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b. Osaka, Japan
 
Education

International Center of Photography (ICP), New York

     New Media Narratives/ Creative Practices

MFA, Integrated Media Arts, Hunter College of the City University of New York

MA, Music (Piano & Music Composition), Hunter College of the City University of New York

Awards and Achievements

2020 May  The 41st Annual Telly Awards, Bronze Winner "No Nukes"

2019 Nov.  Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival in Moscow

                 Best Documentary (Under 40 minutes category) "No Nukes"

2018 Jun. Rita K. Hillman Award for Excellence 2018

                International Center of Photography (ICP)

2017 Sep. International Center of Photography (ICP) Scholarship $25,000

                New Media Narratives Program

2017 Google Jump Start Program

                20 creators were selected in the world, supported by Google VR

2015 Wix.com #SelfMade Wix. Stories (Online), "Mike Curato"

                Supported by Wix.com

Documentary Film "Silent Exposure"

(Co-director, Co-producer, Co-editor, Co-cinematographer, Sound designer)

2014 Mar. The 35th Telly Awards

2014 Jun.   Asian American Film Festival: Best Documentary Award

2014 May  Public Health Research Symposium Film Screening:
                Public Health Research Symposium Film Award

2013 Nov.  CINE Golden Eagle Award

Experimental Film “Garbage Girl in Daily Consumption” (Cinematographer)

2014 Feb.  The 33rd Black Maria Film + Video Film Festival: Director's Choice 3rd Prize

2013 Nov.  Underexposed Film Festival: Terry Rouche Audience Choice Award

Documentary Film "Four Seasons 3/11 Memorial Concert" (Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor)

2013 May  Asian American Film Festival: 2nd prize winner

Film Festival Juror/ Reviewer/ Pre-screener

2023 IDA (International Documentary Association) Documentary Awards, USA

          Juror/ Reviewer/ Pre-screener

2022 IDA (International Documentary Association) Documentary Awards, USA

          Juror/ Reviewer/ Pre-screener

Reviewer for International Journals and Conferences

2023 Journal of Education and Information Technologies by Springer Nature

         Reviewer (査読委員)

         ORCID iD https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6940-1839

2024 iLRN

         The 10th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network

         Online & in Virtual Reality, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

         Reviewer (査読委員)

2023 iLRN

         The 9th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network

         Virtual Campus & California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

         Reviewer (査読委員)

2022 iLRN

         The 8th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network, Vienna, Austria

         Reviewer (査読委員)

 

 

Film Festival Official Screening and Curated Exhibition

2024 Mar. 24, 18:00

         VIDEO EDITION PAVILION @The Wrong Biennale Duisburg-Ruhrort, Germany

         Live Screenings with live musicians, Curator: Ebba Jahn

         ・45. Duisburger Akzente, at Lokal Harmonie in Duisburg-Ruhrort, Germany

             with musicians Erhard Hirt and Stefan Keune from KING ÜBÜ ÖRCHESTRÜ, Paul Hubweber and Rajesh Mehta

         Official Selection, Experimental Video "Imaginative Visitor"

2024 Jan. 27, 19:30

         VIDEO EDITION PAVILION @The Wrong Biennale, Berlin, Germany

         Live Screenings with live musicians, Curator: Ebba Jahn

        ・Kühlspot, Lehderstr 74

         Official Selection, Experimental Video "Imaginative Visitor"

2024 Jan. 16, 18:00 - Jan. 17, 18:00 EST

         ARTS BIRTHDAY, One Day Online Screening, Vancouver, Canada,

         Mopomoso Edition Pavilion, Curator: Ebba Jahn,

         Experimental Video "Imaginative Visitor"

2023 Dec. 17

         VIDEO EDITION PAVILION @The Wrong Biennale, London, UK

         Live Screenings with live musicians, Curator: Ebba Jahn

          ・Mopomoso live at Vortex Jazzclub, London, UK

         Official Selection, Experimental Video "Imaginative Visitor"

