program’s Contemporary Ceramics Collection, City of Phoenix, AZ
Tea, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ
Annual Ceramic Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
101 Cups, Ceramic Arts Foundation and Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2003
Ceramic Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
The Wichita National, Juror – Josh Deweese, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
ANA 32, Juror – Richard Notkin, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Akio Takamori and Nobuhito Nishigawara, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
Clay: Making Connections, Juror - Chris Staley, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
Hundreds of Cups, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Shared Passion - Sara and David Lieberman Collection (catalog),
Ceramic Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
From the Neck Up (catalog), Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
Clay from the Permanent Collection, Ceramic Research Center,
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2002
From the Ground Up XXI, Juror - Doug Jeck, The Richardson Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Contemporary Realism, Juror - Bill Lykins, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ
Formation and Deformation, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Faculty Exhibition, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
ASU Graduate Ceramics, University of Texas, TX
2001
Arizona Artists Guild Scholarship Winner, Blue Willow Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2000
Clay Sculpture, Yuma Fine Arts, Yuma, AZ
RE/Surface, Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1999
ASU Graduate Ceramics, Central Arizona Community College, Coolidge, AZ
Thesis Show, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2015
Currently Coveting: Japanese-Style Tableware Made in LA, Izabella Simmons, Remodelista, Online Novermber 3rd
Holiday Gift Guide: Handmade, LA Times, Online March 24th
Los Angeles City Safari w/ Jonathan Lo, Brooklyn New York Front + Main (/), West Elm, online March 25
Top 15 Interiors Trends of 2015, Julie Carson, Remodelista, Online March 24
Los Angeles Gift Guide For The Holidays, Forbs/Lifestyle, David Hochman, Online
2014
Nature Morte:RE-INVENTING THE STILL-LIFE TRADITION, Michael Petry, Thames & Hudson
2013
Nobuhito Nishigawara: BODY DOUBLES, Kathleen Whitney,
Ceramics Monthly, page 48-51, February Issue
2012
artdaily.org, “Tally Beck Contemporary presents Nobuhito Nishigawara’s first solo exhibition in New York”, September 27, 2012
2010
BLUECANVAS, Issue Three, the OsCene 2010, Page 104
Orange Coast Magazine, “Artist Spotlight”, page 42, February Issue
2009
Mary Anne Pomonis, “Nobuhito Nishigawara: Identities” The Magazine, May Issue, Page 44
The Laguna Beach Independent, Front Page, Volume VIII, Issue 9
2008
Peter Frank, “Objects of Affection”, LA Weekly, page 53, January18
Greg Stacy, “Unstuck In Time and @Space With Nobuhito Nishigawara”, OC Weekly: Arts, May 29
Judith S. Schwartz, Confrontational Ceramics, A&C Black Publishing, London
2007
“Sculpted Moment”, LA Times, November 29
“Allegory”, Art Collector Magazine, January Issue
“Across the Pacific: Contemporary Asian Ceramic Art”, Fullerton Observer, April, Page 12
“MADE IN CALIFORNIA: California Double Does of Local Ceramics”, The Los Angeles Times, April 19th\\
2006
Kate Hackman, “Jim Cambell at the Byrn C. Cohen Gallery” NY ARTS, January/February, Vol. 11, No. 1/2
2005
City of Mesa, “Mesa Contemporary Arts at Mesa Arts Center”, MCA Prospectus 2005-2006, page 3
2004
“Trinity Gallery”, Art Papers, Nov/Dec, page 7
Margaret Regan. “Human Form.” Tucson Weekly, page Art Section, June 17
Chuck Graham. “Escape the heat; take in art at cool galleries” Tucson Citizen, Entertainment page, June 03
Ann Brown. “Visit Sculpture Garden and Visit the Artists.” Arizona Daily Star, July 9
Veronika Alice Gunter. 500 Figures: Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form. Asheville: Lark Books, page 35 and 125
Ruth Bass “Artist Worth Watching, Nobuhito Nishigawara” Art Talk, page 14, May
Suzanne J.E. Tourtillott. 500 Cups: Ceramic Explorations of UtilityGrace, Asheville: Larke Books, page 40 and 370
Theresa Bembnister, Gina Kaufmann, “Our critics recommend these shows” Art Capsule Reviews, culture page, December 16
The Kansas City Star, 11 Days of Fine Arts, December 18
2003
Ken Johnson. “From the Neck Up” The New York Times, August 8
Jennifer Cushman, “Surreal Classics” Scottsdale Life Magazine, June, page 82-83
“Material Grants Winning Named”, Phoenix Art Museum: Contemporary Forum, spring issue, front page
“Spotlight”, Herberger College of Fine Arts, Spring Issue, class note page
Bebbette VanDevender. “Recognized ceramist teaching here” The CACtus Paper, February 19, page 8
John Villani, “ASU brings out its best ceramics: Summer show yields cross-section of style, techniques” Arizona Republic February 6, page 43
The Figure in Clay, Video, City of Mesa
John Villani “Sculptor reconfigures beauty: Mesa artist uses female form as key”, Arizona Republic, January 16, page 34
Peter Held, “Shared Passion: Sara and David Lieberman Collection of Contemporary Ceramics and Craft”, catalog, page 11 and 32 (plate 16)
2002
Susan Peterson, Working with Clay: 2nd Edition, The Overlook Press, New York
Susan Peterson. “Up-Front”. Ceramics Monthly, October Volume 50 Number 8, page 16
The MAC Vision – Mesa Arts Center, autumn issue, page 2
2001
Art Talk, November Arizona Republic – Rep. Arts
2000
Dianne Cripe, “New Close Date: Summer Show at ASU’s Harry Wood to Continue through Aug 25”, HerbergerCollege News, June 21, art age
Professor and Head of Ceramics, Visual Arts Department, California State University, Fullerton
Visiting Faculty, Department of Art, University of California Los Angeles
Born in Nagoya, Japan 1974
M.F.A 2002 Arizona State University
B.F.A 1999 Kansas City Art Institute