b. 1974 in Hawai'i
figurative watercolor painter
MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York
lives and works in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
a bold, yet intimate, series of drawings depicting a very specific view of sexuality, tenderness, and moments of intense emotion and exploration filtered through the romanticized images of a bygone era, comprised her first solo show, "Cause Everyone Wants to Feel Good," with Acuna-Hansen Gallery
in her Los Angeles debut, featured in the AH Project Room, she presented a series of ink on paper drawings in which the sensuality of the images is mirrored by the seductive nature of the medium
has shown extensively in New York and Europe and has been featured in several publications, including, FlashArt, Tema Celeste, Zingmagazine, Venus and the Village Voice
her work has been shown solo at Modern Culture at The Gershwin Hotel, New York, and Voges + Deisen, Frankfurt; and has been included in group shows at Aeroplastics, Brussels; White Columns and Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York; and Mercer Union, Toronto
Tracy Nakayama, Modern Culture at Artnet
Tracy Nakayama at Art New York
Tracy Nakayama at Delusions of Adequacy
Tracy Nakayama at Vancouver Swarm III with commentary by Aya Takada
Tracy Nakayama at Bodybuilder and Sportsman
Tracy Nakayama Press Release at Bodybuilder and Sportsman
Tracy Nakayama at the Village Voice