2023 Nov. 23 - Dec. 3

         Ukrainian Biennale of Digital and Media Art, at Museum of History in Kyiv, Ukraine

         Funded by the Stabilisation Fund for Culture and Education 2023 of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany  

         and the Goethe-Institut,  Curator: Iury Lech

         Official Selection, Experimental Video "Climate_Change"

2023 Nov. 1 - 2024 Mar. 1

          VIDEO EDITION PAVILION @The Wrong Biennale

          Curator: Ebba Jahn    
          Online Exhibition in II Showcase

          Official Selection, Experimental Video "Imaginative Visitor"

2023 Nov. 1 - Dec. 1

          AI/AI, Sunderland Pavilion of the Wrong Biennale, Priestman Gallery, in Sunderland, UK

          Curator: James Hutchinson

          Official Selection, Art Video "AI Prelude on the Theme of B-A-C-H"

2023 June 29 - July 9

         7° Festival ECRÃ 2023, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil

         Official Selection, Experimental Video "Climate_Change"

2022 Dec. 12- 2023 Jan. 29

          World of Co (WOC) Artist in Residency Exhibition Vol. 22 in Sofia, Bulgaria (Virtual Exhibition)

          Experimental Video "Thinker" & Digital art "I My Me Mine"

2022 Nov. 1-25

          World of Co (WOC) Artist in Residency Exhibition Vol. 21 in Sofia, Bulgaria (Virtual Exhibition)

          Experimental Video "Climate_Change"

2022 Nov. 28

          Minute Madness Toronto 2022 in Canada

          Official Selection, Experimental Video "Imaginative Visitor"

2022 June 24-26

          International Digital Media & Art Association (IDMAA) Conference and Exhibition: Weird Media

          at Laird-Norton Gallery at Winona State University in Minnesota

          Official Selection, Experimental Video "Social_Distancing"

2022 June 1-12

          The 12th Art of Brooklyn Film Festival in NY

          Official Selection, Experimental Video "Social_Distancing"

                 Live Screening: Sat, Jun 4th, 2:00 PM @ SPHS Auditorium

                 Sunset Park High School

                 153 35th Street

                 Brooklyn NY 11232

                 Online Screenning: June 9, 2022 12:00 PM

2022 May

          ALC Video Art Festival at Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante (MACA) in Spain,

          MUSEOVERSE Official Selection, "Imaginative Visitor"

2022 Jan.

          Buenos Aires International Film Festival (BUEIFF) in Argentina

          Official Selection, Short Documentary  "No Nukes"

2021 Oct.

          The Continental Film Festival, Munich Edition 2021/2022

          Short Documentary Nominee  "No Nukes"

2021 Jun.

         The 11TH ANNUAL QUEENS WORLD FILM FESTIVAL in NY,  "No Nukes"

                  Live Screening:  June 25, Friday 19:00 pm

                  The Local NY: 13-02 44th Avenue, LIC, NY 11101

                  Online Screening:  June 27, Sunday 19:00 pm

                  Film Festival Flix (Online)

2021 May 29

          MINUTE_MAPP TOKYO/ MONTREAL/ NANTES,  THE VISITOR

          Projection Mapping "Imaginative Visitor"

2021 Jan.

         Berlin Flash Film Festival

         Micro Short, Animation, Stop Motion "Box Step"

2020 Dec. 1 - 5

          2020 ESMoA Video Art + Film Festival: RISEUP!

          Art Video category "Box Step"

2020 Nov. 14 - Dec. 6

          Group Exhibition

         "EXODUS V, émigré artists and the New York vanguard: AESTHETICS IN THE POLITICAL" 

         curated by Kyoko Sato,  WhiteBox Harlem, NY. 

