CRAIG NAGASAWA
Born 1956
Lives and works in Berkeley, CA
Education
1983 M.F.A. University California Davis
1979 B.F.A. University of Utah
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 Japan Town, Roll Up Project, Oakland, CA
2015 Close To Home Yet Far Away, Townsend Center, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2009 Missed Ache, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Solace, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Lament, Barry Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2002 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 Mixed Racial Couple, Gallery One, San José State University, San José, CA
1994 Two Worlds, Diablo Valley Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA
1992 Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
1992 Reynolds Gallery, University of Pacific, Stockton, CA
1983 MFA Graduate Exhibition, Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
1983 MFA Graduate Exhibition, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 More Than a Face, 120710, Berkeley, CA
2023 See You Space Cowboy…From Hokusai to Hiphop, San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 New Moon Figure Eight, 120710, Berkeley, CA
1998-2020 Annual Faculty Show, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2018 Summer Show, Bivins Gallery, Dallas, TX
2017 21 to Watch, Bivins Gallery, Dallas, TX
2015-17 360, Positive Care Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA
2016 Celebrating Ruth, Fouladi Projects, San Francisco CA
2007 Braunstein Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 20 / 20, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1996 Mixed Blood, Montreux, Switzerland
1996 Family Matters, Bedford Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
1996 The Big Game, Travers Club Room, University California, Berkeley, CA
1993 In Progress, Walter/McBean Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1992 Looking Out Looking In; Selections of Bay Area Drawing, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1992 Executive Order 9066, Ohana Cultural Center, Oakland, CA
1992-1994 Asian Artists (traveling exhibition), Utah Arts Council, UT
1990 Chain Reaction VII, Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Selected Awards
2022 Honorary Chair, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2021 Berkeley Civic Grant, Berkeley, CA
2015 Distinguished Teaching Award, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1999 Seed Grant, HUD Joint Community Development Program, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1998 Service Learning Grant, Department of Education, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1996 Art Matters Fellowship, Art Matters, New York, NY
1995 Artist Committee, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1994 Advisory Board, Richmond Art Center; Richmond CA
1983 Humanities Research Grant; University of California, Davis, CA
1981 Purchase Award, Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City, UT
1978 Snowbird Summer Art Institute Scholarship; University of Utah, UT
Bibliography
Pritikin, Renny, Where Hokusai and Hip-Hop Intersect, Squarecylinder, October 2, 2023.
Whittaker, Richard, ed., Meeting Gojira – A Conversation with Craig Nagasawa, “Works and Conversations” No. 36, ISSN 1095-5224, February, 2019.
Whittaker, Richard, ed., “Works and Conversations” Volume 14, ISSN 1095-5224, April 2007.
Adrienne Gagnon “Introductions”, San Francisco Weekly, San Francisco, CA, July 24-30, 2002, Page 34.
Estrada, Andrea. “Two Decades of Contemporaneity: CAF Celebrates Its Mandate for Modern Art.” Artnews, New York, NY, February 13, 1997.
Gelles, Gail. “CAF Throws a Party on its 20th.” Santa Barbara News – Press,
CA, February 23, 1997.
Lee Solin, Allison. “Past and Future.” The Independent, February 20, 1997.
Walker, Marina. “20/20 Vision: CAF’s Anniversary Show.” Santa Barbara News – Press, CA, March 8, 1997.
Lochner, Tom. “Artist’s Works Pay Homage to Conditions Faced by Immigrants.” West County Times, March 16, 1992.
Moyle, Marilyn. “New Art as Fresh as Spring in Davis’ Galleries.” Davis Enterprise, CA, March 19, 1992.
Fowler, Carol. “Local Art Exhibit Rich with Surprises.” Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, CA, 1990.
Wright, Sheila. “Mixed-Media Exhibit Features Works by Contra Costa Artists.” Daily Ledger/ Post Dispatch, CA, January 21, 1990.
Catalogs
2023 Roll Up Project: The Early Years, Roll Up Project, Oakland, CA
1997 20/20: CAF Looks Forward and Back, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1997 Illustrations, UCSF Magazine, Vol. 17, No. 1, San Francisco, CA
1996 Belmont Passages, Montreaux, Switzerland
1993 1992-1993, University of the Pacific Gallery, Stockton, CA
1992 Looking Out, Looking In: Selections of Bay Area Drawing, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA