Aki Nagasaka

1980. born in Osaka, Japan, currently lives and works in Osaka, Japan

2014. ACAC Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Artist in Residence
2012-2013. Japanese Cultural Ministry Abroad Research Fellowship / London. UK
2008-2012. Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Staedelschule Frankfurt, Meisterschueler 
2009. Icelandic Visual Art Association SIM Residency
2005-2006. CCA Kitakyushu, Research Program
2003-2005. University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Fine Art Honor

Exhibition:

2015. "Poltroneria: Eating Out, Roberta", Frankfurt, Germany (Project Contribution)  
2014. "Material and Mechanism", ACAC Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan
2014. "Poltroneria: A Exhibition toward a Film", Museo Apparente, Naples, Italy (Project Contribution)  
2014. "between art and science", project in Naples, Italy, and Burkina Faso
2014. "Attention Economy", Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
2013. "Signs Taken in Wonder", Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany
2013. "Signs Taken in Wonder", MAK Austrian Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
2012. "Baby, I lost my handshoes…", Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
2012. "Zauderberg", MMK Museums für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany 
2012. "Baby, I lost my handshoes…", Forum da Maia, Maia/Porto, Portugal 
2011. "Übermorgenkünstler II", Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
2011. "*project, potentially no one sees it, Part 4 / IMMEDIATE TERRITORY" Oxford, England 
2011. "KINEMASTIK International Short Film Festival", Valletta, Malta
2011. "When in Rome", Malta Contemporary Art, Valletta, Malta
2011. "Baby, I lost my handshoes…", Kurant Gallery, Tromso, Norway
2010. "Deconstruct + Reconstruction", Visual Art Center, Austin, U.S.A
2010. "*project, potentially no one sees it, Part3", Bad Homburg, Germany
2009. "MENU", Savoy Cafe, London, UK
2009. "*project, potentially no one sees it, Part 2", Schloss Zinzow, Zinzow, Germany
2009. "… and the Dark Show returns as a ghost.", Paradise Raw, London, UK
2009. "Stupid Generation", Kunst Project, Berlin, Germany
2008. "Sink the boat before it sails", BASIS, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2008. "*project, potentially no one sees it", Bad Honnef, Germany
2008. "Dark Show", Wallis Gallery & Formcontent, London, UK
2008. "This is a circle, or?", Clockwork Gallery, Berlin, Germany [SOLO]
2007. "Yellow Labyrinth", Women & their Work, Austin, U.S.A [SOLO]
2006. "Open Studio", CCA Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, Japan
2006. "Unseen Scene", Art Space Tetra, Hakata, Japan
2005. "once more with feeling", Maeda Studio, Kitakyushu, Japan
2005. "Senior Studio Show", Creative Research Laboratory, Austin, U.S.A
2005. "Sprouts", Laguna Gloria – Austin Museum of Art, Austin. U.S.A
2005. "Lounge!", Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, U.S.A

Grant:

2015. Contemporary Art Foundation Production Grant 
2012. Japanese Cultural Ministry Abroad Research Fellowship
2011. DAAD Prize for The Outstanding Achievement for A Foreign Student
2011. Commerzbank Grant
2011. Nomura Foundation Art Grant
2010. Nomura Foundation Art Grant
2009. Japan Foundation Cultural Exchange Grant
2009. Asahi-Newspaper Cultural Foundation Art Grant
2005. Undergraduate Research Scholarship – University of Texas at Austin

Publication: 

2015. Material and Mechanism, Exhibition Catalogue, Japan 
2014. Poltoroneria, Project Art Book, Italy 2014. If on a winter’s night a traveler, Project Art Book, Japan 
2014. Project T, T for Taut., Project Art Book, Japan 
2013. Signs Taken in Wonder, Exhibition Catalogue, Austria 
2012. Baby, I lost my handshoes…, Exhibition Brochure, Austria
2012. Zauderberg, Exhbition Catalogue, Germany
2012. Monaco Magazine Issue 6, Art Book, UK
2011. Übermorgenkünstler II, Exhibition Brochure, Germany
2012. Monaco Magazine Issue 5, Art Book, UK
2011. IMMEDIATE TERRITORY, Exhibition Catalogue, UK
2010. *project, potentially no one sees it, Part3, Project Booklet, Germany 
2009. *project, potentially no one sees it, Part 2, Project Booklet, Germany 
2008. *project, potentially no one sees it, Project Booklet, Germany 
2007. Yellow Labyrinth, Exhibition Brochure, USA
2006. CCA Kitakyushu, Art Book, Japan 

Work Experience:

2014-2016. Translation and Interpretation Freelance Work (Japanese/English)
2011-2012. Stadelschule Cantine due Palme, Frankfurt, Germany, Co-Owner and Organizer
2008-2009. Studio Thomas Demand, Berlin, Germany, Project Assistant
2007-2008. Barkow Leibinger Architects, Berlin, Germany, Model Making / Artistic Research
2007. Margo Sawyer Inc, Austin, U.S.A, Artist Assistant for the outdoor public project in Houston
2006-2007. Peter Dick Architect & Builder, Austin, U.S.A, Model Making