       「エクソドスV、  歴史のうねりの中で」キュレーター 佐藤恭子

        ホワイトボックス ・ハーレム、ニューヨーク 

                    "Gospel in Harlem" (VR), supported by Google VR

                     " 'Cocolo' Gospel in Harlem" (VR), supported by Google VR

                     "Also Data Spruch: Brooklyn Bridge Automated Pedestrian Counts Demonstration Project"

                     "Reflections"

                     "Song for Northern Lights"

         Participating Artists:

                    Asako Iwasawa/ Aya Uekawa/ Chié Shimizu/ Junko Yoda/ Kayoko Nakamura
                    Kazuko Miyamoto/ Keiko Miyamori/ Kunié Sugiura/ Kyoko Hamaguchi
                    Maho Ogawa/ Minako Iwamura/ Momoyo Torimitsu/ Noriko Shinohara
                    Sachigusa Yasuda/ Tamiko Kawata/ Yoko Toda/ Yukari Edamitsu

         https://whiteboxnyc.org/2020/exhibitions/exodus-v-aesthetics-in-the-political/

2020 Aug. 20 - Dec. 31

          IMA MFA Integrated Channels Exhibition 2020

          "The Theremin"

2020 TBA in Fall

                TV Broadcasting on Manhattan public access Channel 4

                      MNN Channel 4

                      Spectrum 67 

                      FIOS 36

                      RCN 85 

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               "Also Data Spruch: Brooklyn Bridge Automated Pedestrian Counts Demonstration Project"

2020 Jul. 

         Golden Tree International Documentary Film Festival "No Nukes"

2020 Jun.

         NYCEMF 2020 (New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival)

               "Also Data Spruch: Brooklyn Bridge Automated Pedestrian Counts Demonstration Project"

2020 May

          The 41st Annual Telly Awards, Bronze Winner "No Nukes"

2020 May

          DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival “No Nukes”

2020 Feb.

          Dumbo Film Festival, Semi-Finalist

               "Also Data Spruch: Brooklyn Bridge Automated Pedestrian Counts Demonstration Project"

2019 Nov.

          Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival in Moscow

                Best Documentary (Under 40 minutes category) "No Nukes"

2019 Dec.

          International Film and Video Festival "Catharsis" in Russia, Semi-Finalist  "No Nukes"

2019 Jul.

          Video Installation at the Made in NY Media Center by IFP

                "Also Data Spruch: Brooklyn Bridge Automated Pedestrian Counts Demonstration Project"

2019 Jul.

          NewFilmmakers New York Summer Series 2019 at Anthology Film Archives, "No Nukes"

2019 Jun.

          International Center of Photography, Short Film Screening "No Nukes"

2019 Jun.

          International Center of Photography Exhibition

                Video installation

                "Also Data Spruch:  Brooklyn Bridge Automated Pedestrian Counts Demonstration Project"

            

2018 Jun. - Jul.

          International Center of Photography Exhibition

                "Cocolo" Gospel in Harlem (VR project, supported by Google VR)

                "Melissa's Puppets"

2017 Google Jump Start Program VR Showcase "Gospel in Harlem"

                20 creators were selected in the world, supported by Google VR

2016 Aug.

          Film Screening "Electronic Rhapsody: Theremin & Matryomin" in progress

                Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments in Japan

2016 Jun.

         NYCEMF 2016 (New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival)

                "Song for Northern Lights"  Abrons Arts Center

2015 Wix.com #SelfMade Wix. Stories (Online), "Mike Curato"

                Supported by Wix.com

2015 Nov.

          Public Health Film Festival "Silent Exposure"

2014 Nov.

          Underexposed Film Festival "Silent Exposure"

2014 Sep.

          Public Health Association of New York City, Film Screening "Silent Exposure"

2014 Sep.

          NewFilmmakers New York Summer Series 2014 at Anthology Film Archives "Silent Exposure"

2014 Jun.

         Asian American Film Festival "Silent Exposure"

2014 Jun.

         The Americas Film Festival of New York "Silent Exposure"

2014 May

          GI Film Festival "Silent Exposure"

2014 May

          Public Health Research Symposium Film Screening at Silberman Building "Silent Exposure"
2014 Mar.

