b. Arlington, VA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Education
2018 MFA Painting, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2014 BA Painting & Drawing, Anderson University, Anderson, SC
Solo + Two Person Exhibitions
2023 Dyadic Thresholds | Olympia | Zona Maco, Mexico City, MX
2022 Wayfinding with Unyimeabasi Udoh | LVL3 | Chicago, IL
To Raise a Blister From Afar | Below Grand | New York, NY
2020 Twilight with Mathew Zefeldt | 5-50 Gallery | Long Island City, NY
Roadside Picnic with Brian Zegeer | Field Projects | New York, NY | curated by Rachel Frank
2018 A Nervous Rock Stands in the Sunset | NARS Foundation | Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibitions
2024 All Art is an Image | STUDIOHOMEAWARENESS | Milan, IT | organized by Ilaria Sponda
2023 RING RING RING | Project Pal | Paris, FR | curated by Andy Rankin
The Lafayette Rendezvous: Contingents and Convergences | RAINRAIN | New York, NY
Genius Loci | Charles Moffett | New York, NY | curated by José Chavez-Verduzco
Fourth World 2k23 | Knockdown Center | Queens, NY | organized by Richard Gamble
Universal Transmission | Field of Play | Brooklyn, NY | curated by Christopher Daharsh
Kasmin + Artistic Noise | Kasmin | New York, NY
Boundary Monuments Dissolve | CSS Bard Hessel Museum | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY | curated by Katherine Adams
2022 Path | The Niche | online exhibition | curated by Kate Mothes, Dovetail Mag
2022 Screenprint Biennial | Opalka Gallery + Mirabo Press | Albany + Buffalo, NY | curated by Nathan Meltz, Mizin Shin, + Nathan Hitchcock
Soft Boundary | SVA MA Curatorial Practice | Brooklyn, NY | led by Noam Segal
2021 In With the Old | P.A.D. / Walter Elwood Museum | Amsterdam, NY | curated by Patrick Mohundro
Or a Moon’s Surface, the Planet Admires | P.A.D. | New York, NY | curated by Patrick Mohundro
Vai Nascer, Já Senti | PADA Galeria | Barreiro, PT | curated by Mannon Klein
2021 Terrain Biennial: Keep In Touch | CA53776V2.gallery | Santa Barbara, CA | curated by Alex Lukas
Dog Days | PADA Galeria | Barreiro, PT | curated by Mannon Klein
We Become Present | NARS Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | curated by Elisa Gutierrez Eriksen
Zwischenzug | Below Grand | New York, NY | curated by Mo Kong and Wangui Maina
Dodecagon | Olympia | New York, NY | curated by Ali Rossi
MAIL | Olympia | New York, NY | curated by Anna Berlin and Ali Rossi
Dissecting the Cyborgian Swamp Thang | Below Grand | New York, NY | curated by Andrew Woolbright
2020 Alex Jones x Naomi Nakazato x Callum Murphy | Gallerie Tracanelli | Grenoble, FR
Respawn the Seeds Worthy of Life Inside the Earth | Flatlands | online exhibition | curated by Mitch Patrick
GIFC NYC | The Hole | New York, NY
Enough! or #toomuch | SPRING/BREAK Art Fair | New York, NY | curated by Cami Ledy
2019 American Earthquake | VACATION Gallery | New York, NY (organized by Olympia | curated by Madeleine Bialke
Constructed Sites/Unfamiliar Selves | Lower East Side Printshop | New York, NY | curated by Jennifer Gerow
Magic Wave | Young Space | online exhibition | curated by Mark Joshua Epstein and Kate Mothes
Rhythm Garden | Geary Contemporary | New York, NY | curated by Alan Prazniak
Twist and Twine | Paradice Palase | Long Island City, NY | curated by Tiffany Smith | juried grand prize recipient
Awaken | Lower East Side Print Shop | New York, NY | curated by Eileen Jeng Lynch
GIFC NYC | The Hole | New York, NY
Gossamer | La Bodega | Brooklyn, NY | curated by Glorimar Garcia
2018 Flat File Program Opening | Tiger Strikes Asteroid | Brooklyn, NY
Take Home a Nude | New York Academy of Art | Sotheby’s | New York, NY
All My Friends | Right Behind the New Museum | New York, NY | curated by Tom Levy
Practice: in Progress | NARS Foundation | Brooklyn NY | curated by Elisa Gutierrez Eriksen
