Yoshi Nakamura has been an artist in residence at Wave Pool since August, 2020. As a result of the past 9 months of work, he will be presenting three related exhibitions in Cincinnati May 7th – June 26th.
Nakamura will have a solo exhibition at our Locker Room Gallery (upstairs) that is at its core an exploration of the borders and limits of communication between disabled and non-disabled people, long a focus of the artist’s work. Since graduating from Maryland institute College of Art (2020) and Tokyo University of the Arts in Japanese Painting course (2015) he has been curious about the relationships between sound, color and language. Since his first cochlear implant in 2012, Nakamura considers the striking ways that natural materials interact with sound technology, ultimately testing the viewer’s notion of visuospatial and audio-spatial language.
Nakamura will be displaying a collaborative exhibition with Mark Harris and Froghole? at The Welcome Project. This will be an exploration of 木timberland木, a concert for the trees of Valley Park in Camp Washington, Cincinnati, that originally occurred in Fall 2020. Conceived by Mark Harris, the exhibition brings together Japanese artist Yoshi Nakamura with Froghole?, a Cincinnati band consisting of members Lura Bentley, Lauren Castillo, Ezra Cline, and Schuyler Smith. Nakamura is providing four sound sculptures made from chairs, copper tubing, feathers, stones and other materials and a series of visual scores for Froghole? to interpret. 木timbreland木 draws attention to a community’s enjoyment of local resources of plants, trees, and parks for fuller engagement with this “nature in the city” to improve quality of life in a neighborhood transitioning from industrial to artistic hub.
Additionally, Nakamura will have a coinciding solo exhibition at Visionaries and Voices that builds on these ideas.
Gallery will have limited attendance to ensure social distancing. No reservations required but if it is too crowded we will ask that you wait outside until others leave to make space. Masks required.