          SHORT TAKES ON HEALTH & JUSTICE: First Fridays Film Series at Hunter College "Silent Exposure"

                CUNY School of Public Health, Silberman Building, 2nd Floor Auditorium

2014 Mar.

          The 35th Telly Awards "Silent Exposure"

2014 Feb.

          Netherlands Meets New York Screening II at Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College: "Silent Exposure"

2014 Feb.

          The 33rd Black Maria Film + Video Film Festival: Director's Choice 3rd Prize

2014 Jan.

          Union Street Screening Series at Creation Center "Silent Exposure"

2013 Feb.

          Black Maria Film Festival “Garbage Girl in Daily Consumption” (Cinematographer)

2013 Nov.

          Underexposed Film Festival: Terry Rouche Audience Choice Award

               “Garbage Girl in Daily Consumption” (Cinematographer)

2013 Nov.

          CINE Golden Eagle Award "Silent Exposure"

2013 Nov.

          Underexposed Film Festival “Garbage Girl in Daily Consumption”

2013 Nov.

          Mosaic Film Experience Festival “Garbage Girl in Daily Consumption”

2013 May

          Asian American Film Festival "Four Seasons 3/11 Memorial Concert"

 

Music Composition/ Sound Design
2020 Jun. New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival 2020 (NYCEMF 2020)

               "Also Data Spruch: Brooklyn Bridge Automated Pedestrian Counts Demonstration Project"

2016 Jun. New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival 2016 (NYCEMF 2016)
               "Song for Northern Lights"  Abrons Arts Center

2012 "Cold Shutdown: Fukushima One Year After" Directed by Martin Lucas

                Film Screening:

2013 TWO MOON Art House and Café

2012 Bluestockings Bookstore


Press

2023 Feb. 24  Belgrade Art Studio Online Residency, Belgrade in Serbia

                "Kayoko Nakamura Interview"

2022 May 27  Japanese Newspaper "YOMI TIME  Vol. 422"

                The 12th Art of Brooklyn Film Festival "Social_Distancing"

2022 May 28  Japanese Newspaper "NEW YORK SEIKATSU PRESS"

                The 12th Art of Brooklyn Film Festival "Social_Distancing"

2021 Jun.11  Japanese Newspaper "YOMI TIME" Vol.399, "No Nukes"        

2021 Jun.  Japanese Newspaper "NEW YORK SEIKATSU PRESS", "No Nukes"

2021 Jan.  Japanese Art Magazine "Monthly Gallery" 2021 vol.1: New Year Special Feature Part1

    Gallery Station

2020 Nov.  Art Review "EXODUS V: AESTHETICS IN THE POLITICAL" by Lily Kostrzewa, ART REVIEW CITY  

                https://artreviewcity.com/author/lilykostrzewa/

2020 Nov.  Over 60 media covered the group exhibition

                "EXODUS V, émigré artists and the New York vanguard:  

                 AESTHETICS IN THE POLITICAL" curated by Kyoko Sato,  WhiteBox Harlem, NY

                    「エクソドスV、  歴史のうねりの中で」キュレーター 佐藤恭子

                    ホワイトボックス ・ハーレム、ニューヨーク 

               Yahoo JAPAN News/ MSN News/ Rakuten infoseek News/ 47 News/ goo news/ Livedoor News/

               Tokyo shimbun/ Chunichi shimbun/ Hokkaido shimbun/ Akita sakigake shimbun/ Too Nippo/

               Niigata Nippo/ Shizuoka shimbun/ Miyazaki nichinichi shimbun/ Chugoku shimbun/ Okinawa Times/

               Ryukyu shimpo/ Ehime shimbun/ Shikoku shimbun/ Yamanashi nichinichi shimbun/

               Fukui shimbun/ Iwate nippo/ Ooita godo shimbun/ Kahoku shimpo/ Nihonkai shimbun/ Nara

               shimbun/ Osaka nichinichi shimbun/ Kyoto shimbun/ Sanyo shimbun/ Gifu shimbun/ Yamagata

               shimbun/ Shimotuke shimbun/ Kochi shimbun/ Kobe shimbun/ Shinmai Web/ Fukushima minyu/