Our Souls to Keep | Field Projects | online exhibition | curated by Lissa River, Jacob Rhodes, Rachel Frank,
Alissa Polan, Kristen Racaniello, and Mikela Wesson
artBangall | Bangall, NY | curated by Amanda Brown and Stephanie Del Carpio
Return of the Living Dudd | JONALDDUDD | Brooklyn, NY | curated by Lydia Cambron and Chris Held
After Exit | Smart Objects | Landers, CA | curated by Chadwick Gibson & Derek Paul Jack Boyle
Tribeca Ball | New York Academy of Art | New York, NY
Visual Art Alumni Exhibition | Anderson University | Anderson, SC
2017 Single Fare | New York Academy of Art | New York, NY
Leipzig Summer Residency Exhibition | New York Academy of Art | New York, NY
Summer Exhibition | Leipzig International Artist Programme (LIA) | Leipzig, DE
TriBeCa Ball | New York Academy of Art | New York, NY
2016 Brandon Fellowship Exhibition | Greenville Center for Creative Arts | Greenville, SC
Telling Her Story | Greenville Center for Creative Arts | Greenville, SC
2015 SELFIE | Clemson University Center for Visual Arts | Greenville, SC | curated by Kara Soper
THE FL3TCH3R EXHIBIT | The Reece Museum | Johnson City, TN
2014 Twenty-Three Sisters | Gallery 1308, Madison, WI | curated by Katie Garth
Debbie Millman Group Exhibition | Anderson Arts Center | Anderson, SC
2nd Annual Collegiate Invitational | Spartanburg County Library | Spartanburg, SC
Senior Show | Anderson Arts Center | Anderson University | Anderson, SC
2013 Summer Show | D.C. Arts Center | Washington, DC
1st Annual Collegiate Invitational | Spartanburg County Library | Spartanburg, SC
Awards + Grants
2020 Emergency Grant | Foundation for Contemporary Arts | New York, NY
2019 FST StudioProjects Fund
2017 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant | Montréal, CA
2016 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant | Montréal, CA
Academy Scholar Award | New York Academy of Art |New York, NY
2015 Brandon Fellowship Recipient | The Greenville Center for Creative Arts | Greenville, SC
2014 SCSA Distinguished Student in Painting & Drawing | Anderson University | Anderson, SC
First Place, 2nd Annual Collegiate Invitational | Spartanburg County Library | Spartanburg, SC
2010 SCSA Art Scholarship/Academic Scholarship | Anderson University | Anderson, SC
Residencies
2022 Guest Artist in Print | University of Texas Austin | Austin, TX
2021 PADA Residency | Barreiro, PT
2020 TSA Short Term Artist Residency | Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York | Brooklyn, NY
2018 - 19 Keyholder Residency | Lower East Side Printshop | New York, NY
2017 Leipzig International Art Programme (LIA) Residency | Leipzig, DE
Teaching + Lectures + Visiting
2022 Visiting Artist | School of Visual Arts Curatorial Practice | New York, NY
2021 Visiting Artist/Critic | NYC Crit Club with Carlos Rosales-Silva | Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Artist | SC Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities | Greenville, SC
2020 Workshop | Museum of Art and Design | New York, NY
Selected Bibliography
2023 Coeval Interview with Ilaria Sponda
2020 Hopper Prize Finalist Interview
2019 Art Maze Mag, Summer Issue 13
2019 Artspace.com, Torey Akers, “The Best of Summer Group Shows: 5 Emerging Artists Who Deserve Solos Next Season”
2016 Greenville Journal, Caroline Hafer, “Craft: Naomi Nakazato”, vol. 18, no. 32
2014 Ivy Leaves, Literary Journal of Literature and Art, Hunter Burton & Cory Rabideau, Artist Spotlight, vol. 89
Forge Art Magazine, vol. 3, 47-50
2013 Ivy Leaves, Literary Journal of Literature and Art, vol. 88, page 26- 27, 112-113
2012 Ivy Leaves, Literary Journal of Literature and Art, vol. 87
Collections
Lower East Side Printshop | New York, NY
Greenville Center for Creative Arts | Greenville, SC
Anderson University | Anderson, SC