Nao Matsumoto

 

Website:  www.naomatsumoto.com

Email : gimmickwork@gmail.com

 

Education

 2000  MFA – Sculpture                                    Pratt Institute,  Brooklyn   NY

1995   BS – Biology                                    Pitzer College , Claremont  CA

1995   BA – Studio Arts                               Pitzer College , Claremont  CA

 

Employment – Educational

1999 – 2007 Head Sculpture Studio Technician – Pratt Institute

2008 – Sabbatical Replacement – Full Time Class Load – Kutztown University

2009 – Adjunct Faculty – Brooklyn College

2007 – 2014 Sculpture Faculty – Pratt Institute

 

Professional Skills

- Sculpture / Three Dimensional Modeling

- College Level Teaching

- Traditional Japanese Woodworking 

- Fine Cabinetry and Woodworking

- Furniture Design and Fabrication

- Mold Making - Prototyping

- Plastics Fabrication - FRP , Casting

- Auto Body quality spraying and finishing.

- Ceramics Pottery and Sculpture

- Computer aided 3-D drafting (Sketch-Up , Rhino)

- Curation – Director of Lorimoto Gallery

- Digital Sculpting - 3-D printing (Experiences with Formlabs - Form1 Printers)

 

 

Exhibitions

 

2013    “Dust Collector”

            HPGRP Gallery New York , NY

 

2013     “TE + TE The New Hand Made”

            Curated by Spoon & Tamago

            Re-Made                                                                              Brooklyn, NY

 

2012     “4” Solo Show of Sculptures   

            HPGRP Gallery                                                                     New York , NY 

 

2011     “Toys and Games with a Twist”

            Bronx Council of Arts                                                             Bronx, NY

 

2010     “The Art of Japanese Whiskey”                                                  Paris , France

            Brand Influencers Exhibition

            Palais de Tokyo

 

2010     “Hmmmmm”            

            Andrew Zeikin Gallery                                                                   Hamilton , NJ

 

2010       Pulse Art Fair                                                                         New York , NY

 

2009       Scope Miami                                                                                     Miami , FL

 

2008       “New Works”                          

               Hamiltonian Gallery                                                               Washington DC

 

2007            Scope Hamptons

                    International Contemporary Art Fair                        East Hamptons,  NY

 

2006            Pratt Institute Fine Arts Faculty Show                                    Brooklyn , NY

 

2006            Scope Hamptons 

                   International Contemporary Art Fair                        East Hamptons,  NY

 

2006            ICFF International Contemporary Furniture Fair

                   Jacob Javits Center                                                             New York , NY

 

2006            Asylum NYC – Whitebox Gallery                                New York, NY

 

2005            Brooklyn Designs                                                            Brooklyn, NY

 

2005            Popped - Curated by Doug Parry                                   

                                Visual Arts Gallery                                                               Brooklyn , NY

 

2004            Modern Artisanship and Design  

                   Sputnik Gallery                                                              Brooklyn , NY

 

Lectures / Critiques / Discussions

 

6/15/ 2012   Juror – BRIO Art Grant – Sculpture / Craft/ Installations category

 

3/10/2012         New City Art Fair  Panel Discussion

“Contemporary Japanese Art: Finding its Voi

Panelists: Richard Vine (Art in America)

Allison Tolman (Tolman Collection)

Miwako Tezuka (Asia Society)

Nao Matsumoto (Artist)

 

3/4/2012              Bronx Council of Arts Artist Talk – “Games and Toys with a Twist”

 

11/8/2011              Hamiltonian Art Gallery Artist Mentor Critique

 

2/23/2009              City Reliquary Museum – Remembering Hal the Coyote –

                       - Guest Artist Speaker

 

3/1/1999            Pratt Institute Fine Art Symposium –Presenting Artist

                        Curated by Robert Storr (Director MOMA)           

                         Critiqued by            Donald Kuspit

                                                      Arthur Danto

                                                      David Levi Strauss

                                                      Elizabeth Hess 

 

Notable Fabrication Projects:

 

Artist: Dennis Oppenheim , James Turrel, Nobuho Nagasawa, Yoshiyuki Miura, Keith Edmir,  Marsha Pels

Designer: Karim Rasheed , Gaetano Pesce, So Takahashi

Commissions: South African Consulate, Woody Allen, Ian Schrager, FREE Architects

Commercial: Macy’s, Nabisco, Hess, Sony, Otterbox, Samsung, AARP, Microsoft, Gillette, Marvel Comics etc.

 

Collection:

Robert & Eileen Ekstract  (Private)

Roger Ferris  + Ferris Architects (Private)

Jose Mugrabi (Private)

 

 

Bibliography

 

Washington Post  At the Hamiltonian , a Treasury of Artists”        Oct.24 2008

 

DCist                         “New Works at Hamiltonian Gallery”                          Oct.27, 2008

 

Wall St Journal             “Small Collectors”                                                 Sept. 14,2007

 

New York Times            “First Prize: A Chance to Stay”                        April 23^rd 2006

 

Interior Design Magazine                                                                        Nov. 2006

                       

Architects Newspaper                                                                        Oct. 2006

Time Out NY                                                                                                April 2006

 

Gotham Gazette                                                                                    July 2006