               Fukushima minpo/ Kanaloco/ Chiba Nippo/ Saga shimbun/ Tokushima shimbun/ Kumamoto

               nichinichi shimbun/ Sanin chuo shimpo/ Webun Kitanihon shimbun/ Nishinihon shimbun/

               ORICON News/ docomo news/ News Collect/ Daily News/ Line News/ modelpress/ Biglobe News/

               So-net news/ News picks/ Connect News/ Kusanomido/ GMO E start News/

               Mutualart.com/ JapanCulture NYC/ Daily Sun NY/ Yomi Time/ Shukan NY Seikatsu

              

               http://www.japanculture-nyc.com/upcoming-exhibition-at-whitebox-harlem-to-feature-15-japanese-women-artists/

              

               https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/69522

    https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/98285d83ee032cbea3eb711dc5b359ba65e04405

    https://www.47news.jp/5515037.html

2020 Nov. 13   Japanese Newspaper "YOMI TIME"

                      "EXODUS V, émigré artists and the New York vanguard: AESTHETICS IN THE POLITICAL" 

                      curated by Kyoko Sato,  WhiteBox Harlem, NY

                    「エクソドスV、  歴史のうねりの中で」キュレーター 佐藤恭子

                    ホワイトボックス ・ハーレム、ニューヨーク 

                       https://www.yomitime.com/event_111320/1203.html

2020 Nov. 05    Japanese Newspaper "NEW YORK SEIKATSU PRESS"

                       "EXODUS V, émigré artists and the New York vanguard: AESTHETICS IN THE POLITICAL" 

                        curated by Kyoko Sato,  WhiteBox Harlem, NY

                     「エクソドスV、  歴史のうねりの中で」キュレーター 佐藤恭子

                     ホワイトボックス ・ハーレム、ニューヨーク 

                        https://www.nyseikatsu.com/entertainment/11/2020/30940/

2019 Jul.    Japanese Newspaper "YOMI TIME", "No Nukes"

2019 Jul.    Japanese Newspaper "Japion",  "No Nukes"                

2019 Jun.   Japanese Newspaper "NEW YORK SEIKATSU PRESS",  "No Nukes"

2018 Jul. 07 

          Japanese Newspaper "NEW YORK SEIKATSU PRESS"

                  ~Kayoko Nakamura won the Rita Hillman Award for Excellence 2018 at ICP

2017 Oct. 28 

          Japanese Newspaper "NEW YORK SEIKATSU PRESS"

                   ~Kayoko Nakamura was selected by the Google Jump Start Program~

2016 Jun. 04

          Japanese Newspaper "NEW YORK SEIKATSU PRESS"

                    NY Seikatsu Woman~Kayoko Nakamura, Filmmaker~

2014 Sep.13

          Japanese Newspaper "NEW YORK SEIKATSU PRESS"

                    Film Review~Kayoko Nakamura Short Documentary Film Screening~

2014 Sep.05 CUNY TV: Asian American Life-Asian American Film Festival Winners

2014 Oct.03 CUNY TV: Asian American Life-Asian American, October 2014 edition

2014 Aug.15 Japanese Newspaper "Yomi Time"

2014 Aug.09 Japanese Newspaper "NEW YORK SEIKATSU PRESS"

2014 Jun. Sino Vision English Channel TV

2014 Mar. WBTV "Garbage Girl" Underexposed Film Festival

2013 Comic Book and Movie Reviews "Garbage Girl"

 

Publication

2020 Jun. New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF 2020)

2016 Jun. New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF 2016)

Artist Residency/ Mentorship Program
2023 Belgrade Art Studio Online Residency, Belgrade in Serbia
2022 World of Co Artist Online Residency, Sofia in Bulgaria
2021-22 American Musicological Society in NY, Sustainable Mentorship Program

2014 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in NY & Creative Capital, Artist Summer Institute

 

 

 

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